I just encountered something similar. In Goblin Fort 7, there were no enemies and the path to the boss was open.

Sorry for the re-submission, I messed up the the old run while submitting the new one...

Hey,

is there an official ruling on whether or not the small spot (3:07 and 3:14) in the bottom left of the Hottazhek Volcano boss room is intended to be safe? If it's a glitch why would the developers actually make sure to reset the boss.

Personally I would like to think they left in this "ladder" to help you get over this weird DPS-Wall on purpose.

Edit: Just took some screenshots with BG Layer 1 disabled. Even more convinced that it's working as intended now...