43:58 When I played this game I eagerly checked back and forth on the map as it filled up. This moment, where the game revealed that "actually, while we have up until now portrayed it as one and the same castle, it is in fact two maps and you've travelled between them when using the teleportation portals." stands out to me as the most memorable moment in the entire game.
This game was so hard for me when I was 8yo. Since my native language is German and I've started learning English when I was 9. So trial and error until I was able to finish this game smh. Took around 1.5 years back then. 17 years have passed and I'm still in love with this art style.
I enjoyed this game right from the moment I picked it up! The bosses looked so cool! but were too easy and navigating through the castle is kinda hard,its hard to remember where you need to return once you got the item needed.
You're not, but I think alot of people were put off because CotM and AoS had very strong OSTs. Not to mention some of the track instrumentations don seem to fit.
a simple tip is that you could try to do is choose a side where u will only move to and and when done with all the sides u could move to the other side
Yep, this is what you get for giving your workers just one year to make a game, instead of the usual two. The bosses in this game are inexcusably easy. Even Dracula.
Hi there. Thanks for posting this. I'll be looking at the whole video soon. But I'd like to know where can I get whatever item it is that opens the blue flashing doors, not the ones to the bosses (of course), the other ones which show a message and say they're locked. Extra info: I'm at about 110% between both castles and don't posses the Griffin wing (to do the upward 'flying' jump). And the rainbow colored ones too, whichever ones come first. I know it's not a linear game, but some items require others that are acquired earlier. By the way, is this being recorded from the Wii U Virtual Console game? Because it looks a lot smoother than my game being played on the GBA. Thanks in advance!
As well as levelling up is important I played this game a while back and in my Emulator I completed in level 55 where the Harpy's and all others were one hit touch, it even took me years to do a 100%. Thank you for bringing me back so many memories
Proper enjoyed this game. Played it to full completion and often dip back in for the atmosphere. I'd rather a Castlevania game be a little easier than impossibly hard like some of them are.
Castle B is the easy castle, with all the easy enemies in it. Castle A is the castle with all the hard enemies in it. I was confused. Also, in Castle A that has the shop lady, you can buy stuff like High Potions. But in Castle B, in the same spot where you enter to where she was, will have a gremlin blocking the room. Is that room the Boss rush room?
I see your comment is from 2 years ago.... But I just saw this video and I think maybe that second shop requires you to be above level 50. It looks like there are some boots in there that allow you to jump endlessly. ua-cam.com/video/pwi_0X6U9GE/v-deo.html
I played that controversial game was maxim kischne to slay dracula on to his head but now juste is the one to struck miracles on every dracula path in his will. Harmony of dissonance is just not despair, it's not the named on the marquee. It's just controversial story.
Is this the Japanese version of the game you are playing? Cause you know that area where you race the ball as it tries to go all the way around and lock itself up, the areas are reversed in the US version.
Don't you think that if you had broke each and every brick of the castle with that crushing stone that would have been easier..? (That was a joke, don't mind). wonderful gameplay. You knew almost a lot of tricks that made the game a lot easier for you. A person who is playing it first time would take a lot more time..
I cut the part out of the video where I ran to the other castle. In one castle the room looks grey and in the other it's red. Had I made the video today, I would probably edit the video to have a letter in one of the corners at all times to show which castle i am in at every moment to avoid confusion
While in Castle B, there is a lot to this game that I did not understand. Like how do you get to open the orange flashing door in the Chapel Tower? The video shows you how - Use MK's Bracelet. Now I know.
Ive been playing this about 6-7 hours. i dont need a speed run , i like exploring, finding the unknown, taking my time. But holy shit -- Ive been running from one end of the castle to the other for like an hour at least; finding every possible locked door, thing I cant jump up, cement lookign wall I cant break. i have no options left, (hence looking at a guide). But you're telling me that I could have opened half these gosh darn doors with the damn bracelet I ALREADY HAVE!!!! I wish they could have maybe pointed that out a little bit clearer... What a waste of time. im almost at the point i dont want to go back :(
CotM was terrible to play on first GBA without backlight, but such a great game! I remember playing Harmony and they really improved visual experience to display brither graphics. Overall, HoD was a really fun game besides and I don't know why liked the songs hahaha
Ive been playing this about 6-7 hours. i dont need to speed run, i like exploring, finding the unknown, taking my time. Its fun. But holy shit -- Ive been running from one end of the castle to the other for like an hour at least; finding every possible locked door, thing I cant jump up, cement looking wall I cant break with the whip. I see one item (a ball in the ceiling) i cant jump up to even with double jump.. i have no options left, (hence looking at a guide). But you're telling me that I could have opened half these gosh darn locked doors with the damn bracelet I ALREADY HAVE!!!! I wish they could have maybe pointed that out a little bit clearer... What a waste of time. im almost at the point i dont want to go back :(
I know its been 10 months since your comment lol. But i wanted to ask you how to get the "good ending". I've tried everything but i just end fighting the real maxim instead of dracula wraith
@@geraldorodriguew3605 You need to wear both of the plot rings, it's like the maxim ring and the girlfriends ring. I'm giving up on this game because I'm thoroughly lost and don't know where tf to go.
This is my first Castlevania. Are all the castles in the games this confusing and annoying? Ive almost given up on this game but Im forcing myself to finish it….. I like the dashing mechanic though
Yeah this is definitely the worst way to get into the series lol..this is a horrible imitation of symphony of the night…I personally like it but if you play symphony you’ll know exactly what I mean
@@RemSenS912 yeah it was an unfortunate start lol... Since then, I've played Aria of Sorrow, CotM, and all the DS games. My favorite is Portrait of Ruin.
You didn't fight all the bosses. You missed a giant golem and also a blue looking alien creature. Plus you screwed up your walkthrough by not showing at the end that you had to go to the top left portal on the right if the castle and then go back left. What I didn't get was why those two doors in the middle of the castle are always locked. It made no sense for the game to make you finally the way around except to agitate you.
I figured it out! All you have to do is press down and it teleports you to another gate.(I got the right gate after 3 downs in the grey gate and not the greenish one)
It's still aesthetically horrendous. CotM at least had a great work on the color palette, its sprites, animations and backgrounds even without as much detail as AoS could allow. This games just does all of that wrong.
This game has the worst soundtrack ever for a Castlevania game. The original Castlevania for NES has a superior soundtrack and is from 86. So difficult to watch the playthrough while listening to it.
que horrible audio tiene este juego por dios... pense que era mi emulador que tenia problemas con el audio pero es muy cancerigeno.... es molesto preferiria jugarlo sin audio mil veces o sea juegos como sinfonia de la noche o circle of moon tienen un OST mas amigable pero este??? woo realmente me decepciono
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I know its an old playthrough, but all metroidvania walkthroughs need to press the map screen frequently to make this a useful guide.
This. Very much this.
@SicketMog lol I'm working on this now myself
43:58 When I played this game I eagerly checked back and forth on the map as it filled up. This moment, where the game revealed that "actually, while we have up until now portrayed it as one and the same castle, it is in fact two maps and you've travelled between them when using the teleportation portals." stands out to me as the most memorable moment in the entire game.
Juste actually commented he wasn't in the same place when using the regular portal for the very first time.
@@SSJvegito501 i thought it was just to indicate that while the telportation rooms look similar he is in fact in a different place
This game was so hard for me when I was 8yo. Since my native language is German and I've started learning English when I was 9. So trial and error until I was able to finish this game smh. Took around 1.5 years back then.
17 years have passed and I'm still in love with this art style.
I lived in Schweinfurt Germany! Loved it! Beautiful country!
Woah Ur English is good now!
Thank you for the playthrough, I've been going in circles for a few hours!
I enjoyed this game right from the moment I picked it up! The bosses looked so cool! but were too easy and navigating through the castle is kinda hard,its hard to remember where you need to return once you got the item needed.
Worst backtracking in any castlevania game ever
True, it's the only castlevania with that system. On all the others you can move through the castle easily
I think im the only person who liked these musics...
You're not :)
Successor of Fate and Chapel of Dissonance are in my top 5 favourite Castlevania tracks
You're not, but I think alot of people were put off because CotM and AoS had very strong OSTs. Not to mention some of the track instrumentations don seem to fit.
tunes in this are easily my favoutite in the series... I always felt like I was the only one
Nope! OST is great
My first Castlevania, and boy does this bring back memories.
Harmony of Dissonance was the first Castlevania game I played.
Bible + Volt book = OP shield with very strong attack damage. Kill all bosses in few seconds
1:15:10 thank you
I am fuckin lost!! I've been everywhere and keep coming too dead ends.
Matthew Davis Ikr I can't even find the remains of vlad
Don't give up
a simple tip is that you could try to do is choose a side where u will only move to and and when done with all the sides u could move to the other side
Thanks for this helpful guide.
Without it, I would have got stuck for sure !
how come none of these walkthroughs ever show the map?
I was just wondering that. like I need to know where the he'll I'm going
@Rafaiell Doesn't make for a good walkthrough though.
This game Is damn hard. It took me 1.5 years to 100%
I'm not much of a gamer, so I pulled my hair out for a while and gave up on it.
This is the easiest out of the three gba castlevania games, if you think this game is hard, then circle of the moon would make you commit suicide.
@@dbstop9194 LOL the Ice Demon on Circle could've been a boss if it had a little more hp. Aria is the easiest btw
Lol, this game is ridiculously easy.
@whysoserious54 Can confirm. Way harder. Lol
Bruh this game is so long, I swear, I thought I could already finish the game, but now I need to collect Dracula's remains
30:58 I missed this portal and spent 45 minutes wondering around completely stuck.
Yep, this is what you get for giving your workers just one year to make a game, instead of the usual two.
The bosses in this game are inexcusably easy. Even Dracula.
shadowshinobi06 Errrr... This game uses a ton of stage assets from Symphony of the Night. Heck, even the freaking save rooms are near identical.
shadowshinobi06 Not much better, if you ask me.
Hi there. Thanks for posting this. I'll be looking at the whole video soon. But I'd like to know where can I get whatever item it is that opens the blue flashing doors, not the ones to the bosses (of course), the other ones which show a message and say they're locked. Extra info: I'm at about 110% between both castles and don't posses the Griffin wing (to do the upward 'flying' jump). And the rainbow colored ones too, whichever ones come first. I know it's not a linear game, but some items require others that are acquired earlier.
By the way, is this being recorded from the Wii U Virtual Console game? Because it looks a lot smoother than my game being played on the GBA.
Thanks in advance!
I owe nothing. Got the wrong gal. Bye bye
i think this is a gba rom but there is a app for gba roms that add smooth shaders
The "app" is Visual Boy Advance.
The emulator got the filter "Hq2x"
As well as levelling up is important I played this game a while back and in my Emulator I completed in level 55 where the Harpy's and all others were one hit touch, it even took me years to do a 100%. Thank you for bringing me back so many memories
Proper enjoyed this game. Played it to full completion and often dip back in for the atmosphere. I'd rather a Castlevania game be a little easier than impossibly hard like some of them are.
2:25:15 So I needed to use Crush Boots, I would never know. The map was 97% for a long time and half of my game time was stuck in this part
im having trouble learning how to use the cross sub weapon.
2:25:16 How were you able to get there so quickly ? By pressing down on the d pad, right ?
Castle B is the easy castle, with all the easy enemies in it. Castle A is the castle with all the hard enemies in it. I was confused. Also, in Castle A that has the shop lady, you can buy stuff like High Potions. But in Castle B, in the same spot where you enter to where she was, will have a gremlin blocking the room. Is that room the Boss rush room?
I see your comment is from 2 years ago.... But I just saw this video and I think maybe that second shop requires you to be above level 50. It looks like there are some boots in there that allow you to jump endlessly. ua-cam.com/video/pwi_0X6U9GE/v-deo.html
I really didn't have an issue with the soundtrack to this game. Not even when it first released.
I played that controversial game was maxim kischne to slay dracula on to his head but now juste is the one to struck miracles on every dracula path in his will.
Harmony of dissonance is just not despair, it's not the named on the marquee. It's just controversial story.
Loved it as a kid!
Great! Those glitched runs can be really confusing at times.... I don't mind a long run.
53:55 Well fock I've been stuck for a while and didn't know that you could whip this... "spiral thingy" (did I miss a hint about it somewhere?).
2:34 he's down.
20:45 for anyone else stuck on that part
Alternative: use Ice Book with the Fist, jump and go.
I already beat that thing im at the box thing maze the maze about box is making my head spin😵
i like this game but music quality feels way behind if compare to other castlevania in the same port
Made it through to the best ending on the Switch.
Very hard but made it through.
This game got the best music ever
Is this the Japanese version of the game you are playing? Cause you know that area where you race the ball as it tries to go all the way around and lock itself up, the areas are reversed in the US version.
Or it is the European version.
No, it is the US version. Wii U system download.
well done:)
Don't you think that if you had broke each and every brick of the castle with that crushing stone that would have been easier..? (That was a joke, don't mind).
wonderful gameplay. You knew almost a lot of tricks that made the game a lot easier for you. A person who is playing it first time would take a lot more time..
idk why I like the music
Well, the sprites are better but I thought the music was fubar. In the end, was a fun game and that is what matters.
Hey I know this was like 10 years ago, but how did the room switch out at 1:34:40 to just white to red like that?
I cut the part out of the video where I ran to the other castle. In one castle the room looks grey and in the other it's red. Had I made the video today, I would probably edit the video to have a letter in one of the corners at all times to show which castle i am in at every moment to avoid confusion
Kinda funny game the main character looks like Santa Claus
Wait. When did we get a key for the flood gate?
Uh, for some reason I timestamped all the cutscenes so...here they are...
Opening
0:18 - 1:31
"The beginning"
1:43 - 2:01
"Juste runs into Maxim"
11:53 - 12:21
"Juste runs into Maxim, but he's evil now"
21:35 - 22:00
"Juste runs into maxim part 3"
31:08 - 32:31
"Juste finds Death causally sitting there"
43:13 - 44:10
"...This"
44:12 - 44:18
"Shadow fight"
59:53 - 1:00:30
"You found Lydie....kind of..."
1:18:20 - 1:18:54
"Hey look, it's Death"
2:02:32 - 2:03:06
"Lydie freaking died lol-"
2:43:40 - 2:43:56
"Transition to the Dracula fight "
2:46:20 - 2:46:55
"Dracula is dead now"
2:49:11 - 2:49:58
"End"
2:49:58 - 2:52:16
You a real one
Godsend
38:25 0_o
Well he's Dead 😐😐😐😐
1:34:40 how did you change location from savepoint???
Seriously i was like wtf??
What I find so incredible is how Nintendo build games so timeless! I remember this game decades later, amazing
This game was made by Konami, not Nintendo.
How does the game look this smooth? Was this on the wii or something
Gba was a hell of a console for it's time
emulator filter
Would’ve been nice to see your map I’m still lost asf
Tell me please what emulator is this, or how did you fusion the pixels ?
***** ty
What spell do you have to use to open the door to get to the top of the castle I'm stuck uhh
I think he just used the gosh darn bracelet i already had but didn't know to equip! :(
While in Castle B, there is a lot to this game that I did not understand. Like how do you get to open the orange flashing door in the Chapel Tower? The video shows you how - Use MK's Bracelet. Now I know.
Ive been playing this about 6-7 hours. i dont need a speed run , i like exploring, finding the unknown, taking my time. But holy shit -- Ive been running from one end of the castle to the other for like an hour at least; finding every possible locked door, thing I cant jump up, cement lookign wall I cant break. i have no options left, (hence looking at a guide). But you're telling me that I could have opened half these gosh darn doors with the damn bracelet I ALREADY HAVE!!!! I wish they could have maybe pointed that out a little bit clearer... What a waste of time. im almost at the point i dont want to go back :(
Am i the only one unable to play this game without some heavy palette mods?
CotM was terrible to play on first GBA without backlight, but such a great game! I remember playing Harmony and they really improved visual experience to display brither graphics. Overall, HoD was a really fun game besides and I don't know why liked the songs hahaha
Ive been playing this about 6-7 hours. i dont need to speed run, i like exploring, finding the unknown, taking my time. Its fun. But holy shit -- Ive been running from one end of the castle to the other for like an hour at least; finding every possible locked door, thing I cant jump up, cement looking wall I cant break with the whip. I see one item (a ball in the ceiling) i cant jump up to even with double jump.. i have no options left, (hence looking at a guide).
But you're telling me that I could have opened half these gosh darn locked doors with the damn bracelet I ALREADY HAVE!!!! I wish they could have maybe pointed that out a little bit clearer... What a waste of time. im almost at the point i dont want to go back :(
long press b
lvl99 can stand all enemies damage even maxim and dracula does 1 damage to you
Have you even fought the giant merman ?
kool game
Dimas Alfaro cool* (if u want, this game on a gameboy advance SP GBA and you can download a emulator:-))
2:08:10 I am now at this mark. The game is dragging on a bit.
I know its been 10 months since your comment lol. But i wanted to ask you how to get the "good ending". I've tried everything but i just end fighting the real maxim instead of dracula wraith
@@geraldorodriguew3605 You need to wear both of the plot rings, it's like the maxim ring and the girlfriends ring. I'm giving up on this game because I'm thoroughly lost and don't know where tf to go.
30:59
By best time is 2:12:37 but i dont find a legal speedrun it means that doesnt use any bugs or glitches
Where to get the key ?? I cant pass through the door in the right side .. its locked
@108405330643573341057 If you can point out to me where that specific door is to me then maybe i can help you out.
*****
GBA emulator, thats how.
*****
yeah, i think so.
I also need the key! Where is it??
graphic quality got much better on year later on AoS
Lol they try to do like a SOTN?
I swear, I have yet to see an ending to a Castlevania game that wasn't cheesier than a synth pop band from Wisconsin named after an 80s action movie.
Michel Newcomb IV had a great ending
2:13:51
*GRAND CROSS!!!*
Love it
Where's talos
This is my first Castlevania. Are all the castles in the games this confusing and annoying? Ive almost given up on this game but Im forcing myself to finish it….. I like the dashing mechanic though
No this is the worst one
You should play symphony of the Night
Yeah this is definitely the worst way to get into the series lol..this is a horrible imitation of symphony of the night…I personally like it but if you play symphony you’ll know exactly what I mean
@@RemSenS912 yeah it was an unfortunate start lol... Since then, I've played Aria of Sorrow, CotM, and all the DS games. My favorite is Portrait of Ruin.
@@mickeymickey9914 I have that one on my Xbox One, still haven't gotten around to it yet.
I'm brazilian and like your video
Backtracking, the video game
that's pretty much all Metroidvanias
You didn't fight all the bosses. You missed a giant golem and also a blue looking alien creature. Plus you screwed up your walkthrough by not showing at the end that you had to go to the top left portal on the right if the castle and then go back left. What I didn't get was why those two doors in the middle of the castle are always locked. It made no sense for the game to make you finally the way around except to agitate you.
2:24:46 What the hell happend here ! wtf?
I figured it out! All you have to do is press down and it teleports you to another gate.(I got the right gate after 3 downs in the grey gate and not the greenish one)
@@animefangirl1396 so that explains it
I prefer Aria and Circle of the Moon, there's more things to do, also I hate doing things that don't give any reward at all (f*cking furniture).
furnite does something actually, tho bit unnoticable
it changes the best endig a bit but Lydie will lean towards Juste
1:18:52...Lol.
2:41:10 how to open this door??
You have to search into the breakable roofs and destroy something like a statue
@@xavierpaca9094 thanks 👍
@@ashwinsreedhar2168 No prob homie, ask me what u want
@@xavierpaca9094 sure bro ☺️ ty
Dude, this smoothing filters hurts both my eyes and my soul.
Why did the graphics get so much worse from Circle of the Moon which looked amazing? The look of this game hurt my eyes.
I like the way this game looks
It's still aesthetically horrendous. CotM at least had a great work on the color palette, its sprites, animations and backgrounds even without as much detail as AoS could allow. This games just does all of that wrong.
its because was the first castlevania for gameboy
I sure wish that you wouldn’t dash so much.
This shouldn't be widescreen. GBA.
From the 03 GBA Castlevania's this one was the weakest. A good game, but Circle of the Moon and Aria of Sorrow were superior...
That's Strange, I Killed Maxim, But he don't a final boss. but the game are endded.
Sans O Esqueleto because u not equipped bracelet JB and bracelet MK together
I hate skeletons xD
Sans O Esqueleto But you are a skeleton, Sans. x)
Glitchless 200% Speedrun.
This playthrough is full of mistakes
This game has the worst soundtrack ever for a Castlevania game. The original Castlevania for NES has a superior soundtrack and is from 86. So difficult to watch the playthrough while listening to it.
This game is the only castlevania i dont like, its so boring................
que horrible audio tiene este juego por dios...
pense que era mi emulador que tenia problemas con el audio
pero es muy cancerigeno.... es molesto preferiria jugarlo sin audio mil veces o sea juegos como sinfonia de la noche o circle of moon tienen un OST mas amigable
pero este??? woo realmente me decepciono
This is easily the Worst Castlevania game ever
what about Pachislot/Pachinko games? or Simon's quest?
@@stuff5499 I don't care about them, i'm okay with pachinkos
Totally wrong lol.. did you play The Adventure? Legends? Judgement?
@@assiaelmabrouki5552 The Sonia Belmont one is pretty terrible because of Alucard fathering the belmont clan
@@YellowSun765Z agreed on this one. I don't think they should have made Alucard a parent to the Belmont Clan, that kinda ruins the plot in a way...
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