@@JulesVonBasslakeCotM is hands down in the top 5 of Castlevania side scrollers, but HoD was good, not great. At the time, they were producing both HoD and AoS, like some other franchises did (Pokemon Red/Blue, Crash Purp/Spyro Orange, Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages). I even called them Castlevania Red and Blue because the titles on the cartridges were colored that, lol. You can clearly tell they put their focus in Aria's production, but moreso like he said at the start of the vid, this was what pushed the main narrative forward, not another side story.
The mistake of calling this weird bull with petrifying breath a "gorgon" is also one that the official D&D books make as well. What should actually be a Gorgon is instead called a Medusa. Thats like calling every vampire a Dracula
Well, they’re possessed copies of Medusa’s head. Been part of Castlevania since the very first game. Medusa has herself shown up in quite a few of the games so it’s perfectly canonical (yes, it is strange having multiple of a singular entity, but it’s Dracula man! He commands death itself, surely a few million Medusa heads is nothing for his power).
Love the extra effort u put into dressing up like Soma and sitting in the throne in the same pose as Dracula did in the famous “what is a man?” scene lol!
Soma does the exact same thing as a reference to SotN! If you lose to Chaos' second phase, that is. And the video is referencing Soma's pose. Still, what a surprise lol
@@MerkhVision It could be. but I feel like it is infinitely more smug if it is just wine. or you could just pull a Zangetsu and drink from a sake dish.
I remember that if you used the flying armor properly, you could get to the clock tower from an early stage even without the glitch. Of course, this route allows you to omit the scene where you meet Julius. (フライングアーマーを上手く利用すれば、早い段階から時計塔に行く事が出来た覚えがあります。このルートではユリウス(ジュリアス)との最初の出会いを省略する事が出来ます。)
Loving the Dracula throne room setup, even if only on screen for a few seconds, this really brings the mood for what we're getting into! Also I had no idea this game was so broken, I learn something new everyday!
Indeed! It's a hell of a lot of work for something used so little, but that shows just how much they care about the channel and presentation :3 It's a lot of dedication!
It has taken me 20 years, multiple Aria playthroughs and various videos to notice: A. Arikado is how a japanese person would likely pronounce Alucard. B. That's Soul Search on the start of the game. C. Alucard must be losing power with age bc the spell doesn't kill all monsters on screen
C. is probably not the case; IIRC, his power diminishes when he doesn't have his sword, and it's likely sealed within the castle with dear ol' dad because that's what he did in previous games Anyway, if I'm mistaken, I'll be corrected in time lel
he prob just doesn't have any weapons equipped at that point. He is weak as hell back in SotN when Death takes his gears. Or just a plot reason for Soma and the player to get introduced to the Soul mechanic.
I gotta say, glitch complication videos of this sort are kinda hard to come by nowadays, but this here is fantastic! Nice presentation, your voice is easy on the ears, and I like you you kinda structure is almost like a walkthrough and bring up story beats and gameplay elements that don’t relate to any glitches. Great job all around!
Imagine the pitch Soma must've had for Hammer to buy his location in space-time. I can see it now: Soma just blips away and comes running back like "CHECK THAT OUT" and Hammer is like "YOOOOO LET'S DO THAT AGAIN"
there's a zip you can do at the beginning of the game to skip to the chapel area. There's a room with a cow in it that you can get to using the backdash jump with the Flying Armor soul, and by zipping through the wall it puts you into the chapel. I always ended up near the beginning of the area, but you can end up after the Manticore boss if done properly.
@@PhobiaSoft You can actually get there with an extremely precise damage boost. Speedrunnerds use it. It's a big pain to perform, but worth checking out.
Yes I know, but as far as I'm aware, only one speedrunner has ever successfully completed the damage-boost. Its both frame and subpixel perfect, and so is considered to be TAS-only by most runners. I wouldn't dare teach it as something possible for a casual player.
Amazing video! Thanks, been having a ton of fun following along with it while playing a new save. I did want to point one thing out, however. In order to do the the Bat Zip successfully (16:15), you have to press L + R + Right at the same time, not just R and Right. I tried this for 20 minutes until I figured this out. Once I did, I was able to complete the zip on the first try every time.
Yup same thing for me played this on gba and was able to get in the wall about 30 % of the time then tried pressing L and at the same time while pressing R then clicking R again after to turn back into a human then down to get into the walls much faster and consistently then never could get the zip till I pressed L and R together and whatever directional button needed at the same time so I was the same way funny enough great vid!
I played along the whole video and the only skip I couldn’t do funny enough was after defeating great armor boss and getting double jump I couldn’t get the skip for the teleport room back to start of castle to get to hammer. Tried numerous times and couldn’t get it so I had to make the walk of shame back to the start instead of teleport
Such a great game, this reminded me of my childhood memories going to school sleepy due to the lack of sleep grinding the game to 100% haha. I hope Netflix adapts this as the ending to the animation series.
These videos are SO DAMN GOOD! Well thought out, well laid out, well explained, and exactly showing the tricks I need to play through the game my favourite way, overpowered! As well as able to execute some amazing skips if I feel the need. I bet there are a TON of interesting rooms one can zip to with that wall zip glitch as well as these 'essential to break the game' zips. Thanks so much for this and ALL the glitch videos, cant wait for Dawn of Sorrow, a game I loved on my old DS but never won.
At 15:01 I started laughing like a woman possessed because of your delivery of “Soma honey you don’t know who this is so just smile and nod” like a southern mother was perfect.
I'm playing through this game right now and stumbled on your video. First off, what a great channel...I think it's got a bright future. Secondly, that money glitch is a thing of beauty. That 300k Soul Eater ring isn't so unobtainable now.
@@Chiggs The Rare Ring and Soul Eater Ring do work, the luck stat is bugged but the effects of the 2 rings are separate from the luck stat Also another way to get a lot of money in game without glitches is to have the Mimic soul and constantly take damage from Clock Tower spikes, then use save points to heal.
Glitches in SOTN: Require you to take advantage of the game's complex momentum system and its intricate hidden moves and mechanics Glitches in AOS: Just jump 4head
Not sure if someone mentioned it, but you actually don't need those three souls equipped when you beat Graham. Only when you beat his first form. Possibly as you start the battle as well, but I am unsure. I personally like to just have them on the whole fight just so I don't have to switch souls mid fight, but if you want something better to use for the second form then you can. Not exactly important to the video, but just thought I should mention
It gives higher damage, but is Dark element which a lot of enemies are resistant to while the Claimh is Holy, which many enemies are weak to. Also the Death’s Scythe is Hard Mode exclusive
It's so funny how simple it is to mess with the memory addresses for infinite money. I'm used to seeing glitch videos that do the same thing requiring you to count to like 124 and navigating menus offscreen.
In this timeline, graham is still alive and livid on what soma did Graham: i have done it i am dracula the TURE dracula no one can stop me- Soma: destroys chaos the heart of dracula's castle sending everyone outside thr castle Graham outside the shrine: EHAT THE FU-
After I got the Solais I did the bat trick (I don't plan to go to the chaotic realm ) next to the room with a sword I went to the corner and did the bat trick and I found a bunch of glitched rooms I don't know what they are but some of them are boss rooms(without bosses)
The worst part is when you find out that the Luck stat is broken in this game, and farming all of that money to buy the ring from Hammer that supposedly makes Souls more likely to drop, doesn't even work...
If you are a fan of Celtic mythology, I highly suggest reading Julian May's "Saga of the Exiles", one of the most inventive re-imaginings of the origins of these characters and the legends surrounding them i've ever read wrapped up in an excellent SF/fantasy adventure series and eventual universe it expands into. The amount of research done really shows in the small details. The books are 'The Many Colored Land', 'The Golden Torc', 'The Nonborn King' and 'The Adversary'. Can't recommend them enough if you enjoy mythology, fantasy and/or science fiction reading.
its crazy how good that game was for its time, better than alot of ds games. this game makes the other gba castlevanias like circle of the moon and harmony of dissonance look so bad, even tho they look and play like normal gba games, aria is just on another level.
I can't get the julius skip. I'm using a save state when he's standing in the wall and I've already tried it 50 times. Nowhere up the wall seems to work. Awesome video by the way. Any advice?
The money glitch is great. Same for the health potions. Any body have an issue getting the black panther ability...... I dsnt show up after I beat Graham.
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@@JulesVonBasslakeCotM is hands down in the top 5 of Castlevania side scrollers, but HoD was good, not great. At the time, they were producing both HoD and AoS, like some other franchises did (Pokemon Red/Blue, Crash Purp/Spyro Orange, Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages). I even called them Castlevania Red and Blue because the titles on the cartridges were colored that, lol. You can clearly tell they put their focus in Aria's production, but moreso like he said at the start of the vid, this was what pushed the main narrative forward, not another side story.
It's really funny to me that the Joyeuse, the fake treasure of the ship, can be zipped to from the Claiomh Solais, the real treasure of the ship.
The mistake of calling this weird bull with petrifying breath a "gorgon" is also one that the official D&D books make as well. What should actually be a Gorgon is instead called a Medusa. Thats like calling every vampire a Dracula
Yeah true, I remember from Heroes of Might and Magic III
"Theyre the same picture" -Konami probably
Well, they’re possessed copies of Medusa’s head. Been part of Castlevania since the very first game. Medusa has herself shown up in quite a few of the games so it’s perfectly canonical (yes, it is strange having multiple of a singular entity, but it’s Dracula man! He commands death itself, surely a few million Medusa heads is nothing for his power).
Isn't the bull a Catoblepas
@@torshavnnewellCatoblepas is the pink one.
I thought this would be a glitch showcase, but it's more like an abridged run of the game with the occasional glitch at the right time of the run.
Same here, not what I expected.
It’s way more entertaining and interesting this way!
I was having issues with the bat zip, because you said bat plus right, but I only had success when I did L+R plus right on the same frame
Love the extra effort u put into dressing up like Soma and sitting in the throne in the same pose as Dracula did in the famous “what is a man?” scene lol!
Soma does the exact same thing as a reference to SotN! If you lose to Chaos' second phase, that is.
And the video is referencing Soma's pose. Still, what a surprise lol
Seriously, the level of SMUG this man has sitting on that chair and sipping wine is out of this world.
😈
Wine? Or is it… blood!?
Soma has such a drippy outfit for no reason, I love it and what it implies about Dracula so much lol
@@MerkhVision It could be. but I feel like it is infinitely more smug if it is just wine. or you could just pull a Zangetsu and drink from a sake dish.
Selling X&Y coordinates is such an amusing idea. Amazing salesman.
"I'll sell you the rights to transport me".
"we sold Soma's X and Y coordinates"
This is like a modern horror story XD
I remember that if you used the flying armor properly, you could get to the clock tower from an early stage even without the glitch. Of course, this route allows you to omit the scene where you meet Julius.
(フライングアーマーを上手く利用すれば、早い段階から時計塔に行く事が出来た覚えがあります。このルートではユリウス(ジュリアス)との最初の出会いを省略する事が出来ます。)
So glad I picked up the Castlevania Advanced Collected last year such gems
Loving the Dracula throne room setup, even if only on screen for a few seconds, this really brings the mood for what we're getting into!
Also I had no idea this game was so broken, I learn something new everyday!
Indeed! It's a hell of a lot of work for something used so little, but that shows just how much they care about the channel and presentation :3 It's a lot of dedication!
I squealed with delight, and I'm a man almost 40.
It has taken me 20 years, multiple Aria playthroughs and various videos to notice:
A. Arikado is how a japanese person would likely pronounce Alucard.
B. That's Soul Search on the start of the game.
C. Alucard must be losing power with age bc the spell doesn't kill all monsters on screen
C. is probably not the case; IIRC, his power diminishes when he doesn't have his sword, and it's likely sealed within the castle with dear ol' dad because that's what he did in previous games
Anyway, if I'm mistaken, I'll be corrected in time lel
he prob just doesn't have any weapons equipped at that point. He is weak as hell back in SotN when Death takes his gears. Or just a plot reason for Soma and the player to get introduced to the Soul mechanic.
1:13 oh my god, that cosplay is so fucking good
I remember hunting the 100% completion for this game. Those were the days.
I gotta say, glitch complication videos of this sort are kinda hard to come by nowadays, but this here is fantastic! Nice presentation, your voice is easy on the ears, and I like you you kinda structure is almost like a walkthrough and bring up story beats and gameplay elements that don’t relate to any glitches. Great job all around!
Imagine the pitch Soma must've had for Hammer to buy his location in space-time.
I can see it now: Soma just blips away and comes running back like "CHECK THAT OUT" and Hammer is like "YOOOOO LET'S DO THAT AGAIN"
Soma: "Hey Hammer, ya want some...coordinates?"
there's a zip you can do at the beginning of the game to skip to the chapel area. There's a room with a cow in it that you can get to using the backdash jump with the Flying Armor soul, and by zipping through the wall it puts you into the chapel. I always ended up near the beginning of the area, but you can end up after the Manticore boss if done properly.
Reaching that room does require grabbing Flying Armor first, because the gap you need to jump is unusually large, but yes, you are correct!
@@PhobiaSoft You can actually get there with an extremely precise damage boost. Speedrunnerds use it. It's a big pain to perform, but worth checking out.
Yes I know, but as far as I'm aware, only one speedrunner has ever successfully completed the damage-boost. Its both frame and subpixel perfect, and so is considered to be TAS-only by most runners. I wouldn't dare teach it as something possible for a casual player.
The Demon Castle War of 1999
Where's my game Konami???
Great, I always like Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.
Amazing work! I've been eagerly waiting for this one. Thank you the effort you put in.
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Amazing video! Thanks, been having a ton of fun following along with it while playing a new save. I did want to point one thing out, however. In order to do the the Bat Zip successfully (16:15), you have to press L + R + Right at the same time, not just R and Right. I tried this for 20 minutes until I figured this out. Once I did, I was able to complete the zip on the first try every time.
No, L is not necessary. Sounds like you just got a coincidence.
I had the same experience as this person. Never got close without L and then got it very quickly every other time with L. Feels very necessary
Hey man, whatever works for you, I'm just saying I didn't use it.
Yup same thing for me played this on gba and was able to get in the wall about 30 % of the time then tried pressing L and at the same time while pressing R then clicking R again after to turn back into a human then down to get into the walls much faster and consistently then never could get the zip till I pressed L and R together and whatever directional button needed at the same time so I was the same way funny enough great vid!
I played along the whole video and the only skip I couldn’t do funny enough was after defeating great armor boss and getting double jump I couldn’t get the skip for the teleport room back to start of castle to get to hammer. Tried numerous times and couldn’t get it so I had to make the walk of shame back to the start instead of teleport
24:50 I literally said to the screen "what if you sleep again?" When you were explaining how to get out. I was right! 🥰
Such a great game, this reminded me of my childhood memories going to school sleepy due to the lack of sleep grinding the game to 100% haha. I hope Netflix adapts this as the ending to the animation series.
These videos are SO DAMN GOOD! Well thought out, well laid out, well explained, and exactly showing the tricks I need to play through the game my favourite way, overpowered! As well as able to execute some amazing skips if I feel the need. I bet there are a TON of interesting rooms one can zip to with that wall zip glitch as well as these 'essential to break the game' zips. Thanks so much for this and ALL the glitch videos, cant wait for Dawn of Sorrow, a game I loved on my old DS but never won.
Everyone in the game: The Castle is an ever-changing creature of Chaos...
Soma: *I KNOW.*
At 15:01 I started laughing like a woman possessed because of your delivery of “Soma honey you don’t know who this is so just smile and nod” like a southern mother was perfect.
your videos are so good! i love these glitch playthrough videos, they're so interesting. you really deserve more viewers
I'm playing through this game right now and stumbled on your video. First off, what a great channel...I think it's got a bright future. Secondly, that money glitch is a thing of beauty. That 300k Soul Eater ring isn't so unobtainable now.
Don't waste your money. There's a bug with the Luck stat and the ring doesn't even work lol
@@PhobiaSoftThat’s hilarious!
@@Chiggs The Rare Ring and Soul Eater Ring do work, the luck stat is bugged but the effects of the 2 rings are separate from the luck stat
Also another way to get a lot of money in game without glitches is to have the Mimic soul and constantly take damage from Clock Tower spikes, then use save points to heal.
@@zqmxq Thanks!
Ok bat zip is press L and R and the opposite direction of the wall your in.
My favorite out of all castlevanias, ive beaten it more that a dozen times, it's awesome seeing all the más skips 😅
Glitches in SOTN: Require you to take advantage of the game's complex momentum system and its intricate hidden moves and mechanics
Glitches in AOS: Just jump 4head
Not sure if someone mentioned it, but you actually don't need those three souls equipped when you beat Graham. Only when you beat his first form. Possibly as you start the battle as well, but I am unsure. I personally like to just have them on the whole fight just so I don't have to switch souls mid fight, but if you want something better to use for the second form then you can. Not exactly important to the video, but just thought I should mention
I think Death's Scythe has higher damage but yeah Claim is the best sword for the most part.
It gives higher damage, but is Dark element which a lot of enemies are resistant to while the Claimh is Holy, which many enemies are weak to.
Also the Death’s Scythe is Hard Mode exclusive
"What is a game?" *crash* "A miserable little pile of glitches! But enough of this, have at you!"
this video is really well produced
this game is timeless
I was so happy to see this in my feed! I adore your videos. I cant wait to see more. :)
Glad I rewatched your SOTN vid, the ending reminded me to check if you did Aria yet. I almost missed this.
And killer shot at 1:15 👍
Glad you found it!
@@PhobiaSoft And I just pronounce it as "Claim Solas" 👍
I love you.
😂
Yay! Always good to see a new video by you :D
This game introduced me to Castlevania when I was in elementary school. It was one of my favorite GBA games!
It's so funny how simple it is to mess with the memory addresses for infinite money. I'm used to seeing glitch videos that do the same thing requiring you to count to like 124 and navigating menus offscreen.
Your position in time space is apparently worth 32K gold pieces
I'd sell my x and y position for 32k, tbh
for people that dont know ALUCARD read it backwards
wow
I'm literally shaking! Mind blown 😲
FFS how have I never noticed that? 😂
The quality content this platform needs. Keep it up.
Best castlevania imo I love this game with all my heart
Great vid, one of my favorite game of all time !
Can't wait to see what glitch you will use in dawn of sorrow
As soon as I saw Aria of Sorrow I got excited to watch this video.
5:59 "Don't worry, I'm definitely not trying to absorb all of Dracula's powers. This suit screams 'good guy' [insert evil-nasally laugh]."
This video rocked, so much effort put in. Awesome stuff, best game ever
In this timeline, graham is still alive and livid on what soma did
Graham: i have done it i am dracula the TURE dracula no one can stop me-
Soma: destroys chaos the heart of dracula's castle sending everyone outside thr castle
Graham outside the shrine: EHAT THE FU-
Man I wanna try the glitches now!
After I got the Solais I did the bat trick (I don't plan to go to the chaotic realm ) next to the room with a sword I went to the corner and did the bat trick and I found a bunch of glitched rooms I don't know what they are but some of them are boss rooms(without bosses)
Destroying caos using absolute caos
The zips in this game have a bizarre serendipity.
I did the undine skip on my very first playthrough twice, which led to some confusion later on where I'd need the ability
yet great armor , by crouching in front of its feet, baselard would take him out faster at least
Best video you've ever produced
Selling hammer's eyebrows to himself
Can't wait dawn of sorrow video
Did the money glitch thanks so much
First time you encounter Graham just his portrait picture tells you something's wrong with him. His face tells you he's a Dracula wannabe 😂
Bro I loved this game. Great video altough I would've appreciated if you showed me that infinite money glitch 20 years ago...
The worst part is when you find out that the Luck stat is broken in this game, and farming all of that money to buy the ring from Hammer that supposedly makes Souls more likely to drop, doesn't even work...
your cosplay was sick bro
Cheers mate, I did one for Dracula in Symphony of the Night as well 😁
11:05 didn't know that
Another time to play Aria I guess
Loved this.
Here's hoping you someday do Harmony of Dissonance as well.
This vid has all the elements of a modern classic!
Easily a new sub for me. This guy is awesome
Great game with even greater glitches.
I did not know you could wall zip with Rush souls like that.
As far as I know, its only in that one spot
Thank you for this Haloween special.
I shall now wait for thr Metroid Zero Misaion video
Its already on the list!
@@PhobiaSoft you meam zero mission is on your to do list?
I feel happy that I know these glitches because I’m an enjoyer of the speedruns of Aria, where a bunch of these glitches are used in some categories
4:20 Is that a Castle Corridor track cover? Where I can listen to it? Great video!
fun fact: claimh solais is based on the Claíomh Solais (sword of Light) wielded by Nuadha Silverhand of Celtic Mythology
([K]eltic, not [S]eltic)
If you are a fan of Celtic mythology, I highly suggest reading Julian May's "Saga of the Exiles", one of the most inventive re-imaginings of the origins of these characters and the legends surrounding them i've ever read wrapped up in an excellent SF/fantasy adventure series and eventual universe it expands into. The amount of research done really shows in the small details. The books are 'The Many Colored Land', 'The Golden Torc', 'The Nonborn King' and 'The Adversary'. Can't recommend them enough if you enjoy mythology, fantasy and/or science fiction reading.
Im gonna go play this
Nvm I only have dawn of sorrow.
I mixed them up.
I'm going to go buy this
Pice of carp psstore won't let me buy xit
i burst out laughing when he sold Soma's coordinates
Damn another day another banger, can't wait for Dawn of Sorrow video !!
I can't bat zip 😢 i tried a lot
This is my favorite Castlevania
Masterclass
Do dawn of sorrow glitches vid plss
Shout-out to UA-cam for not putting this video in my subscriptions. At least I found it now.
The Catoblepas's breath turns people to stone. They just reskined and called it medusa
Great video!
Woa what a gem channel. Glad i found this.
/ Those skips are waaaay to convenient xD
I hope you'll do one for Order of Ecclesia too after Dawn of Sorrow
Just seen sotn and this video... amazing
lol, I did the Undine skip by accident and was confused about the difficulty spike.
its crazy how good that game was for its time, better than alot of ds games. this game makes the other gba castlevanias like circle of the moon and harmony of dissonance look so bad, even tho they look and play like normal gba games, aria is just on another level.
What .. a .. ..wonderful .. .. night .. . to .. have . ..a glitch.
damn man, this was great.
can you do one for portrait of ruin? its my favourite castlevania game but i feel like it doesnt get the love and respect it deserves.
10:21 & 10:33 was about to leave a comment about just jumping but lmao.
New sub
Greetings from colombia bro
Great work
I can't get the julius skip. I'm using a save state when he's standing in the wall and I've already tried it 50 times. Nowhere up the wall seems to work. Awesome video by the way. Any advice?
The money glitch is great. Same for the health potions. Any body have an issue getting the black panther ability...... I dsnt show up after I beat Graham.
hehehe i subbed to you just yesterday after replaying sotn and hearing your comment at the end of that about doing this next year and here we are
Wow, great timing!
@@PhobiaSoft and now i shall return to my slumber and await next year's dawn video.... mwahahahaha.....
I'm looking forward to the dawn of sorrow video.