How Castlevania Speedrunners Overcome Impossible Odds

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    00:00 intro
    00:57 how to beat aria of sorrow
    03:17 Creaking Skull Manipulation
    04:17 Flying Armor Skip
    05:41 Manticore Manipulation
    06:48 Great Armor Fight
    07:46 Manticore Zip
    09:28 Arena
    11:01 Balore Fight
    11:58 The "Break The Game" Soul
    14:34 Claimh Solais
    15:07 Final Boss
    17:40 The odds of this run
    18:41 outro
    #worldrecord #speedrun #castlevania
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  • @Dr4gonBlitzDaily
    @Dr4gonBlitzDaily 11 місяців тому +1511

    See if I did a speedrun of this game I would simply get the 1 in 100 million luck

    • @Kay_Sea251
      @Kay_Sea251 11 місяців тому +31

      Unless it's a 1/11 chance...

    • @josephpowers7155
      @josephpowers7155 11 місяців тому +13

      true// luck is broken

    • @cameronschow3415
      @cameronschow3415 11 місяців тому +15

      DB daily is just built DIFFERENT

    • @NuppyZ
      @NuppyZ 11 місяців тому +11

      So would todd rodgers 😂

    • @freon22
      @freon22 11 місяців тому +2

      Sure thing Mr. Early Bat

  • @JupiterClimb
    @JupiterClimb 11 місяців тому +823

    Thanks for covering some Aria! Was great to help out in a small way with this video
    Edit: Watched the whole thing, IMO your best video to date. Super easy to follow, editing skills are getting unreal

    • @adrianlayman892
      @adrianlayman892 11 місяців тому +12

      @JupiterClimb you are very talented sir! Keep up the great work and let's keep pushing this category further and further! God Bless you ALL!

    • @poblanopupp9966
      @poblanopupp9966 11 місяців тому +2

      Love your content man! Your morris and joshu run in DoS is one of my faves.

    • @EstanBulLoFre
      @EstanBulLoFre 10 місяців тому +2

      you were fun to listen to

    • @lukecwolf
      @lukecwolf 9 місяців тому +1

      Wow, i love all your content but i never knew you were also one of the best speedrunners! Thanks!

    • @Marc-fk6si
      @Marc-fk6si 9 місяців тому +1

      where the hell did you get your accent from?

  • @rem7019
    @rem7019 11 місяців тому +33

    "this is the chaotic realm, hence all of the sepia tones" was not lost on me

  • @Kydrou
    @Kydrou 11 місяців тому +295

    I always loved Aria of Sorrow, and it's bosses felt the hardest ever. Speedrunners always leave me in awe on how can a game be run.

    • @120Pythons
      @120Pythons 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@KungFuAndrewTV easier said than done. Balore and the final boss in this game will beat your ass even if you're a speedrunner lol.

    • @fishyfinthing8854
      @fishyfinthing8854 11 місяців тому +1

      I never forget my first time beating the final boss. Feel so rewarding to end a great game.

    • @Alu_kardd
      @Alu_kardd 11 місяців тому +3

      Why is chaos said to be so hard? He was a total pushover the first I fought him and I didn’t even do any research on his moveset before I fought him.

    • @apdsouza
      @apdsouza 11 місяців тому +10

      Circle of the moon hands down has the hardest bosses out of the 3 gba games

    • @Valigarmanda
      @Valigarmanda 10 місяців тому +2

      Death was just complete busted. It was a substantial difficulty spike on the Death boss fight itself, and then it goes down again because the worst is behind you.

  • @Aigis31
    @Aigis31 11 місяців тому +149

    Castlevania speedruns are so fascinating to dive into, all the minor optimizations and RNG manipulations are so cool to see!

  • @DeceptiveSS
    @DeceptiveSS 11 місяців тому +75

    This was my gateway Castlevania. Watching speedruns, especially recent developments on Julius runs with extreme zips is a higher level of pleasure.

  • @WildWolfofDark
    @WildWolfofDark 11 місяців тому +63

    Aria and Dawn are my two favorite games in the series. I spent many, many, many days and weeks collecting souls, playing and replaying the games and seeing someone beat it in less time than a coffee break is both amazing and very humbling in skill.

    • @Valigarmanda
      @Valigarmanda 10 місяців тому +1

      To be fair, 100% completion speedruns take a while too.

  • @PlasmaSpark
    @PlasmaSpark 11 місяців тому +26

    You're telling me that last month i played through this game for the first time i was wasting my time catering my equipment to the luck stat? That's funny

  • @davidkolman
    @davidkolman 11 місяців тому +35

    I love the art of speedrun, so much strategy involved and all done in the shortest possible time, each run is unique.

  • @AggressaCh
    @AggressaCh 11 місяців тому +11

    Claiomh Solais is supposed to be pronounced closely resembling "Clausolas".
    DB will appreciate this because this is a Yu-Gi-Oh card lol

  • @freon22
    @freon22 11 місяців тому +29

    You’re finding your meta with each video, DB. I fucking loved this one. It feels like when you take time during your streams to explain a mechanic or a route. The details, the thoroughness, and the humor are all here. Seriously great, dude 🤘🏻

  • @eggoslayer1001
    @eggoslayer1001 11 місяців тому +15

    I absolutely LOVE speedrun explanations like this. Love to see more of these DB!

  • @michaeltedeschi9929
    @michaeltedeschi9929 11 місяців тому +6

    Really awesome breakdown, enjoyed hearing both of you explain the mechanics. I'll have to watch some more Aria of Sorrow speedruns soon. Editing and narration on this one was on point as well, definitely one of my favorite videos you've created

  • @mirkwood579
    @mirkwood579 11 місяців тому +4

    Great video!
    Glad to see it come out after hearing about it on Dr4gonBlitzDaily for a while.

  • @SolarFlorad
    @SolarFlorad 11 місяців тому +6

    Awesome. I always love seeing your efforts to explain and display cool speedrun tech in the community.

  • @zero28ism
    @zero28ism 11 місяців тому +11

    I love your speedrun analysis videos. Keep up the good work!

  • @chewy4u
    @chewy4u 11 місяців тому +39

    thanks for covering this run, really great work DB!

    • @120Pythons
      @120Pythons 11 місяців тому +1

      Fucking legend™

  • @cloud5190
    @cloud5190 11 місяців тому +4

    Great stuff DB, I love this kind of video!

  • @sakuyaizayoi1945
    @sakuyaizayoi1945 7 місяців тому +1

    18:49 Ah yes, SDGQ, Summer Dames Gone Quick, my favorite event of the year

  • @therogueserafim271
    @therogueserafim271 11 місяців тому +7

    What a banger of a video. Loving to see these collabs, first Adef and now Jup.

  • @thecoldmage_
    @thecoldmage_ 11 місяців тому +11

    What a cool video. I love the deep and detailed explanations into all the tech involved in achieving such an amazing run.

  • @danielsolorzano7223
    @danielsolorzano7223 11 місяців тому +5

    Awesome Video, great content and very well explained. LOVED IT!

  • @TheHermezetas
    @TheHermezetas 11 місяців тому +3

    Amazing video! Very easy to follow and superb commentary from JupiterClimb.

  • @LordYharim
    @LordYharim 11 місяців тому +6

    Really cool video!
    It's nice to see you branch to other castlevanias 😃

  • @Dexuz
    @Dexuz 11 місяців тому +2

    Cool video! Aria of Sorrow is my beloved so very glad to see a simple yet insightful commentary about its speedrun.

  • @adamwatts2000
    @adamwatts2000 11 місяців тому +1

    Love the evolution of the content mang! this video and the editing are fire

  • @sunasuna16
    @sunasuna16 11 місяців тому +6

    great video. loving the guests to showcase speedruns

  • @SwedishPete
    @SwedishPete 11 місяців тому +3

    Super slick video DB! Great job! You're getting really really good at making videos. Thank you! 😊

  • @Yesnomu
    @Yesnomu 11 місяців тому +3

    Outstanding video! I love AoS and this is a great overview.

  • @lVlalicious
    @lVlalicious 11 місяців тому +4

    perfectly done video and a perfect run great vid DB

  • @Mikalya
    @Mikalya 11 місяців тому +7

    I did a bit of speedrun of this game, mainly Julius runs but did some Soma any% no 0HP and seeing it got sub 11 its just beautiful, now i want to play it again.

  • @Pomodorosan
    @Pomodorosan 10 місяців тому +5

    2:30 reminds me of a few skills in Shining Soul II that don't work, like the Dragonite's elemental resistance skill, which increases the visual number of your resistances, but the game doesn't take it into calculation

  • @theangrycodn3rd
    @theangrycodn3rd 11 місяців тому +4

    Great video. Can’t wait for the next one

  • @maneater3795
    @maneater3795 11 місяців тому +4

    Bro, I legit forgot I was watching one of your videos and when you were like "I'm here with one of the best Castlevania speedrunners." I was fully expecting you to say Dr4gonBlitz.

  • @konchy
    @konchy 11 місяців тому

    Loved this! Really appreciate this vid. Was very entertaining!

  • @thebermangrit8815
    @thebermangrit8815 10 місяців тому +3

    Great video explaining the basis of an entire speedrun in a short amount of time.
    To clarify on zips, "human" Soma gets zipped upwards whereas any transformation (Bat, Manticore, etc.) zips horizontally opposite to the where you are looking.
    Hence why, in the arena zip, being 2 pixels in a wall after Right + L (backdash) + R (Bat Transform) causes a zip to the left.
    Also, loading from a suspend puts Soma in Human form where he entered the room.
    As for where zips send you, there are two main types that rely on your X and Y position in a room and the memory address associated with a room.
    If you leave a room on the left, you end up on the right of the room on its left, normal stuff. If this is via a zip, your X and Y position isn't that of any entrance/exit to the room and therefore in a wall/floor/pillar.
    However, if there is no room to the left, the game takes some data which shouldn't be used as room's memory address as the memory address for a room....
    Co-incidentally, this memory address can be the same as that of another room somewhere else in the castle and so it sends you to that room. As it still tries to account for your previous X and Y postion, this usually ends up in a wall.

  • @keisoma
    @keisoma 11 місяців тому

    Wow, glad to see one of your vids pop off like this! And this one is really well done.

  • @calebkepler2412
    @calebkepler2412 11 місяців тому +3

    thank you for making this video guys i loved it

  • @Dewani90
    @Dewani90 11 місяців тому +2

    "castlevania aria of sorrow managed to fit into a tiny gameboy cartridge"
    You haven't seen the 2 in 1 version that includes harmony of dissonance right?.... aaaanyway.
    "The soul system", oh yeah, i remember that, it also got called, "I got overleveled for each boss due to farming for those darn souls"

  • @Visi53
    @Visi53 7 місяців тому

    Hell of a good video DB❣️Very professional too! 😊

  • @KillerChairYT
    @KillerChairYT 11 місяців тому +2

    The metroidvania GOAT
    Always a delight to see runs of this game, and cool to see some analysis on how its done.

  • @tn_mateo5974
    @tn_mateo5974 11 місяців тому +3

    I love the documentary style here. *chefs kiss*

  • @choklatecheeseburger
    @choklatecheeseburger 11 місяців тому +2

    Best video you've ever done. Well done dude.

  • @brandonmoore6132
    @brandonmoore6132 10 місяців тому +1

    Randomly found your channel, solid content keep it up!

  • @TR1PLE_6
    @TR1PLE_6 11 місяців тому +15

    Those Lubicants were the worst part of going for 100% achievements. I spent about 40 minutes in that one room before finally getting their soul to drop!

    • @kingdomcome3914
      @kingdomcome3914 7 місяців тому

      For me, it was the Gargoyles. Never again.

    • @Summer-us5ql
      @Summer-us5ql 7 місяців тому +2

      For a moment I thought you said 40 hours

    • @TR1PLE_6
      @TR1PLE_6 7 місяців тому

      @@Summer-us5qlAt the rate I was going, it may well have been 😂

  • @sivernotsilver4529
    @sivernotsilver4529 11 місяців тому +1

    bro your video just appeared in timeline and I gotta say, your channel is awesome! hoping that one day you got more subs, u deserve it!

  • @Valllefor
    @Valllefor 11 місяців тому +5

    Amazing video as usual db gj, also jupter is great ❤

    • @Valllefor
      @Valllefor 11 місяців тому +3

      Also,the fight with balore was amazing, as a casual he aways gives me trouble, so much skill in a single fight

  • @ralonnetaph6450
    @ralonnetaph6450 11 місяців тому +5

    it's especially insane to think about how like, even if you ran past everything without fighting, just running normally through the castle without glitches, 11 minutes probly isn't enough time to run from the start of the castle to the last room

  • @cleangoblin2021
    @cleangoblin2021 11 місяців тому

    Speedruns and explanations gives me so much comfort.
    Thank you for this content

  • @CoalMinersGlove92
    @CoalMinersGlove92 11 місяців тому +5

    It was based on seeing your run SOTN that got me to play it for the first time ever a few years ago. Since then my 360 finally red ringed on me which sucks. These videos are always interesting to me.

  • @turkinsoncable
    @turkinsoncable 6 місяців тому

    This is utterly hilarious...... often I think about people using their time to do utterly pointless stuff and roll my eyes but this is so hilarious and the commitment to doing it so beyond me that I kind of love this! My afternoon is a little brighter for havei g been distracted into watching this 😂🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @Larooawesome
    @Larooawesome 10 місяців тому +1

    16:48 "Cause this bone dragon here does what it wants" might be my new tinder bio

  • @RedSpade37
    @RedSpade37 11 місяців тому +1

    I love this community! I have never vibed quite like this before!

  • @adrianlayman892
    @adrianlayman892 11 місяців тому +5

    WHAT?!?

  • @RJ_chaos
    @RJ_chaos 11 місяців тому +5

    14:34 COMMUNITY

  • @DanoLefourbe
    @DanoLefourbe 11 місяців тому +3

    DB and JupiterClimb collab

  • @u2oti
    @u2oti 11 місяців тому +2

    Woah this is crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. I was put in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room filled with rats. Rats make me crazy.

  • @kizmoko1739
    @kizmoko1739 11 місяців тому +5

    When I played this game just a month ago, I enjoyed taking all my time getting all the souls haha. This kind of speed run is just totally impossible for me. Knowing that there are those kinds of tricks that can be done with this game is just impressive.

  • @Keremene440
    @Keremene440 11 місяців тому +3

    Aria speedruns really changed from the last time I checked. Learned new stuff!

  • @LULZx0r
    @LULZx0r 11 місяців тому

    Great video, dawg 💯

  • @dacosmicbrownie
    @dacosmicbrownie 11 місяців тому +4

    Collabing with these runners for other games to explain the tricks required to make a run work provides such a cool insight and makes for entertaining and informative videos. Thanks @JupiterClimb !

    • @dr4gonblitz
      @dr4gonblitz  11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah I really think this format has a lot of potential and I'm excited to ask more of my friends to help me learn and teach others about cool speedruns

  • @QrozOne
    @QrozOne 11 місяців тому +3

    Speedrunners are truly the craziest, most persistent people on earth. This was an amazing run.

  • @penprp
    @penprp 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for explaining how the RNG manipulations work, I've always been fascinated by that stuff. Can't pull any of it OFF...

  • @markblacket8900
    @markblacket8900 10 місяців тому +2

    a small note from a huge aria fan: you don't need the books, only the souls they hint at, and you don't need to beat legion (although I still do almost every time)

  • @morecringe89
    @morecringe89 11 місяців тому

    ❤ thank you much for the title of the video. It made me laugh out loud all morning.

  • @RealNinox
    @RealNinox 7 місяців тому +1

    I like watching stuff I already know from my favorite childhood game. 11/10 video

  • @shawnward6607
    @shawnward6607 11 місяців тому

    cheers mate love the content and commentary. have a sub and please keep it up

  • @doomdimensiondweller5627
    @doomdimensiondweller5627 11 місяців тому +27

    This is always something I wondered. The luck stat in Aria of Sorrow doesn't work.
    Ok this is something I have to ask. Is Koji Igarashi allergic to functioning luck stats ? It feels like in all his games the luck stat either is broken or worthless. Even in Bloodstained the luck stat scales weird.

    • @migzwilliams2049
      @migzwilliams2049 11 місяців тому +4

      thats why i always use luck cheat lol. but im casual so dont mind me

  • @kamo7293
    @kamo7293 11 місяців тому +3

    the pixel perfect damage boost jump is what speedrunning is all about. shaving off time in the weirdest way (weird in relation to normal play)

  • @leonardomuniz8253
    @leonardomuniz8253 7 місяців тому

    U guys are truly artists!

  • @life-destiny1196
    @life-destiny1196 10 місяців тому +1

    FWIW, a guy from my D&D group who is from the UK pronounces Claimh Solais "clive solash" or thereabouts. (It was in a game he DM'd themed around Irish stuff.)
    I told him that made sense because all letters are made up anyway. Dunno if that's completely accurate, as I'm just relaying secondhand here, but since it came up, there ya go.

  • @alwaysangry2232
    @alwaysangry2232 11 місяців тому +3

    actually "nerd emoji engaged" you only need dracula souls for the first phase of the graham fight

  • @Dadadadadadadan
    @Dadadadadadadan 11 місяців тому +3

    Dang, you got the real Hammer to collaborate with you instead of dr4gonblitz

  • @tictcha612
    @tictcha612 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice video !

  • @ggKeca
    @ggKeca 11 місяців тому +3

    0 HP is still the real Reset City :D

  • @rafaelramires5883
    @rafaelramires5883 11 місяців тому +5

    If SummoningSalt wont do it, Db will do it, and do it classy!

  • @Jackch3
    @Jackch3 10 місяців тому

    Dream: 0.00000125%? You gotta pump those numbers up!

  • @danmanx2
    @danmanx2 11 місяців тому +3

    I saw chewy4u's run first day on UA-cam. It was so impressive! Kudos to covering it and breaking it down.

  • @_g00mba
    @_g00mba 11 місяців тому +3

    Ahh nah, mans broke the record using the Logitech controller they use for the underwater tours

    • @alirtifice
      @alirtifice 11 місяців тому

      What model is it? lel

  • @milesprower6110
    @milesprower6110 11 місяців тому +1

    Never thought I would be seeing the guy with Hammer in sunglasses png to appear in another video as a guest

  • @JayDubWilly
    @JayDubWilly 11 місяців тому +3

    37:13 Well done. Love the story behind it, your narrator voice is on point, and love the co-op explanation with JupiterClimb

  • @entheogenetic
    @entheogenetic 11 місяців тому +1

    "Whut!?" Nice edit/narration etc. - this is a very intriguing vid! tnx for your efforts! Extra credit to Jups, too

    • @entheogenetic
      @entheogenetic 11 місяців тому +1

      And Chewy? Did I not give props? How the H.

  • @TheyCallMeSharkface
    @TheyCallMeSharkface 11 місяців тому +2

    thank u I learned a lot

  • @zylomorph
    @zylomorph 11 місяців тому +3

    Excellent video. Praise be to Joel

  • @SamsarasArt
    @SamsarasArt 11 місяців тому +4

    I love aria of sorrow. It's my second favorite Castlevania.

  • @questioneverywhere3001
    @questioneverywhere3001 9 місяців тому +1

    2:36
    As an avid RuneScape player, I don’t see a problem with these odds.

  • @milkerboy4282
    @milkerboy4282 11 місяців тому +2

    This Speedrun is the equivalent to a Mario Speedrun but with rng manipulation, I am absolutely stunned by runners that have the dedication to do this speedruns

  • @pehhii
    @pehhii 11 місяців тому +12

    That run by chewy is pure insanity. Execution was absolutely on-point.
    Really awesome vid, came out awesome! The collab was super nice!

  • @Craxin01
    @Craxin01 11 місяців тому +3

    I could never do speedrunning, especially not a Metroidvania game. I love playing through them and enjoying the story and mechanics.

  • @rmnlmao5569
    @rmnlmao5569 11 місяців тому +3

    it will always baffle me how i, as an 8 year old child, was able to somehow get the true ending without looking up any guides whatsoever. though my older brother had to fight a few of the bosses for me lmao

  • @Kozmic_CL
    @Kozmic_CL 11 місяців тому +1

    Easily one of my favorite videos of all time.

  • @ronflexy1479
    @ronflexy1479 9 місяців тому

    I played this game when I was little and it’s so frustrating seeing you complete it so easily when I took days to complete this game

  • @MeanyMouth
    @MeanyMouth 8 місяців тому

    I know I'm late to the party but being from Ireland myself, the sword 'Claimh Solais' is irish and literally translates to 'Sword of light' in irish. I did some research and further found many references of 'Claimh Solais' in irish folklore. The correct pronounciation therefore would be (Clee-uv Sul-iss) for those interested. Who knew one of my favourite games would have a reference to my culture, how lovely 😄

  • @Siinory
    @Siinory 9 місяців тому

    During an Ultimate Decathlon we had to run AoS but the Any% NMG category and oh boy! We found dozens or RNG manips to guarantee drops like crazy

  • @combomamba
    @combomamba 7 місяців тому

    4:17 is crazy to even think about. I've never even heard of any sub-pixel perfect tricks before this one, and here's one where you have to also get the perfect damage boost right after too. I can barely wrap my head around this shit! Super Castlevania IV will always be my favorite but I have a lot of respect for sotn and the gba games because the speedrunners are absolutely insane! Keep it up guys!

  • @helmitonreboucasdeazevedoj4155
    @helmitonreboucasdeazevedoj4155 11 місяців тому +2

    The best vídeo i watch in this channel, so fucking clean. And Jupiter is awesome in comments

  • @Mech-Gouki
    @Mech-Gouki 6 місяців тому

    The Dark Lord is proud of this Speedrun.

  • @Lepz_1509
    @Lepz_1509 10 місяців тому +1

    This is a game from 2003? insane so ahead of its time

  • @Onigumo.
    @Onigumo. 10 місяців тому

    The soundrack is brilliant as well

  • @GambeTama
    @GambeTama 11 місяців тому +1

    The biggest shock of this whole video is finding out that that is not how "Claimh Solais" is pronounced.