Dracula won't appear in Maria mode because he doesn't want the embarrassment of taking another L against the girl who fast-balled a pigeon directly into his head, killing him instantly like the last time
I love how the immediate instinct of anyone that goes public with piracy is to beg Nintendo not to sue them, even if Nintendo was not involved with the game's existence in the slightest
I love how maria was basically a disney princess in rondo, but for sega saturn sotn they decided that it was better to make her a fuckin yu yu hakusho character
It's less a question of how she gets around safely while in the castle and more how the castle gets on safely while she's in it. Spoiler alert, it doesn't.
18:06 Igarashi for real looked at Imps locking people in place for 30 seconds and was like "Hell yeah that's not annoying make them do that every time from now on"
Maria is soo fun to play as in the Saturn version. Although I understand why they changed her to be more like her Rondo of Blood incarnation in the later releases, it's still sad that we never got "Ultra Instinct" Maria again! At least we have the translation patch and the enhancement patch now! EDIT: And now we have the Meduza ultimate edition patch!!!
The adult Maria as a martial fighter makes so much more sense honestly. As a child she's been using her magical powers as a crutch, and now she's complimenting her physical prowess with them. I'd like it much more if Konami left her kicks and dashes intact.
The great thing about you being a treasure that's doing this for 10 years is that you can pull relics like Shoop da Whoop and get me into the existential void too.
through the last 20+ years I have come to the conclusion that Castlevania: symphony of the night is an infinite game and we will continue to find new stuff in all of its versions for the next 100 years.
Oh man I never got to experience the game with Maria - would love to replay the game again with her moveset - lots of fun movement options and spells to essentially blitz through the castle
Though this specific version of Maria is only playable in the Saturn version. Modern ports use the PSP version, in which she plays completely different
I hope this video blows up. I like the new style of videos on your main channel, even though they definitely take more time to make it is always a treat when they pop up.
I still wish we got this maria in the requiem version. A perfect combination of martial arts and summoning magic is literally such a cool idea to me and definitely seems like a natural evolution of her play style in rondo of blood.
I was wondering what Maria is like in action in other games. Only reference is from _Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls._ Because of the magic of the grimoires, you have a whole cast of CV characters being manifested, from Simon and Trevor Belmont, to Maria, to Shanoa, Albus, and beyond. On top of that, there are TWO versions of Maria! 12yo version of her is a primary character, but her 17yo version is in the form of Alter Arts (characters you can tag in and play as for about 30s at a time).
Four beast spell caught my attention. Looked like tiger, phoenix, turtle and dragon. Which are the 4 totem gods of a game called Nexus TK which is based on Korean Mythology. Baekho = tiger. Ju Jak = Phoenix. Hyun moo = turtle and Chung Ryong = Dragon. They're the same colors too. After doing some research that's exactly what these are though these ones are based on off Chinese mythology. Either way found it interesting.
Huh. You reminded me of the four guardians of Filgaia from the Wild Arms games. Fengalon (Tiger), Moa Gault (Phoenix), Stoldark (Turtle), and Gurdijeff (Dragon).
The fact that we never got Maria, until we did get Maria, but that version was a completely different version, makes me feel so robbed. Not to mention the other two secret areas (even if they were barely anything except a boss fight).
In Japan, these gods are known as Seiryuu or Seiryō (Qinglong), Suzaku or Sujaku (Zhuque), Byakko (Baihu), and Genbu (Xuanwu). The four animals she uses
its crazy to me how games like this don't exist anymore, the amount of charisma in this game is insane. it really does feel like we lived in the golden age of gaming and its long since past.
...Wow, I think the Saturn version answers the main question I had when playing SOTN, "How does Maria get around the castle so easily?" Like a bat out of hell, apparently.
That strimmer from twitch sent me here to say pee pee poo poo. In all seriousness, I'm looking forward to seeing you get the wr in Maria any% in the future.
oh man the movement looks so cool in this run. great work. im curious. does she have any upgrades or unlocks in a casual run? fantastic video and explanation.
She works the same as Richter, HP Ups and Heart Ups add +10 to their respective stats and you get a boost in damage from defeating certain bosses plus anothet boost after completing the first castle.
The saturn version have the best version of Bloody tears and I forgot about it over the years ! Thanks for the reminder and congrats for your WR man ! :)
Eric Lecarde To Maria - Show me the power said surpass even that of a Belmont. Also I had no idea she was a secret playable character. Playing her gives me another reason to start Symphony of the night again.
i was having a heart attack , untill you said "its not playable in the original version" phew.. i thought i played sotn all these times and i thought only richter and alucard could be played XD
I mean seeing Maria so OP gives the scene after the fight with GreenBall\Richter a new meaning Alucard: I'm going to deal with this Maria: Yeah, I guess you need the XP
Imagine thinking you’re good at a game but had to wait for a secret character to beat it and the original used nothing but original characters So you didn’t beat his record….deal with it
If you want to watch me break these records live you can follow my twitch channel! twitch.tv/dr4gonblitz
I know this is a weird question to ask probably won't get answered or anyhting but got to ask wouldn't it be Konami who sues you Not Nintendo?
you could order from Rakuten for cheap and yet you use Emulation, shame on you dude.
@@aralesaniternuvogiv yeah yeah, of course all people who emulate should be dragged to hell!
Dracula won't appear in Maria mode because he doesn't want the embarrassment of taking another L against the girl who fast-balled a pigeon directly into his head, killing him instantly like the last time
Or she was too fast for the ritual to complete.
But more likely dracula just noped the f out of there.
He just totally went "oh hell no, not again."
Honestly dracula should have given up by rondo of blood
@23 Why for real, dude has a losing streak of 7 by that point
@@23yyyy It was not by his hand that he is once again given flesh. He was called there by humans who wish to pay him tribute.
I love how the immediate instinct of anyone that goes public with piracy is to beg Nintendo not to sue them, even if Nintendo was not involved with the game's existence in the slightest
You bet nintendo will sue on someone else's behalf though 😂
@@richardwilliams877 they would if they could! But that’s illegal! (Unless you’re a Republican politician)
@Richard Williams the meme exceeds reality
@@richardwilliams877well since Nintendo owns the rights to Castlevania, they can sue on behalf of themselves
@@camwyn256 are you joking? Konami owns castlevania, lol :D
I love how maria was basically a disney princess in rondo, but for sega saturn sotn they decided that it was better to make her a fuckin yu yu hakusho character
Holy crap! I always wondered how Maria got around the castle safely, turns out she’s the scariest thing in there!
It's less a question of how she gets around safely while in the castle and more how the castle gets on safely while she's in it. Spoiler alert, it doesn't.
It's why she was locked away
18:06 Igarashi for real looked at Imps locking people in place for 30 seconds and was like "Hell yeah that's not annoying make them do that every time from now on"
just get good
Maria is soo fun to play as in the Saturn version. Although I understand why they changed her to be more like her Rondo of Blood incarnation in the later releases, it's still sad that we never got "Ultra Instinct" Maria again!
At least we have the translation patch and the enhancement patch now!
EDIT: And now we have the Meduza ultimate edition patch!!!
The adult Maria as a martial fighter makes so much more sense honestly. As a child she's been using her magical powers as a crutch, and now she's complimenting her physical prowess with them. I'd like it much more if Konami left her kicks and dashes intact.
@@Miraihi She sounds even more awesome when you describe it like that!
3:36 Alucard's best bit of dialogue lmao
"Please don't sue me Nintendo"
Nintendo is going wild these days. Going after people emulating Konami games released for a Sega hardware... 👀
The great thing about you being a treasure that's doing this for 10 years is that you can pull relics like Shoop da Whoop and get me into the existential void too.
through the last 20+ years I have come to the conclusion that Castlevania: symphony of the night is an infinite game and we will continue to find new stuff in all of its versions for the next 100 years.
Maria animations are so smooth, specially during a speedrun. No wonder she was intended to somewhat resemble a ninja.
Oh man I never got to experience the game with Maria - would love to replay the game again with her moveset - lots of fun movement options and spells to essentially blitz through the castle
Though this specific version of Maria is only playable in the Saturn version. Modern ports use the PSP version, in which she plays completely different
Maria and her friggin' skull of steel REALLY explains how she's moving around in Alucard's route faster than he is...
The owl summon can be used to reach unreachable switches. I think it's only use is in the Catacombs section.
I hope this video blows up. I like the new style of videos on your main channel, even though they definitely take more time to make it is always a treat when they pop up.
Maria being top tier in two Castlevania games 🙏CV animation needs her flipping around and divekicking everywhere she goes.
I think its called Sacred Fire/Flame. The attack usually connected to the Crimson Bird of the Sacred Beasts.
Ho-Oh uses that too.
Which reminds me: What other Pokémon besides Ho-Oh would go well with Maria?
@@mightywaranvil2912Ho-Oh, Gyarados, Torterra, Raikou, Galade and Delibird
Playing as Maria is really fun! You only have to get used to triple jump
Maria is too OP, breaking every game she's in!
Great run!
I still wish we got this maria in the requiem version. A perfect combination of martial arts and summoning magic is literally such a cool idea to me and definitely seems like a natural evolution of her play style in rondo of blood.
I was wondering what Maria is like in action in other games. Only reference is from _Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls._ Because of the magic of the grimoires, you have a whole cast of CV characters being manifested, from Simon and Trevor Belmont, to Maria, to Shanoa, Albus, and beyond. On top of that, there are TWO versions of Maria! 12yo version of her is a primary character, but her 17yo version is in the form of Alter Arts (characters you can tag in and play as for about 30s at a time).
Your editing / presentation skills have come so far. I can see you doing videos like these for a broader range of titles. Keep up the great work.
Informative and comedic at the same time. Huge improvement on the edits too
Four beast spell caught my attention. Looked like tiger, phoenix, turtle and dragon. Which are the 4 totem gods of a game called Nexus TK which is based on Korean Mythology. Baekho = tiger. Ju Jak = Phoenix. Hyun moo = turtle and Chung Ryong = Dragon.
They're the same colors too.
After doing some research that's exactly what these are though these ones are based on off Chinese mythology. Either way found it interesting.
Holy heck. Koreans been playing mmorpgs even back then in 1996.
Huh. You reminded me of the four guardians of Filgaia from the Wild Arms games. Fengalon (Tiger), Moa Gault (Phoenix), Stoldark (Turtle), and Gurdijeff (Dragon).
Great video. May Maria bonk her way all the way through the game
anyone else around 3:26 expect Michael from Vsauce to appear? lol very informative video but that background music had me lol
This video fuckin rules, I had no Idea Maria was even a playable character. PEAK_SPEEDRUNNING
She wasn't playable in the original PSX release
I wish they brought this Maria to the modern collection. I enjoyed this one a lot!
Unfortunately, this Maria was made by a different team.
The fact that we never got Maria, until we did get Maria, but that version was a completely different version, makes me feel so robbed. Not to mention the other two secret areas (even if they were barely anything except a boss fight).
This dude looks...
primed and ready
mom's spaghetti...
I'm hooked on
Castlevania already
This format for your content is insanely interesting and I'm glad you took this spin to it!
16:34 -Do I look like I know what a Medusa is? I just want my Snake Hotdog!
“Making sure I say hi to Romscout” I see what you did there
Damn, this was a great vid DB!
Maria having fighting game input moves is hilarious
In Japan, these gods are known as Seiryuu or Seiryō (Qinglong), Suzaku or Sujaku (Zhuque), Byakko (Baihu), and Genbu (Xuanwu). The four animals she uses
“please don’t sue me Nintendo” he says while playing a SEGA Saturn port of a SONY PlayStation game
4:03 shoutouts to Brenda
6:11 ah yes, the mirror footage. Gotta admire the flex 9:56. And those BONK sounds, brilliant.
They are called jack o bones becuase they use a jack shaped skull. This is a reference to the children's game jacks
Major props... With going the extra mile with this version, do you enjoy it more now?
Skeletor will get you someday, Tiny Green He-Man!
For anyone curious, the Android version supports Maria mode, although it appears to be very limited compared to what is shown here.
It runs fine at Memu Play or Nox. I did it.
@@sferrazgabriel I think he means by her being nerfed(heavily) since PSP DXC port of sotn
@@CB-L Thx for the reply, man... I agree to your point, though he said "it" and not "she", then I took for the game.
I just started learning Maria % and will be learning all bosses soon. This gives me tons of motivation
its crazy to me how games like this don't exist anymore, the amount of charisma in this game is insane. it really does feel like we lived in the golden age of gaming and its long since past.
This format ❤️ The short talks from the stream, Maria’s concussions 😂❤️
You know the speed and ass-kicking is inbound when the Bloody Tears starts up.
I've always wanted to play this version of Maria since I heard about it
Also I really like the way you transitioned the music with the different sections of the video
Very well made video I love it, good job with the new content it's really great!
awesome vid! ive never played a castlevania game in my life but i watched the whole thing
...Wow, I think the Saturn version answers the main question I had when playing SOTN, "How does Maria get around the castle so easily?" Like a bat out of hell, apparently.
3:39 "No Alucard, don't "c*m" here 😜😅🤣🤣
Saturn's castlevania, it was a lot of fun, thanks for remembering this jewel.
That strimmer from twitch sent me here to say pee pee poo poo.
In all seriousness, I'm looking forward to seeing you get the wr in Maria any% in the future.
I went to check the records. He also has the alucard all bosses record for the Xbox 360.
Dude loves himself some Castlevania.
He was almost all of the Alucard world records
I think the thing about the doppleganger is that he was created to be another alucard and was sealed there later
Superb video, both informative and funny at the same time. Keep it up!
nice video db! congrats on wr
That was great commentary! Never seen this run before, was a lot of fun.
oh man the movement looks so cool in this run. great work.
im curious. does she have any upgrades or unlocks in a casual run?
fantastic video and explanation.
She works the same as Richter, HP Ups and Heart Ups add +10 to their respective stats and you get a boost in damage from defeating certain bosses plus anothet boost after completing the first castle.
@@Alex_Off-Beat makes sense. thanks :)
This video's format is fantastic! GGs on the achievement.
oh there's a little trivia about her Seiryu,the sprite is actully the Blue Intruder from Lifeforce AC
In 15:42 Maria bonked her head so much she forgot where she was going lol
The saturn version have the best version of Bloody tears and I forgot about it over the years ! Thanks for the reminder and congrats for your WR man ! :)
Never played a castlevania game, but here I am, watching another speedrun video 😆 Great video dude!
never played any castelvania apart from the ds ones, i didnt know there were fighting game inputs for these characters
What a sweet run, congrats!
Eric Lecarde To Maria - Show me the power said surpass even that of a Belmont. Also I had no idea she was a secret playable character. Playing her gives me another reason to start Symphony of the night again.
Maria’s a secret in terms of her exclusivity. She’s playable from the start in the versions she’s playable in.
Maria’s a secret in terms of her exclusivity. She’s playable from the start in the versions she’s playable in.
Bruh
The videos keep getting better and better!
Great vid man!!! Congrats!!!
ps.: i miss Brenda lol
3:35 The text bubble had me rolling XD
12:45 So it's like pathological gambit but you don't lose all your money.
Dr4gonBlitzDaily can never!
nice video dude, also, is it me or your voice sounds better on these edited videos?
3:34 I wasn't prepared for that LMFAO
Very entertaining video :O
Another BANGER of a video from DB himself!
the purple border in the thumbnail activates something primal in my blood
Wait, Maria's supposed to be a secret? We were talking about her on messageboards in the early-'00s...
I was thinking the samething
Maria’s a secret in terms of her exclusivity. She’s playable from the start in the versions she’s playable in.
"BeezNuts" got me ngl
i was having a heart attack , untill you said "its not playable in the original version" phew.. i thought i played sotn all these times and i thought only richter and alucard could be played XD
This was a great video!
Alucard: Wait, where's the castle? And my father?
I want to see that maria superboss someday, because from what I understand it EASILY matches her level of power here.
Here before Dr4gonBlitzDaily
14:24 Shoop da whoop! I'ma firin' mah lazah!
I mean seeing Maria so OP gives the scene after the fight with GreenBall\Richter a new meaning
Alucard: I'm going to deal with this
Maria: Yeah, I guess you need the XP
Awesome video!!!
I don't fear a man who has practiced 10,000 kicks I fear the man who has practiced Maria's kick 10,000 times ~ Bruce Lee
Slick with the spelling change in the succubus dream 😂
i don't feel so good mr maria, i don't wanna go!
"Lord Dracula theres a 12 year old Girl killing everyone what should we do?"
Mathias Blomquist aka Dracula "Frak this i'm out."
Noice.
For me, this video was an excellent follow-up to my recent realization that Maria's family name isn't Renard; it's Learned (ラーネッド).
🎉 for the algo 🎉 for new db vid 🎉 for the memes 🎉 for the crack cocaine in my veins
I wonder if this Maria had inspiration for Lady Maria in bloodborne. Hell, you even walk thru a giant clock after you defeat her
So much effort in this, congrats
Pee pee poo poo
Imagine thinking you’re good at a game but had to wait for a secret character to beat it and the original used nothing but original characters
So you didn’t beat his record….deal with it
That Alucard scene has me in stitchs
I get to see Maria's horse Brenda in the opening cinematic 😂