Cornbinks would be a nice plot twist, if Nathan turns out as the reincarnation of Dracula 🤔 but as long as Konami is still Konami, it'll never happen...
Lol, yeah, the days before the Gameboy Advance Special and its backlit screen. That first GBA was murder on the eyes. I had the Gameboy Player for GameCube, so I could play them on tv
Yes, it's a very cool Castlevania, but the navigation through the castle is not the best (because most of the time you will be going up or down) and not to mention that the chances of dropping the cards are ridiculously low. I would say that if you want to have a better experience with the game it's good to apply the "Card UP Patch" (And that's exactly what I did), which makes the cards to be acquired by exploring the castle and enemies are more likely to drop healing items.
My first Castlevania game that got me into the series as a whole back in the day. Definitely one of the most difficult incarnations of Darcula. Other honourable mentions are Adramelech and the twin Zombie Dragons.
First time I played this game i completely skipped the Death section, so I never cleaned the water, it was a pain to cross that area but somehow i did it, later found out about Death and that item while exploring the castle... I facepalmed
+UmbreSan8241 likewise, guys. and, ironically, i didn't even know what a facepalm was at that time. probably the best damn castlevania game i ever played on the gba. speaking of which, does anyone think this needs a remake? preferably without all that god of war crap. seriously, it's like an overused meme.
This game doesn't get enough love. I'd love to see it (along with _Harmony of Dissonance_ and _Aria of Sorrow,_ of course) given a remaster in the future. It'd be amazing to play this on something like the Switch with updated sprites and music, but the same core gameplay and level design.
the hardest parts about this game is getting used to the fact that you drop like a rock, as opposed to the softer falls in other later castlevanias, and not laughing when you run into the fifteenth axe armor recolor. great run for a really underloved game, though! now do a whip-only magician mode boss run :>
Did it, fucking sucked. I also did it without having any armor as well and MAN, I took hits like if I was dust in a hurricane. I didn't do Battle Arena, but I managed to beat the game so there's that.
The hardest Castlevania I played. I had problems with Adramelech, the Dragons and Dracula, used a lot of savestates. Actually, after watching this, I realized I don't remember beating Dracula '-'
Even after playing SotN and AoS, I found the bosses in this game way harder. Holy crap, those Dragon Zombies killed me so many times that I almost gave up. One of my favorite Castlevania games.
Stolas The Great Prince I think the reason this game has harder bosses is cuz you don’t really have enough equipment or good armor like the other 2 games
I always wondered why the Necromancer had dialogues yet Death, one of the classic villains in the whole Castlevania saga, was more like a random boss. Maybe it's because Camilla had a bigger role in this game?
Yeah, Camilla was the one who resurrected Dracula in this game. Death was a mere security guard this time. Still no clue why the necromancer had dialogues rather than Death, tho.
Ironically, the first time I fought the Necromancer I was like "What? Death this early?" and just thought it was called like that because of localization issues (like the cross beign more of an x rather than an actual cross)
Yeah and I find it odd that he's so good at it. The double tap dash is the whole reason most people take damage in the game in the first place. We can't rule out that he's used a hack to be in permanent run state.
I will say this has my favorite final form Dracula design out of all the Castlevania series. It just looks awesome. Well... bar it's weird xenomorph looking tails XD
I faintly remember getting to Adramelech and couldn’t beat him without using the boomerangs. Then I remember getting to the dragons and giving up thinking they were mandatory. Also loved how the *whip* sounded like a punch. Also 17:48 lol
Not really? He was hit by 4 hits of 21 equalling 84 damage during the move, in comparison it restored 300 HP, meaning a net gain of 216 health, which is a positive total for the dragon and damage that you'll have to deal back, they aren't considered the difficulty spike of the game for nothing, if the dragon could do this indefinitely it would be almost impossible to beat with pure whip.
When I was a kid, I never really understood what the cards were for even with the description. So I just picked the coolest looking and equipped it. T'was a long time ago. I was just 10 or so when I played it lol
Not only is the dragon boss hard as fuck, but the music switch up to the faster more intense music just made it legendary. Still my favorite Castlevania game
Considering Portrait of Ruin's myriad of special whips that exist alongside the Vampire Killer, with even the Undead Killer doing stuff that it can't, I think the Hunter Whip can exist too. Plus, if there can be hundreds of mighty swords, there can be more than one powerful whip.
Yea that makes perfect sense, he dislikes the game because he couldn't beat it. Great logic, oh wait no that's a fallacy. His opinion is as valid as people who like the game, such things are subjective after all, but if I had to go out on a limb and say why people talk about SotN over this, it's because CotM is very average, it's not terribly bad, and its not terribly great either.
@@rampantsarcasm2220 well you give a good answer for him because he told this game is crap😂 so that is a valid answer for you? And don't worry I do believe SoTN is way better is a masterpiece
I'm in the middle of Circle of the Moon and to be honest, while the Zombie Dragons were tough, Death is giving me a way harder time because of the weird physics during his scorpion form. For the Zombie Dragons, I just used the DSS card combo to slowly heal over time and then went to the top of the room where they couldn't reach me whenever I got low on HP. You can't pull any cheese like that on Death.
@@agreedboarart3188 Only if you did not grind and get the cross, the game expecs you to grind for better armor and new cards, and thats why the bosses have too much hp at times, which can be considerate poor design to some degree, but i personally think that Adramelech's patterns are fun to dodge
Gotta feel sorry for Hugh Baldwin. He hets his ass handed to him by a giant goat, whilst Nathan defeats it is bad enough, but him doing so without getting a single scratch?
Excellent! I still love and play this game. I remember getting it for my brand new Game Boy Advance when I was a young adult, and was so impressed with the graphics etc lol. It's amazing how far gaming has become. I'm glad these older games are still loved and played.
Even though it was one of the later Castlevania games I plaid, I still consider it among my favorites of the series in general. Specially for the card system and for a couple of the bosses and stages. I really like that Twin Zombie Dragon fight.
Never did understand how you were supposed to randomly figure out you could do a summon attack with the cards. I only discovered how to do it on a play through last year because I googled the card combos.
The last boss of this game was definitely the hardest. Dracula is a cakewalk on his first phase but Demon Dracula is a friggin’ nightmare because his attacks can nearly KILL you! I mean, he has meteors, lasers and friggin’ poison bubbles! They are DEADLY! After you get through that, he will start to rush into you, it can KILL you!! Then he becomes a floating eye shrouded with bats and it’s equal as deadly. The hardest Dracula fight next to PoR and OoE imo. But the other final battles are equal as challenging, I found Dracula Wraith from HoD the least difficult but I think Chaos (totally not Dracula!) and Dmitri transformed (also not Dracula!) are still a decent challenge though. How were you able to beat him that fast?!? I can’t even do it that quickly. For all you struggling to beat Demon Dracula, I suggest using Tonfers or Swords or summoning a monster like Cockatrice or some giant Electric Bird (or Dragon or whatever it was) or the Unicorn (to restore health). By the way, the final battle music (Proof of Blood) is the best final battle music in the entire series. All those final battles are awesome in those games. It is satisfying as ever when you kill them.
GBA and DS Castlevania is far superior to the Game Boy games, truth be told. I really like how the GBA and DS Castlevania follow the SOTN formula, I really like that. They have RPG Elements and Levelling Up and take much longer to beat (a common complaint from me in RPGs but they’re still awesome).
The devs made this game as part of a different timeline without the Belmont clan existing, it was never made with the intention of being part of the main storyline.
My First Metroidvania Game i've ever played. I love this soundtrack and interested boss Designs. Dracula in CotM was the hardest Dracula so far, in my opinion
This game is good (I love the DSS mechanic), but man it's so hard. Some of these bosses were really making me go crazy. And also in my first playthrough I went to the poisoned water stage without knowing there was an item that cleans the water (and the DSS that absorbs poison)
Well, we recorded every boss of this game without subweapons already.)) Most likely he just wanted to show an easier way to fight them. And the video quality is far better than what we had few years ago.)
I didn't know you had to fight 2 more bosses to fight camilla. And I never realized that you had to clean the water first. I also remember fighting camilla just from the top shelf just swinging my whip all over again and again because I always get instakilled.
Even though Circle of the Moon isn't considered canon within the Castlevania time-line, it sure does have the tight ass stiff movement of a real Castlevania game ;)
Well it was never made to be part of the canon, the devs themselves even say so as part of the Japanese announcement that this takes place as part of a different timeline where the Belmont clan doesn't exist. The part with it being removed from canon (and by Iga) is misconception, it never was in the first place, it was made as a fun and very difficult Castlevania game.
That bubbles poison you, and the poison actually deals quite the damage, considering that finding antidotes is quite hard, and it's even harder to find potions
![Castlevania: Circle of the Moon [Collection 2021] - Battle Arena All Levels (2k 60FPS)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cjg8NiuDFPE/mqdefault.jpg)
I love how everybody who beat the game is still traumatized by the twin dragons
I'm more traumatized by the final form of Dracula.
@@darkguitarist3476 still trying to beat him, the bats are the things giving me trouble
I'm probably more traumatized bu Andramelech and Camilla tbh.
Lmfao definitely
@@darkguitarist3476 Yea fuck that bosfight. I mean hitting the eye is frustrating and the rest of the battle is so freaking tedius
Do not enter that chamber. It is where we keep B D S M G O A T.
I just love this game's aesthetic, everything looks so clean and polished. The enemy designs are awesome too. Truly underrated
The most insulting part about fighting Hugh isn't that your childhood friend betrayed and attacked you, it's that holy water actually hurts you.
Cornbinks would be a nice plot twist, if Nathan turns out as the reincarnation of Dracula 🤔
but as long as Konami is still Konami, it'll never happen...
Living Flower Well......
Actually is Soma Cruz the one with that role.
The thing about that is I don't thinks its holy water, it's probably water with dark magic, which is why the water appears darker
Angel Escuadra Maybe...
AaronGamer 700 you actually didn't got that one
I love how every single action he does have decent animation frames but his running animation that you see the most have only two frame 😆
Put your PC, Phone, etc. at the lowest brightness setting for more accuracy
Lol, yeah, the days before the Gameboy Advance Special and its backlit screen. That first GBA was murder on the eyes. I had the Gameboy Player for GameCube, so I could play them on tv
The worst part was, to compensate, games were made with bright colours. This makes emulation hell.
I love everyone
Right, those old gba games had to "played by feel" with how dark they were.
This works surprisingly well
The first Castlevania I've ever played, and honestly it's underrated. Symphony of the Night, Aria of Sorrow are great, but CotM has a distinct charm.
Also one of the very few which doesn't not feature the Dracula Castle. Is the one from Camilla and it feels different.
Yes, it's a very cool Castlevania, but the navigation through the castle is not the best (because most of the time you will be going up or down) and not to mention that the chances of dropping the cards are ridiculously low.
I would say that if you want to have a better experience with the game it's good to apply the "Card UP Patch" (And that's exactly what I did), which makes the cards to be acquired by exploring the castle and enemies are more likely to drop healing items.
Becouse the staring is not Belmont
@@iuliuscaesar9121 Kinda weird how the best Castlevania are always the one without the Belmonts as the main character
@@mikenogen harmony of dissonence was great but that is probably because the Belmont MC was basically Alucard with a whip.
My first Castlevania game that got me into the series as a whole back in the day. Definitely one of the most difficult incarnations of Darcula. Other honourable mentions are Adramelech and the twin Zombie Dragons.
Me too when I was just 6. Emulators were already a thing in the early 2000's, though I have no idea how to play it. Finished the game when I was 15.
First time I played this game i completely skipped the Death section, so I never cleaned the water, it was a pain to cross that area but somehow i did it, later found out about Death and that item while exploring the castle... I facepalmed
the same happend to me xD
+UmbreSan8241 likewise, guys. and, ironically, i didn't even know what a facepalm was at that time. probably the best damn castlevania game i ever played on the gba. speaking of which, does anyone think this needs a remake? preferably without all that god of war crap. seriously, it's like an overused meme.
...what God of War crap...?
What god of war crap?
He's probably refering to the LoS games, which play similarly to GoW
Good thing you beat final Dracula before he could use those damn meteors. Those things must've screwed up your attempts SO many times.
This game doesn't get enough love. I'd love to see it (along with _Harmony of Dissonance_ and _Aria of Sorrow,_ of course) given a remaster in the future. It'd be amazing to play this on something like the Switch with updated sprites and music, but the same core gameplay and level design.
Castlevania: The Advance Collection was rated in Australia some days ago, we just might get em on switch 👀
Harmony of Dissonance was great. In PSX it would be as great as Symphony.
Looks like it's come true
You got literally everything you wished for
@@thepikminbrawler1746
No they didn’t, lmao. We got rereleases, not remasters
"It´s only the power of that whip" lol the whip did less than the throwing stars the entire time.
Jay
It’s called crosses, not throwy throwy sharp Japanese stars.
Shuriken
Jay, they are Holy crosses. Get it right.
Bahaha all wrong it's called the Crucifix
@@andreyofdoom that's the one that kills all the enemies on the screen
One of my absolute favourite castlevania and it's one of the darker entries too. Nathan technically was one the most strongest vampire hunters.
Juste vs Nathan. I really want to see a fight between them.
same, the best castlevania version for me
Ah, I didn't really like this one when I first started playing the GBA CV games, might have to give it another try haha.
@@boymancinder2000 Nathan would beat the piss out of Juste
@@J0nath0n. reason? I do like your answer.
the hardest parts about this game is getting used to the fact that you drop like a rock, as opposed to the softer falls in other later castlevanias, and not laughing when you run into the fifteenth axe armor recolor. great run for a really underloved game, though!
now do a whip-only magician mode boss run :>
Did it, fucking sucked. I also did it without having any armor as well and MAN, I took hits like if I was dust in a hurricane. I didn't do Battle Arena, but I managed to beat the game so there's that.
The hardest Castlevania I played. I had problems with Adramelech, the Dragons and Dracula, used a lot of savestates.
Actually, after watching this, I realized I don't remember beating Dracula '-'
Savestates and still trouble? I did beat it on the original gba (without backlight) as a child 😂
@@FelixS. Nice
Poeple have diferent skill levels
i also cant remember beating dracula mm
i couldnt beat Dracula second form at last...
Even after playing SotN and AoS, I found the bosses in this game way harder. Holy crap, those Dragon Zombies killed me so many times that I almost gave up.
One of my favorite Castlevania games.
Stolas The Great Prince I think the reason this game has harder bosses is cuz you don’t really have enough equipment or good armor like the other 2 games
@@jorge0358 youre far too overpowered in those other games
I always wondered why the Necromancer had dialogues yet Death, one of the classic villains in the whole Castlevania saga, was more like a random boss. Maybe it's because Camilla had a bigger role in this game?
I think so
Yeah, Camilla was the one who resurrected Dracula in this game. Death was a mere security guard this time. Still no clue why the necromancer had dialogues rather than Death, tho.
Well, Death was clearly getting ready for bed when you rudely interrupted him.
He wasn't going to waste time on someone so rude.
The Necromancer looks and fights like Shaft's ghost.
Ironically, the first time I fought the Necromancer I was like "What? Death this early?" and just thought it was called like that because of localization issues (like the cross beign more of an x rather than an actual cross)
9:30 too close
Almost bit him
U haven't even spotted that one deathray from cerberus that was supposed to hit Nathan
Love the transition between the boss fights👌🏻
Only thing I didn't like about this game and the only thing was the double tap forward for dash it was a pain in the ass.
Yeah and I find it odd that he's so good at it. The double tap dash is the whole reason most people take damage in the game in the first place. We can't rule out that he's used a hack to be in permanent run state.
Yeah he's definitely using a cheat.
Running is definitely not that hard. I can do it no problem.
like hell you can.
Why? That wasn't hard...
I will say this has my favorite final form Dracula design out of all the Castlevania series. It just looks awesome. Well... bar it's weird xenomorph looking tails XD
Look at his shoulders too, looks exactly like xenomorph heads.
The chest butthole is a bit funny looking, too.
Yes, that is an awesome and underrated "Ultimate Dracula."
Adramelech is a awesome boss...imagine if that guy could use his hands!
Adrammelech from FF12 is cool too. Little did I know they shared the rather unknown name after playing the games so far apart.
I agree
Took me forever to get past him as a kid
@@coolguy02536 Adramelech was a goat in ff12 and a ram in this game wish they would have kept some continuity.
@@cognitivedissident2881 they are owned by different companies
Great video! I remember this game being too dark on GBA at launch, due to lack of backlight.
Nice to see it all lit up.
Great video
I faintly remember getting to Adramelech and couldn’t beat him without using the boomerangs. Then I remember getting to the dragons and giving up thinking they were mandatory.
Also loved how the *whip* sounded like a punch.
Also 17:48 lol
Wait the dragons were mandatory
0:23 Um, EXCUSE ME! THE HITBOX WAS DRUNK!
my first castlevania! and probably my favorite
Same, this was my first Castlevania too!
Same here!😁👍
Same
me too
Me too my favorite
9:48 does the other Zombie Dragon eating his brother to gain hp? What a pointless cannibalism since he also took more than 300 damage
Not really? He was hit by 4 hits of 21 equalling 84 damage during the move, in comparison it restored 300 HP, meaning a net gain of 216 health, which is a positive total for the dragon and damage that you'll have to deal back, they aren't considered the difficulty spike of the game for nothing, if the dragon could do this indefinitely it would be almost impossible to beat with pure whip.
17:12
"Nathan?
*(moan)*
I... I'm..."
I think we all know where this is going...
I started from this Castlevania and from then , I am great Castlevania lover
Three level ups per boss?!? Good grief, how underleveled WERE you for this?!?
Luigifan18 so much that he might doesn't even know about the existence of cards...
When I was a kid, I never really understood what the cards were for even with the description. So I just picked the coolest looking and equipped it. T'was a long time ago. I was just 10 or so when I played it lol
Living Flower thought the same but description says no magic
Luigifan18 It's not that surprising in Circle Of The Moon. I sometimes went up more than one level upon slaying a boss.
Not only is the dragon boss hard as fuck, but the music switch up to the faster more intense music just made it legendary. Still my favorite Castlevania game
Aww, I was waiting for the Wolf to release a blue orb and for Zeus' voice to go, "Power Up!" 1:17
Only a select few know what you’re talking about. Altered Beast
The Hunter Whip is the greatest bootleg ever. Guess that's why it can't be canon.
Even though Nathan is overpowered to compensate for it.
Considering Portrait of Ruin's myriad of special whips that exist alongside the Vampire Killer, with even the Undead Killer doing stuff that it can't, I think the Hunter Whip can exist too. Plus, if there can be hundreds of mighty swords, there can be more than one powerful whip.
this game is underrated everyone talks about symphony of the night but not this game that's sad
M.A.B yep
Because it sucks
@@mr.nintendobullcrapper2154 maybe you thinks it sucks because you couldn't beat the game right?
Yea that makes perfect sense, he dislikes the game because he couldn't beat it.
Great logic, oh wait no that's a fallacy.
His opinion is as valid as people who like the game, such things are subjective after all, but if I had to go out on a limb and say why people talk about SotN over this, it's because CotM is very average, it's not terribly bad, and its not terribly great either.
@@rampantsarcasm2220 well you give a good answer for him because he told this game is crap😂 so that is a valid answer for you? And don't worry I do believe SoTN is way better is a masterpiece
5:05 the way Hugh is throw 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember my jaw falling off when the dragon zombie ate its twin to recover health.
This game need a remake
Why? It is perfect as it is.
yeah, I even thought to do it myself on ue4. but I thought it would take me my whole life (
*the hardest of the GBA Castlevanias* by far, Order of Ecclessia was the equivalent of this game for the DS
Yes I agree order of ecclesia is just pure *pain*
@@Kuu-n-koi2317 I love order of ecclesia.
Order of Ecclesia is fun.
@@Shantae1188 so is Circle of the Moon
I'm in the middle of Circle of the Moon and to be honest, while the Zombie Dragons were tough, Death is giving me a way harder time because of the weird physics during his scorpion form. For the Zombie Dragons, I just used the DSS card combo to slowly heal over time and then went to the top of the room where they couldn't reach me whenever I got low on HP. You can't pull any cheese like that on Death.
I can't wait to get that the Castlevania Advanced collection that has all these games a piece of my childhood
Circle of the Moon has the best boss battles of any Castlevania game. Adrammelech and the Zombie Dragons are epic.
I think Order of Ecclesia's untouched in the boss department, but this game's bosses are pretty good too.
Adramelech is the reason I stopped playing the game. 🤣 The design is not fun at all, and the boss, like many in this game, take an ETERNITY to kill.
@@agreedboarart3188 Only if you did not grind and get the cross, the game expecs you to grind for better armor and new cards, and thats why the bosses have too much hp at times, which can be considerate poor design to some degree, but i personally think that Adramelech's patterns are fun to dodge
This Dracula by far has the best form ever , he looks like a Damon king , props to the character designers .
How painful must it be for him to continually hit the ceiling with his face like that in the last fight?
It's the clouds. It's not a ceiling.
Ugh nostalgic, so much memories, this is my first castlevania haha😍😍
one of the best final boss music EVER!!!!!
5:05 - Poor Hugh got Jazz'd
BEST CASTLEVANIA GAME EVER. I HAD AN AWESOME CHILDHOOD! !
Gotta feel sorry for Hugh Baldwin.
He hets his ass handed to him by a giant goat, whilst Nathan defeats it is bad enough, but him doing so without getting a single scratch?
Being humbled can be a great learning experience.
How I'd LOVE if they released it again like they did for the Castlevania anniversary collection.
It's my younghood in a nutshell
About that...
They did, it's called Castlevania Advance Collection. All the GBA games and Dracula X. It's on sale until November 3.
My favorite part of this run was the 3 extra crosses he threw at Hugh for good measure after their dialogue
7:52 those hitboxes are just vibing to the Big Battle Rhythm
Still haven't beaten that fucking Undead Dragon to this day.
It's a damn absurd boss.
I bear it, but damn.
Rize Games #EuToVoltando:D Did pretty good, no worries.
This boss is my childhood nightmare，I'v been stop by this one about month and lost my save file after.
Any updates?
Excellent! I still love and play this game. I remember getting it for my brand new Game Boy Advance when I was a young adult, and was so impressed with the graphics etc lol. It's amazing how far gaming has become. I'm glad these older games are still loved and played.
Even though it was one of the later Castlevania games I plaid, I still consider it among my favorites of the series in general.
Specially for the card system and for a couple of the bosses and stages. I really like that Twin Zombie Dragon fight.
Oh, yes, I loved the card system. It made all the elements feel equally viable - none too scarce to be useful.
Discovering all the new effects every time you got a new card.
Luigifan18 Except the poison whip. That shit was utterly useless most of the time.
@@samuelcamarillo1349 it was useless indeed
Never did understand how you were supposed to randomly figure out you could do a summon attack with the cards. I only discovered how to do it on a play through last year because I googled the card combos.
7:46 so.. these are the infamous Zombie Dragons, eh?
Classixish ikr? Dracula 2nd form meteors are the real shit in this game. Those zombie dragons aren't nothing against those meteors
@M.A.B he's using an always run hack
Classixish I never found those zombie dragons. How do i get to them?
Is this VBA emulator you're using? How did you make it look so smooth, as if it has anti-aliasing?
good question, looks amazing
It's a filter which the Gba emulator has. It's pretty cool and there is a lot more haha
Pixel art looks good, but on a good ratio, streching the GBA screen into 1080p just makes the game look incredibly deformed.
anyone notice that dracula has xenomorph heads on his shoulders
Yes.
He also has chestburster tails
Camilla also looks like she's riding on a Predator's skull.
I can't stop laughing Death the vampire grim reaper here look like jack the ripper with that hat
How were you able to go through the laser at 0:21 ?
The laser has a shit hitbox
Glitch, but he also has an always run hack so that could have messed up something else
The last boss of this game was definitely the hardest. Dracula is a cakewalk on his first phase but Demon Dracula is a friggin’ nightmare because his attacks can nearly KILL you! I mean, he has meteors, lasers and friggin’ poison bubbles! They are DEADLY! After you get through that, he will start to rush into you, it can KILL you!! Then he becomes a floating eye shrouded with bats and it’s equal as deadly. The hardest Dracula fight next to PoR and OoE imo. But the other final battles are equal as challenging, I found Dracula Wraith from HoD the least difficult but I think Chaos (totally not Dracula!) and Dmitri transformed (also not Dracula!) are still a decent challenge though. How were you able to beat him that fast?!? I can’t even do it that quickly. For all you struggling to beat Demon Dracula, I suggest using Tonfers or Swords or summoning a monster like Cockatrice or some giant Electric Bird (or Dragon or whatever it was) or the Unicorn (to restore health). By the way, the final battle music (Proof of Blood) is the best final battle music in the entire series. All those final battles are awesome in those games. It is satisfying as ever when you kill them.
Other than that, I really like this game though. Too bad potions are scarce and there’s no shops or currency in this game.
GBA and DS Castlevania is far superior to the Game Boy games, truth be told. I really like how the GBA and DS Castlevania follow the SOTN formula, I really like that. They have RPG Elements and Levelling Up and take much longer to beat (a common complaint from me in RPGs but they’re still awesome).
I remember defeating Dracula's 1st form and thinking he was weak af but then I saw the 2nd form and I lost my shit.
So after the Camilia boss fight....where is Hugh located on the map? I just found like a Battle Arena boss trials where they take all your DSS cards.
This game was so good. Underrated.
I don't know why... But I think Death's clothes is pretty fancy, ngl
The first Castlevania game I've played
It was the only Castlevania game I played! I got stuck everytime and never did beat the game.
Circle of the Moon always felt like Castlevania's Dark Souls to me.
draconic33 yes, a lot harder than other metrovania games.
Please stop using that ridiculous expression.
Somebody needs to git gud.
Or Dark Souls always felt like Castlevania.
draconic33 It's pretty much like that.
I still don't know how I had to will to beat the poisin dungeon level without clearing the poisin.
Im convinced the Necromancer is just Carmilla's equivalent to Dracula having Death as a confidant.
My favorite part about this game is the card combination they were so good
Sucks the game was removed from the canon...
Yeah
#F*ckonami
this game was never removed, it was a gaiden from the very start of the development
The devs made this game as part of a different timeline without the Belmont clan existing, it was never made with the intention of being part of the main storyline.
Because this game SUCKS!
My First Metroidvania Game i've ever played. I love this soundtrack and interested boss Designs. Dracula in CotM was the hardest Dracula so far, in my opinion
This game is good (I love the DSS mechanic), but man it's so hard. Some of these bosses were really making me go crazy. And also in my first playthrough I went to the poisoned water stage without knowing there was an item that cleans the water (and the DSS that absorbs poison)
another grand brutal display of castlevania skillz!! =D
Wow, even SHADOWSERG has to spam the crosses in Circle of the Moon.
Well, we recorded every boss of this game without subweapons already.)) Most likely he just wanted to show an easier way to fight them. And the video quality is far better than what we had few years ago.)
man that cross puts in work
I couldn't beat Camila but I beat every other boss except Dracula. Now i have the game again and I'm gonna try to beat it
Such a badass game! I love this video! I don't think I ever played this and will have to!
This castlevania is in my top 5 favorites for sure. I have always felt it didn't get the popularity it deserved
I didn't know you had to fight 2 more bosses to fight camilla. And I never realized that you had to clean the water first. I also remember fighting camilla just from the top shelf just swinging my whip all over again and again because I always get instakilled.
This guy made the final battle with Dracula look easy. That shit was hell for me as a kid...
You are super pro man 🙌🏼always watch this video before boss battle thank you for the upload 😘
Even though Circle of the Moon isn't considered canon within the Castlevania time-line, it sure does have the tight ass stiff movement of a real Castlevania game ;)
Actually, Circle of the Moon was placed back into the timeline. Infact, Legends is the only game not to be reincluded into the timeline.
What? When dis this happen?
It was in the timeline that was part of a pre-order bonus bundle with Portrait of Ruin.
Well it was never made to be part of the canon, the devs themselves even say so as part of the Japanese announcement that this takes place as part of a different timeline where the Belmont clan doesn't exist. The part with it being removed from canon (and by Iga) is misconception, it never was in the first place, it was made as a fun and very difficult Castlevania game.
I can't believe they just slid under the Cerberus and hit it without being hit. The play almost seems reckless it's so good.
Some of those close calls made me flinch
Always have loved this version of Dance of Illusions
i guess this is the hardest castlevania that i just quit in the first 15 minutes of playing.
Essa batalha final contra o Dracula tem umas das atmosferas mais loucas de toda a saga. Sensacional!
My ranking for the COTM bosses:
1. Dracula
2. Death
3. Hugh Baldwin
4. Camilla
5. Zombie Dragons
6. Necromancer
7. Cerberus
8. Iron Golem
9. Adramelech
Adramelech kinda makes me think of the Icon of Sin from the Doom games.
i swear its my best game ever !!
4:57-5:07 it's perfect!!
I love how so many of the boss's attack with what bubbles of pure evil?
That bubbles poison you, and the poison actually deals quite the damage, considering that finding antidotes is quite hard, and it's even harder to find potions
Aaah yes the great Eclipse! Fighting the new member of the God Hand!
You leveled up at least twice in almost EVERY boss fight!!!
damn dude how many resets did that last boss fight take you? That was a pain in the ass in my playthrough..
What shader do you use ? Reply plz
I remember this game being difficult as fuck, coming from symphony of the night
I was always wondering why Nathan did not suffer the negative effects like John Morris did when using the vampire killer.
Lol circle of moon is not canon story, more like spin off castlevania
What emulator and video setting is used here ?
Probably VBA (VisualBoyAdvance) with Sal filter, but not 100% sure
3:46 Iron Scotsman.