[TAS] PCECD Castlevania: Rondo of Blood "Maria mode" by adelikat & arukAdo in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2009-12-29
After having been resurrected by dark priest Shaft, Dracula set out to destroy Richter Belmont's home village and kidnap some of the important characters for him to rescue. One of them is Maria Renard, a 12-year-old vampire huntress who is used as the player character in the second half of the movie after getting freed by Richter.
Despite her prepubescent age, Maria is faster and stronger than Richter, and one can only guess how she managed to fall a victim to kidnappers in the first place. Unfortunately, all of her speed advantages become nullified by a lengthy cutscene following her release, making this TAS slightly longer than the Richter mode ( tasvideos.org/... ).
This is a 2.5 second improvement to the previous movie.

[@onetouchmanotm7318]

This Sonic the Hedgehog spinoff looks great!

[@tiztu6321]

spinoff heh

[@cabbusses]

Rollin' around at the speed of sound, got places to go, gotta follow my rainbow...

[@ke8mattj]

This is what happens when you force your children outside to play instead of keeping them inside. They become better vampire hunters than the adult vampire hunters with magical weapons.

[@fatkart7641]

9:45 - I love how the werewolf looks huge standing on its rock in the background, one mile away, but remains the exact same size once it lands on the foreground!

[@jasonhunt6842]

Maybe it's a G1 Transformer.

[@chrisc6857]

So all these years struggling against Dracula when all we needed was a twelve year old girl throwing birds at him. Huh.

[@musashigundoh]

Anime Dracula: I shall reign over this world! I should be a shining beacon for what this world wants me to be: the one to lead them!
Maria: Not before you cure your allergy to pigeons!

[@LordTepes81]

Geez this "Bloody Tears" version is just too good.

[@lejesrimul1985]

Keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'...

[@whthafk]

question: what do you want to be when you grow up?
maria: a cartwheel!!

[@salamence6828]

Well she moves like one. That's a good start

[@lowhp_comic]

Maria: FUCK it's windy tonight

[@huginnandmuninn4865]

5:20 that dragon scream like me when i hit the corner of furniture with my big toe

[@Death1121]

Ikr? Also, that dragon sounds like he's/she's got a lot of issues. Probably getting heavily underpaid by Drac.

[@somefries3101]

16:35 i mean, just listen to death

[@obscuredoblivion444]

I didn't know you could play as princess Peach in this game!

[@igodreamer7096]

Maria God Mode! HAHAHHAHAHAHAH
I love how she just parkour through the whole stage! xD

[@yousefslimani99]

MG That Epilogue Cutscene!!

[@zephyfoxy]

You ever just throw birds at the Prince Of Darkness until he dies?

[@zerosick]

I just recently beat this game 100% on my new 3ds
using maria makes the game easier

[@OOIceTea]

11:27 Maria: DIE! DIE! DIE!

[@mythgraven]

I like the part where the guy backflips, and then cracks his whip.

[@yousefslimani99]

Michael Jackson Moment (Moon walking) 5:14-5:46

[@infinimetrical]

*Pushes "run button"*... *Game lets out a slow one.* ... How did I know that was going to happen...

[@infinimetrical]

On another note. I think this has to be one of the best Castlevania games I had seen of the time.

[@듀얼쇼크]

9:04
マリア兵器だもん！

[@yousefslimani99]

Playing With This Anime Girl Called Maria is Really Cute!!

[@MrJechgo]

Her design from that game should have been used for Judgment ^^;

[@keeparguing611]

ender lilies be like

[@frankpanchis6418]

I thought it was a sonic gameplay xD

[@Royameadow]

Runs featuring Maria Renard are not given enough credit where it is rightfully due, be they TAS or RTS: Maria's run in many ways (at least to me) is very technical, the precision that you need to know exactly when to Double Jump or use a Special or Familiar is not as easy as it seems to the naked eye (especially considering that she wipes out in Three Hits, most of the time; you don't have that much headroom) and thus the execution that this run delivered north of Twelve Years ago still serves as essential for those who truly want to get into the Realtime run; most of the strats used for the TAS will require a mixture of Pace Consistency (if memory serves correctly, Moving Platform and Enemy Placement is cycled based on the frame they spawn and not on a Global Clock) and Input Timing to replicate that it will be a welcoming challenge to see how close runners old and new will try to match it or better. (:

[@drakdragon]

Damn princess elise from sonic 2k6 got her own spinoff game I see

[@yousefslimani99]

Konami Are Really Weirdo For Some Reason!!

[@darkwalkervisiondominguez1691]

Cristales beast is here now i see where yugioh copying