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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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
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
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 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
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.
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.
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?
@@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
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).
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.)
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.
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)
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
Also there's no shop in this game. So the ridiculous strategy of spam buying health potions and mana potions to beat a boss is hard to do. Unless you are in theif mode.
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
Not many belmonts fought against such badass incarnation of dracula like nathan. Comparing to harmony of dissonance and its few organs as a final boss. Only soma who fought chaos itself had better encounter than nathan. Imagine him seeing dracula final form and thinking " so belmont family fight something like this for hundreds of years and keep winning?!"
Felipe Lopes Well, some games consider that if Death is death ok xD, that will cause that everyone person that dies will have its soul trapped in the earth and therefore, they will revive as zombies. (Sorry if I have mistakes but english is not my native language)
Jesus defeated death irl after he died on the cross and then rose from the grave 3 days later. So now if you believe in him and accept him as your savior you shall not die but have eternal life.
don't be fooled by this run people who haven't played this, words cannot express how godamn hard this game was. especially as a little kid when it came out. in the second dracula fight in his final form, dracula has a move that wasn't in this run where he showers meteors and its incredibly difficult to dodge, almost impossible without using invulnerability from dss cards. you can't dodge it and it takes like 80% of your health even with good items and levels this literally took me over a year to beat as a kid, the bosses were soooo hard. and you had to figure out how to navigate through the castle
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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
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.
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
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
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.
0:23 Um, EXCUSE ME! THE HITBOX WAS DRUNK!
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
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.
Good thing you beat final Dracula before he could use those damn meteors. Those things must've screwed up your attempts SO many times.
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
"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
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)
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.
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.
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...
*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
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
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 (
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.
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."
my first castlevania! and probably my favorite
Same, this was my first Castlevania too!
Same here!😁👍
Same
me too
Me too my favorite
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
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
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
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.
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.
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!
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?
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.
I started from this Castlevania and from then , I am great Castlevania lover
This Dracula by far has the best form ever , he looks like a Damon king , props to the character designers .
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
My favorite part of this run was the 3 extra crosses he threw at Hugh for good measure after their dialogue
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
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.
I don't know why... But I think Death's clothes is pretty fancy, ngl
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?
5:05 - Poor Hugh got Jazz'd
I can't wait to get that the Castlevania Advanced collection that has all these games a piece of my childhood
one of the best final boss music EVER!!!!!
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.
7:52 those hitboxes are just vibing to the Big Battle Rhythm
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.
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).
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
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.)
Ugh nostalgic, so much memories, this is my first castlevania haha😍😍
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.
BEST CASTLEVANIA GAME EVER. I HAD AN AWESOME CHILDHOOD! !
Im convinced the Necromancer is just Carmilla's equivalent to Dracula having Death as a confidant.
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.
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.
My favorite part about this game is the card combination they were so good
i guess this is the hardest castlevania that i just quit in the first 15 minutes of playing.
I remember this game being difficult as fuck, coming from symphony of the night
This guy made the final battle with Dracula look easy. That shit was hell for me as a kid...
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)
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
This game was so good. Underrated.
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.
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.
Always have loved this version of Dance of Illusions
man that cross puts in work
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
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
I still don't know how I had to will to beat the poisin dungeon level without clearing the poisin.
i wished hugh was a playable character, he seems nice
Also there's no shop in this game. So the ridiculous strategy of spam buying health potions and mana potions to beat a boss is hard to do. Unless you are in theif mode.
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
Not many belmonts fought against such badass incarnation of dracula like nathan. Comparing to harmony of dissonance and its few organs as a final boss. Only soma who fought chaos itself had better encounter than nathan.
Imagine him seeing dracula final form and thinking " so belmont family fight something like this for hundreds of years and keep winning?!"
Dracula had a sick form in this game
In my head canon
Hugh would spend his life seeking redemption.....he would find it by forging the Claimh Solstice
Zombie dragons, also known as the frames destroyer
POV: You're on the no abilities code playthrough
another grand brutal display of castlevania skillz!! =D
You leveled up at least twice in almost EVERY boss fight!!!
I was wondering... if this guy really killed DEATH does that means nobody will ever die?
Felipe Lopes Death is inmortal like Dracula. He send him back to the Underworld
Felipe Lopes Well, some games consider that if Death is death ok xD, that will cause that everyone person that dies will have its soul trapped in the earth and therefore, they will revive as zombies.
(Sorry if I have mistakes but english is not my native language)
+Felipe Lopes
Nope. The 'Death' that dies in Castlevania is just his corporeal form.
Jesus defeated death irl after he died on the cross and then rose from the grave 3 days later. So now if you believe in him and accept him as your savior you shall not die but have eternal life.
@@Da0utcastDragon why was religion brought into this
Is it just me or does Dracula look like edge from WWE
6:51 you must had screamed that was very close
Play this hard ass game as a kid back then was a nightmare
damn dude how many resets did that last boss fight take you? That was a pain in the ass in my playthrough..
3:46 Iron Scotsman.
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 Zombie Dragon I used to have trouble with as a child
I love a lot about this game especially how they have the battle arena. I always liked training in there even though I died a lot lol
My highest level nathan is like level 96 i keep goinf to battle arena. And my nathan was in fighter mode.
@@darkguitarist3476 impressive for fighter mode
@@J0nath0n. fighter mode is the easiest in the game.
@@trabbart5204 yeah you’re right
You are super pro man 🙌🏼always watch this video before boss battle thank you for the upload 😘
This game is not considered as canon, like Castlevania N64. Iga didn't approve of these two games
don't be fooled by this run people who haven't played this, words cannot express how godamn hard this game was. especially as a little kid when it came out.
in the second dracula fight in his final form, dracula has a move that wasn't in this run where he showers meteors and its incredibly difficult to dodge, almost impossible without using invulnerability from dss cards. you can't dodge it and it takes like 80% of your health even with good items and levels
this literally took me over a year to beat as a kid, the bosses were soooo hard. and you had to figure out how to navigate through the castle
The controls are bs tbh
@@mia3033 i think it feels the best of any castlevania game ive ever played, its great, its fast, agile, and you have many abilities
i swear its my best game ever !!
I beat the final boss via spamming an op lightning summon I forgot what it did but it destroyed him
Such a badass game! I love this video! I don't think I ever played this and will have to!
Esse é um dos melhores clássicos de Castelvania👍👍💪💪
I love Avatar Dracula
0:19 I remember this part cerberus was too lethal than electric mode
So, how about we talk about the armors, the 2 that pissed me off the most were the dark armor and poison armor
Such a shame that Hugh didn't make it into the game as a fully playable character as he was originally intended to be.
CotM easily has some of the best boss designs in the series.