Thing is, had he actually figured out how to blow up the wall...he was playing on Easy Mode, which is one of the most messed up things in this game. Shortly after this part, if you're on Easy, the game STOPS and says since you're on easy you aren't allowed to play anymore, and if you want to play the whole game, start THE WHOLE THING OVER on Normal. And this is about the halfway point. Now, I would have loved to see the nerd rage if he saw THAT.
"It's like nostalgic memories of a Nintendo game, within another Nintendo game." When Bloody Tears starts playing, and James edits in the montage of each game is just perfect, man. One of my favorite AVGN moments ever.
Game Archer even in more modern games water can add A LOT of difficulty to a game. there's water-based levels namely from Nintendo's direction that have a bad reputation for being difficult, and then even in Halo, you die when you enter water a lot of the time.
*He was wearing plate armor!* Let's see how well you breaststroke wearing 70 pounds of priest-blessed armor and laden down with all manner of sacred and majickal objects. Wait. Maybe he ate too many pork chops.
***** I haven't played it, but I wouldn't doubt it. Then again, Konami is getting their dicks ready to sodomize every well known franchise they know to absolute fucking death.
Rougamaru Well if they make a LoS3 then you could call the series dead as shit. A handheld title every now and then doesn't do justice plus they been slacking off there as well.
+Ahmad Alyahya Yep. Super Castlevania IV was released in 27th of August, 1992, whereas Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse was released in 10th of December, 1992. Interestingly, the Game Boy game Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge was also released after Super Castlevania IV in Europe.
dylan calder seriously....? I mean... It's not bad, but no where near the most beautiful violin or opening theme music. It sounded like it was just a few simple notes. Nothing special man. Go listen to some real violinists
@shadowshinobi06 The only items I really found useful in SCIV is the cross and the holy water. Every other item is rendered obsolete thanks to the whip.
Well, it wasn't that big of a deal anyway, since he was playing on easy he couldn't advance to the next level. He still would have to start over on Normal.
That's what I figured out when I played. It's like with using keys to unlock doors. You don't have to go to any menu, just approach the door once you have it and press C-right to interact and there ya go. So, I had the idea that is how it worked with this, too.
I love how the Nintendo power magazine he saw Dracula X in, was the same one he saw that Japan only Godzilla fighter. That issue must have been the worst
"There's nothing I can do. The game's over." I don't know why, but even 12 years later after watching this review these words still give me chills. There was nothing worse back in the day when I was a kid than starting a game over from scratch. You also just feel terrible for your in-game character. I'm glad I didn't live through the era of unwinnable game states for long.
I have a tradition where I play Symphony of the Night every October. But ever since I got Dracula X Chronicles from the PSN store from a discount sale, I have been playing the Rondo of Blood remake and then the remastered version of Symphony of the Night every October.
I've had a tradition the past couple years where I'm stuck on Castlevania 1's final boss and every time I go back to it at Halloween time I put my 3DS back down and stop trying
I usually play Castlevania 1, 3, and 4 every October on the Wii. Still haven't played Simon's Quest all the way through. I'll get around to that one day
Castlevania IV is one of the most epic games ever made, great atmosphere, tons of end of level bad guys and probably the best soundtrack to any game ever, just awesome.
+IvoryInDaHouse No, it doesn't... Final Fantasy VI has the best SNES soundtrack. I'd say it's the best video game soundtrack at all. Castlevania IV has a few good pieces--Stage 3-2 consistently gets overlooked. But no other SNES game has the variety, technical brilliance, and beauty as the music of FF6. Even two decades later, Celes' Song is likely to bring tears to my eyes as I recall Cid's death and her suicide attempt. No other game has ever come close to the music of FF6, and definitely not Castlevania. It's good, but "best" doesn't belong in the same sentence as Castlevania IV. Contra III's is pretty solid, too, and I agree it's better than Castlevania IV's, but... still nowhere near the best. Of course, we're discussing opinion, so that's just mine.
so are you expected to take the hit instead of dodging? i guess its your final resource, but it seems more like a patched solution than good game design
One of the best episodes by far, all these years later I still watch this. For guys that love the games they grew up with, James really hits home consistently.
This is seriously one of my favorite nerd episodes of all time, from probably the best video arc in the nerd series. The passion for which James speaks about these games is so infectious and captivating.
In Castlevania 64, you have to complete a puzzle in the library to remove the magic seal over the wall before you can blow it up with the mandragora and nitro.
@@mrosskne On easy mode the game ends after getting inside the elevator in Castle Center. If you want to play the full story mode and see the true ending you must select normal/hard mode.
Real talk: the Nerd's, and by extension James', disappointment in the future of Castlevania after IV is one of the most depressing things ever. Especially now with the state of Konami...
Ethan Byford If it makes you feel better, Del Toro and Kojima are still going to do something together. It's not going to be Silent Hills, but it should still be bitchin'.
I have to thank James for introducing me to this amazing franchise almost 10 years ago. Super Castlevania became one of my all time favorite games from the SNES
I just realized after all this time that at 11:51 James is saying: "Oooh" because I honestly thought he was just mocking the aspect he got blown up by saying: "Boom!" Still.. Even after seeing the "Oooh" subtitle, I still hear "Boom" and it still cracks me up. XD
I just finished Super Castlevania IV on my SNES mini. And I gotta say that I totally agree with the Nerd about it! The control is so much better compared to previous games. The challenge is reasonable and the whip is great! My absolute favourite in the Castlevania saga!
The title title screen intro scared the fucking shit out of me as a kid. Evil, cryptic music with ominous bass jazz. Oh no! It doesn't stop there! It get's fucking creepier as you the lightning flashes, the bats shadows fly, and it flashes to darkness to reveal a fucking gave with evil skies in the back, with even more ominous, nightmare fuel music in the back. The best Castlevania game of all time. Dark, creepy atmosphere. Brilliant soundtrack, solid mechanics.
The one title screen that freaked the hell out of me when I was a kid was the start-up screen in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon for the Gameboy Advance which still creeps me out today. Like, holy fuck, the music is so haunting that it forced me to be unable to play it at night and it that was just the fucking start-up menu where you make your save file and the game hasn't even started! If you've never heard of it, look it up because it's pretty chilling
2:44 The ability to flick the whip is actually extremely useful in a lot of ways - the limp whip can deal damage, so you can simply move it around and have it hit things all over the place. It can even block Death's sickles if you hold it up in the air.
To those who didn't know: that "schoolgirl" Carrie Fermandez (who is actually a witch) is the decendant of Sypha Belnades, one of the playable characters from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse on the NES.
To everyone who thinks that nerd couldn't blow up the wall on easy mode. That is not the case. There are 2 walls to blow up. One is near one of the items needed to make the explosive. Behind this wall is a switch/orb/thing that removes the white rune from the larger wall. After destroying this wall u can destroy the other. Behind it is another switch/orb/thing. Destroying this awakes the monster. If your on easy mode after KILLING the monster the game will tell u to play normal mode. BTW to use the items is left c arrow, like using switches.
"Hey Mr. Belmont, shouldn't we Inc!use a swimming program for the Belmont clan" "...What a stupid idea! I don't see any situation where my successors would need to be able to swim..."
Castlevania 64 wasn't really that bad. My sisters and i had fun playing the game. Well, its because we played every game on the console at the time. The nitro part was tedious but once you figured it out you had it made. My pet peeve of this game were the platform stages. i liked the beginning and the maze in the garden getting chased by chainsaw Frankenstein. It sort of gave me the Resident Evil 2 feel when Tyrant would scare you shitless by breaking through a wall when its silent as fuck.
Dear god I spent so much fucking time on the Castlevania N64 games. The only difference between the two versions is there was content cut from the first one that was jammed back in with lackluster enthusiasm to cash in on the franchise again. I beat both of them with all three characters. Not because I was deeply in love with the games. But because I bought them and I was going to fuck beat them. The Nitro level is the most obnoxious thing in the fucking world.
4:52 They should have called it "Super Castlevania 5". This would have been consistent with the precursor "Super Castlevania 4", and it would have also made sense with the whole "Super" theme for Super Nintendo titles.
Castlevania 4 has one of the best music in the series. I personally think Rondo of Blood is the best Castlevania, but interms of presentation and music. Castlevania 4 is really up there!
For the people who wants to know how to do the backflip in Dracula X, press the jump button twice. But fast, you only have a time limit for the backflip. If the time is past, you need to do it again
Rondo of Blood on the PC Engine CD is really an incredible game and you would love it. The controls are much smoother than on the SNES version, it has actual good cutscenes and the sickest music of the entire series. It also had autosaves (in 1993!) and just great atmosphere. Like you I also prefer the linear Castlevanias over the mazey ones like SotN, and Rondo is definitely the best of those, or at least equally good as IV. Dracula X on the SNES really is a bad port.
11:39 - There are 2 parts of "Castlevania (64)" that I will never forget - fighting Dracula and carrying the nitro. Carrying that nitro was awful, but fighting Dracula in 3-D was the main highlight of this game and almost made it bearable to play.
Legacy of Darkness was one of my favorite games. I would play it for days on end, I did not have a memory card so every time I turned off the console I had to restart from the beginning haha. I can see why James disliked it in comparison to how I saw it, he had a larger variety of games and has older consoles to compare it too. But for me, I had not played many games, and Legacy of Darkness was so cool, the music was okay, he says that it sucks but, it was more about ambience, music played its role in cutscenes. I loved how I could slay skeletons, then turn into a man beast n' pwn everything, I liked the Cornell's story, the song at 10:10 is an example of one of the songs that is memorable from the game, its not too savvy but its not bad either. I honestly feel like James over exaggerated with the N64 games flaws, the camera sometimes gave me problems like how he showed, but that was probably the only time I ever had those problems, the nitro was a pain to figure out what needed to be done with it, I don't remember having the problem he had at 11:10 ever. I can't believe he started over though, at least he shows alot of dedication towards his attempts at beating the game.
It's an okay game but it's nothing like Castlevania. It's a shitty castlevania game, it should have been separated from it and given a stronger story by making something new.
I miss videos like this, James you should do more detailed reviews like this, exploring the history of the certain games or certain consoles is really cool.
For what it's worth; the chainsaw was invented in 1830, and the motorcycle in 1850. Both invented, and designed by Germans, so the general part of the world tracks as well. Yes, I am also a nerd.
I actually loved the n64 castlevania games, and I think it's kinda unfair how you used nintendo power and game genie and stuff like that on the other games, but in castlevania 64 you didn't read about how to pass castle center, which wasn't hard at all.
+alex3087 Still a weak argument, for your INFORMATION i finish that piece of shit when i was 12( yeah real castlevania fan), and i felt sorry for not getting the ps1 as a kid. You dumb bitch.
8 лет назад+5
FirebrandOP you're talking about arguments? so your argument is "the game sucks" ? lol xD try better next time; and for your INFORMATION I never beat games that suck the moment you start to play xD
I absolutely love CS 4, especially the music. But one thing I was very disappointed with was the graphics on Simon himself. I don't know if its the colors or artwork, but I found it hard to make out what I was looking at. He seems like a heap of garbage. His armor is a big mess of gray and brown. Pause it at around 2:43 and compare to 5:42 (Dracula X game). In Dracula X, you can clearly discern his belt from his cloak from his arms. Whereas in CS 4, most of his torso looks like indiscernible armor lumps.
Super Castlevania IV is one of the best Snes games there is and it's a favorite of mine, love it and beaten it, it was a great experience, Dracula X isn't great as it's PC Engine counterpart, but a good CV game netherless, now the N64 CV games, these are just bad, both regular and Legacy of Darkness, having awful flaws that make the game impossible to beat.
Back in the 90s when I was given a choice between a male or female character I almost always picked the female character because they were almost always faster than the male characters. Zombies at my neighbors is a perfect example.
Thing is, had he actually figured out how to blow up the wall...he was playing on Easy Mode, which is one of the most messed up things in this game. Shortly after this part, if you're on Easy, the game STOPS and says since you're on easy you aren't allowed to play anymore, and if you want to play the whole game, start THE WHOLE THING OVER on Normal. And this is about the halfway point. Now, I would have loved to see the nerd rage if he saw THAT.
By now he probably figured that out thanks to the internet. Question is, what would it take for him to go back to this?
Dude, that is messed up.
Wait what?
Thanks to this answer! I was wtf on part 4,he talks of another game, where the continue of the story
@@ghrayo I wasn't aware screaming Fuck at ear shattering volume was considered a rant. Rants generally aren't effective. That signature fuck is.
"It's like nostalgic memories of a Nintendo game, within another Nintendo game." When Bloody Tears starts playing, and James edits in the montage of each game is just perfect, man. One of my favorite AVGN moments ever.
Yeah that was a great moment. I almost teared up a bit there, lol.
AVGN is honestly nostalgia too!
@MannCha nah, he just loves bloody tears, like everyone
You're experiencing nostalgia about a video where someone experiences nostalgia about a game.
@@yes8515 Within another nostalgic game.
Really love the episodes where he talks about games he loves. He's actually passionate about it.
STEVEN JILLBERG!
ANN JIGHT
STEVEN DINKLEBERG!!!!!!!!!
FRED FUCHS
+alex3087 Dude....calm down x2
Nerd: Now because both these games are so similar, I'm only going to talk about this one
*shows Castlevania 64*
Old Knight: You chose... *_poorly_*
whats the difference between
Nah, Legacy of Darkness sucks too
@@almagest77707 the playable edition?
@@ThelosVerlos Ah I remember the old days when, in order to patch a game, they'd just release another whole edition of it.
@@sandakureva Today it would be called "Castlevania 64: Game of the Year Edition"
the belmont family........great warriors.......terrible swimmers XD
Well, Simon wears a knight full plate armor so i am suprised he can jump
Billy Hudson that was common in retro games
Game Archer even in more modern games water can add A LOT of difficulty to a game. there's water-based levels namely from Nintendo's direction that have a bad reputation for being difficult, and then even in Halo, you die when you enter water a lot of the time.
*He was wearing plate armor!*
Let's see how well you breaststroke wearing 70 pounds of priest-blessed armor and laden down with all manner of sacred and majickal objects.
Wait. Maybe he ate too many pork chops.
+Zelly64 True dat. But ONLY if it is one of those dead zone waters
Dracula never dies...but Konami did.
#FucKonami
+Ahmad Alyahya They live due to Yu-Gi-Oh & Pachinko.
+Mahlsalve Scrafty
I am sad that now I'll probably never get ZOE3.
*****
I haven't played it, but I wouldn't doubt it. Then again, Konami is getting their dicks ready to sodomize every well known franchise they know to absolute fucking death.
Rougamaru Well if they make a LoS3 then you could call the series dead as shit. A handheld title every now and then doesn't do justice plus they been slacking off there as well.
Fun fact: Super Castlevania IV was released before Castlevania III in Europe.
What?!
+Ahmad Alyahya Yep. Super Castlevania IV was released in 27th of August, 1992, whereas Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse was released in 10th of December, 1992. Interestingly, the Game Boy game Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge was also released after Super Castlevania IV in Europe.
Mind.....
BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!
That's not all. In Japan, Castlevania II was released before Haunted Castle but everywhere else it was after Haunted Castle.
omg I was born in that same year that this epic game came to be!! :D I feel so enriched!! :D Super Castlevania IV is epic.
the castlevania 64 violin opening is beautiful
Indeed.
It has a great soundtrack, i love the ending credits.
to bad the game is total turd
dylan calder seriously....? I mean... It's not bad, but no where near the most beautiful violin or opening theme music.
It sounded like it was just a few simple notes. Nothing special man. Go listen to some real violinists
The soundtrack is great, the towers gives me a lot of memories
The whip brandishing in Castlevania 4 is actually quite useful. I find it's good for swatting bats and birds, as well as projectiles.
I don't know how I'd beat the Grim Reaper without it.
frozenaorta I don't think you can lol.
***** It also makes all the items useless
And is integral in the Dracula battle.
@shadowshinobi06 The only items I really found useful in SCIV is the cross and the holy water. Every other item is rendered obsolete thanks to the whip.
What you actually have to do is press C Right at the cracked wall and it will let you drop the nitro, then you go back and get the mandragora.
Well, it wasn't that big of a deal anyway, since he was playing on easy he couldn't advance to the next level. He still would have to start over on Normal.
That's what I figured out when I played. It's like with using keys to unlock doors. You don't have to go to any menu, just approach the door once you have it and press C-right to interact and there ya go. So, I had the idea that is how it worked with this, too.
That's almost as cryptic as Simon's Quest. Almost.
It's not really cryptic since it's explained clearly in the instruction booklet.
Isn’t there a wall for Reinheart and a different wall for Carrie?
I lost it when he started waving his whip at the burning Dracula lmao 4:26
I love how the Nintendo power magazine he saw Dracula X in, was the same one he saw that Japan only Godzilla fighter. That issue must have been the worst
Dude talk about getting blue balled.
3:54 “Nostalgic memories of a Nintendo game within another Nintendo game.” Love that line!
That scene made me feel nostalgic for games I've never played! 🥹
"There's nothing I can do. The game's over."
I don't know why, but even 12 years later after watching this review these words still give me chills. There was nothing worse back in the day when I was a kid than starting a game over from scratch. You also just feel terrible for your in-game character. I'm glad I didn't live through the era of unwinnable game states for long.
He's actually supposed to press the C button to interact with the wall, not use it from the pause menu.
You press the right c button - such a puzzle…
You can just feel the passion James has for Castlevania in this video. Even if you're not into gaming it's just amazing
I have a tradition where every October, I try to beat Super Castlevania IV before Halloween
I have a tradition where I play Symphony of the Night every October. But ever since I got Dracula X Chronicles from the PSN store from a discount sale, I have been playing the Rondo of Blood remake and then the remastered version of Symphony of the Night every October.
I've had a tradition the past couple years where I'm stuck on Castlevania 1's final boss and every time I go back to it at Halloween time I put my 3DS back down and stop trying
Same here, I choose one of my three Castlevania games and play all month until Halloween
I usually play Castlevania 1, 3, and 4 every October on the Wii. Still haven't played Simon's Quest all the way through. I'll get around to that one day
My favorite castlevania game.Best music and best atmosphere.Absolutely fabulous game.
Castlevania IV is one of the most epic games ever made, great atmosphere, tons of end of level bad guys and probably the best soundtrack to any game ever, just awesome.
Don't forget about the moonwalk :-)
+Harry Callahan sorry Probotector/Contra 3 (Konami as well) has the best SNES-Soundtrack
+Harry Callahan You sir, are correct! love that game
+Harry Callahan I freacking love Castlevania IV. It is certainly pure awesomess, but for me, the game that takes the cake is Super Metroid.
+IvoryInDaHouse No, it doesn't... Final Fantasy VI has the best SNES soundtrack. I'd say it's the best video game soundtrack at all. Castlevania IV has a few good pieces--Stage 3-2 consistently gets overlooked. But no other SNES game has the variety, technical brilliance, and beauty as the music of FF6. Even two decades later, Celes' Song is likely to bring tears to my eyes as I recall Cid's death and her suicide attempt. No other game has ever come close to the music of FF6, and definitely not Castlevania. It's good, but "best" doesn't belong in the same sentence as Castlevania IV. Contra III's is pretty solid, too, and I agree it's better than Castlevania IV's, but... still nowhere near the best.
Of course, we're discussing opinion, so that's just mine.
well.. Crouching in *Castlevania: Dracula X* prevents knock back
MrWariat22 i know, right? I thought I was the only person that knew that.
Well sometimes. It doesn't always prevent.
so are you expected to take the hit instead of dodging? i guess its your final resource, but it seems more like a patched solution than good game design
"It's as if you ARE Simon Belmont!"
It really makes you feel like Batman
One of the best episodes by far, all these years later I still watch this. For guys that love the games they grew up with, James really hits home consistently.
same. This series of nerd videos inspired other RUclipsrs.
This is seriously one of my favorite nerd episodes of all time, from probably the best video arc in the nerd series.
The passion for which James speaks about these games is so infectious and captivating.
In Castlevania 64, you have to complete a puzzle in the library to remove the magic seal over the wall before you can blow it up with the mandragora and nitro.
He was playing in easy mode, he can´t finish the game like that anyway. But the elevator epilogue would've trigger a funny scene of him getting mad.
@@claudiourrutiaaranguiz9281 and i really wanted to see his reaction to that XD
@@claudiourrutiaaranguiz9281 what do you mean? why can't he finish the game?
@@mrosskne On easy mode the game ends after getting inside the elevator in Castle Center. If you want to play the full story mode and see the true ending you must select normal/hard mode.
@@cathycatsville67 That would have been epic.
Real talk: the Nerd's, and by extension James', disappointment in the future of Castlevania after IV is one of the most depressing things ever.
Especially now with the state of Konami...
Castlevania died after Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis
CaptainNukeIt Curse of Darkness is pretty good
CaptainNukeIt the ps1 and ds had some really good games in the castlevania series
Ethan Byford If it makes you feel better, Del Toro and Kojima are still going to do something together. It's not going to be Silent Hills, but it should still be bitchin'.
Ethan Byford
ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE STATE OF KONAMI!
EROTIC VIOLENCE PACHINKO MACHINES!?!? WHAT THE FUCK KONAMI!?!?
There should be a follow-up episode for Castlevania 64 where the Nerd finishes the game like there was for Superman 64.
The nerd should review more N64 games.
***** True but I thought it would be nice if he reviewed other bad N64 games.
***** I am aware of that lyric, I'm Just pointing out a statement. -3-;
***** There is no atari 1600 there atari 2600 atari 5200 and atari 7800
***** That doesnt make sense cause its not 1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001
TheKillzoneguy45 You forgot Atari 2700
Lol this video has a 4 seconds clip from Ocarina of Time, and in it Navi says "Hey" twice!
8:26 For people, in case you didn't realize or find it
The whip actually lets you block projectiles when your waving your arm around in castlevania 4
Thank you! I cant believe he doesnt know this 😑
I used it to beat the Mummy boss, so satisfying lol
very useful against Death too.
@@watcherman222 bang on. Can't believe he said it didn't have much purpose haha
I have to thank James for introducing me to this amazing franchise almost 10 years ago. Super Castlevania became one of my all time favorite games from the SNES
I love coming back to the past and catching all the old classic AVGN episodes during this crazy year
I just realized after all this time that at 11:51 James is saying: "Oooh" because I honestly thought he was just mocking the aspect he got blown up by saying: "Boom!"
Still.. Even after seeing the "Oooh" subtitle, I still hear "Boom" and it still cracks me up. XD
I just finished Super Castlevania IV on my SNES mini. And I gotta say that I totally agree with the Nerd about it! The control is so much better compared to previous games. The challenge is reasonable and the whip is great! My absolute favourite in the Castlevania saga!
The challenge is reasonable? There is no challenge in Super Castlevania IV, it’s way too easy!
The amount of dedication and love of James for Castlevania 4 is demostrated in this sequence
3:59
correction: the camera is your worst enemy IN EVERY FUCKING N64 GAME.
What about Mario Kart 64?
The most powerful item
RamtroStudios sorry i meant in every N64 ACTION game. racing/puzzle games are excluded
MarioKart7z
Okay. That makes sense.
The camera wasn't bad in Ocarina of Time.
AVGN, you need to hit C-Right when you want to drop the Mandragora or the Magical Nitro near the cracked wall.
probably had a nintendo power issue or internet by that time
The motorcycle wasn't invented until 1885.
So yes, the game is a few years off.
“Dracula turns into a Devil wearing a Speedo” 🤣🤣🤣
The title title screen intro scared the fucking shit out of me as a kid. Evil, cryptic music with ominous bass jazz.
Oh no! It doesn't stop there! It get's fucking creepier as you the lightning flashes, the bats shadows fly, and it flashes to darkness to reveal a fucking gave with evil skies in the back, with even more ominous, nightmare fuel music in the back.
The best Castlevania game of all time. Dark, creepy atmosphere. Brilliant soundtrack, solid mechanics.
The one title screen that freaked the hell out of me when I was a kid was the start-up screen in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon for the Gameboy Advance which still creeps me out today. Like, holy fuck, the music is so haunting that it forced me to be unable to play it at night and it that was just the fucking start-up menu where you make your save file and the game hasn't even started! If you've never heard of it, look it up because it's pretty chilling
55urmom That's "Requiem" from Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, reused once more in Circle of the Moon.
A very appropriately haunting tune, indeed.
Here in the UK, Dracula X was called Vampire's Kiss. Maybe the 'X' is a kiss? lol
ex?
Hat Man PUT IT IN THE RIGHT FILE YOU KNOW ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ HUH THATS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
"You can whip in any direction, that's 8 directions!" That really made me laugh
Misty Lane for the Nerd, the universe only exists in 2D and a 4 directional
2:44 The ability to flick the whip is actually extremely useful in a lot of ways - the limp whip can deal damage, so you can simply move it around and have it hit things all over the place.
It can even block Death's sickles if you hold it up in the air.
To those who didn't know: that "schoolgirl" Carrie Fermandez (who is actually a witch) is the decendant of Sypha Belnades, one of the playable characters from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse on the NES.
SKELETONS ON MOTORCYCLE!!!!!!!
Skele-cycles!
don´t understimate Dracula´s R&D
9:02
SKELETONS ON MOTORCYCLES!!!
To everyone who thinks that nerd couldn't blow up the wall on easy mode.
That is not the case. There are 2 walls to blow up. One is near one of the items needed to make the explosive. Behind this wall is a switch/orb/thing that removes the white rune from the larger wall. After destroying this wall u can destroy the other. Behind it is another switch/orb/thing. Destroying this awakes the monster. If your on easy mode after KILLING the monster the game will tell u to play normal mode. BTW to use the items is left c arrow, like using switches.
I just beat SUPER Castlevania IV and I had to watch this to celebrate!
"Hey Mr. Belmont, shouldn't we Inc!use a swimming program for the Belmont clan"
"...What a stupid idea! I don't see any situation where my successors would need to be able to swim..."
"This game takes place in 1852. Were there fucking motorcycles back then?" Gets me every time. 😂
I finally played Rondo of Blood on the PSP last year, so now when he talks about the original and the SNES port, I know what he's talking about.
As a joke, I clicked the closed captions button. I was expecting "Frontal anus lobotomy from a carrot." I wasn't expecting Hungarian captions.
Firstly, "Castlevania" for the Nintendo 64 *does* have music! Secondly, the parts where the Nerd blew Carrie up had me dying again. 🤣
Honestly, PC Engine version of Rondo of Blood is superb, despite being very hard. Never played SNES one, though.
Rondo of blood is my favourite castlevania (probably my favourite action platformer)
Snes game is above average at best
Castlevania 64 wasn't really that bad. My sisters and i had fun playing the game. Well, its because we played every game on the console at the time. The nitro part was tedious but once you figured it out you had it made. My pet peeve of this game were the platform stages. i liked the beginning and the maze in the garden getting chased by chainsaw Frankenstein. It sort of gave me the Resident Evil 2 feel when Tyrant would scare you shitless by breaking through a wall when its silent as fuck.
Dear god I spent so much fucking time on the Castlevania N64 games. The only difference between the two versions is there was content cut from the first one that was jammed back in with lackluster enthusiasm to cash in on the franchise again. I beat both of them with all three characters. Not because I was deeply in love with the games. But because I bought them and I was going to fuck beat them. The Nitro level is the most obnoxious thing in the fucking world.
To this day, my favorite fight with Dracula is in Castlevania IV. Its eerie and chilling until the Simon theme kicks in and its just a pump up...
6:50 Just remember folks, the safety word is Alucard.
4:52 They should have called it "Super Castlevania 5".
This would have been consistent with the precursor "Super Castlevania 4", and it would have also made sense with the whole "Super" theme for Super Nintendo titles.
Dracula X does have good ass music its one of my favorite of the whole franchise
I'm playing that now, and I'm at Dracula and jesus its hard, i almost forgot how tough it is to fight on those pillars.
Gasdin Gaming Fucking medusa heads.....
A Frankenstein monster with a chainsaw for an arm? Groovy!
It's kinda nice to see him play a game he legitimately enjoys for once ya know
I finally played through the entirety of Castlevania 4, and man was it an experience!
Castlevania 4 has one of the best music in the series. I personally think Rondo of Blood is the best Castlevania, but interms of presentation and music. Castlevania 4 is really up there!
I can't even be upset when I die in Castlevania 4, I just get to hear the soundtrack again
For the people who wants to know how to do the backflip in Dracula X, press the jump button twice. But fast, you only have a time limit for the backflip. If the time is past, you need to do it again
Nitroglycerin really is that unstable. Even sunlight can detonate it.
Rondo of Blood on the PC Engine CD is really an incredible game and you would love it. The controls are much smoother than on the SNES version, it has actual good cutscenes and the sickest music of the entire series. It also had autosaves (in 1993!) and just great atmosphere. Like you I also prefer the linear Castlevanias over the mazey ones like SotN, and Rondo is definitely the best of those, or at least equally good as IV. Dracula X on the SNES really is a bad port.
Sickest music is tough to decide
Gotta admit that intro into Super Castlevania 4 had to be THE most EPIC intro to anything I have ever seen yet in my life
11:39 - There are 2 parts of "Castlevania (64)" that I will never forget - fighting Dracula and carrying the nitro. Carrying that nitro was awful, but fighting Dracula in 3-D was the main highlight of this game and almost made it bearable to play.
I have played Super Castlevania 4 on the SNES Classic Edition it's amazing!
How is no one talking about how “devil’s castle Dracula X rondo of blood” is the most badass name for a video game ever?
Legacy of Darkness was one of my favorite games. I would play it for days on end, I did not have a memory card so every time I turned off the console I had to restart from the beginning haha. I can see why James disliked it in comparison to how I saw it, he had a larger variety of games and has older consoles to compare it too. But for me, I had not played many games, and Legacy of Darkness was so cool, the music was okay, he says that it sucks but, it was more about ambience, music played its role in cutscenes. I loved how I could slay skeletons, then turn into a man beast n' pwn everything, I liked the Cornell's story, the song at 10:10 is an example of one of the songs that is memorable from the game, its not too savvy but its not bad either.
I honestly feel like James over exaggerated with the N64 games flaws, the camera sometimes gave me problems like how he showed, but that was probably the only time I ever had those problems, the nitro was a pain to figure out what needed to be done with it, I don't remember having the problem he had at 11:10 ever. I can't believe he started over though, at least he shows alot of dedication towards his attempts at beating the game.
It's an okay game but it's nothing like Castlevania. It's a shitty castlevania game, it should have been separated from it and given a stronger story by making something new.
That intro jazz music really brings me back. I had so much to look forward to when this episode came out.
Right on Avgn! The Castlevania series remains my favorite of all.
When AVGN says "The CONTROL IS PERFECT...." Then the control is perfect. Super Castlevania IV is a 10/10!
3:15 Now where have i heard that before?
Earthbound slashing sound?
Just listening to the Nerd talking about Castlevania IV sounds as if he's worshipping it. It is an amazing game, no doubt. It feels verrrry dark.
I miss videos like this, James you should do more detailed reviews like this, exploring the history of the certain games or certain consoles is really cool.
4:40 Dracula X for SNES
Unlike most people, Rondo of Blood is my favorite of the Castlevania's.
KamektheMagikoopa1 For me, it's second to Castlevania III.
ImJust1Joe Actually, I lied. The Dracula X Chronicles is my favorite Castlevania.
KamektheMagikoopa1 It's a good game. Wish my PSP didn't mess up before I could finish it.
ImJust1Joe You should really find some way to play it, it's great.
KamektheMagikoopa1 Both are great game.
Castlevania 64 & LoD are awesome games. Gained a cult following recently.
No
3:07 Beat it
"It's doesn't have much purpose" 2:40??? It's an essential move to defend against projectiles, probably impossible to beat the game without it.
I cannot believe this video is now 14 years old 😳
Peak AVGN.
The music. Nothing ever compared. Except Mega Man X. And Street Fighter 2. But nothing else compares.
The Final Fantasy SNES games, Earthbound, Super Metroid, Super Mario World and Link to the Past.
For what it's worth; the chainsaw was invented in 1830, and the motorcycle in 1850. Both invented, and designed by Germans, so the general part of the world tracks as well. Yes, I am also a nerd.
@Whisper Signal That's interesting!
In Dracula X, the Medusa heads look like Oddish.
11:00 Veterans Stadium! Another nod to Philly from James! Love it!
Where did *you* learn to whip?
Castlevania 4 ! Best game also for me !
Amen that!
Pale Horse Here, here! I rented it all the time . . .
Just beat Super Castlevania 4. Good game, but very frustrating to beat.
Even after 8 years, I still like to watch this.😀😊
I like how this is just a rip from the screwattack days rather than the actual export itself. Brings me back to the good 'ol days
there is a spot to place the nitro.If you are at the right spot of the wall,a text box says: Place nitro ? .Hit Yes and thats all.
How the hell are we supposed to know that?
***** try and error,is the right description ^^
Dude he tried and he couldn't find it
***** You don't know ho long he tried.Or it was luck,don't know.
ELITE GEFORCE ™
at one point I heard something about talking to this Lizard guy or else it doesn't work
Damn James, you did horror so well, such atmosphere!
"It's like nostalgic memories of a Nintendo game within another Nintendo game." - AVGN, 2010
3:09 Audience corpsing?
SEND FOR THE BELMONT
I actually loved the n64 castlevania games, and I think it's kinda unfair how you used nintendo power and game genie and stuff like that on the other games, but in castlevania 64 you didn't read about how to pass castle center, which wasn't hard at all.
Castlevania 64 sucks ass one of the worse games of the nintendo 64...
+alex3087 Still a weak argument, for your INFORMATION i finish that piece of shit when i was 12( yeah real castlevania fan), and i felt sorry for not getting the ps1 as a kid. You dumb bitch.
FirebrandOP you're talking about arguments? so your argument is "the game sucks" ? lol xD try better next time; and for your INFORMATION I never beat games that suck the moment you start to play xD
+alex3087 What ever dude, i finish the game when i was a little kid, and compare to the other castlevania games the 64 is shit and the worse of all.
+alex3087 I think you're the only "edgy teen" that likes that piece of shit LMAO
I absolutely love CS 4, especially the music. But one thing I was very disappointed with was the graphics on Simon himself. I don't know if its the colors or artwork, but I found it hard to make out what I was looking at. He seems like a heap of garbage. His armor is a big mess of gray and brown.
Pause it at around 2:43 and compare to 5:42 (Dracula X game). In Dracula X, you can clearly discern his belt from his cloak from his arms. Whereas in CS 4, most of his torso looks like indiscernible armor lumps.
Super Castlevania IV is one of the best Snes games there is and it's a favorite of mine, love it and beaten it, it was a great experience, Dracula X isn't great as it's PC Engine counterpart, but a good CV game netherless, now the N64 CV games, these are just bad, both regular and Legacy of Darkness, having awful flaws that make the game impossible to beat.
Funny, I've beaten both Castlevania 64 games and never once encountered a flaw like what you're talking about.
This is my fav videos. I love the whole Castlevania marathon
October means it's time to watch all the halloween AVGN's
Back in the 90s when I was given a choice between a male or female character I almost always picked the female character because they were almost always faster than the male characters. Zombies at my neighbors is a perfect example.
Peach in Super Mario 2 she can float
I gotta say that nitro part is hilarious. One of the best video game deaths.