This, he should have been "I open my cape and fire everything ever because I now have no limits on this shit." I love it how they also forgot to translate SomaCula's clear entry quotes, which for this one was probably "Come on then Alucard!" or something along the lines of him beckoning the guy. Julius is just him scathing in rage saying Belmont.
I know, right? I think Soma's story was a nice change for the series (Dracula reviving over and over again) so when I knew you could fight Soma as Julius I was excited just to find out he is one of the crappiest Draculas ever. I know this is the 'extra mode' in the game (thus less content) but come on!
Sad though that most dark lords like me have more selection in abilities then the ol count has, and im a Shadow Dragon no less! Heck i summon minions to my aid why don't he?! Makes you wonder whats going through his mind.
limitless power!!!! behold my few selection of spells that u can super easilly dodge... fucking hell nightmare from metroid is alot more dangerous and makes soma look like a damn newbie playing for the first time... o cool this is a demon u can summon >.> i would of used so many different shit on them like ... crap i forgot dawns spells xD i remember most from aria cuz i owned that for years the HP/MP swap would be so crap against a player... especcially when they spam spells and summons u just swap and instakill them
@@KevinBelmontLuna I think he is slightly younger than gen z. He is a teenager in 2036, hardly older than the average age of gen zs in the present day.
It's the arrogant villain and arcade boss trope. That's not likely to die anytime soon unfortunately although I will admit Graham Jones was better about this.
@@raptorlewis273 I mean it was still a bonus mode. And realistically, a boss that even approximates a player's movement and arsenal would have been pretty difficult with that budget. Only time something similar was done on the DS was the Megaman ZX Omega fight, at least as far as I'm aware.
@@NerdyGamer-lq9nc Actually, yea. Soma Cruz becomes Dracula after losing his girlfriend, Mina, Celia killed Mina inside the Garden of Madness. And also in Julius Mode, you fight Soma Cruz as the final boss. Plus, I love Soma Cruz, and he's my first main in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Story Mode only (1 player only challenge), and it saddens me that I have to kill my favorite character... At least it's not the canon ending.
Soma is just the reincarnation of Mathias aka Vlad/Dracula not actually the same Dracula. Reincarnation is weird because of that. So Soma is and always will be Soma. Alucard's father has been permanently gone in every conceivable way outside of this actual reincarnation since 1999. Now, if you think THIS is weird, may I introduce you to Kagome in Inuyasha? Lol
Rondo of Blood left such an impact in the CastleVania series, so much so that its sprites (like Dracula's beast form) were still being used years later in these sequel games!
Hey, don’t fix what ain’t broken and it was made by Igarashi which is Famous as the guy who makes full fledge game at a string shoe budget at at Konami (very fucking smart use of his potential Konami), most of the stuff in Dawn of Sorrow is original and in Portrait of Ruin, nearly all, same with Order of Ecclesia Yeah, the 2 3D game who I’ll be honest, is a mix bag but an enjoyable mix bag with alot of content, story and dialogue cutscene is made with the mind that it’s at the same levels of a 2D game budget and it SUFFERS from it
second form is the same of castle 1 and Harpy familiar probably is reference to Haunted Castle when you arrive at Dracula chambers and found one before him shows up
You know what I find funny? Aria and Dawn are literally "Castlevania in teh future!" and they did it right, it doesn't even feel silly like the premise would lead you to believe.
Pretty much AOS tooks place after demon castle war, and in it is where Soma must destroy chaos to destroy castlevania once and for all (seriously, out of the CV games, you actually fight the heart of the titular castle itself, phase 1 being the three statues, and the second phase being a smol black circle) though after doing that, then DOS is the final, and i mean, the FINAL piece in the original castlevania timeline, the reason cuz soma resist the influence of his minions trying to bring their lord back from the grave, and how the last cult is "trying to restore balance by making a new dark lord" apparently that failed as soma/dracula lives a happy life with his friends
@@terrancebloxlore3209 But Alucard also says at the end that if the world needs a Dark Lord it will emerge, even if it's not Soma...basically hinting at the fact that another Mathias/Dracula will one day arise to take his place independent of any meddling from any cults or Soma one day giving in to his dark side. Seems like the timeline could continue one day.
@@terrancebloxlore3209 Yeah, but as was established in Dawn of Sorrow Soma doesn't need to turn for there to be another Dark Lord because the Dark Lord is a necessity to the universe. They purposely left it open for a possible continuation to the series, or a chapter 2 if you will. I would love to see them continue it one day and see who is the new Dark Lord and who is the new Belmont Clan that holds them at bay, and also what their new weapon would be.
@@ls190v2 Its not his Japanese name per-say. Arukado is just how they typically pronounce Alucard. Alucard is still his name even in Japan. The same way Dracula is Dracula in Japan, not Dourakura or however they'd say it out loud.
Speak for yourself; between the Sorrow games and Sotn, this fight was EASILY among the top 7 most difficult fights in my memory, even moreso than Galamoth and Grant (both of which I've heard many stories about)
oh no! someone made it to my throne room! i will kill them by using a very easy to learn pattern and telegraph my attacks way too much! HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
Forget fighting Dark Lord Soma I wanna play as Dark Lord Soma and have to take on Julius, Alucard, and Yoko all at once with maxed out stats on everything for super hard mode boss fight.
@@Ronnie_aus_SchnaxlreuthWell first it would depend upon if he could survive he first major battle... If yes then likely he would and if not well then it would depend on if Julius truly can make sure "Dracula" never resurrects
Dracula soul’s can be resurrected, since in the 1999 war, Dracula died, and in 2017, he is reborn as Soma Kurusu, and his presence can be felt even when Soma isn’t the dark lord, his hair, his looks, his clothing, his personality is the opposite of Mathias Cronqvist Death even acknowledge this... but after he ask him if he has plans for it in the novel and then rejected it, death is now sure that he is not the same Mathias anymore but Soma, that his soul although bind with the crimson stone, is only that, he leaves as he assure Soma that nothing will interfere his human life, that a new dark lord will replace him but he will be Soma Cruz, not Dracula A sweet ending that feels really natural isn’t it? And not FORCED INTO EVERY CHARACTER (looks at the Netflix adaptation)
I have understood that, that is not soma considering that for soma, Arikado is an undercover agent and does not know what Alucard is, so literally it is Dracula because he is the only one who could recognize Alucard
Now lets imagine this fight if soma actually tried and didn't just use the manticore and red minotaur souls like a little pussy. Assuming he had his chaos ring, which would be the only way for him to spam the red minotaur soul that much, he could probably just kill alucard, julius, and yoko in a matter of SECONDS. Probably with the use of things like the biphron soul, petrify dude who I forgot the name of, ripper, heck even shit like the were tiger and jaguar souls would probably fuck up all 3 of them if he got the hits in (I didn't say red minotaur since they clearly made it look like trash in this game, instead of a gigantic axe that swings around the ENTIRE screen and deals like 800 damage, it's just like a fast and damaging version of the buer soul) This fight is just embarrassing to watch if you've ever played aria of sorrow and finished it.
ITAndroMedian In the very beginning of Dawn of Sorrow, he states that he lost the power of dominance after the conflict last year, implying he would not have all of the souls from AoS. I believe you are correct.
No. Soma was always Dracula, only reincarnated. Their soul are one and the same. Mina's demise drove him over the edge and once again fall back to his former evil self. At that point, Soma was gone and embrace his name Dracula once again.
Man I loved this game [still do], and I love the fact that you get to play as Alucard. As a kid, that blew me away and I was like "SWEET IT'S ALUCARD!" cause the only time I ever controlled him was in SOTN and he's my second fav character, Richters obviously first. Anyway I played this mode so much, my my characters level is like 90.
+Cruzador you think is lazy? Some sprites in SOTN were taken from rondo of blood and Dracula X. More lazy? They took that Gaibon sprite from super castlevania IV. I think of them not as lazy but as a canon image.
+Edwin Galeana Well actually all the Super CV4 monsters where redrawn and given better animation in SOTN. Slogra and Gaibon look similar to Super CV4 but are a few pixels larger, have completely different shading, and a lot more frames of animation. Several X68000 monsters received similar treatment, such as the red skeletons and toads. Of course that doesn't negate the fact that most of the Dracula X monsters in SOTN where directly cut-n-pasted or the heavy recycling of assets in the DS games.
+Mr Esturk Not really Frames of animation, Gaibon and Slogra look and move the same, they were just given flashier special effects. Additionally, SOTN also reused the Dullahan enemies from SCIV, which look exactly the same, too, except for the fact that it uses different sprites for each part of the body. Metroidvanias should do like the Wiiware game, like only 3 enemies were recycled I think, the rest of the sprites are completely original and looks quite good.
I really hate this ending (This fight kicks ass Btw) it's pretty much an F* you to the ending of aria of sorrow... I mean come on! Soma survived Dracula's castle, the fights with Graham, Julius Belmont and the Chaos (The f*cking Chaos!) to defy his destiny of being Dracula's reincarnation... and all of that is F*** up by a Doppelganger...
Soma actually does go "Ware ni chikara wo...!" (GIVE ME POWER) in classic Dracula fashion in the Japanese version. Some voice clips were removed from the English version.
Yeah. The backdash animation used here and CVHD is missing a few frames. It's hard to notice unless you compare both animations side by side because Alucard has a shitload of sprites.
I remember seeing an interview (I think it was with Koji Igarashi) and he was saying that he was watching a speedrun of SotN and was asking about the shield-dash technique, and was told that by using the shield to cancel the dash animation early you could use the dash again quicker. When told this he was dissapointed because the animators spent a lot of time working on Alucards running animation and all those sprites were just going unused by the speedrunning community.
Liam Dell I know that they work very hard on SOTN especially alucard’s frames and sprites and all that, but he needs to remember. It’s a speedrun. lmao
Soma can summon a number of different familiars, like bats and a floating sword for example. (Kinda like Alucard in SotN.) The word “stand” is what had confused me as I had no idea what they were referring to. I recently finished watching Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders so I now know what they’re talking about. (Still think them using the word “stand” is weird and confusing though.)
@@DarkMirria1 what about battle tendency? You probably also watched it, part 1 and part 2 are one show because of how short they are. If not, watch it.
I think I did...? I also finished watching Diamond is Umbreakable. Started the one that apparently has Dio’s son, waiting for it to update. (If there’s going to be more. The rest was only in Japanese so I watched it with subs. I needed to know what happens.)
Funny, I always thought given Soma’s design that his monstrous form would be something like a giant white wolf, not this generic demon. Just goes to show the lord of darkness is consistent if nothing else.
Raphael Bors Quality Queen I guess that makes sense, especially given what Quality Queen said about having already seen this form before at the start of Symphony of the Night, but I figured it would at least be interesting. Evil can take on more forms than a big red devil, you know!
Raphael Bors I guess when I posted that, I was thinking more “Ultimate form of Soma” than “ultimate form of darkness”; I still think it’s an interesting idea, but I get your point.
for those who doesn't know Soma is the darklord's(dracula) reincarnation. Alucard is dracula's son from a human female so that makes him half vampire.. its actually a father and son death match..
Probably the saddest final boss in the series. Mainly because the "Mina" that Celia killed was actually a doppelganger and that Soma basically became the dark lord for nothing.
Good show. Castlevania characters in SSB sounds fun. I think it could be sufficed to have two characters (Simon, the main character of the linear games, and Alucard, the most popular character of the nonlinear games). After all, they have two from Mother, two (technically three) from Fire Emblem, etc.
Simon Belmont is in the first Castlevania too ;) Simon Belmont is the original, and therefore, Simon should be the one to be chosen if a character from Castlevania should be chosen. But yeah, Simon's Quest was pretty annoying. Sure, you would manage to beat the game if you threw holy water all over the place, but seriously, you don't want to do that xD
ok best characters are Simon Belmont, Alucard, Richter Belmont, Leon Belmont, Soma Cruz..... those are my fav characters from Castlevania ^^ oh yeah! and Maria Renard from NitM (SotN for america and europe she is only playable in the Saturn version.... in the PSP version is playable too... but she sucks in that version ¬¬)
would have been nice if they had made 2 different teleporting laughters for soma instead of just one every single time, first it sounded geniusly mad, the second time "ok its a game so repetition of sound files is normal", the 15th time "come on what are you even laughing about when you are getting slaughtered? -.- "
Until Soma becomes the Beast Form, the fight is really easy because Somas Only Attack (The Double Axe Slash) is way too easy to dodge...Which makes Juilus Belmont the Best for the Fight, And it’s still easy in the Second Phase
+TheLionheartStriker wrong, that Mina was still a doppleganger. it was a trick to get soma to succumb to the dark power. true, it is an alternate ending but the real Mina probably didn't go along with soma to the castle after the prologue. I wouldn't either after what happened in aria of sorrow. that was a nightmare.
And when you thought fighting Dracula couldn't get ANY harder, it just did. No, You can't expect the simple demon beast transformation that shoots three fireballs and jumps. You now have to deal with a demon beast that jumps, shoots out worms when it jumps, shoots a ground based fireball, AND has a harpy familiar that shoots your ass down when you get behind demon Dracula. What will they think of next? :P
Alucard, the good-hearted semi-vampiric hero vs. Soma, the reincarnation of humanity's worst nightmare. Fate, I suppose. Also the Rondo of Blood final boss theme works.
I remember the fist time I got to this fight. The setup, incredible. You get the epic anime voice (specially if you picked Alucard), and fucking Dances of Illusion in a great rendition starting. Just to get one of the worst Dracula boss fights ever.
As an person who played aria of sorrow I confirm that Soma Cruz is weirdly op considering his mastery of souls. He fights like Graham in this fight but way more dangerous. Maybe this soma is the one in the bad ending in aria of sorrow when he drops his glass of wine
I wonder who is more powerfull , menace or soma as the dark lord, yhea he is the incarnarion of evil at this point but do not forget the fact that menace is a fusion of the strongest demons.
Great Axe Armor, Gaibon, and Devil for 1st form? and... Larva, Aguni, Harpy, AND babbadon for the 2nd. Possible Dead Crusader? My guess at Soma's used souls.
This is the original Soma. This is wht happens when he is corrupted by hatred and dark power after witnessing a tragic event, which will remain unspoiled.
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Behold, the Lord of Darkness who, having access to dozens of monster souls, use only 6 in extremely predictable patterns over and over again.
This, he should have been "I open my cape and fire everything ever because I now have no limits on this shit."
I love it how they also forgot to translate SomaCula's clear entry quotes, which for this one was probably "Come on then Alucard!" or something along the lines of him beckoning the guy.
Julius is just him scathing in rage saying Belmont.
I know, right? I think Soma's story was a nice change for the series (Dracula reviving over and over again) so when I knew you could fight Soma as Julius I was excited just to find out he is one of the crappiest Draculas ever. I know this is the 'extra mode' in the game (thus less content) but come on!
Sad though that most dark lords like me have more selection in abilities then the ol count has, and im a Shadow Dragon no less! Heck i summon minions to my aid why don't he?! Makes you wonder whats going through his mind.
looool
limitless power!!!!
behold my few selection of spells that u can super easilly dodge...
fucking hell nightmare from metroid is alot more dangerous and makes soma look like a damn newbie playing for the first time... o cool this is a demon u can summon >.>
i would of used so many different shit on them like ... crap i forgot dawns spells xD i remember most from aria cuz i owned that for years the HP/MP swap would be so crap against a player... especcially when they spam spells and summons u just swap and instakill them
its oficcial. The Lord of Darkness wears jeans.
Bell Bottoms, Turtlenecks, Steel Toe Cowboy Boots and Mink Coats
Two belts, too
And what looks like a pimp coat.
And he's also a Gen Z!
@@KevinBelmontLuna I think he is slightly younger than gen z. He is a teenager in 2036, hardly older than the average age of gen zs in the present day.
Well in Soma's defense of being extremely predictable, it's not like Dracula himself used his powers much better most of the time !_!
Don’t worry, in Grimoire of Souls Soma now shoots fireballs of various sizes like Dracula. So it’s an improvement.
It's the arrogant villain and arcade boss trope. That's not likely to die anytime soon unfortunately although I will admit Graham Jones was better about this.
If you were fighting the normal soma it would be a lot harder
@@raptorlewis273
I mean it was still a bonus mode. And realistically, a boss that even approximates a player's movement and arsenal would have been pretty difficult with that budget. Only time something similar was done on the DS was the Megaman ZX Omega fight, at least as far as I'm aware.
All these years later. And technically Alucard is STILL putting his Dad in his place.
True XD
Well this IS non cannon
@@S1EEPLES5nobody cares dude
Let's be real. Alucard destroyed Soma so he could once again be the sexiest vampire in all of Castlevania.
Never understimated the power of sexy anime characters.
But is soma even a vampire?
@@NerdyGamer-lq9nc Actually, yea. Soma Cruz becomes Dracula after losing his girlfriend, Mina, Celia killed Mina inside the Garden of Madness. And also in Julius Mode, you fight Soma Cruz as the final boss. Plus, I love Soma Cruz, and he's my first main in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Story Mode only (1 player only challenge), and it saddens me that I have to kill my favorite character... At least it's not the canon ending.
But when does he ever become a vampire? Just because he’s Dracula doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a vampire by default
@@NerdyGamer-lq9nc maybe some sort of transformation once soma awakens into dracula?
So that's why Arikado never tells Soma who he is, it would be really awkward to find out your friend is your son,and he kinda killed you before
But Soma was not yet fused with Dracula's power when Arikado was avoiding to tell his true name...
Soma: Genya. Sometimes it is just weird to think of Julius and Yoko's ancestors slay me like every hundred years.
Arikado: Actually...
When you realise everyone talks about how OP Soma is, but everyone in the damn room with him has killed him before.
Arikado still son of Vlad Tepes
Soma is just the reincarnation of Mathias aka Vlad/Dracula not actually the same Dracula. Reincarnation is weird because of that. So Soma is and always will be Soma. Alucard's father has been permanently gone in every conceivable way outside of this actual reincarnation since 1999. Now, if you think THIS is weird, may I introduce you to Kagome in Inuyasha? Lol
Soma's maniac laughter is something else... Idk who did the voice acting for him but, awesome job.
Doğan Kürşat Aktaş It's Hikaru Midorikawa , who gives the same voice to Sakamaki Ayato, Frioniel and a lot of games too.
@@zapperil Not to mention Heero Guy from Gundam Wing, Rukawa from Slam Dunk, and Tamahome from Fushigi Yuugi, all share the same voice actor
Thats pretty noice
@@zeratul7975
And, of course, our pretty boy, Prince Marth in Smash and FE
And Akihiko in Persona 3.
The dude in the painting is like: "Yo wtf? History is repeating itself."
Who is that in the painting?
@@idrispowerit looks like Mathias Cronqvist, Dracula’s name before he became a vampire
Rondo of Blood left such an impact in the CastleVania series, so much so that its sprites (like Dracula's beast form) were still being used years later in these sequel games!
I prefer the final form Drácula sprite from portrait of ruin, is more devilish
Hey, don’t fix what ain’t broken and it was made by Igarashi which is Famous as the guy who makes full fledge game at a string shoe budget at at Konami (very fucking smart use of his potential Konami), most of the stuff in Dawn of Sorrow is original and in Portrait of Ruin, nearly all, same with Order of Ecclesia
Yeah, the 2 3D game who I’ll be honest, is a mix bag but an enjoyable mix bag with alot of content, story and dialogue cutscene is made with the mind that it’s at the same levels of a 2D game budget and it SUFFERS from it
@@James-oj6ru didn't hagihara direct rondo and not igarashi?
second form is the same of castle 1 and Harpy familiar probably is reference to Haunted Castle when you arrive at Dracula chambers and found one before him shows up
Nah bro, I think they’ve underutilized Dracula from Castlevania X
I mean who could forget the speedo
You know what I find funny? Aria and Dawn are literally "Castlevania in teh future!" and they did it right, it doesn't even feel silly like the premise would lead you to believe.
Yeah.
Pretty much AOS tooks place after demon castle war, and in it is where Soma must destroy chaos to destroy castlevania once and for all (seriously, out of the CV games, you actually fight the heart of the titular castle itself, phase 1 being the three statues, and the second phase being a smol black circle) though after doing that, then DOS is the final, and i mean, the FINAL piece in the original castlevania timeline, the reason cuz soma resist the influence of his minions trying to bring their lord back from the grave, and how the last cult is "trying to restore balance by making a new dark lord" apparently that failed as soma/dracula lives a happy life with his friends
@@terrancebloxlore3209 But Alucard also says at the end that if the world needs a Dark Lord it will emerge, even if it's not Soma...basically hinting at the fact that another Mathias/Dracula will one day arise to take his place independent of any meddling from any cults or Soma one day giving in to his dark side. Seems like the timeline could continue one day.
@@haystackbill6187 death try to convince him to go back to being the dark lord, but that failed
@@terrancebloxlore3209 Yeah, but as was established in Dawn of Sorrow Soma doesn't need to turn for there to be another Dark Lord because the Dark Lord is a necessity to the universe. They purposely left it open for a possible continuation to the series, or a chapter 2 if you will. I would love to see them continue it one day and see who is the new Dark Lord and who is the new Belmont Clan that holds them at bay, and also what their new weapon would be.
0:13 What is a man ?!
a misserable little pile of.....oh hi, alucard my son!
(cup throw and broke) misserable little pile of secrets.......(epicness)
@@kastreya But enough of talk, HAVE AT YOU
You steal men's soles and make them you slaves
Die monster! :3
This just makes me want to play SOTN again.
You should never stop playing Sotn
Aha thought the same thing
The game is now in mobile
Just finished it
Again
ALUCARDOOOO!!
Aaron Style SOOOOOMA!
BELNADES.... JULIUS... BELMONDOOOOAAA!!!!
DIOOOOO!!
@@reksshine1962 JOTARO !!!!!
LIQUIIIIIIIIID!
The way Soma's VA says "ARUKADO" is so awesome
That was his Japanese name. I guess they just missed translating it from 日本.
@@ls190v2
Its not his Japanese name per-say. Arukado is just how they typically pronounce Alucard. Alucard is still his name even in Japan. The same way Dracula is Dracula in Japan, not Dourakura or however they'd say it out loud.
I wish someone would do an extended track of this song with Soma's evil laugh thrown in...
Yes~ I would love that. 👍🏻
1:40 The music makes this the most Epic Transformation moment ever made in Castlevania.
Japanese dub is so dramatic, I love it. That "Soma" and "Alucard" quote are great.
So cringy lol
Do you know what somacula says to alucard??
That moment when you realize Soma really, *really* sucks at using Dracula's powers. This fight is such a joke.
Actually, that's not Soma anymore. It's Dracula who was controlling him.
the real problem is alucard, he fodderize his dad all the times
Speak for yourself; between the Sorrow games and Sotn, this fight was EASILY among the top 7 most difficult fights in my memory, even moreso than Galamoth and Grant (both of which I've heard many stories about)
Dracula fights are usually pretty easy though, with a few exceptions.
Galamoth was one of the easiest fights of my life, simply because I had an accessory that absorbed lighting damage. That alone turned him into a joke.
My 2 favorite Castlevania characters I ever played, Alucard and Soma.
Love both SOTN and AOS. 🤘🤘
The boss might look easy here, but 4-5 mistakes and you are dead.
*Uses potions*
True, I had to do this fight with both Alucard and Yoko.
(Yoko because she’s the only healer, and Alucard because he did the most damage to Soma.)
@@archacies1511 you can't use potions in julius mode
@@saiprakash2535 yeah I forgot about it lol. god damn memories fading
@@archacies1511 Even so, potions are for noobs.
"Kuru ga ii...Alucardo!"
what does that means
"Kuru ga ii" means "come" or "bring it", which means Soma was saying "Come, Alucard!" to challenge him.
MilesEdgeworth129 so Soma is know alucard father ?? lol
Technically, although Soma's mind has been replaced with the original Dracula's when he descended into darkness. So it's not really Soma anymore...
***** I just pretend he says "are you ready... Arukado!"
same basic meaning.
SOUMA! ARUCARDO! Impossível algo ser mais foda que isso
Achei muito foda quando vi essa batalha pela primeira vez
Muito épico isso mesmo, vim ver o vídeo só para relembrar
1:45 Woah, I do not remember ever picking up a soul like THAT.
Thats the same as Dracula from symphony of the night. he changes to that too. I dont think theres a soul for that
+ZeroTar 10836 Wrong. That's Rondo Of Blood Dracula. SoTN Dracula was green.
He is being ironic, lol
Cannibal Candy what is the mod to have alucard?
Renato Noriega Franco ^^^^ man this guy above me thinks this is a mod xD
oh no! someone made it to my throne room! i will kill them by using a very easy to learn pattern and telegraph my attacks way too much! HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
I'M A GENIUS! OH NO!!!
lmao
*SotN Dracula in prologue*
So, just like actual Dracula?
In the name of his mother, he defeated him again!
Behold his true form and despair!
Rest in peace, Lisa.
(Was her name Lisa?)
Forget fighting Dark Lord Soma I wanna play as Dark Lord Soma and have to take on Julius, Alucard, and Yoko all at once with maxed out stats on everything for super hard mode boss fight.
Would Soma be immortal as the dark lord or would he always be ressurected when he dies?
@@Ronnie_aus_SchnaxlreuthWell first it would depend upon if he could survive he first major battle... If yes then likely he would and if not well then it would depend on if Julius truly can make sure "Dracula" never resurrects
Dracula soul’s can be resurrected, since in the 1999 war, Dracula died, and in 2017, he is reborn as Soma Kurusu, and his presence can be felt even when Soma isn’t the dark lord, his hair, his looks, his clothing, his personality is the opposite of Mathias Cronqvist
Death even acknowledge this... but after he ask him if he has plans for it in the novel and then rejected it, death is now sure that he is not the same Mathias anymore but Soma, that his soul although bind with the crimson stone, is only that, he leaves as he assure Soma that nothing will interfere his human life, that a new dark lord will replace him but he will be Soma Cruz, not Dracula
A sweet ending that feels really natural isn’t it? And not FORCED INTO EVERY CHARACTER (looks at the Netflix adaptation)
1:43
Soma: Playtime's over! GRANT! ME! POWERRRRR!
+TheChoujinVirus Asobi Wa Owari Da!
+MidnyteBlaze what it say in english may i ask?
+Keith Force "Play time's over".
Mora oh so you play Sonic Adventure 2 too huh
Alucard: SOMA!!!
Evil Soma: Kuruguii... ARUKADO!!!
I have understood that, that is not soma considering that for soma, Arikado is an undercover agent and does not know what Alucard is, so literally it is Dracula because he is the only one who could recognize Alucard
I confronted him with Alucard as well, somehow it was the most fitting thing to do.
Julius is the most fitting. Cuz julius promised soma he would kill him if dracula took control.
@@Mikemic2218 yes and if you play as Julius, Soma says his full name, and when he says Belmont, he says it in complete anger
@@kyletheneko2745 yep. Showing he inherited Draculas resentment for the belmonts. Or it's actually dracula using somas body...
@@Mikemic2218 I'm pretty sure Dracula took control of Soma
@@kyletheneko2745 Soma and Dracula are one person
Now lets imagine this fight if soma actually tried and didn't just use the manticore and red minotaur souls like a little pussy.
Assuming he had his chaos ring, which would be the only way for him to spam the red minotaur soul that much, he could probably just kill alucard, julius, and yoko in a matter of SECONDS. Probably with the use of things like the biphron soul, petrify dude who I forgot the name of, ripper, heck even shit like the were tiger and jaguar souls would probably fuck up all 3 of them if he got the hits in (I didn't say red minotaur since they clearly made it look like trash in this game, instead of a gigantic axe that swings around the ENTIRE screen and deals like 800 damage, it's just like a fast and damaging version of the buer soul)
This fight is just embarrassing to watch if you've ever played aria of sorrow and finished it.
Didn't Soma lost all his souls, which he obtained in Aria of Sorrow? So, it's nothing for him to be uber with.
ITAndroMedian nope, not to my knowledge.
In the true ending he just lost the evil spirit in him I believe, A.K.A as he no longer being Dracula.
ITAndroMedian In the very beginning of Dawn of Sorrow, he states that he lost the power of dominance after the conflict last year, implying he would not have all of the souls from AoS. I believe you are correct.
Oh my god...the evil laught of Soma is crazy...he really turned into dracula :´v
Sonicstorier Art-Literature Works draculas soul control's him. This isnt soma anymore. Just his body and his voice...
Hola we
Or dracula took over his body claiming it as his own.
Its still super sad though. The Soma in Aria wasn't evil. He seemed really kind, actually.
No. Soma was always Dracula, only reincarnated. Their soul are one and the same. Mina's demise drove him over the edge and once again fall back to his former evil self. At that point, Soma was gone and embrace his name Dracula once again.
Man I loved this game [still do], and I love the fact that you get to play as Alucard. As a kid, that blew me away and I was like "SWEET IT'S ALUCARD!" cause the only time I ever controlled him was in SOTN and he's my second fav character, Richters obviously first. Anyway I played this mode so much, my my characters level is like 90.
lRichterl you also get to play as alucard in castlevania 3 for nes
how fucking lazy is that they used the same sprite as in SotN...Alucards looks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of place.
+Arturo Sánchez most metroidvanias recycle SOTN sprites, yeah is lazy as hell
+Cruzador you think is lazy? Some sprites in SOTN were taken from rondo of blood and Dracula X. More lazy? They took that Gaibon sprite from super castlevania IV.
I think of them not as lazy but as a canon image.
Edwin Galeana
not has lazy as metroidvanias though
+Edwin Galeana Well actually all the Super CV4 monsters where redrawn and given better animation in SOTN. Slogra and Gaibon look similar to Super CV4 but are a few pixels larger, have completely different shading, and a lot more frames of animation. Several X68000 monsters received similar treatment, such as the red skeletons and toads.
Of course that doesn't negate the fact that most of the Dracula X monsters in SOTN where directly cut-n-pasted or the heavy recycling of assets in the DS games.
+Mr Esturk Not really Frames of animation, Gaibon and Slogra look and move the same, they were just given flashier special effects.
Additionally, SOTN also reused the Dullahan enemies from SCIV, which look exactly the same, too, except for the fact that it uses different sprites for each part of the body.
Metroidvanias should do like the Wiiware game, like only 3 enemies were recycled I think, the rest of the sprites are completely original and looks quite good.
Soma J O J O P O S E S while teleporting and attacking
Yeah that's dio's pose
Zephyr = Dio
I really hate this ending (This fight kicks ass Btw) it's pretty much an F* you to the ending of aria of sorrow... I mean come on! Soma survived Dracula's castle, the fights with Graham, Julius Belmont and the Chaos (The f*cking Chaos!) to defy his destiny of being Dracula's reincarnation... and all of that is F*** up by a Doppelganger...
fusiontoa18 and edgy japanese
That ks how a villain should laugh!!
Jose Hernandez yea tell that to Rugal Bernstein
Tell him to that dorky kid next door
Why is this suddenly in my recommendations?
This would end a lot faster with a shield rod
mega man X meets castlevania sotn.
Yo, is the guy in the portrait Mathias Cronqvist? AKA Dracula's original human form?
Man, now this has brought back memories... imma go play some castlevania now...
Soma actually does go "Ware ni chikara wo...!" (GIVE ME POWER) in classic Dracula fashion in the Japanese version. Some voice clips were removed from the English version.
Why didn't Castlevania HD use this sprite version of Alucard instead of the one from SOTN?
Isn't this the same sprite from SoTN, aside from the backdash animation?
+RZBionicle You sure the backdash animation isn't the same as the Sotn one?
Yeah. The backdash animation used here and CVHD is missing a few frames. It's hard to notice unless you compare both animations side by side because Alucard has a shitload of sprites.
I remember seeing an interview (I think it was with Koji Igarashi) and he was saying that he was watching a speedrun of SotN and was asking about the shield-dash technique, and was told that by using the shield to cancel the dash animation early you could use the dash again quicker. When told this he was dissapointed because the animators spent a lot of time working on Alucards running animation and all those sprites were just going unused by the speedrunning community.
Liam Dell I know that they work very hard on SOTN especially alucard’s frames and sprites and all that, but he needs to remember. It’s a speedrun. lmao
Soma's stand confirmed for Jojo Part 9
Huh???
Soma can summon a number of different familiars, like bats and a floating sword for example. (Kinda like Alucard in SotN.)
The word “stand” is what had confused me as I had no idea what they were referring to.
I recently finished watching Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders so I now know what they’re talking about. (Still think them using the word “stand” is weird and confusing though.)
@@DarkMirria1 what about battle tendency?
You probably also watched it, part 1 and part 2 are one show because of how short they are.
If not, watch it.
I think I did...? I also finished watching Diamond is Umbreakable. Started the one that apparently has Dio’s son, waiting for it to update. (If there’s going to be more. The rest was only in Japanese so I watched it with subs. I needed to know what happens.)
Stand master:Soma Cruz
Stand name:[The World]
This boss fight was tough but had predictable patterns
This makes it one of the best bosses in castlevania history
well, your characters don't have potions or a good amount of abilities so is a fair battle
This is one of the most epic battles of Castlevania
Funny, I always thought given Soma’s design that his monstrous form would be something like a giant white wolf, not this generic demon. Just goes to show the lord of darkness is consistent if nothing else.
Plus this is dracula final form in the beginning of sotn when you fight him with richter and it makes sense because this is the sequel to sotn.
Raphael Bors Quality Queen I guess that makes sense, especially given what Quality Queen said about having already seen this form before at the start of Symphony of the Night, but I figured it would at least be interesting. Evil can take on more forms than a big red devil, you know!
Raphael Bors I guess when I posted that, I was thinking more “Ultimate form of Soma” than “ultimate form of darkness”; I still think it’s an interesting idea, but I get your point.
@@qualityqueen1553 2 years later im here to tell you dawn of sorrow/aria of sorrow arent sequels to sotn
Did every different reincarnation of Dracula have a different form?
Alucard:He'll Yeah im awesome
Soma: Arrgh He is powerful
Everyone is hating on Soma for not using his powers. LOOK AT DRACULA MAN. IS HE NOT DIFFERENT FROM SOMA?
Omg Soma's laugher is so frikin' EPIC
for those who doesn't know Soma is the darklord's(dracula) reincarnation. Alucard is dracula's son from a human female so that makes him half vampire.. its actually a father and son death match..
Probably the saddest final boss in the series. Mainly because the "Mina" that Celia killed was actually a doppelganger and that Soma basically became the dark lord for nothing.
Good show.
Castlevania characters in SSB sounds fun. I think it could be sufficed to have two characters (Simon, the main character of the linear games, and Alucard, the most popular character of the nonlinear games). After all, they have two from Mother, two (technically three) from Fire Emblem, etc.
Impressive foreshadowing
Well, we got Simon and Richter as playable characters in Smash Ultimate, Alucard became an assist trophy.
@@YellowSun765ZAlucard definitely deserved a spot
Alucard just sounds like Zero
Gogeta_SSJ4_(Super Saiyan 4)_YT he does indeed
Hu ha hu!
Zero KOF or Zero MM
0:16 I never realised Soma has a Stand.
He can summon few familiars that stay behind him like Giant Skeleton's arm, Corpseweed and few others
Soma actually has one soul that grants him an Ora ora attack
@@kyochan4412 Lmao trueee!
ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA
No,Kasi Sayang, I will Teach How To Speak Tagalog
I farmed up all those nice things like the Crissaegrim for Alucard, and he's still using that heirloom.
It has sentimental value.
What about Simon Belmont?!
Why does everyone forget about Simon Belmont?! T_T
He's dead.
It's canonically 203X in the Sorrow duology.
Alucard FanBoygasm.
Wait...
No I stand by it.
Just because he's Dracula doesn't mean he can have unlimited mana
Actually, since he'd be connected to Chaos then, he would have. Remember the Chaos ring regenerating your powers extremely quickly?
"Dark Metamorphosis" oh wrong game 🤣
Simon Belmont is in the first Castlevania too ;)
Simon Belmont is the original, and therefore, Simon should be the one to be chosen if a character from Castlevania should be chosen.
But yeah, Simon's Quest was pretty annoying. Sure, you would manage to beat the game if you threw holy water all over the place, but seriously, you don't want to do that xD
ok best characters are
Simon Belmont, Alucard, Richter Belmont, Leon Belmont, Soma Cruz..... those are my fav characters from Castlevania ^^ oh yeah! and Maria Renard from NitM (SotN for america and europe she is only playable in the Saturn version.... in the PSP version is playable too... but she sucks in that version ¬¬)
Isnt that the same demon form that dracula had in rondo of blood?
good ol' cookie monster
Yeah, fittingly.
would have been nice if they had made 2 different teleporting laughters for soma instead of just one every single time, first it sounded geniusly mad, the second time "ok its a game so repetition of sound files is normal", the 15th time "come on what are you even laughing about when you are getting slaughtered? -.- "
Never bothered me.
Kurunggai... Arucadooo !!!
Soma in smash bros ( get ready MARIO)
Jose Hernandez assuming he can add other Character moves into his custom moveset then I would love him to be in smash!
if it ain't soma, its gotta be either simon or alucard.
I want either alucard or soma for smash 5
I Want Tetris And Aiden Pearce To The Game
Forget Soma, I want Alucard/Adrian for smash.
1:12 Why does it bug me that he didn't land that one attack in there?
Maybe i got too caught in his rythm xD
Until Soma becomes the Beast Form, the fight is really easy because Somas Only Attack (The Double Axe Slash) is way too easy to dodge...Which makes Juilus Belmont the Best for the Fight, And it’s still easy in the Second Phase
Dhampirs ALWAYS beat vampires ;D
hmmm...is probably late to say...but... what happened to mina after soma's death?...
Alfredo Mallqui Here Mina is actually dead, so...
+Scissorman No she isnt. the mina that was killed was a doppleganger
+Scissorman alternate ending right?
+TheLionheartStriker wrong, that Mina was still a doppleganger. it was a trick to get soma to succumb to the dark power. true, it is an alternate ending but the real Mina probably didn't go along with soma to the castle after the prologue. I wouldn't either after what happened in aria of sorrow. that was a nightmare.
Makes me wonder about how this will all go down in the Netflix series.
[Alucard will probably have another breakdown but we don’t know yet]
It probably won't, not for a long time at least
@@kinnikuboneman Firstly, they have to proceed with Richter Belmont's time probably
This is a long way from Probable, but if they arrive at Dawn they will do the Good End for being canon
It won’t.
Looks a little to easy for a final boss :(
Great fight, btw.
And when you thought fighting Dracula couldn't get ANY harder, it just did.
No, You can't expect the simple demon beast transformation that shoots three fireballs and jumps.
You now have to deal with a demon beast that jumps, shoots out worms when it jumps, shoots a ground based fireball, AND has a harpy familiar that shoots your ass down when you get behind demon Dracula.
What will they think of next? :P
Soma... T_T
Alucard, the good-hearted semi-vampiric hero vs. Soma, the reincarnation of humanity's worst nightmare. Fate, I suppose.
Also the Rondo of Blood final boss theme works.
I remember the fist time I got to this fight. The setup, incredible. You get the epic anime voice (specially if you picked Alucard), and fucking Dances of Illusion in a great rendition starting. Just to get one of the worst Dracula boss fights ever.
Well, this is a teenage reincarnation we're talking about.
somaaaa noooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As an person who played aria of sorrow I confirm that Soma Cruz is weirdly op considering his mastery of souls. He fights like Graham in this fight but way more dangerous. Maybe this soma is the one in the bad ending in aria of sorrow when he drops his glass of wine
... That's it? No dialogue at the end? They don't even say a word when they go outside the castle...
julius says sorry or something after soma is defeated. just listen, it's in japanese and my japanese is not great. :P
+UnderCHARAters after beating the last Phase with Julius? because i think I did hear julius say something
ZeroTar 10836 yeah
the whole mode could habe been sooo awesome but nooo fuck story we just make 6 new Dialogs and thats it
tetrisretro 24 that's how julius mode has been since aria
Also its kinda lazy how soma didnt get a new demon form. Its always the same one
Death was hardest boss playing as these 3
Trust me.....Dark Lord Soma might look easy but he is in no way a easy boss. I found out the hard way.
Yes you, Yeah
WHAT IS A MAN ALUCARDOOOO!!!!
Soma and Alucard are better than Jonathan and Charlotte
Arikado arucado. Nice japanese
Notice the red "carpet" ? It's not a carpet,it's spilled wine.
Or... Celia's blood.
I wonder who is more powerfull , menace or soma as the dark lord, yhea he is the incarnarion of evil at this point but do not forget the fact that menace is a fusion of the strongest demons.
His laugh is so disturbing that I never can tell if he's in pain or enjoying it
When your Dad is younger than you!!! AWKWARD!!!!! And you have already bested him 3 times!!!
*来る外．．．アルカド!*
Then his voice actor would have double duty in that game...
(It's the same voice as MARTH.)
Great Axe Armor, Gaibon, and Devil for 1st form? and...
Larva, Aguni, Harpy, AND babbadon for the 2nd. Possible Dead Crusader?
My guess at Soma's used souls.
The rest make sense, but what's the basis for dead crusader?
(the came to kill me... HOW WAS THAT JOKE AGAIN LOL, no! get a grip! you're the last boss! BUT THE CHICKEN AND THEN HIS MOTHER LMAO)
Alucard: SOMA!!!
(Throw his Glass)
Soma: Kurugaii... ARUKADO!!!
I was looking for what he says before ARUCADO!
This is the original Soma. This is wht happens when he is corrupted by hatred and dark power after witnessing a tragic event, which will remain unspoiled.
soma is too cute
kh wong How!? He's pretty much Dracula. He's EVUL!
+Scissorman good and evil has nothing to go with cuteness
RIP Soma Cruz
he is alive actually
this is just the bad ending
in the good and real ending, he survived
@@stuff5499, stop shooting down timelines.
It seems this mode views Soma iembracing his dark destiny
Patrick Andrei Catbagan kurenai.... ARUCADOOO!
Blood ps Soma, wear Mina talisman next time
When you realize the boys are stuck in weeb mode
The reincarnation of Dracula,yes he is