Can You Beat Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Without Equipment?

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10 ай бұрын

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By popular demand, and to prepare for the release of Castlevania: Nocturne on Netflix, I try to beat Symphony of the Night on the Sega Saturn without any equipment. That means no weapons, no armor, no accessories, and no consumable items. Let's see how Alucard fares against the castle after Death takes away his equipment and forces him to survive without any at all.
Intro by Lyric: / @lyric3595
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@ladyackerman1805 10 ай бұрын

Honestly i think you can make exceptions for like "quest items" Like the spike armor and the rings

@ladyackerman1805 10 ай бұрын

And the glasses needed to the good ending

@greenhowie 10 ай бұрын

Yeah they're like honorary Relics.

@goodsprings5271 10 ай бұрын

With a little practice it’s not that bad to get through the spike room with bat

@ladyackerman1805 10 ай бұрын

@@goodsprings5271 true but thst one part either needs potions or the armor so that would be needed

@gregtaylor9957 10 ай бұрын

The age of the game and the "quest items" I think fall into the category of "use only when needed" and your not breaking any rules. That is my opinion.

@niceguy191 10 ай бұрын

You were so close to figuring out the best sub weapon for Doppelganger. The stopwatch stops him completely and then you can attack no problem

@ibilesfighter3.16 10 ай бұрын

tbh with this challenge id only use stopwatch cause using sub weaposn seems like a cheat to me

@EmilForsberg_GRYBO 6 ай бұрын

@@ibilesfighter3.16isn't the stopwatch a subweapon tho?

@ibilesfighter3.16 6 ай бұрын

@@EmilForsberg_GRYBOyes but it deals no damage so its fair game

@OmniMon94 10 ай бұрын

So basically Alucard wants to start wrestling like Soma.

@johnhager8967 10 ай бұрын

Like Father Like Son!

@guilhermegaspar752 10 ай бұрын

@@johnhager8967what?

@johnhager8967 10 ай бұрын

@@guilhermegaspar752 spoilers, Don't worry about it

@guilhermegaspar752 10 ай бұрын

@@johnhager8967 if its for ária of sorrow i finish the game but i am confused as to when did soma became draculas son?

@johnhager8967 10 ай бұрын

@@guilhermegaspar752 no I was implying Alucard wants to do it because soma did, soma being Alucards father

@TimedRevolver 10 ай бұрын

Also, to complete the Bestiary, you need to kill a Mudman during the Lesser Demon fight. It shows up nowhere else and the Lesser Demon enemies that show up later don't summon them. EDIT: I never count mandatory items or actions as run enders. Tutorials and quest items should never be counted, because the game forces them on you, with no way to opt out.

@RippahRooJizah 10 ай бұрын

The spike hallway, sure. The glasses... should absolutely count, though, as they are still optional if all you want to do is just beat the game.

@TimedRevolver 10 ай бұрын

@@RippahRooJizah The glasses should have been a relic too, since not using them cuts you off from half the game.

@RippahRooJizah 10 ай бұрын

@@TimedRevolver The challenge is whether or not one can beat the game without equipping anything. Getting the bad ending is still beating the game, and the glasses are completely optional if the goal is to simply "beat the game".

@TimedRevolver 10 ай бұрын

@@RippahRooJizah Way to repeat yourself without reading what I wrote. Well done, your family must be proud.

@S0renz 10 ай бұрын

Fable 1 with stick or spells only. You need to use non-stick weapons to progress through the tutorial.

@olegoose574 10 ай бұрын

14:50 Saturn port wasn’t actually made by Igarashi’s team and was actually made by Konami’s Nagoya studio, which was really unexperienced with Saturn’s hardware. That’s why Saturn version of Symphony looks worse than PS1 version. In fact, Igarashi didn’t even know about this port until it was released and disliked Saturn version so much that he asked Castlevania fans not to play it despite added new content

@zachtwilightwindwaker596 10 ай бұрын

There's also no invisibility cloak in this since the Saturn could not replicate it.

@daviribeiro8997 10 ай бұрын

For some reason,I like the Saturn version more

@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 10 ай бұрын

Why not just add the new content in his image... ...I mean before the igavania split

@jonathanbetenbender307 10 ай бұрын

@@zachtwilightwindwaker596 It's a misconception that Saturn can't do transparencies; it's just that doing so is difficult (the Saturn itself is already difficult to code for). There is a hack that addresses all the issues with the Saturn version (including transparencies); though I don't know if it addresses every instance of it. Btw there are also hacks to fix CV 64

@wallacesousuke1433 10 ай бұрын

@@daviribeiro8997 I like it cuz of Maria, she kicks ass (generally I hate OP chars but she's quite fun to play as, and I love her moves and their SFX like her turtle healing spell, the way her hair "flies" upwards is so cool)

@WalcomS7 10 ай бұрын

I feel like making an exception for the potion to open the door and the rings to the clock room are more than reasonable.

@marxxplaysgames 10 ай бұрын

I'd say so since those equipment pieces are glorified relics anyway

@Mr.turne4293 10 ай бұрын

Yep spike breaker gives you defense but it's more a item to progress into getting the rings for the good ending/ inverted castle.

@emperorkiva8063 10 ай бұрын

Does a Tokimeki Crisis FDL 3 count as equipment?

@Soupgoose40 10 ай бұрын

@@emperorkiva8063wth is that

@thomased22legoyodagaming 7 ай бұрын

Fancy seeing you here foam man!

@Louis_Cyphriel 10 ай бұрын

Watching this after "as devs intended speedrun" is actually making realise how hidden some exploits and AI manipulation on bosses are. Like, Medusa can be cheesed same way a Cerberus by driven into a wall, Legion bodies despawn by high jump and so on

@greenhowie 10 ай бұрын

To be fair the Legion can also push you past the exit door's hitbox, causing a softlock. I think that some aspects just got overlooked when they ran out of time and money and it's nicer to pretend everything was intentional.

@Louis_Cyphriel 10 ай бұрын

@@greenhowie...What are you on? Exploits and AI manipulations aren't "overlooked aspects" those are obvious small gaps any code gonna have. Legion bodies obviously disappear from the high jump to avoid breaking the game. As, you know, there's a reason why that boss never fully shown on screen and room is seen pretty much 1/4 of it's actual size. Just because it's 2D on PS1, it doesn't mean screen can't get overcrowded to game breaking point. Don't know if anyone emulating it ever tried to actually back the camera enough to fit the whole room and see if bodies spawn outside of intended view. Which is most likely, again to avoid game eating fps. Interesting, how big of a crowd needed for that. And AI manipulation on Doppelganger, Medusa or even Death are just code imperfections. No game safe from this. Because it's a script written by people, which either can't predict every build and action player gonna throw on the boss or actually made to take specific actions in response to player to be as hard of a fight as devs want. BTW, no game is glitchless, and there's a ton in SotN that speedrunners abuse like nocliping through walls and rooms. But those aren't what I spoke of. What I speak about is used in official in game tips on how to beat bosses, so yea, no way they're "pretending it was intentional" more like self aware.

@greenhowie 10 ай бұрын

@@Louis_Cyphriel I apologise for upsetting you.

@Louis_Cyphriel 10 ай бұрын

@@greenhowielol, you sure love jumping conclusions. Guess starting serious discussion now mean being upset. Internet never stop surprising me.

@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 10 ай бұрын

Ah you saw that one too?

@mengo329 10 ай бұрын

I'd say you can beat the game without equipment regardless. You'll just need to resign yourself to killing Richter and getting the bad ending

@SyRose901 10 ай бұрын

With glitches, you can get the good ending. Richter can be skipped with just Soul of Wolf. Second Castle movement relies on Soul of Bat that you can get without equipment. For Vlad Relics, you can skip them using a Heart Refresh that you can start with if you use up all your hearts as Richter in the prologue. Without glitches, you're right.

@versebuchanan512 10 ай бұрын

the only legitimate way to do it.

@FlameSoulis 10 ай бұрын

@@SyRose901 Yeah but... Heart Refresh is a usable item. If you go with the absolutely no equip rule, then it's still not enough. If, however, you say potions/usables are okay... then it'd be alright.

@SyRose901 10 ай бұрын

@@FlameSoulis Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I wonder if you can pull a version of the trick that involves a levelup animation... Hmm, probably not without equipment. So, just gather the Vlad relics, I guess. You can fly with Soul of Bat to reach bosses and then punch/cast spells on them to death. The reverse clock room doesn't have the same problem as the regular one; Vlad Relics are relics and not equipment.

@philiphunt-bull5817 9 ай бұрын

The true ending :v

@DeepWeeb 10 ай бұрын

I like how Alucard has to teabag after each boss defeat

@aresandrde3126 10 ай бұрын

It's fun that whoisthisgit has done this challenge several years ago? He also didn't use sub-weapons, and considered it to be more intentional difficulty. Your vid is still amazing, though, Nyarly. The amount of dedication is inspiring

@ExtremeMan10 10 ай бұрын

Alucard running around castle showing his magnificent abs, this is completely in character for him lol

@plasty8665 10 ай бұрын

Just a side note for anyone who still owns a psp or vita like myself, there actually is a port of symphony of the night included in the Rondo of Blood remake for psp, Dracula X chronicles, that is essentially the closest thing to a western saturn port. Maria is included as a boss and playable character, and there’s some changes/additions similar to that in the Saturn port. It’s more of an in between than anything else, but it’s still interesting to me that it acknowledges the extra content from the Saturn version all the way in 2007, and no other port of it since has.

@GribbleGob 10 ай бұрын

pretty sure that unlockable port was the basis for the ps4 SotN

@gaminggoddess85 10 ай бұрын

I thought DXC Maria was super nerfed compared to her Saturn version?

@Peachblink 10 ай бұрын

@@gaminggoddess85Yeah, you are right, the Maria in PSP SotN is basically Rondo of Blood Maria but with a couple extra moves added for character parity with the other two. Compared to her Saturn version though, she's absolutely dreadful, although calling it a 'nerf' is not really the truth because, looks aside, they are two completely different characters.

@KhumboSharma 10 ай бұрын

they explicilty didn't base maria on saturn version for dxc. so dxc maria sucks

@Gaspingindeath 10 ай бұрын

This version of Death is very easy, but the easiest is absolutely the version from Castlevania 2. He respawns like a normal enemy and you can just run past him

@ChargeQM 10 ай бұрын

Hey, those cave trolls aren't shooting lasers at all! Those are their tongues!

@Jurarigo 10 ай бұрын

The Soul Steal not working properly is the Godspeed boots' fault, as the input for the boots is the same as one of the inputs for Soul Steal, 66.

@Siinory 10 ай бұрын

For me the required stuff doesn't count towards the no equipment. You can't do anything about it after all

@isenokami7810 10 ай бұрын

A bit sad to see your transition to a Castlevania channel come to an end, but it was fun while it lasted. These challenge runs were just as fun as your SMT ones, which is a big compliment when your Nocturne No buffs run is what got me to play my copy of Nocturne finally.

@DeepWeeb 10 ай бұрын

As long there are demons, you can count Nyarly in

@stickinittotheman1 10 ай бұрын

Same here with regard to nocturne haha. Always a good time here. Love and Peace folks.

@BrayPlaysStuff 10 ай бұрын

The Doppelganger fight could be mitigated by a whole lot by using the Stop Watch. Doppelganger does not fight back let alone move. At all.

@osurpless 10 ай бұрын

Igarashi hates the Saturn version, so as you said the new areas are cool, he still had nothing to do with them. Still a bummer, as the cooler items like the Rainbow Mantle (randomly changes colors as you move!) really should be in every version.

@Leonines9 10 ай бұрын

Wake up babe, new Nyarly Castlevania challenge run dropped

@MaskedDragon 10 ай бұрын

Wide awake

@saulinhosss 10 ай бұрын

Hee ho honey

@Colorado-inhabitant 9 ай бұрын

As a teen with dog shit sleep schedule, i see this as a win

@mikeysaurlol 10 ай бұрын

glad you gave us one more video on castlevania before taking a break from it, I've really been enjoying these videos and even came back to your bloodstained video recently after finishing the game so i could watch it all without being spoiled :)

@skate60331 10 ай бұрын

I love these Castlevania challenge run videos. Great work!

@cheangizzz 10 ай бұрын

I saw Alucard and the word 'naked' and got baited good job cheeky bro

@zaxon810 10 ай бұрын

I love these Castlevania challenge vids of yours! Please keep making more! :D

@Cybershroom 10 ай бұрын

Man, SOTN literally belongs in a museum because it is still a masterpiece, well composed music, some of the most beautiful pixel art to grasp the PSONE/Saturn, and it still holds up today. Well done Nyarly, great challenge :D

@wallacesousuke1433 10 ай бұрын

Too bad it's way too easy, which ruins the experience and makes replayability basically non-existent

@collinrogers4742 3 ай бұрын

Hard agree, one of the greats for sure, first time beating it already had me obsessed lmao.

@jeremyabbott4537 10 ай бұрын

there's one move with the bare fists I'm surprised you never noticed. If you're in the air and you hold diagonally down and press the attack button, Alucard does a disjointed kick at an angle that can make it easier to hit some enemies. It's very useful in hitting evasive foes and enemies outside normal fisting range.

@greenhowie 10 ай бұрын

Magic is so broken in SOTN, Hellfire with the meteors + stopwatch can pretty much carry the entire game. Glad to see this, haven't played the Saturn version and Nyarly gives good commentary. Still going to suggest a no kill run (apart from bosses) where you only use subweapons though. Mainly because it's fun working out which weapon is most efficient and you have to work out paths to the heart upgrades. Shockingly the answer to Slogra & Gaibon isn't the axe.

@williamburns6691 10 ай бұрын

This video reminds me of the no equipment runs me and my friend used to do back in high school. Great video!

@RazireKVD 10 ай бұрын

Not that its the most important thing in this run, but I actually believe the cave troll's attack is to fire their tongue out at the player and not shoot lasers.

@KebaRPG 10 ай бұрын

It is indeed a tongue whip that is suppose to mimic how a IRL chameleon shoots out their tongue.

@andrewwilliams8951 10 ай бұрын

Seeing Alucard teabag was hilarious lol

@MainManJaggi 10 ай бұрын

Cave Trolls don't shoot lasers. That's their tongue. I swear to Christ, those things do some of the highest damage in any game they're in.

@MainManJaggi 10 ай бұрын

Source is the monster information in Portrait Of Ruin, I'm pretty sure.

@chaossnowkitsune6377 10 ай бұрын

Also unless I am misremembering doesn't it's soul in Dawn of Sorrow mention it is a tongue as well?

@MainManJaggi 10 ай бұрын

@@chaossnowkitsune6377 Probably

@Warsmith_The 3 ай бұрын

It's because it's actually supposed to be the Chupacabra, but "Cave Troll" was a weird nonsense localization that stuck around for later games.

@viviblue7277 10 ай бұрын

There’s an easy cheese strat for Beelzebub: spam wing smash.

@KaiserVarius 10 ай бұрын

Awesome! Welcome Nyarly!

@zebug4762 10 ай бұрын

Great video! I no longer have the time or energy to pursue challenge runs, but if you hate being a sane person, do a pacifist + naked run where you can only attack bosses that are mandatory to progress. You'll find that your incredibly low stats mean that fights of attrition are rarely in your favour, and fights that would otherwise be easy (Death, Shaft and Dracula) turn into nightmares since you have so little MP. You'll also find that getting the Leap Stone in itself without killing Flea Riders to be a huge pain. I struggled a ton with this challenge and I was also playing on the PSP which seems to have even jankier directional input registration. I don't even remember if I managed to finish Drac... It's been over ten years. I also feel the urge to add that you can perform a kick (no, not a dive kick) with fists or any fist weapon by pressing down + left/right + attack in mid-air while falling or starting to fall. Kicks have greater range than your fists and are really helpful when a huge weakness in naked runs is your lack of attack range.

@wolfscar05 10 ай бұрын

I love these challenge runs its so entertaining to watch i hope there a run for the first persona game some time in the future

@IceLaic 6 ай бұрын

I absolutely love how some of these fights look (especially Maria) with you tossing out spells and stuff! It’s very evocative of Alucard’s inheritance from Dracula, if that makes sense

@MegaPokefan97 10 ай бұрын

If you're required to use something ineligible for a run to progress, consider that an exeption to the rules

@jonnytan9054 10 ай бұрын

Was expecting a SOTN video, wanted magic only, but no equipment also very challenging

@vialsaya6590 10 ай бұрын

The obligatory tea-bagging after every boss kill is what makes it for me. Fun run to watch man

@gamerstakeout8738 10 ай бұрын

There are a couple other ways to manipulate those invincibility eye frames too... If I recall correctly you can juggle transformations into it. You may also be able to cast spells like dark metamorphisis and get it too.

@NeroZenith 10 ай бұрын

Got the popcorn ready, shout out to Knight0fDragon though, legend!

@FlameSoulis 10 ай бұрын

20:00 Soul Steal works wonders here. Yes, I get you don't use spells, but of all spells to use... that one in particular heals you and hurts ANY targetable entity... including each segment of Legion. Plus it makes the game lag. It's fun.

@axelrod45-yugiohandmore38 10 ай бұрын

27:36 That T-bag on Maria was absolutely deserved, Nyarly.

@Boredom_Incarnate 10 ай бұрын

Same as a lot of the others, I think you can make exceptions. It's like saying that in P3 Thanatos is a cutscene so it's ok, but if in the first turn of the tutorial fight you started your animation with Orpheus and he morphed halfway and started attacking as Thanatos that that would be breaking the rules. The equipment is nothing more than a key, and if equipped and then removed immediately after use, it stays true to the spirit of the run by not using any equipment in a meaningful way.

@Smile-uu2yg 10 ай бұрын

5:14 The vicious T - bagging

@extrakrispy81 2 ай бұрын

The castlevania videos are neat. I think this is the third time ive watched this one.

@Pabueno 10 ай бұрын

Wake up babe new Nyarly upload

@Forever_Zero 10 ай бұрын

Well, you still beat the game without equipped items in combat so its a complete success. And man, can't wait to see Castlevania Nocturne, looks so good

@Buzterer 10 ай бұрын

using the spike breaker for that 1 hallway part or the rings for that 1 door doesn't fail the challenge becuase your aren't fighting enemies with them equipped and the game forces you to equip them to continue

@thatkleinguy 10 ай бұрын

I love these challenge runs. Alucard's bare hand is a surprisingly viable weapon. You should totally do a naked, Red Rust run for maximum masochism someday 👀

@gghostt4227 10 ай бұрын

is red rust worse than fists I’m new to symphony

@thatkleinguy 10 ай бұрын

@@gghostt4227 yes. Not only the attack animation is really slow and it has a random chance of straight up not working (as if Alucard can't unsheathe it, so to speak), but also subtracts your Attack stat by -2

@zerwardzelaiine7622 10 ай бұрын

Funnily enough in standard weapon tier lists made by speed runners fists are not that bad, in fact; their considered mid tier Red rust is... awful....as in, your punch does WAY more damage than swinging around that weapon

@artherfrain6999 10 ай бұрын

No equipment SOTN makes you a glass cannon but it's doable with patience. Red Rust runs are just unfun.

@Ratante530 10 ай бұрын

It says naked run, but he could just have used spells

@Spook327 10 ай бұрын

My answer in my head to questions such as the one posed in the title of this video is, "Nope. I can't!" At least you make the answer (one way or another) considerably more entertaining :)

@bardinblue9830 8 ай бұрын

37:32 - The "Cave Trolls" don't actually attack with "lasers". They're actually extending their very sharp tongues. Their design is based on the "Chupacabra".

@Znwarp 10 ай бұрын

That familiar is putting in a lot of work

@superantiguy4347 7 ай бұрын

Ok but the intro in japanese is soooo much better than the one in English, there's so much PASSION in richter

@itsmeanunoriginaljoke431 10 ай бұрын

Perfect timing I was just watching Metis' Not The Bad Guy Simon Belmont video!!!

@Error-ve5ej 10 ай бұрын

More castlevania, yay! :D

@VegaSpydr 10 ай бұрын

Short answer, yes. Long answer, This video. Love the videos.

@Faapu 10 ай бұрын

It's interesting that the Saturn version added the Godspeed Shoes, meaning that with the Gravity Boots in this version Alucard can somehow wear 3 different pairs of shoes at the same if you equip that shoe accessory that make him 1 pixel taller (I forgot what they're called)

@ricardoj376 10 ай бұрын

When I read, without equipment, I thought this was going to be a fists only, like one that Whoisthisgit did some time ago. Boy was I wrong. Good run

@minokimakina832 10 ай бұрын

Tbh I've done this challenge in vanilla and randomizer but still clicked on this video cause it's my favorite game ever and I love it

@thenippleextractor 10 ай бұрын

I just saw Alucard and the word "naked" and I already clicked

@doomdimensiondweller5627 10 ай бұрын

Glad to see this video. I am gen Z the game is older then I am but I just love the way SotN looks and sounds. The GBA games are great they look as good as they good on the gameboy advance but the hardware held the team back when compared to SotN.

@Gensolink 10 ай бұрын

i think it aged really well. My only gripe is the weird input for high jump and bosses being cakewalk even without game breaking gear but besides it's really good.

@GribbleGob 10 ай бұрын

don't include the period you were born in as part of your identity. it isn't healthy.

@jKazej 10 ай бұрын

Before the Silver Ring I wonder if you could get the Faerie summon to use a potion for you to avoid having to equip the potion yourself?

@Shadethewolfy 5 ай бұрын

Faerie/Half-Faerie (Fairy in English) only uses healing items if your health is

@FoxIord 9 ай бұрын

Finally a game I know enough about to give relevant commentary on! The sword familiar is BROKEN if you level it up. I'm talking "one-shot Shaft at max level" broken. At level 50 it gains the ability to do a precise, high-damage stab instead of the spin attack, and it gets better at it the higher you go. All the familiars are strong at high levels, but the Sword in particular is insane.

@jammerlammer546 10 ай бұрын

It is possible to acquire silver ring with jewel and mist alone by abusing the s you get from the hellfire spell. You chain them together one after the other as you move forward and get past the spikes. No equipment!

@ExtraVictory 10 ай бұрын

Ahhhh challenge runs, how we love thee

@nice-guyhunter4013 10 ай бұрын

I clicked on this video thinking “oh yeah cool castlevania video” and then realizing throughout the video “oh yeah there’s like 3 separate times you need to equip stuff to move on” and I’ve replayed this game many times.

@KyuJuEX099 10 ай бұрын

The Cave Trolls are actually called the "Chupacabra". And they're not shooting lasers. They lash their super long and sharp tongue to suck blood.

@PrecursorIdeliron 10 ай бұрын

I’m now glad that I’m not the only person around who got caught in the “Lesser Demon Infinity Funhouse”. Fun Fact! Once it hits around eight Lesser Demons, the frame rate starts to chug! Witnessed on the PS4 port.

@kratosorokai1546 10 ай бұрын

i cant wait for nocturne to come out aside from a few issues with the old series it was very enjoyable to watch

@VinceTheBadASS 10 ай бұрын

I love how Alucard working that jab

@aaaaaaaaaaaaa373 10 ай бұрын

One fun trick for tall bosses is to dance on their heads with the dropkick. It makes no-familiar no-equipment no-magic no-subweapon runs way more feasible (though I played PS1 - that Maria phase 2 looks rough without soul steal or a long weapon). The dropkick also makes the clocktower much easier

@bullblood_fan17 10 ай бұрын

no wonder the santa water is op in vampire survivors

@RutabagaSwe 10 ай бұрын

This was made so much harder by not using spells and transform mechanics. Tetraspirit and wing smash would have made some of the more challenging bosses quite easy.

@WillowEpp 10 ай бұрын

Nice job, really vindicating my feeling on the inverted castle being kind of a slog. (Aside from the remix of Beginning in the inverted garden). Was surprised to not see a single summon or tetra spirit on the earlier or stationary bosses! Also, I wonder if Agunea would have worked better than cross in some situations. Possibly the Bibbles for extra damage on Galamoth? I don't think the ricochet stone has any use at all...

@shadowthepuzzled 10 ай бұрын

he mentioned how he wasn't good at doing spells, so that's probably why

@WillowEpp 10 ай бұрын

@@shadowthepuzzled Summon is the easiest spell by far. And Tetra is much easier than Soul Steal. ┐⁠(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠)⁠┌

@dongodongo12 10 ай бұрын

This man doesn't backdash

@shannaliara7694 10 ай бұрын

I just completed castlevania sotn and you release this video 😅

@Mr.turne4293 10 ай бұрын

ironically the saturn version only has 2 new areas that don't really amount to much. One is just another way to another area that was already easy to get to and the other is in a place at the beginning that doesn't give anything specific besides some items. And one new relic you get is the boots of god speed. You also can continuously bat dash until you run of mp in the saturn version. And of course the maria fight is different than in the other versions of sotn by her using martial arts than summoning to fight alucard. But other than that, you can play the newest release and not miss too much besides what I mentioned already.

@MisterFael 10 ай бұрын

It's interesting how basically every version of sotn has some differences from one another like: The original japanese release had some familiar cards that were cut in the localized version. Saturn had the new areas and some new items. The PSP version has the updated voice acting (and a easier way to skip death.)

@Gotei13fodder 10 ай бұрын

Damn. Alucard got hands.

@xxkeminxx 10 ай бұрын

Oi, Nyarly! Might I recommend a Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Charlotte only challenge? Portrait's my favorite by far, an' I'd love to see ya handle it!

@zacsolo1594 19 күн бұрын

I did this challenge myself except I didn't allow myself to use the Cube of Zoe or spells, so I basically went in with only my fists, the kick and the dive kick. No spells. There's an awkward angle that you can dive kick Maria in, it's not consistant but it's there. As for Galamoth, doing it without spells makes his fight so much more intense. I took hours dive kicking at his head to finally win.

@zenlucas-divers4652 10 ай бұрын

Beelzubub is a bag echo boss as it lets you reach the upper parts and beat the flys. They parts have such little hp that it's pretty easy. All you need is the upgrade that makes the bat echo into an attack.

@BabushkaKoi 10 ай бұрын

LETS GOOO MORE CASTLEVANIAAAAAA

@jonathanbetenbender307 10 ай бұрын

Btw hacks were made to fix the load times, restore transparencies (yes the Saturn can do transparencies), fix aspect ratio of sprites, load straight into map, near instantaneous transitions between rooms, etc.

@SparkstarScope 10 ай бұрын

Every time a KZfaqr makes a challenge like this and has to make an exception to the rules, I think the same thing: If it's mandatory to complete, then it's allowed, no questions asked. If a method exists that doesn't break the rules, perfect, we get some knowledge of it on the side.

@JooohnC 8 ай бұрын

37:37 They actually use their tongues and that's why they retract after attack. In the japanese version they are called "Chupacabra".

@philiphunt-bull5817 9 ай бұрын

The cave troll 'lazers' are tongues

@lenatama 10 ай бұрын

As much as I love your contents and this naked Alucard owo run, there are some important things to point out: 1. Stopwatch is a great sub-weapon against the Doppelganger in both castles 2. Your Sword familiar can transform. Once it reaches a certain level, I think it's 50(?), unequip the familiar key item and then equip it again. By then, your Sword will leave and then return with a new appearance and an equippable Sword Familiar weapon whose strength scales to the familiar's level. In addition, the new Sword familiar won't attack via spinning around at random points anymore but instead slashes around with greater accuracy and damage 3. You may not be able to equip any restorative items, but your Faerie familiar can still use potion-type items and the anti-petrifying hammer in your inventory. It's not even that difficult to reach the room with the Faerie key item

@gaminggoddess85 10 ай бұрын

Sword Familiar best familiar. I also like it because it looks like the Star Dragon Sword from Suikoden, another great but super dead Konami franchise.

@SeekGrace 10 ай бұрын

This game is a legend. PS: 41:31 cute souls steal.

@Count_Vampz 10 ай бұрын

For people who will attempt this, i strongly recommend learn how to do the soul steal and tetra spirit spells. These will make the run a lot easier

@knightmarin 10 ай бұрын

I love that Richter in this version has a new sprite for his new design. I never got why the psx version didn’t

@axore13 9 ай бұрын

I think his spells are very difficult .. up down right left all this staf you need to push all this buttons .. the gaem is amazing after yeasr an d years you can all the time go back to this game .. bravo for your video.. oh and i want the game back then i want tell me for that 2 rings :)

@Keepcalmandbangscrew 8 ай бұрын

7:41 you sleeping on the clock sub weapon lol 😂

@lukecampbell5341 10 ай бұрын

Weird, I was just thinking I could enjoy another Nyarly challenge run. Ask and ye shall receive, I guess :)

@darklink1011 10 ай бұрын

there is a way around the potions as equipment fairy familiar uses items to heal you at low hp or when inflicted with status effects

@shaoronmd 10 ай бұрын

with doppelganger, the clock is the best subweapon. he's affected by it

@Nocxys 9 ай бұрын

27:40 The teabags😂

@kenelt 10 ай бұрын

see the title and be like " you probably can, is not gonna be an enjoyable experince tho"

@jetstrike28 10 ай бұрын

This challenge HAS been done before. The naked alucard challenge by Acid Angel 13 all the way back in 2003. Yes, 20 freaking years ago. The challenge faq is still posted on gamefaqs as a legendary testament on how nuts the challenge is. Granted that was for the classic PSX version that we all played and since the saturn ver is the "complete" version of the game....