Castlevania: Circle of the Moon by darrenville in

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4 жыл бұрын

Runner introduction starts at 0:16
Run starts at 1:02
Couch commentary is provided by Klaige
SimplyAJ is host
This speedrun was recorded live at Games Done Quick Express 2019, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for The AbleGamers Foundation. Games Done Quick Express 2019 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on GDQx2019, find us at: gamesdonequick.com
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@gamesdonequick 4 жыл бұрын

Runner introduction starts at 0:16 Run starts at 1:02 Couch commentary is provided by Klaige SimplyAJ is host

@luisvillarroel3543 4 жыл бұрын

Night time runs always sadden me with no audience there to clap when the runner do somethign cool

@uknowhattho 4 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this game on a GBA emulator on a PC as a kid and as it was the first Castlevania game I played, did not realize that there was a map. So i finished the game mentally mapping out the whole castle. Great, painful, happy times.

@mikefinkelstein2204 4 жыл бұрын

Of course, it's worth noting that while this is a Metroidvania game, it's the only one in the series that isn't an "Igavania" as Igarashi wasn't actually involved in the development of this title. Also, this is my favorite game in the series and I love seeing it run at these marathons.

@lazaruscomplexofficial 4 жыл бұрын

I love seeing circle of the moon being run. This was my first castlevania i played through as a kid with no guides or help

@BenjaminGlatt 4 жыл бұрын

This is the first game I got because of something in a magazine, and it was the full walkthrough in the first issue of Nintendo Power Advance. I beat the game without the guide, but I liked looking through it, and I still do whenever I find my copy of NPA.

@IfOUGHTpIRANHAz 4 жыл бұрын

10:30 Clockwork is from the second level of Castlevania 3 for NES.

@copenangelo8341 4 жыл бұрын

Doooood this man needs an audience i feel bad for him he deserves the applause!

@CaptainKielbasa 4 жыл бұрын

I always feel so bad when runners play for like 3 people in the audience and one of them was destroying the largest piece of pizza I have ever seen!

@Mental_Health_Matters 4 жыл бұрын

Great run! I played this game for the first time this year, as well as the rest of the GBA trilogy. Too bad more people weren't in the crowd to watch it!

@ilvean3122 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome game! Feels very underrated, actually prefer it over the other GBA Castlevanias.

@lushvoodoo 4 жыл бұрын

Yes's I love this game, so glad to see it ran. Great 2 man team too!!

@francomanzotti3745 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent run! This game is hard af.

@josephhawkins7974 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite castlevania games!! Definitely did the sewers to Camila before getting the water cleaned too!!

@PaladinNull 4 жыл бұрын

I had never heard of fighter mode and when I heard you entered gradius to activate it I was really hoping it was playing through circle of the moon as a gradius ship. Still a pretty cool run though!

@mariuszj3826 4 жыл бұрын

Wait... I finished this game 2 days ago and, no, I did not have the cleansing tab. The horror of going through that sewage area, oh the horror. I do not want to speak about that part of the game ever in my life.

@cjxj2202 Жыл бұрын

Underground Waterway music is from Castlevania 3, specifically the underground caverns where you find Alucard

@AlexRN 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously underrated game. Maybe not the best Castlevania on GBA but I’ll fight anyone who tells me that CotM is worse than the terrible Harmony of Dissonance.

@nerostile333 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, both were pretty awesome and hod had 2 different endings so better story!

@atbtrendy9932 4 жыл бұрын

The ones that Say that probably couldn't even complete Circle of the Moon

@zsjdddfw 4 жыл бұрын

Great run

@Franchoancho 10 ай бұрын

amazing run! but amazing sound mix for the streaming. Congrats to the technician

@ZeroEscape2074 3 жыл бұрын

God damn that machine tower platforming, smooth as silk

@06hatter 4 жыл бұрын

i did the water section first too and just about had a fury breakdown in the process

@merevel436 4 жыл бұрын

It is wonderful to hear that I am not the only one who went through there without the tab.

@darkguitarist3476 4 жыл бұрын

let's all thank the bear for the strength ring! good run

@Rivailjt3 4 жыл бұрын

the cross is the best sub-equip ever

@bobvella7228 4 жыл бұрын

another game i get to miss out on between the discontinuation of the virtual console and my skipping of the wii u.

@TheEs150 2 жыл бұрын

great game

@Riyshn 4 жыл бұрын

2nd form Dracula being difficult casually wasn't helped by the Nintendo Power guide for the fight giving wrong information. Switched around the descriptions for when he was invulnerable vs when you could damage him.

@4JudasPriest4 4 жыл бұрын

Outfuckinstanding!!!!!! Loved it!

@remick0 4 жыл бұрын

My first GBA game ever, still sad that the cartridge lost the ability to save, but it really got me into Metroidvania games and I still play them to this day. And now, back to Bloodstained!

@zlac 4 жыл бұрын

Change the battery and it'll probably save again.

@vesuvius2444 9 ай бұрын

I definitely did the sewers without the cleansing tab. For me, many Castlevanias are unforgiving. Sorta like Dark Souls so I just figured they made the area hars

@MagusBarba 4 жыл бұрын

You do mean the water isn't supposed to kill you??!!! Almost 20 years with the game and I'm finding out that now?!!

@theletsplayprincess3894 4 жыл бұрын

Does Fighter mode always go this fast? Feels like everything is moving faster than I remember the game being...

@IfOUGHTpIRANHAz 4 жыл бұрын

Technically this game isn’t an IGAvania. IGA took no part in the creation of this game. Probably why he didn’t make the story canon.

@crisdanpadilla3561 4 жыл бұрын

Lol yes the cleansing ring was a suprise

@leotheblackmexican585 3 жыл бұрын

Theres Simon says window paint 32:32 is that a play on Simon Belmont ?

@insanebluefin3234 4 жыл бұрын

If you dont get the right cards to drop then this game has one of the hardest final boss fights ive ever seen, in my opinion its harder than any souls like boss, dlcs included.

@renatordutra 4 жыл бұрын

Igavania, always nice. Idk why such good run get put in the morning.

@BenjaminGlatt 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, heck you, Klaige, I liked CV64.

@Gamerdude535 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting that they did Fighter Mode for this. Though I get why it would be preferable for a speed run not having DSS takes out a big part of what makes the game fun IMO.

@supermarilink 2 жыл бұрын

There was a mage mode speedrun in 2018, if you want to check that one out.

@SuhinaSeppo 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the Hall so empty? :E

@frostbyte1997 4 жыл бұрын

I did the sewer section without the cleansing amulet first run through. I used the jupiter/mandrake combo in safe sections to regen. Took me two days to get through as I remember leaving my GBA on the charger as I went to school as not to lose my progress

@AlexRN 4 жыл бұрын

Why the run’s with the Japanese version? Any particular reason?

@Luffione_ 4 жыл бұрын

I always just thought that it's due to less text on screen so it makes it faster to skip the dialogue.

@RespectThePep 4 жыл бұрын

AlexRN faster text I believe

@Melissanoma 4 жыл бұрын

rule of thumb with speedruns: if the language is not the default and not the runner's native language, you can assume it's because it's faster.

@HUNTERxROY 4 жыл бұрын

There are usually 2 very common reasons for that. The first is as one other person already said is simply because the huge difference between japanese and western languages. As Japanese symbols can convey whole words ( and i believe in same cases even more words with a single symbol hence text is often a lot faster in japanese ). The second reason is due to the fact that back then japanese games were often Version 1.0 and while they were ported over to the U.S and Europe they often got some fixes and very minor changes ( so we might get Version 1.01 or 1.02) so certain glitches and exploits which were available in the japanese version are no longer available in the U.S/EU Version.

@dominicthorp3248 4 жыл бұрын

Older games do text character by character, so in Japanese, Chinese and other non-abc languages a character 90% of the time is a word rather than part of one. So a good example would be Fire, that’s four characters in English but one in Japanese.

@Brassman87 4 жыл бұрын

The audience isn’t empty, there just isn’t enough backlighting.

@Melissanoma 4 жыл бұрын

What is "ego vania" they say few times? like at 7:12 and 9:17

@KazeMemaryu 4 жыл бұрын

IGAvania are the Castlevania entries from Symphony of the Night onward, directed by Koji Igarashi, who is often just noted in the credits as IGA. All of those titles are known for their (mostly) non-linear structure as well as a certain level of interconnection through expanded lore. Circle of the Moon is technically an outlier, as it features no involvement from Igarashi and doesn't conform to the established "Belmont Lineage" storytelling.