Behold, the Lord of Darkness who, having access to dozens of monster souls, use only 6 in extremely predictable patterns over and over again.

All these years later. And technically Alucard is STILL putting his Dad in his place.

its oficcial. The Lord of Darkness wears jeans.

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

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!

Well in Soma's defense of being extremely predictable, it's not like Dracula himself used his powers much better most of the time !_!

Soma's maniac laughter is something else... Idk who did the voice acting for him but, awesome job.

The dude in the painting is like: "Yo wtf? History is repeating itself."

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.

The way Soma's VA says "ARUKADO" is so awesome

Let's be real. Alucard destroyed Soma so he could once again be the sexiest vampire in all of Castlevania.

1:40 The music makes this the most Epic Transformation moment ever made in Castlevania.

0:13 What is a man ?!

Japanese dub is so dramatic, I love it. That "Soma" and "Alucard" quote are great.

This just makes me want to play SOTN again.

My 2 favorite Castlevania characters I ever played, Alucard and Soma. Love both SOTN and AOS. 🤘🤘

1:45 Woah, I do not remember ever picking up a soul like THAT.

I wish someone would do an extended track of this song with Soma's evil laugh thrown in...

1:43 Soma: Playtime's over! GRANT! ME! POWERRRRR!

"Kuru ga ii...Alucardo!"

SOUMA! ARUCARDO! Impossível algo ser mais foda que isso

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.

ALUCARDOOOO!!

Alucard: SOMA!!! Evil Soma: Kuruguii... ARUKADO!!!

That's gotta be the most badass laugh in Castlevania history.

In the name of his mother, he defeated him again!

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.

Man, now this has brought back memories... imma go play some castlevania now...

This is one of the most epic battles of Castlevania

I confronted him with Alucard as well, somehow it was the most fitting thing to do.

That moment when you realize Soma really, *really* sucks at using Dracula's powers. This fight is such a joke.

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.

Oh my god...the evil laught of Soma is crazy...he really turned into dracula :´v

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..

This boss fight was tough but had predictable patterns This makes it one of the best bosses in castlevania history

The boss might look easy here, but 4-5 mistakes and you are dead.

Why is this suddenly in my recommendations?

Alucard:He'll Yeah im awesome Soma: Arrgh He is powerful

Omg Soma's laugher is so frikin' EPIC

That ks how a villain should laugh!!

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.

Soma J O J O P O S E S while teleporting and attacking

0:16 I never realised Soma has a Stand.

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.

Soma's stand confirmed for Jojo Part 9

Why didn't Castlevania HD use this sprite version of Alucard instead of the one from SOTN?

This would end a lot faster with a shield rod

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

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

I farmed up all those nice things like the Crissaegrim for Alucard, and he's still using that heirloom.

His laugh is so disturbing that I never can tell if he's in pain or enjoying it

Notice the red "carpet" ? It's not a carpet,it's spilled wine.

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.

0:24 that laught... i love

Alucard just sounds like Zero

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

mega man X meets castlevania sotn.

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]

Just because he's Dracula doesn't mean he can have unlimited mana

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? -.- "

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...

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

Yo, is the guy in the portrait Mathias Cronqvist? AKA Dracula's original human form?

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.

WHAT IS A MAN ALUCARDOOOO!!!!

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.

Soma in smash bros ( get ready MARIO)

Dawn of Sorrow is probably the best sequel to Aria of Sorrow since after you beat the game, you can play this mode or you can play this mode after getting the second bad ending. And this is epic.

Kurunggai... Arucadooo !!!

It seems this mode views Soma iembracing his dark destiny

Somebody here after fighting Dracula in Dead Cells? Same song, i like Dawn of Sorrow, but Order of Ecclesia ost is in the DLC as well, i'm so happy with those tributes 😁

The reincarnation of Dracula,yes he is

RIP Soma Cruz

It's kinda interesting how a single videogame has two storylines.

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

It just now dawned on me that soma is dead 😢 Growing up I was always hoping I'd see him in a new game

Everyone is hating on Soma for not using his powers. LOOK AT DRACULA MAN. IS HE NOT DIFFERENT FROM SOMA?

Alucard FanBoygasm. Wait... No I stand by it.

What about Simon Belmont?! Why does everyone forget about Simon Belmont?! T_T

Honestly if this was animated, it’d be way more chaotic. Both of them are beyond even the strongest vampires (Soma isn’t a vampire, just has the powers of Dracula), and have the power of Chaos. They’d be warping reality on such a scale, no one would be able to get close

"Dark Metamorphosis" oh wrong game 🤣

kurugaii AVOCADO .w.

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.

What I liked doing after backing up from Soma's axe attack was doing Alucard's little teleport thing and get a couple of hits on him. Took down his first form pretty quick.

You know...all of this could have been simply avoided if they only told Soma that Mina *is still alive, the sole reason of why he turned into Drácula*

Death was hardest boss playing as these 3

Dhampirs ALWAYS beat vampires ;D

how fucking lazy is that they used the same sprite as in SotN...Alucards looks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of place.

... That's it? No dialogue at the end? They don't even say a word when they go outside the castle...

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

That intro... Sooooma!

Obviously he was. But seriously, thank you SO MUCH for the translation. What did he say to Julius and Yoko?

Isnt that the same demon form that dracula had in rondo of blood?

Soma's evil laugh whenever he teleports sounds so much like a spoiled brat getting what he wants from another kid who got the shit first

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.

hmmm...is probably late to say...but... what happened to mina after soma's death?...

R.I.P Soma cruz you will be remembered

@BKXer97 No, it's a secret game mode unlocked in dawn of sorrow that continues the story after soma becoming the dark lord

My only wish for this game is the ability to turn into boss soma's second form after gaining and equipping the chaos ring.

Isn't well known? I think out of all the Castlevania games, the most known one is Symphony of the Night.