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Fun story I heard about the developer process of Bloodstained, allegedly the devs of this game who designed the bosses were forced to defeat that boss on Nightmare difficulty with only a dagger and no shards without taking damage in order for it to make it into the final game. This was so it was sure that the bosses could absolutely be beaten by any player regardless of their build, whether they used Swords,Whips, Guns, etc. So technically every Combat and Enemy designer on the dev team had to do a challenge run to get their bosses approved lol

Fun trivia: Everything the game tells you about Bael is just wrong. * Bestiary lists Bael's HP as 4444. It's actually 7000. * Bestiary lists Bael as resistant to all combat elements. It's actually resistant to none of them (except ailments). Example, Ice deals more damage to Bael than to Dominique, who does resist slightly. * Only damage dealt to a Bael head where Dominique has spawned "counts" towards the total. * Dealing 7000 damage to a head without Dominique disables it... for all of one cycle, and then it resumes attacking as normal. Bael holds the crown for worst bestiary entry in Vania history. The optimal approach is to only attack when Dominique is visible, and to only target that specific head. IGA pls

"Fear the bunnygirl who has practiced 1 kick 10.000 times." - bruce lee.

Outside of the Bunnymorph shard, only the Valkyrie Dress and Ex Shovel Armor change Miriam. The Valkyrie Dress, along with the Tiara and Sword, are part of the Pure Miriam outfit that represents her before the corruption but doesn't change gameplay. The Ex Shovel Armor basically turns up into Shovel Knight and gives you a Shovel that acts like a spear.

"...It transforms you into an enemy. (...) There are NO other items in the game that do anything like this..." Ex Shovel Armor: am i a joke to you?

11:35 - there is plenty of benefit to ranking up your gold shards. If you fully rank it up, it becomes a skill shard and becomes a passive, always-on boost. Then, you can still equip it and stack the effect. Hope you didn't need that too badly.

What's funny about Ben Judd's involvement in Bloodstained is that they dedicated a whole sidequest to a character name after him, who keeps getting lost in the castle just to get Miriam's attention until she becomes exasperated with him *Years later it would be revealed Ben was a sex pest who had no issue at showing his balls at business partners during cons and the infamous community manager from Mighty No. 9 only got the job because Judd gave her a work visa to stay in Japan in exchange of her becoming his sex slave...* And btw, there is one armor that turns Miriam into another enemy, and it's literally the Shovel Knight one because Shovel Knight is in every indie game by contract

I can't believe I'm just discovering the bunny outfit is displayed even in cutcenes, that's awesome

The bunny hopping strategy seems appropriate for this run.

One of the only games ive ever actively funded the creation of and i have no regrets. Absolutely loved Bloodstained the whole way through

I remember how before the nerf the Lili suit was SUPER overpowered, I grinded for the shards and put all my upgrades into it and just melted a good portion of the game.

A bit of context for the Gremory fight: You're supposed to use Zangetsu's sword on her. The game makes a big deal of it being her one weakness, which is why you need it to slice the moon in a couple of spots. Thus, Nyarly's fight against her is basically a challenge *on top of* a challenge.

...oh this is going to be a fun one Slight edit: the lili's actually have some more advance tech accessible to them as well like the whip counter thing. The catch is, you have to actively farm 9 shards to access every single attack

I love this game, even if I had to play it on the far inferior Switch version. One tip I can offer: maxing out the rank for Augment INT shard *does* serve a purpose, as it will cause that shard to become a permanent upgrade. Essentially, that means you can double-equip the shard for even higher stats

Once you max the rank of a yellow passive shard, it becomes a white shard, and you can equip both versions doubling the effect. You might consider that if you do another challenge run.

Bloodstained is such a great game; absolutely hyped for whatever comes next.

I remember getting this game on release day, playing it for 5 months straight. _And never completing it because I got _*_completely lost!_*_ Love this game to bits._

just in case you do another run like this, passive shards (yellow) become toggle skills when you rank 9 them, so you can double the int increase it gives

Lowkey, this is just my first playthrough of Bloodstained. Once I found this shard, I didn't stop using it until like, the final 5% of the game. It's just too camp and rad lol

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ive been binge watching ur castlevania videos lately and this just dropped off i feel blessed 🙏

3:21 there is the ex shovel armor that changes you into well shovel knight so there is other items that change you fully. no other shards but there is certainly other items.

I didn't know that you avoid Zangetsu 2's instakill by divekicking; usually I just make sure to farm for Directional Shield since thst sometimes blocks it if you aim right. The first time I beat him on Hard I just relied on speed killing him to skip the instakill attack from happening, and that worked. When I tried to look up the intended way to do it all I saw was people saying to try to Reflector Ray through the small gaps since that sometimes works (thank goodness I never tried that). I did escape it once with divekicks but I honestly thought I just got lucky and glitched out of it somehow since I'd already encountered a few moments where I zipped through a ceiling. Good to know that's the intended solution and not a glitch now, at least

Bloodstained ROTN is such an underrated game, my favorite castlevania game is either this one or aria of sorrow. Really glad to see nyarly finally make a video on it

11:38 Actually, if you increase the rank, you get it as a while shard, and you can have both versions active at the same time, and they stack.

23:20 A bit of an exploit I've found with the Bloodless, if you use a weapon that deals Blunt damage exclusively, there will be no blood on the ground unless you take a few hits. So, with that being said, when she initiates phase 2 by doing the bloodsteal spell, she'll heal a lot less.

Fantastic work as usual Nyarly! I've owned bloodstained for a while and haven't beat it ya got me wanting to go back and fix that

Bunny girl run

I love this game....can't wait for the sequel.

Crazy to think of how much we supported it to get it to Wii U, glad it's finally at a build it's getting recognition for

Zangetsu 1 is super vulnerable when he does his taunt counter thing, jump and hit him in the back and you get a stun that lets you hit him a few more time.

If anyone is wondering. its actually pretty trivial to have permenant bunnymode once you get enough food, and since its a transformation shard its not very expensive to use in the first place for smaller stints. Idk how it would preform from the very start of the game. but 90% of it is pretty easily completed without infinite mp.

Thank you for introducing me to this game! I'm seriously enjoying it right now!

i love Bloodstained, it really is a great game. I pitched in on the Kickstart and I dont regret it at all. It really has the old school castlevania sotn vibes it promised and there is a lot of fan-service and callbacks. If people havent played they should. Also friends make sure to take time on the train and sit down, enjoy the scenery.

Man i honestly hope Iga continues this series. Though i always wondered if Dominique was going to be the Dracula of this series. That would be pretty cool. Hot female villains and all.

I played the hell out of Bloodstained (easily in my top 10 favorite games), and I didn’t know about the Lili Knife toss.

Funny enough, I was considering doing a Lili-only run myself but never got around to doing so (it would have been through New Game+) so it's cool to someone actually present the challenge and whether it is doable. 2:59 - As someone who ended up buying Bloodstained day one despite having played only a single Castlevania game (the N64 one at that), I was surprisingly blown away by how amazing this game was. Pretty sure it was my game of the year, or at least second place. 6:03 - I found out that Miriam retained her Lili form in cutscenes in an amusing manner... when I beat the game. Bunnymorphis annihilates the final boss with ease and so the entire ending up playing out with Miriam as a bunny-girl. 7:41 - Somehow, this game featuring a giant clothe-less mermaid demon using tentacles to attack a playboy bunny girl is only rated PEGI 12. Said boss was also one of my few deaths in my first run of the game. It took a while to nail down using the dodge so I got by her water gun attack a lot. 8:10 - No, no; I believe you. I'm unsurprised in the slightest that the bats are the biggest problem. I was originally going to use boots as my main weapon in Bloodstained, but after finding the bats such a nuisance, I swapped over to the two-handed long sword. Once I got the Bunnymorphis shard, I was basically able to play the game with both my desired weapon types. 11:53 - I see farming is required even for bunny girls. An I wouldn't have even questioned the familiar usage if you hadn't brought it up. Makes sense, you're still in a Lili form so it's valid. 12:33 - Bumping into enemies because I walked too close to them was how I took most of my damage in this game. Hilariously relatable. 16:02 - Am I remembering things wrong or don't you a downward jump kick attack that allows you to bounce off enemies heads while dealing damage. I swear that was a thing and would be pretty handy for these bosses. 19:16 - Cool to know that the match-up of Lili vs train boss is well within your favour. Those throwing knives certainly are helping you a lot. 23:37 - I still find it a very bizarre thing that a shard required for story progression is held by a common enemy that you just have to grind repeatedly at until you get the shard from. This was the one point of the game I needed to look up a guide to figure out. 25:04 - The jumping stomp attack; I knew that was thing! Did it just require the Double Jump to use then? I'm surprised to only be seeing it now. An okay, you explained that just a second later; you did need Double Jump to use it. Bunny-hop is a fitting name for the attack given Miriam's cursed (or blessed depending on your interpretation) form here. 28:54 - Which in turn prevents you from bunny hopping; the fiend! 32:59 - A rare moment of Lili Miriam with a weapon. 34:14 - Wow; I did not think of doing this at all. I just used up every bit of money I had before facing this guy but this strategy would have worked so much better. That machine gun kick of the Lili annihilates these giant static bosses. 39:19 - As someone who defeated Bael in their first run with Bunnymorphis, I know this can be accomplished and thus this challenge can be accomplished. It's surprising how easier of a boss Bael is compared to the last two you face.

I love this game, great to see you covering it 😀

I really hope we get a sequel to this soon. I just replayed it again and beat it for a second time. Fantastic game.

You don't actually need gebel's glasses. If you have maxed(and maybe almost maxed) mp regeneration from consuming foods you can stay in lili form indefinitely.

Nyarly playing a Bloodstained challenge run? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. And it revolves around one of my favorite shard abilities in the game no less

2 things: -Would you consider doing both 8 Bit Nightmare and the Fight against OD? -You can skip Bloodless by using the Reflector Ray to teleport under the bloodpool. And apparently that was intentional.

Ah yes, the bunny girl shard. Real fun to use, shame it was just a model swap (not Miriam's face and measurements) nor is it customizable without mods. (I once saw a piece of fanart of Miriam in the outfit and it looked good, especially since she was also wearing glasses given you need Gebel's for constant bunnymorph)

15:20 I like to imagine that this fight went down the same way as when Bayonetta had her mirror boss fights, but instead of rapid kicks that cancel each other out with bullets flying everywhere, it is rapid kicks that cancel each other out with knives flying everywhere.

Defeating Alfred by punting in this challenge reminds me of similar punting strategies in fighting and action games like the Darkstalkers series with Felicia and Devil May Cry 3 with Beowulf when equipped to Dante or Vergil. It appears that Bloodstained Ritual of the Night when it comes to challenge runs have not many big bosses, rather normal sized; either way it succeeded as a proud succesor to Castlevania in spite of spikes in development compared to Mighty No.9 cuz that game was so underwelming, even to fans of Mega Man. Too bad Bloodstained's Switch port has a plethora of framerate issues, making me vow to play it via Steam Deck.

That's really cool that the cut scene stays the Lili.

the huge omega spinning lazer in the gremory fight IS actually dodgeable by inverting gravity and doing the slide move to go under her while you're on the ceiling

the image of playing what looks like a darksouls or castlevania game as a bunnygirl is really really funny

I don't know if learning the other Lili abilities would help you. But maxing out the yellow shards would have as they give you some of their benefit passively when not equipped. For Zangetsu: when he is in his guard stance, you can hit him from behind and he will be stunned for a second. Depending on where you are, you can use that to get 3 more free hits. For glutton train: with enough time left over, Zangetsu will kill it for you, making for a free kill and medallion. For bloodless: I prefer to be on the outside of the pillars in phase 2. But I find it easier to keep jumping behind her; a decent directional shield can help as well. For Bathin: the block on the far left you can jump on. Stay there and most of his attacks won't hit. If he is slightly to the left, he will not use his reflector ray attack. For Zangetsu 2: the ice attack that covers the room, invert and go to where the explosions start, and when they come to you, double jump staying in the middle, then invert back to avoid damage. For Gremory: fully upgraded directional shield and gravity jumps. That will with avoid or block nearly all attacks. Some random crescents might still find you. For bael: only where the girl shows up counts towards killing them.

By the way, ranking up the INT shard would have been worth it since getting a yellow shard to max rank turns it into a toggleable permanent passive ability which still stacks with whatever yellow shard you have equipped, meaning you can get double the bonus from it. Likewise, even though it requires a bit of grinding, you can do the same to get a permanent boost to elemental resistances and constant health regeneration, which helps with survivability.

If you rank up Augment Int to level 9, you get a white shard (passive) version of it that stacks with the yellow shard.

Wanted to say thank you for castlevania videos, they motivated me to take my gameboy advance sp and download it. I played, it was fun

man i love how i got my paycheck late. screwy boss. but the kickstarter guys where like : its ok man. we got you. i still got the pre order :)

Oh hey its dominique, my ally from curse of the moon 2. Im sure she will be a reliable friend from start to finish just as she always has be- Oh (I still would though)

I finally finish Bloodstained so I can watch this video. This was so cool and I hope you do more challenge run on this games and other Metroidvania :)

I’d adore seeing more of bloodstained.

Love me some bloodstained. Got me back into metroidvania games

Love to watch your challenge runs love your content giving nothing but well wishes to your health and success

The setup almost warrants a video of it's own

I literally did this on my first playthrough. I finished the whole game with Lilly, jumping on everything lol

Damn Ben Judd had a hard time. I remember he was at Capcom during their Bionic Commando revival.

Bloodless is now a playable character in Ritual of the Night. If you type the name BLOODLESS in the file name when starting a new game, you can play as her. She has a different playstyle to Miriam and she doesn't have a story of her own, but you can go through the entire castle and fight all of the bosses as her. And, and you probably already know this, but if you change the game's blood colour by use of the options menu, the colour of Bloodless' blood and dress colour will change also! Quite fashionable if I do say so! Nyarly, my friend, I reckon you should do a challenge run with Bloodless. You can make up ANY rules for it that you want along with playing the game on Nightmare mode.

Honestly watching this and remembering Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, is honestly nice seeing as this was the real fundraiser game and Curse of the Moon was just a bonus, and that helps explain certain small things, like who's Zangetsu? He was the protagonist of Curse of the Moon, Miriam being your first of 3 allies (not counting Zangetsu), Alfred being the second, and Gebel the third, but there's options, you can choose one of 3 options after the first, second, and third stages, do you recruit them? Get the canon ending? Do you kill them, get the bad ending but a more powerful Zangetsu (and mode where he keeps his first abilities, and new ones upon killing everyone again) or just straight ignore them which you guessed it, unlocked nothing unlike the other two endings.

6:20 I like how the animation just bugs out and detaches her head when getting the shard.

I always wanted to try a gun only run of this game, I can't tell if it'd be super easy or super hard due to guns having ammo mechanics and such.

18:18 "you look too serious" 😂

That should be an unlockable costume too ^_^.

Had this day one on the Switch no regrets.

Oh ya, when I first did a nightmare run I wound up farming AP bullets from the archer outside Zangetsu's boss room and just jump canceling/backstep cancelling my shots to just shoot him as far away as possible. Boss is great fun, really makes you think and get those mechanical skills down because oh boy are you gonna need those for bloodless later.

Great video, glad to see bloodstained get some love Last year i did a lili run, but my rules were only “only damage enemies while in lili form”, i made a mod for it (basically replaced a cheat code so it gives the lili shard instead) but played on normal difficulty… Magic management and the trade-off of using the item that increaes magic damage at the expense of magic consumption was really interesting, but in the end it was a little too easy with all the ways to improve magic damage, i might try it in hard mode, no newg+. Sldo the music from the last segment is from yakuza 7? Yakuza 7 challenge incoming?

>Soundtrack to the run explanation is the Judgment version of Bloody Tears Finally, a man with some taste in Castlevania music.

Alfred on first attempt! Well done!

if you rank 9 a passive shard you can get the effects permanently as a grey shard and double the effect by equipping the passive effect too for any future runs

I really like Bloodstained but never get to play it :D, and this was fun why to beat game. maybe i try it someday. I hope for at least 1 more of Bloodstained can you beat video.

"we get introduced to the crafting and cooking systems" ah, albert. not even in the friendzone, just a crafting system.

i absolutely want more Bloodstained! I am so much in love with this game!

Came for the SMT. Stayed for the Jason Sudeikis gaming challenges. Thanks for the content Nyarly!

you can go into the cathedral before the reflector, just jumpkick yourself into the lanterns and climb that way i fought Gabel without having the reflector, it's cool that it can even be a possibility

I'll take more Bloodstained content. I 100%'d the game, maxed all shards and everything. Had a lot of fun with it, so challenge, or even joke runs are fun to watch!

Honestly Bloodstained:RotN is the spiritual successor to Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow/Dawn of Sorrow that nobody needed, but is absolutely appreciated(at least by me). And the fact that you managed to complete the entire game as a bunny woman succubus just adds an additional layer of frosting to this game's cake.

I didn't even know Bael had that many different attacks. I usually just explode it in seconds with True Arrow.

Wow, there is so much of this game that I just did not see when I played. I should probably try again and finish it out more this time

Great video I might consider doing this run myself. Hopefully fighting not Dio won’t be too bad

Came to point out you only need to damage the head Dominique is on and saw several others pointing it out ahead of me. I love this community

Small thing about yellow shards grade upgrades. When you get them to max grade they just become an on off switch ability and will stack with even their own shard so you could have bossted int as an ability and the bossted int shard on stacking it

Bro! I'm grateful for the KZfaq algorithm for sending me your way. I'm an old ass gamer (46)but I love this video. Instasub for me. Everything is great, production, quality, voice (yup I'm man enough to say you got a good voice lol), content and your skill. I'd could never do what you did. Bravo, man. Bra-effing-vo!

they should add a mode where you can choose your initial equipment for the fun of these kinds of runs.

8:28 ZANGETSU!? That’s the name of my all time favorite anime/manga character’s sword; Ichigo Kurosaki! That’s kewl.

@2:55 - I just love how long the falsehood was repeated that he said the "better than nothing" thing while that came from his translator guy

the knife trivialized this entire run lol

I see I am early. I remember this form doing surprisingly good damage.

I just found this channel and now I’m invested.

39:09 CURSE YOU BAAYYYYYYYYLE!

Not gonna lie, I laughed a good solid minute seeing you cheese that gambling boss with just the aegis armor.

Casually dropping videos at 1am is crazy

I'd like to see a run of symphony of the night on luck mode using only spells

Impressive! I tried beating the Nightmare mode as Bloodless but I never managed to finish it since she felt too weak and because bonus characters can't use food and potions to heal

This was a cool game, my major criticism of it is that a lot of the animations feel very unnatural and that can make some attacks hard to read and unsatisfying

I did this run...kind of. I rushed to the train area as quickly as possible, and from the moment I got the Bunnymorphosis soul to drop, I was to deal damage to enemies only as Bun from that moment on...with the Zangetsuto for the lunar slashing as the exception. The water gun shard was used for maneuvering, but if I hit an enemy with it, I reset from the last save. I didn't use the Gebel Glasses ever. I also did this on Nightmare mode. By far, the toughest boss of the whole game for me was Bloodless...not even close.