When it comes to the “Sakurai’s favorite Castlevania is Circle of the Moon” entry, it is referring to the fact the the game oddly has a lot of representation in Smash Ultimate. It has a remixed track, Nathan Graves and Hugh Baldwin has there own Spirits in the game, and the reason why this is weird is because the game doesn’t really get any attention from Konami since it’s releases until Smash Ultimate came out, especially since it is considered non canon.

Dark Maria is kinda a thing. There was a cut ending where Maria interferes with the possessed Richter fight to save Richter herself. She becomes possessed and transforms and Alucard must fight her. There was dialogue recorded that can be found online.

The "cookie monster" thing is referring to when AVGN called demon Dracula the cookie monster in his Castlevania video. No idea why, but I guess it stuck with the fandom

I'd like to think that the reason why Kid Dracula is Alucard and why they look different in the game is that Kid Dracula was Alucard's interpretation of the events that happened in the game when he was a kid hence the reason why the game looks very child like or was drawn by a kid.

Oh, I'm almost two years late, but I can't ignore it. The Granfalloon may have been named from Cat's Cradle in the English localization, but the design and its name in all other incarnations is derived from the demon Legion in the book of Mark chapter 5 in the bible. The encounter with the demon is described right at the start of this chapter.

i would inclue the "Sir Angry Rolfe" in the DLC of Lord of Shadows 2, a reference to the AVGN and his review of Simon Quest

obviously Kid Dracula is Andy Celsius Tepes, Alucard's forgotten little brother.

Regarding the canceled cartoon, I've been told Dic, the company behind Captain N and the old Mario and Sonic cartoons planned a show for Metroid and Castlevania. The Castlevania show would have featured a bunch of kids as the protagonist. Also I was told Samus was gonna be a dude in the Metroid show.

The 3rd boss from Dracula X Chronicles is likely referring to a new 3rd form in the final fight against Dracula. I think IGA mentioned his wife being the basis for Shanoa in a Nintendo Power interview

the cookie monster is a reference to AVGN’s review of castlevania

Holy s**t, so Luigi really is dead in the Castlevania lore, Sakurai was really onto something, it's canon...

i know it was not talked about but, in the game Dust: An Elysian Tale there is a healing item called "Misterious Wall Chicken"

The Richter muttering dracula fact is funny. It is but also isn't in the game because due to an oversight, Richter actually never says it in game.

"Christopher Bee" playing Dracula is doubly funny because Christopher Lee had actually played Dracula in 1958.

Shanoa and Miriam are indeed based on Iga's wife cool aloof attitude as mentioned in some interviews. The only physical trait they share is being all brunettes.

An additional tidbit about Jonathan and John Morris being left handed is that it can be clearly seen in their spritework. It's true that it switches depending on where you're facing, but if you look at the sprites you'll notice that Jonathan and John, when facing to the right, have their chests facing out towards the camera when whipping. Any other Castlevania character has their back facing to the camera, because they whip right handed.

Super castelvania 4 is GODLY

For the critical hit one, yes it is possible for other bosses to get hit by it too. It happens when you get hit by the boss and hit them at the same time. Use to happen to me in the Dracula fight whenever I hit him the head while getting hit by the fireball projectile.

The critical hit mechanic is referring to a mechanic/glitch in the original game where it's possible to do 5 points of damage to bosses if they get hit the exact time Simon gets hit. It's partially whats used to kill the bat in 1 hit but can also kill 1st phase dracula in 2 hits. Its extremely hard to pull off consistenly which is why its somewhat obscure but its essential for speedrunners

the sonic unicorn thing was supposed to be a contest where the children were asked for enemies for a next game ... i guess that was the enemy that chris chan designed

Intentional or not, Hammer probably would have played a lot like Robert, since he would have been the Julius team's Grant equivalent. Hammer probably would have had more mobility options, though. I'd still like to know why they weren't able to include him in Dawn, since he would have completed Igarashi's amazing attribute to his favorite game in the classic series.

I can already feel this one is gonna be a good one

45:17 I always thought the Larva enemies from Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin were a callback to that enemy. Similar to how the Dead Mate enemy from Dawn of Sorrow was inspired by the old man and dog ghosts in the secret room in SCV4.

My favorite Castlevania Iceberg entry: "I don't know."

18:50 It's not Dracula, it's Rugal from KOF!

I always thought that Barlowe from OoE looked a lot like the famous german writer Goethe who wrote Faust in which the devil seduces the protagonist. The Albus/Kaspar connection is very similar.

"Best Castlevania Game, Super Castlevania IV". This man spitting facts.

Someone's likely said this already, but the Famicom did NOT have a better sound chip. That sound chip that allows Akumajo Densetsu (Japanese Castlevania III) to have better music than the Western release is in the game cartridge itself. Konami manufactured their own sound chips for some games; this one in particular is called the VRC6, and is the predecessor of the VRC7 from the legendary Japan-only Sci-fi RPG Lagrange Point. Nintendo of America's licencing agreement in North America mandated that all cartridges had to be manufactured by Nintendo, using Nintendo's chips, so any proprietary tech (like the VRC6) couldn't be released there. Thus Castlevania III's soundtrack had to be reworked so that the game could be manufactured with NoA's stock-standard MMC3 mapper chip. Japanese publishers, on the other hand, could manufacture whatever they wished, and took advantage of the Famicom's expandability with chips like this. Lots of people mistakenly claim that the NES isn't expandable like the Famicom is - this is actually untrue. With a pin converter and something to suppress the 10NES lockout chip, Famicom games can be played on the NES. It's just Nintendo of America's iron grip on cartridge manufacturing that kept interesting tech like Konami's mapper and sound chips out of American hands, and goes some way to explaining why NoA had such a conniption when non-NoA cartridges (e.g., Tengen, Wisdom Tree, etc.) made it to market.

This might be the first channel I've ever found and subbed to before they hit 1000. Almost there, good luck!

10:25 Ayami Kojima or nothing

The third extra boss in the Rondo of Blood Remake for PSP is probably Dracula's third form. In the original, Dracula only has 2 forms with 2 life bars. In the PSP Remake he has 3 life bars. After you beat Dracula's second form, where he's a giant demon, he reverts back to his human like form & he thinks he's finished but something where fate denies his death & he fights similar to his first form but with a larger range of moves & higher damage. His third form is, honestly, very hard. I almost wanted to rage quit on him as it took me more than a single night of attempts to beat him. Finishing his third form was on par to beating a challenging boss from Bloodborne. I seriously felt the need to celebrate after defeating Dracula's final form in this game.

The reason "Battle of the Holy" was not used in Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth is that the composer didn't think it would be a remake of Castlevania The Adventure. Unfortunately, it is not included in Castlevania Music From black either. (ドラキュラ伝説Rebirthの「Battle of The Holy」が未使用となった理由は作曲家がドラキュラ伝説のリメイク作品となると考えていなかったからです。残念ながら悪魔城ドラキュラ ミュージックフロム黒にも収録されていません。)

11:00 AVGN made the term popular. No idea if it predates him using it, but almost assuredly he popularized it when he compared Dracula's monster form to The Cookie Monster.

We got every iceberg possible, how about we switch it up? Maybe a *Fireburg,* or an *Earthburg,* hell even an *Airburg!*

I kind of hoped there would of been an entry for The Demon Castle War/Battle of 1999 to be honest. That singular event brings up so many peculiar things surrounding it's lore significance. That and there's always has been some sort of speculation about Konami making a game that takes place during that period.

May the algorithm bless you my Son

Evil Sonic Unicorn is literally the photo on the deepest part of the iceberg

Pretty good Iceberg always cool get some Castlevania lore ^-^

A detail to take note about why the earlier titles have aspects similar to existing media, the games were also intended to be a tribute to classic horror movies.

I just got the rom for SoTN on Sega Saturn, and I have to say, it's nothing like Aria of Sorrow. And not in a bad way, mind you. As much. asI love AoS, it's not like the others, like HoD and CotM. I miss the whip's long range.

I think the third extra boss in the Dracula X Chronicles would be Dracula's third phase.

This was a great explanation, very well! I like Castlevania, but I'm more of an enjoyer than a fan, I haven't played a every game, but I was also interested in learning about new things.

Just remembered something! I think i know what that portrait curse is a reference to, potentially. In Rondo of Blood there was a mini boss on the ghost ship whose a ghost that possesses a portrait. He has an instant kill attack that shows him turning Maria or Richter into a portrait inside his portrait as he kills them. I remembered raging at that boss when I was a kid

As in the Castlevania Anniversery Collection in the bonus stuff mentioned, there were a lot unused ideas for powerups like the "speed powerup" from porkchops. One of this ideas was a werewolf Powerup which should turn Simon into a werewolf and should increase Simon´s whip Attackpower.

Those are cool factoids about Belmont's Revenge using two classical pieces in the soundtrack; both of which were used involving Soleil Belmont.

30:00 = Correct. Hammer was planned to be playable in DoS. The unused dialogue for him was datamined.

Came here from the Facebook group. Good video! Edit: Legion is from the Bible, not Cat’s Cradle.

Love this

This video deserve more views >:(

32:00 = Not speculation. The unused ending has been datamined from SotN in which Maria turns evil and Alucard kills her.

He designed Julius Belmont of himself is not far-fetched they design have two character of his wife

When it comes to Portrait of Ruin. I think that tapestry curse might be referring to how Brauner sealed away Dracula in his throne room? His room is blocked off when first found. It odd remembering how Brauner was strong enough to imprison the dark lord.

28:50 I dont have any sources and you could never find it now but Emergency Awesome (who is very unreliable it seems, so who knows either way?) once reported on a Castlevania Animated Series created by the creators of Adventure Time. And maybe thats what this is talking about?

I was only 9 minutes in, and there's already so much ^^

23:12 maybe it can be the exploit in Lament of Innocence where you can multiply your items. You can do it in some spots where the tapestry with yellow details touches the window lighting.

First, ahaha, who does first anymore? Got my coffee at the ready, I'm keen to absorb, let's go!

Can you send a link to the iceberg image that you used?

34:20 The design of the guy in the cover is pretty similar to Julius' design.

Surprised there is no war of 1999 entry

finally

Is this an iceberg of theories or just a list of things about Castlevania?

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34:18 IS THAT FREAKING OWEN WILSON?????

Was the pic you?

48:55 Its pronounced an ( as in an apple) dre ( as in dr dre), molro

I don’t get how an iceberg was explained. It’s just random facts

Will not leave another like, because now is 666 and I think it's beautiful

The cookie monster is a joke from avgn.

now do a disgaea one

I like how they reuse Simon's design from Castlevania Chronicles on the PS1 for Judgement. I can't say I like most of the other designs though.

I will never consider Bloodlines canon. I think it's the dumbest writing in the franchise.

shoddy af iceberg lol

I used to Dislike Shanoa, Then Played her Game and Liked her, lol

cum

I really hope you e stopped using background music like this. Unwatchable.