Castlevania: Death to Dracula | The Completionist

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Thanks so much for tackling Castlevania with me again, Jirard, and for writing the foreword to the SNES book!

[@effigytormented]

Nice ta see ya again.

[@tuli0hwut78]

Make sure you give compensation next time because you left out Gaming Historian.

[@samsungphone1326]

Love you channel pat!!!! Ian is a ledgend😎👍

[@Davey_Cakes]

Your passionate description of the Dracula fight really resonated, Pat. This series not only has iconic monsters, but also iconic moments!

[@tuxedoskell581]

Ayo next jirard should try wet for PS3 no one. Seems to know it so Id like it if you tried it

[@teneesh3376]

When the sprite limit is removed with emulators, this game has aged gracefully. This is coming from someone who grew up with the ps2 era

[@niclaswa5408]

I thought it was just me

[@savagegamer474]

“Castlevania 1 and 3 are great classic Nintendo games but with castlevania 2: simon’s quest, the game developers obviously weren’t thinking straight”-James Rolfe 2004.

[@iniudan]

Depend on the dev, for Simon's Quest composers were the morning suns vanquishing the horrible night.

[@savagegamer474]

@@iniudan I was making a reference to the angry video game nerd

[@iniudan]

@@savagegamer474 And I replied with a reference to the actual game not a critique of what you were quoting. What wrong with saying Bloody Tears has the cleansing feeling of washing down bullshit with a Rolling Rock?

[@savagegamer474]

@@iniudan oh. I’m sorry.

[@trufreedom]

It's nice to see one of these comment threads that didn't end in name calling and miscommunication. You guys are proof that we are not all miserable little piles of secrets... ;)

[@shawnheatherly]

Glad to see this game didn't give Jirard as much of an issue this time. Also, crazy to think there's just twenty-five more NG+ videos left to do.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

yeah, it's exciting and kinda sad, but then there's always a beginning and an end, the only video i dread appearing in my video feed is Diddy's Kong Quest...

[@DukeofGames50]

Most are actually completed. Just need episodes written and videos released. KH2.5 has been done for over a year

[@shawnheatherly]

@@DukeofGames50 Yeah, I know he's got less than ten left to actually play through. Still, the videos themselves are a big landmark.

[@DukeofGames50]

@@shawnheatherly still cant wait for Breaking Bad

[@MatthewSmart]

@@DukeofGames50 He actually already did that one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3eQiJKcht-tkNk

[@TheWcasey]

Just bought the Nintendo Castlevania collection a few weeks ago and I am definitely a fan. Wasn't expecting such old games to still be fun and challenging, but here it is.

[@jwill7998]

The Advanced collection?

[@UltimateGamerCC]

games never stop being hard, we just get better as gamers.

[@paulmoore5392]

@@UltimateGamerCC No games have definitely overall gotten easier over the years. Sure there are still difficult games being made today, but the sheer amount of difficult games is extremely small compared to the 80s when a ton of games were made to be difficult to make it so the customer would feel like they got their money's worth

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@paulmoore5392 well TRUE in the regard in which you're speaking of, but just like the arcade gameplay focus of the time, games that were needlessly difficult was a necessity, as that increased the playtime to keep people unaware that they paid X dollars for usually 45 mins of fun. nowadays we can create games that can provide over 100 HOURS of entertainment, so as a result games arent really made to be as hard as games back then.

[@0TTERBRO]

@@UltimateGamerCC True

[@StockeTepes]

The start of one of the best videogame franchises of all time, always happy to see you cover Castlevania Jirard!

[@ToyKeeper]

Ironically, Castlevania 1 wasn't a Metroidvania. The first Metroidvania in the Castlevania franchise was Castlevania 2, Simon's Quest. Then it went back to CV1 style again, more or less, until it re-joined the Metroidvania genre with Symphony of the Night. This is probably why the only NES Castlevania I still enjoy is CV2. The others were a different genre.

[@dispater101]

Everytime i see a Castlevania video, i click..i just adore this franchise 😅

[@Psilocervine]

i'm always so happy to see youtube collab stuff! i remember when the algorithm just annihilated them

[@JPBrooksLive]

Finally got the Castlevania collection and I'm loving it so much. I only played 3 a little as a kid, and beat 4 on my snes classic recently. So excited to go through the rest of them!

[@MichaelSD91]

Super Castlevania IV is a masterpiece. Bloodlines is hard but gives a nice challenge. The last boss rush was a challenge but I had fun. During my first playthrough I played as Eric who uses the Alucard spear. John the character with the whip was fun too.

[@JPBrooksLive]

@Tom Ffrench I actually found that one first! I'm excited about Symphony of the Night too, I just wanted to play them in order!

[@Otamamon]

The fact that your cadences are so different made me smile every time you two switched! ^^

[@connorharlan1187]

Thank god Pat is back. In Pat math it’s been like, I don’t know, 40 years

[@legoobi-wankenobi3080]

I'm pretty sure EVERYONE likes at least one castlevania game. Edit* 69 likes nice

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

Even if no one likes the games they like the anime.

[@jakekt]

@@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608 I love the games but I didn't like the anime. It was way too gory and the plot was very slow moving. Not at all like the games, which are fast paced action games with cartoony (non-gory) violence.

[@rikustorm13]

@@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608 True

[@rikustorm13]

Aria of Sorrow is my favorite

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i like the first game and the SOTN styled games.

[@CephasTheWanderer]

Every time I hear that Wild Arms battle theme, I become very nostalgic. I replayed WA1 last year and I still loved it

[@UltimateGamerCC]

Wild Arms is an underrated series to say the least.

[@MinusBros]

I just finished Harmony of Dissonance on my channel recently. What a God-tier series.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

SOTN and it's handheld descendants are so good.

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

The Advance Collection and Anniversary Collection are worth every penny. Requiem is good on a sale too.

[@mratliffjr0001]

If you ever complete Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, please invite James Rolfe (AVGN) to co-star the episode with you. My brain will explode.

[@evan2902]

*That* would be awesome, especially considering just how much the AVGN series has waned in recent years. Mike might be the better guy for it at this point, but either or would be great.

[@randombloke165]

@@evan2902 James is so much more likable than Mike.

[@nobody_as_it_may]

Excellent to see Pat on here again! Love ya both

[@randomDisinformation13]

As a person who missed the original 120 vids, I'm super happy to see the New Game Plus series.

[@officespace7777]

I had no idea that Castlevania would become a classic when I was playing it every day in 1988. It's good to see it has aged well.🙂 Out of all of my NES games, Castlevania was always my 1st go-to when I would start the day playing. I simply loved the story, with all the movie monsters. Wish they would make something more like that today for PS4 PS5. I still have my original Castlevania cartridge. That I now play on my retro USB AVS. 😁

[@teneesh3376]

Like tank controls, the stiff movement is good. With context on how it's used. Cause when they are used in the wrong way, they are bad

[@IaconDawnshire]

I just love how you use the battle theme to Wild Arms

[@solidskullz5736]

I wish castlevania would make a comeback but Konami is being Konami. Fortunately Simon and richer are in smash so at least the series will live on there

[@landismithCOJ]

Could you imagine the original castlevania remade for this generation's console????

[@kenji6492]

M2 deserves props for the Castlevania Advance Collection. Great ports there

[@bobodo45]

I actually heard rumors that Konami might get back into making games soon. Fingers crossed!

[@MexicanSheepMan]

@@landismithCOJ I think CV1 has gotten enough remakes already lmao (around 4), leave it to rest. But anyways, I really don't want a new Castlevania by Konami, without Igarashi I doubt the series will go anywhere beyond failed reboots, (Remember Contra Returns and Metal Gear Survive?) yeah I wouldn't expect anything good from Konami anymore, at all.

[@kenji6492]

@@bobodo45 I'm not super informed about Konami's current goings on, but unless there's been a big management shakeup I'm unaware of then I doubt it.

[@trevorbozeman]

Great video guys! Was waiting for the NG+ on this one! Glad you got Pat back.

[@dracul1984]

As a kid, I wanted to like Castlevania, but it was so hard. Together with my mom (she got hooked on it right away,) we beat every game on Nintendo together. We even saved every password from normal and "HelpMe" modes. I still find the original games to be very difficult, but I still love them after the new appreciation I gained from SOTN.

[@TheCreepypro]

nice to see pat come back for this since the old episode of this was one of my favorites

[@KairuHakubi]

there really is nothing like nihon horror fantasy.. just the creative ways that eastern and western monsters are kludged together, the way things can be insane and still cool, or (when they choose to) goofy and fun for lighter games.. it's just out there and SO distinctive. Every time I look at monster designs in these I just want toys of them.

[@jescis0]

I love Castlevania/Akumajou Dracula!惡魔ドラクラ for the NES/ファミリーコンピュータディスクシステム! The FDS version is a bit different than the USA version

[@robbiewalker2831]

6:17: You keep saying that, and yet refuse to rephrase it.

[@coreymyers5321]

Castlevania is the definition of a scary game for Halloween.

[@NekoDavid]

Dude, I just finished binging your other castlevania wishe episodes and I'm playing the hell out of them right now

[@austins.2495]

Man that Aladdin SNES music in the background 😌

[@MichaelSD91]

Was playing this entry in the series last week and beat it on the 18th of October. I enjoyed playing it. Death and Draculas second form were the Hardest bosses but fun. Played Bloodlines for the first time and wow it's easily in my top 10 Castlevania games. Super Castlevania IV has a special place in my heart because its the first Castlevania game I ever played. The 2 entries CV64 and Legacy of Darkness are some of my favorite games.

[@greywillowgaming2366]

Love love LOVE Castlevania! I'm a complete noob to the series, but wow, that first game is so freaking awesome and so much fun! I'm currently playing both Simon's Quest and Rondo of Blood and boy howdy are they tough. Even though they aren't Castlevania games, the Bloodstained games are a blast as well as they are a nice nod to the games they are clearly inspired by. I'm planning on continuing my journey by grabbing hold of every Castlevania I can find, whether they're great or awful. I'm already in love with the series and I have lots of Castlevania to sink my own teeth into for quite awhile.

[@sillerbarly4927]

I rember only getting to level 10 in this game before rage quitting. I really love this game

[@uniqueheroics2818]

I really love and appreciate the WIld Arms battle music, i missed it when it was gone

[@Colonel2005]

The thing about games today vs games of my child hood is as a kid I would spend hours testing every area with every item spell or upgrade I had gotten and I am a product of video game progression where today I want to be told where to go next and what to with what I just got and that is why Metroid Dread is such a throw back for me for a change I had to struggle like I was a kid again. Even massive open world games like Skyrim has a very straight forward campaign it’s the side missions that take forever and those were a small if not absent part of the nes snes master system and sega genesis era. Once ps1 and N64 hit the scene was a mass of games that held your hand and gave you more than you needed to no to beat it. But then again it is all part of the era. Today Metroid 1 would never sell because it’s an 90 min game because of the internet as a kid I spent a year unlocking its secrets.

[@darkcloak100]

Look! It's Samus's mid evil ancestor.

[@StayGold33]

Could you do Castlevania Bloodlines? I feel like that game is criminally underrated. I love that game so much.

[@alicepbg2042]

yeah. with october happening it's time to accomplish my yearly tradition of beating a new castlevania game. last year it was order of ecclesia, which became one of my favorites. this year portrait of ruin. which I heard is pretty good. gonna start it sometime next week. just to make sure I can finish it by halloween.

[@fapuloes]

There's just something about Castlevania's color scheme that is so appealing even by today's standards. While all the sequels have become grittier and darker, good old Castlevania 1 is bright, colorful and high in contrast. I wish they brought back that aesthetic in some way.

[@AngelCopout]

I've actually been doing multiple play-throughs of CV1 for the last week to have a perfect run down pat by Halloween.

[@Sykdude]

I've been playing through the GBA collection of Castlevania games on my switch and it has been great.

[@The.One.True.B]

They have GBA titles on Switch now? I wish Golden Sun was on the table for that

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

@@The.One.True.B its the GBA Castlevanias plus Dracula X.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

the GBA and DS continued the best kind of Castlevania, the SOTN kind.

[@izzyalistair]

The OST is a big contribution to pushing on through the more challenging Castlevania games, very very good music

[@JoeyShadowKorn]

Man I love Castlevania, but I've never actually beaten the old NES games. I go back to them every once in a while though cause they're always fun to just play in short bursts, but I just don't have the skill or patience to actually beat them lol, so mad respect to anyone who pulls that off.

[@lunch_trey]

It took me a couple Castlevania games to realize that you're not trapped in a castle filled with monsters; monsters are trapped in a castle with YOU.

[@lexidarling]

I still have a VHS tape with footage of me beating Castlevania on it. One of my most prized possessions.

[@RetroMikesVODs]

Went back to this game a few weeks ago on stream. Beat it and realized young me had no idea the game got harder after you beat it the first time. Went on to beat that too. Good times. :)

[@sillerbarly4927]

The soundtrack is still my favorite from this game, wicked child is an underappreciated song

[@mccajake]

i’ve always wanted to get into castlevania so i picked up the anniversary collection on switch the other day (it was on sale), might start with this one!

[@mickmast8901]

It's always fun to see a colab.👍 great job you two

[@dasnac69]

great franchise and great channel, good job team :)

[@HandmadeGoose97]

"well actually the Completionist is actually the Completionist's monster"

[@SDMasterYoda]

I loved the Frankenstein's Monster correction.

[@freeicecreen]

I literally got my physical copy of the Castlevania Anniversary Collection the day this came out. Serendipity.

[@landismithCOJ]

Some of the best music ever in gaming.

[@wikistacks9396]

Just got the anniversary edition. Addicting gameplay...

[@ToshisGarden]

I can't wait for the Ninja Gaiden NG+ Episode! Both this series and Ninja Gaiden mean sooo much to me, and I hope Jirard reviews newer entries for both!

[@J10KDDR]

I recently bought the original 3 games with an NES, and games like Dark Souls pail in comparison to OG NES hard. I think I died more times just in the first 3 levels than I did my first play through of DS. The series is absolutely amazing though, and I have nothing but love for it. One day, I will conquer Dracula

[@rvfiasco]

Oh, you will. At least the first playthrough.

[@J10KDDR]

@Tom Ffrench It may be because I have more experience with DS than I do Castlevania or any other older games

[@christophercollins3632]

Pat is definitely rocking Donkey Kong to sleep, and nothing else.

[@SuperLuigiSixty4]

16:00 Pat, you forgot the RBI Baseball stickers

[@BlockheadJiujitsu]

I'm over 30 so practically ancient by gaming standards and I tried the Castlevania collection on Switch. I found it basically unplayable in clunkiness and difficulty. I just don't have the time/energy to get any good at what it's asking but I appreciated this insight into its history and the goals from the developers. Good work, Jirard and Pat!

[@fmusopp]

lmao. You humour me

[@coreymyers5321]

“All I’m here to collect is Dracula’s ass!” Do you mean “Dracula’s ash?”

[@MaverickMario85]

I remember playing the original Castlevania on the NES mini ant trust me the Medusa and Fleamen gave me a hard time

[@zuljaras]

Castlevania is the absolute best franchise in the world for me! Thank you for playing and showing those games :)

[@captainfach]

Is an awesome video Girard and I can't wait for you to review even more Castlevania games. I count the days until every single Castlevania game has been reviewed by the completionist

[@L33PL4Y]

i like how you edited your comment but didn't fix your misspelling of his name

[@captainfach]

@@L33PL4Y how is it spelled?

[@L33PL4Y]

@@captainfach Jirard. It's in both the description and on the screen during his introduction.

[@captainfach]

@@L33PL4Y that's good to know for the future, but I wasn't looking at the description or the intro while I was typing this

[@ChristopherFreeman0032]

I had castlevania 2: simon’s quest and I thought i was a platformer. I had no instruction or internet and drove myself, mother and friends mad trying to get them to help me figure it out.

[@rvfiasco]

I had to call Nintendo Power to figure out to kneel at the lake. Great times!

[@ChristopherFreeman0032]

@@rvfiasco That was one of the locations we could not get past... I should have asked my mom to call the number.

[@rvfiasco]

@@ChristopherFreeman0032 They gave you know hint at all that you had to kneel to activate that freaking thing! I can't tell you how long I walked back and forth trying to figure that out! Trust me, I asked for help from my Mom too but she had no clue! After that the game was a breeze.

[@ChristopherFreeman0032]

@@rvfiasco Maybe Ill go back and revisit it all these years later.

[@bee-beargaming]

I just finished watching Netflix Castlevania series & loved it

[@OCDGaming]

Love me some Castlevania! So much nostalgia behind the series.. Great times :)

[@ABSsponds]

I truly enjoyed this completionist+ to relive a favorite game and IP.

[@DaneTheDane]

I've always loved Castlevania, whether it's classic-vania, metroid-vania, 3D-vania, or it's weird experimental stuff.

[@matthewmicelli6674]

All of this just really makes me wish that Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night were on the Switch. I wonder what the hell the big holdup is.

[@aroundthefur1210]

I love that you compared Dark Souls to Castlevania as I have always viewed the original Dark Souls game as something of a modern version of Simons Quest.

[@DGFTardin]

Just a heads-up, the video description is talking about Castlevania on Nintendo 64, not the original game.

[@tiburonista]

One of my favorite games ever. Soundtrack is epic too

[@Not_Zeta_Squid]

Great video as always! . . . Now wheres our Dark Souls 2 recompletion video?

[@theironfox2756]

It's actually possible to do a backwards jump in the first one but it's REALLY hard to do.

[@francistherien]

I love to see those older games on the channel

[@Spidey-eq1eh]

Games I wish you complete: Metal Gear Rising Devil May Cry Jump Force Spider-man Shattered Dimensions/Edge of Time

[@coreymyers5321]

I love the new intro!

[@MegaMew204]

As I think of it in Castlevania 1 my favorite secondary weapon has gotta be the Cross. It's just such a fun weapon for me

[@nobodyinparticular496]

Castlevania 64 box summary in the description???

[@azuretigers5562]

When you get the triple shot multiplier, you can fight the Gargoyle-form Dracula without him making a single step forward. Frozen because of the Holy Water, just keep slamming the flail.

[@MalevolentMinun]

Honestly never played any Castelvania before, yet oddly enough I absolutely fell in love with the Netflix series, I should probably try some of the games sometime.

[@superiorgamedude]

Wow, I'm amazed Pat agreed to this, since he's left the reviewing scene for years now.

[@bleeborg]

What a well timed video. I just recently finished the netflix show and loved it.

[@oduinn7948]

Dracula: "I will suck your _blood!_ " Jirard (apparently): "That's not all your gonna' suck!"

[@captaincrespo3327]

I love seeing jirard still including pat even tho he’s become so big :) I love pat

[@btbesquire5]

thisnis a nice nostalgia trip, i love this series, and its great seeing this one again.

[@kennethlivengood]

I didn't even know Pat was still making videos. Funny.

[@MegaCloud05]

Great video! Yeah Castlevania is super hard. I couldn't get past the 3rd level or whatever it was but then I got to the clock room. I eventually made it to Dracula but then I died to his fireballs. The main villain was really those Medusa heads. Its funny cause Symphony of the Night is the only Castlevania I beat. Suggestion: The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction and X-Men Legends 2.

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

Wow Pat the NES Punk actually made a video and not a podcast

[@lilmissknowitall5775]

played this for the first time recently, RIDICULOUSLY DIFFICULT

[@UltimateGamerCC]

lol yup, yet kid me was able to beat it after i practiced enough.

[@superplayerex2431]

Yeah, it's pretty difficult, and I'd say it's also quite unfair in some places as well. Games like the US version of Castlevania 3 and Castlevania Chronicles are absolutely bonkers hard and unfair, though. The first game is relatively tame in that regard.

[@0TTERBRO]

@@superplayerex2431 Dem jumps and stairs, classic screen goes up and ig u fall down even if there was a platform right under- screen doesn't see it? Dead.

[@superplayerex2431]

@@0TTERBRO Those were fairly basic obstacles back in the day. It's mostly alright so long as those obstacles aren't cranked too hard and enemies usually can't get you when you climb the stairs, but that's situational. I've played Castlevania Chronicles recently and that's where it got extremely difficult with precise platforming and deadly obstacles that are really difficult to avoid. Enemies are also carefully placed in that game just to mess with you and some of the stages have really horrible sections. And to top it all off, enemies constantly follow you when you are on the stairs. I had a moment where I was just trying to climb a short height of stairs and enemies absolutely swarmed me and there was no way to avoid the damage from them. There is even a section with several skeletons jumping between the platforms high up and throwing bones at you while you are forced to climb a long flight of stairs just to reach where they stand and get a chance to hit them.

[@MexicanSheepMan]

@@superplayerex2431 Yeah lmao, I love Castlevania Chronicles (especially original mode) but honestly the game just starts being an asshole to you exactly on Level 5, it just turns into trial and error at its worst, plus the worst boss in the entire series, period, then you've got Level 6 and its Tower of Dolls, such small targets that move towards you... combined with stairs, Level 7 is pretty tame, 'till you get to Level 8 and you get to the fire hallway and that very precise jump at the bat bridge, followed by kung fu maids (way more annoying than Aria of Sorrow's) and annoying as all hell black panthers on top of that. I can beat most Castlevania games deathless/continueless no problem, but with Chronicles I can only get to Level 8 without using a continue in original mode, it's that difficult.

[@ryangibson5462]

Oh my God I missed Pat. I haven't seen him since he took on AVGN for the Nintendo Championship!

[@UltimateGamerCC]

should watch his channel, his Flea Market Madness series is a popular one and he does retro game reviews, sort of AVGN styled.

[@ryangibson5462]

@@UltimateGamerCC Thanks for the recommendation. I saw him on the AVGN episode was so jealous of his collection. Lol

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@ryangibson5462 lol yeah, he's just about got them all, just missing the really ridonkulous priced rarities. to which i cant blame him for skipping those, triple digits alone is too rich for my blood, let alone FOUR.

[@robbybevard8034]

He has a weekly podcast and a channel he updates pretty much daily. kzbin.infovideos

[@citizenstrife]

6:16 "All I'm here to collect is Dracula's ass..."

[@oirenka5223]

I am glad that I got to play CASTLEVANIA I and CASTLEVANIA II on NES and SOTN on original PS

[@classicplastic8776]

Nevermind the Medusa heads, to me its the *#(%ing fleamen that piss me off to no end. Eitherway, glad to see that you AND Pat revisited this title!

[@MexicanSheepMan]

I see a lot of people who complain about Medusa Heads, but I never found 'em that bad??? they always have a set pattern, if you really want to see how bad Medusas can get, play through Castlevania 3's (US) hard mode, Skull Heads are pretty much Medusas but with erratic patterns, and they aren't fun at all.

[@fmusopp]

I laughed when Pat got his plug for his books. (Not mocking, just didn't expect, shoulda expected) I want that Nintendo Power t-shirt, though.

[@KiraPhoenix92]

Castlevania is a timeless classic!! I really hope they make a new Castlevania soon!

[@UnbornDecay]

"I'm here to collect Dracula's ass" Aaaand my new favorite out of context quote issssssss

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

I'm a huge fan of "Lament of Innocence". That game doesn't get enough love.

[@arctmensilva7491]

Pat books u know you need it in your life.