Castlevania (Part 2) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

[@PuffyZillaman]

I'm starting to think that they made Nintendo games cryptic on purpose back then just to make kids buy Nintendo Power.

[@buttsbutts7858]

This is actually true.

[@dkres82]

Benthelooney you just caught on?? I thought that was common knowledge at this point.

[@AngryShooter]

Nintendo, the founder of pay to win.

[@doomman7349]

Benthelooney In fact, games were harder just to increase play time.

[@artfan101]

there is a whole lot of truth there.

[@ruy1981]

Grim Reaper: There you are, Belmont. This time won´t be so easy... hey, where are you going? Come on, fight! Oh, don´t go! Fuck! I should have keep that door closed.

[@TheAggroCraig]

"Fight me!!! I'll give you the Golden Dagger if you win! ...C'mon!!!"

[@Eltrotraw]

"I'll go easy on you!!! Please come back!!!"

[@zero-one2585]

This time it wont be so easy...... CASTLEVANIA RONDO OF BLOOD STAGE 0 PROLOUGE

[@POSSUM_chowg]

"The Dank Knight" is the best username ever!

[@TallSilentGuy]

"My name isn't Belmont. It's Sir Robin."

[@WhereDidYouLearnToFly]

where did you learn to fly?

[@KOTYAR0]

Cybermorph exactly what I thought after seeing Castlevania 2 boss

[@101Volts]

@Cybermorph What are you doing here?

[@CrypticStiles]

Oh no not the where did you learn to fly bitch.

[@jemuzuthestrangebear]

what are you doing here skylar

[@raabm5292]

WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO BE AN ASSHOLE!!!

[@Roxas80]

This game gave us Bloody Tears it can't be all bad.

[@workernetZX]

it sure gave us, every time we get a cheap motherfuckin death. PS: great tune actually

[@YellowElevator815]

wasnt that simons quest?

[@justinjolly3144]

Terumi and a impossible osu map

[@mmelgoza1983]

The vid is about Simon's Quest too.

[@hazukichanx408]

Yeah, I may have had to look up a walkthrough for Simon's Quest, but at least I finished it... Castlevania 3 was so stressfully difficult that even with an emulator's save anytime feature, I still couldn't be bothered to finish it. In fact it may have been what finally made me go "That's actually enough ancient NES games for me... history is all well and good, but this is becoming stressful rather than fun or nostalgic." It's not that I couldn't have finished it... I dare say anyone could with enough time and effort, and most people probably could even without a save option, again, with enough time and effort. But I can't imagine it being worth all that time or effort... simply making something incredibly bitchy will only please the type of player who gains increased satisfaction from finishing a game in direct relation to how much trouble it was to get through, which is not a universal trait.

[@TheGollddMAN]

*I'll do this legit* *Now where's that extra life code?* i lost it right there. XD

[@PetProjects2011]

To be fair, it's still "legit" as it's a code programmed in the actual game.

[@evelynmontes983]

+InvaderPet yeah unless its game genie

[@theobserver4214]

A GollddMAN technically it's legit because it was in the code, not hacks like Game Genie

[@TheGollddMAN]

Blank Blank Yes, but since you are using a code to get extra lives than default it falls under "not legit". James himself realizes this and thus put this joke in the video.

[@rcslyman8929]

Beat Contra without the Konami Code, then you can tell us all about it not being legit.

[@BoJangles42]

Say what you will about Castlevania 2, but it has one of the best soundtracks in video game history.

[@RetroArt216204]

Bloody tears for example

[@srujan00]

I think Castlevania 3's is better.

[@niczx0578]

tf you mean Castlevania 3 has the better sound track

[@stripedrajang3571]

@@niczx0578, You're saying that 3 has a better soundtrack than 2?

[@niczx0578]

@@stripedrajang3571 yes

[@noyerr0l3]

I prossessed this game when I was a kid.

[@ziggypoland6200]

+noyerr0l3 lol

[@dkres82]

I still prossess this game.

[@HeadacheCentral]

I prossess this game on 3DS.

[@Rafaelipod]

i have fond memories with this game, i had it back in 92 or 93 and it may not be the best game in the series but ill still play it while i eat lunchables with hi-c

[@FluffyGameplay]

I appaer to like this game.

[@CyberWarezz05]

Lol the Grim Reaper was like"sigh....what am i doing with my life?"

[@legendoflink5882]

"oh wait I got no life! I'm Death itself!"

[@Burn_Angel]

Well that's where came from the quote "Get a life!".

[@legendoflink5882]

Billy the bum シ He is Death

[@sixgunshauna3486]

@@legendoflink5882 His lifestyle determines his deathstyle.

[@icarusfalls5708]

The Castlevania series has some of the best music in game history!

[@mr.hippopotamus1792]

Yeeeh

[@Rustair666]

the Golden Days of AVGN. Something about these older videos that have a certain charm to them.

[@Omar_E11]

Rustair666 His newer videos are still really, really good though.

[@Rustair666]

Definitely!

[@Omar_E11]

Rustair666 It's really nice seeing that after almost 11 years, James still hasn't lost his touch.

[@Rustair666]

he still da man!

[@Lambda_Ovine]

Nostalgia.

[@KeiichiO]

Castlevania III, despite it's insane difficulty, is probably my favorite Castlevania game. It has so much variety, and it pretty much nails the formula perfectly. And while I am forced to play the same levels over and over and over again due to dying, at least I get to hear that awesome music.

[@Utubesanarc]

Gosh your a sucker for failure🙄

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

The Famicom version Akumajōu Densetsu soundtrack is amazing.

[@petr79]

Castlevania 1 is even harder. CV3 was way too easy

[@questionablegreg4684]

@@petr79🤓

[@martinhlavaty5871]

From 9:30 that IS simply the BEST LINE IN HISTORY OF CURSING!!!

[@MisterAutist]

I always took note of that line as well, and kills me whenever I hear it XD

[@Dewotto]

"Prossess" "Appaer" Truly "Konmai" quality.

[@millieman76]

Thats Nintendo of America translation

[@ScatterbrainPete]

Then what was Konami of America doing at that time?

[@theamazingspiderman4911]

Dewott APYR

[@g-nuts1219]

Konami is known for their music. They could care less about how their words are spelled!!😊😁🤣

[@reinubeton]

Konmai? Konami?

[@BomberMonkAssassin32]

When i think about Castlevania 3 im just glad that Konami didn't take the route that Tecmo did with Ninja Gaiden III by giving the game limited continues there is nothing worse than being inches away from the final battle with dracula(and all three of his forms that you gotta fight against)and you've got half of your energy left and you have one life left and you know if you fuck up guess what GAME OVER time to start the game from the begining...

[@drizzziit1]

Castlevania 3 whas more than amazing for that. Thanks god. (Still loses you items, no holy cross = im screwed)

[@objectiveasylum]

lol

[@Celestial07]

Hey, wait... what? Can't you just do it with something else instead?

[@TheFEARSlayer01]

BomberMonkAssassin35 the limited continues thing is only in the U.S. version it is not present in the Japanese version

[@aroperdope]

BomberMonkAssassin35 Ugh! Ninja Gaiden 3 was horrible! Hard. Too Hard.

[@TheMultigenerator]

"That was 5 years ago" This video was 5 years ago. That video he was talking about is now 10 years old. Oh man I feel old

[@ciswhitememe]

Same.

[@Herodegon]

Now it's 11 years

[@gleenfales]

+Juan Moreno fucking 12 year old

[@NostalgiNorden]

your comment about this video being old is now 2 years old...

[@therealeatz]

This comment is 2 years old

[@DystopianBeats]

"Whos the guy who waits for someone to drop garlic" The Ferryman that the NPC spoke of, that one guy actually had something relevant to say.

[@Fly666]

I wanted to post the same comment, it proves that at least some of the reading has a use :)

[@samsonitefanatic4372]

F dC Yeah, but why waste your time for some nice hints, when it's mostly useless?

[@Shattered_Universe]

The trick is, that guy is a different kind of ferryman. As in, Charon, the Ancient Greek ferryman of the dead. Makes sense as to why he hangs out in a graveyard. He also appears in another graveyard, to give you the silk bag, doubling your garlic/laurel capacity.

[@TheForeignGamer]

@@Shattered_Universe I know this comment is over two years old, but I just wanted to let you know that you've just made Castlevania 2, from a pure narrative perspective, so much cooler for me.

[@bonorbitz]

The problem with the game is that the only ferryman you actually run into is the ferryman by the Dead River. The game misdirects you into thinking that's the ferryman who wants the garlic. I'm replaying the game right now without the help of the internet or Nintendo Power and the obscurity of the clues and what you have to do in certain situations are insufferable.

[@doctorkommodore2469]

I've always loved this series. I'm happy to see the Nerd going strong after all these years!

[@jjammmees]

I have to ask you something, dear.

[@ncaPlankton]

he doesnt even bother anymore, recorded himself infront of the camera talking and took some scenes from the game

[@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker]

DoctorMineshaft And here I thought I was the only one with King Knight as my profile pic. :P

[@doctorkommodore2469]

FoxsDumbSeriesMaker Huzzah!

[@MrTrev80]

OkrustyO Your parents should of adopted too.

[@The_gaming_archaeologist]

Having played three recently I totally agree. It's insanely difficult. I found a trick to Dracula though still requires timing, but most importantly distance. If you're close to him, he does that thing with the pillars, leaving you only one block to stand on that he casts the third piller, but the further away you are, the bigger the space

[@bradhozuki8903]

Dracula's first form is pretty simple. All you have to do to avoid the fire is move to the side before it comes up. In Castlevania 2 there were spelling mistakes because the Japanese team were also the ones that made the translation. Whenever that happens you're bound to encounter some Engrish.

[@makutas-v261]

It's not that easy, if you are unlucky doesn't matter what you do you are going to get hit by the fucker, it requires... I don't even know but it requires something.

[@handsomebrick]

My understanding is that a different team made the translation, and they weren't particularly good at Japanese or English.

[@Ruudos]

Bad spelling and grammer (Engrish) doesn't make a game cryptic. A bad translation does.

[@TheComicBoss]

And the annual AVGN Castlevania marathon 2019 continues. I love seeing the game room and rolling rock. Really, James is so influential in my life. He reignited my love of retro gaming, awoke my want to create my own content, and continues to entertain me to this day. As long as Cinemassacre is making shows, I’ll be a fan.

[@nicholastosoni707]

"Don't look into the Death Star or you will die." "I looked at the Death Star, Ray!"

[@nicholsjoshua15]

+Nicholas Tosoni I'm Lord - Revan, join me on the Darkside and we shall form an Empire greater than the galaxy has ever known!

[@nicholsjoshua15]

Nicholas Tosoni Nope, I'm the one who fought Mandalorian Wars, almost crushed the Republic, was betrayed by my apprentice, had his mind wiped by the Jedi,, defeated the Sith, left his wife to give his soul to be tortured by the Sith Lord of Death for three hundred years, and than became one with the Force. The new guy who's name will not be mentioned is just a good cosplay of the original badass Sith Lord.

[@nicholastosoni707]

Joshua Ah.

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

+Nicholas Tosoni "I looked into it's Death Star...and I wanted to be there."

[@TheHero136]

+Nicholas Tosoni Well the Death Star is nowhere in the game!

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

10:36 "This fucker's got no mercy! This is the reason why Game Genie was invented. But I'm not doing that because I'm going to do this legit. Now where's that extra life code?" XD

[@jamesbastian2812]

Well if he did use Game Genie he would probably say that's right we're gonna cheat

[@JSPUFC]

Dracula's life must suck. Wake up after 100 years or so. Only to be killed again right away. Poor guy never left his own castle.

[@shis1988]

Good thing he had a permanent death in 1999.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Well, my man, I'd say you have some grave problems.

[@l0nkzolda202]

@@ExplorerDS6789 Sigh, no

[@CreesNostalgiaHut]

​@@ExplorerDS6789WHO WOULD CALL DRACULA,,, "MY MAN"????

[@KensN2History]

The nerd is like an old friend as long as I can watch an episode I'll never be lonely comfort food

[@vezner]

I still remember the sense of satisfaction I had as a kid when I beat Castelevania 3. Hardest game I ever beat on the nes.

[@Adventurermikey444]

Then you woke up

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

@@Adventurermikey444next to your mom.

[@carlwhitted538]

"THIS FUCKER'S GOT NO MERCY!" I actually said this after playing some of Cuphead today. Classic Nerd

[@Skulll9000]

5:28 This part was driving me crazy because I thought I had to jump at the apex, but actually, the trick is that you'll jump higher if you jump while the block is moving upward.

[@donasito3880]

Woman: Let’s live here together. Avgn: Okay fine...... nice place. XD

[@scottiekunkle294]

Every now and then I like to watch these. Brings back so many memories from my childhood. This castlevania series he made literally takes me back to the past. Such good times 😭😭

[@Cronoro]

Castlevania was the darksouls of your time.

[@211Appolo]

Rodrigo Andrés Oh my god how many people are going to flip that around. DARKSOULS is the CASTLEVANIA of YOUR time. Get it right, please.

[@josephiles5793]

211Appolo​​ Exactly. He said 'was' and 'of your time'. *Your* time and *was*. Meaning James's youth. His sentence said that castlevania back then, is what Dark Souls is today. His sentence was perfectly fine. By trying to flip it, and keeping 'your time' you got it wrong. Now to say: Dark Souls *is* the castlevania of *our* time. That would be correct, but that's not what you said. You seem to have gotten your time frames slipped up, which I would have let slide, but you are acting like a douche.

[@211Appolo]

Joseph Iles Ok, thanks for correcting me. But since when is using caps and "please" being a douche? Instead of caps, I should have used *this*?

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

+Joseph Iles So what's the story on Dark Souls?

[@Astianatte592]

Castlevania was the Castlevania of our time

[@BigDreamsGarage]

Simon prosseses a place in smash bros

[@chesspunk489]

You're winner

[@sibylsaint]

I love Castlevania 3. When I was backpacking around Europe, I would play C3 on my phone during downtime. I swear to everything that is holy, I am not making this up: I got to Dracula on Halloween evening waiting for dinner, in Bran, Transylvania. Never beat him though.

[@EmptyHand49]

Howd you get the game on your phone?!

[@kurosakikun96]

@@EmptyHand49 emulators exist on mobile

[@Mac-po1sr]

I was also in Bran, Transylvania on Halloween night 2007

[@BeerBaron23]

@nykksvideos hahahahaha

[@thepun3721]

i was not in bran, transylvania on halloween 2007

[@monocleenthusiast2381]

My computer crashed without warning when he said "I am Error."

[@monocleenthusiast2381]

***** It was *almost* enough to make me not angry about it.

[@monocleenthusiast2381]

***** ...What.

[@bobmanperson599]

+crayonization [くれよんか] were u using a ds emulator?

[@USMCDR]

+Monocle Enthusiast Chrono Trigger wins!!

[@cryingwithrage]

CZAtion / Ashe826 how about 400 hours of Isaac?

[@trevorbozeman]

The Castlevania Marathon episodes are my FAVORITE AVGN episodes!

[@wii1245]

One thing every Castlevania players hate: knockbacks, especially over endless pits.

[@Bauglir100]

+wii1245 I know. Why do they even have to be a thing? They really don't help you get away from whatever's hitting you, since they can get you killed even faster.

[@scissorman44]

+Jonathan Szuhai PUNISHMENT. They ARE made to make your run harder. It's a game balance issue of adding difficulty, so next time you plan your course of action better(you CAN breeze through stages if you properly memorize them).

[@Marcelelias11]

Ninja gaiden players share your pain.

[@antonh6866]

These games were good at making me yell things that would make a trucker blush.

[@RetroArt216204]

And stairs too

[@MA6O]

Im here after watching the Castlevania Netflix series season 2 EP 7. The OST in the beginning when Alucard, Trevor and Sypha fight the vampires is an epic version of the theme at 1:08 and its amazing!

[@AkariEnderwolf]

"You know what's bullshit?" playlists that go BACKWARDS. I mean, what's the point. If someone is gonna watch from a playlist typically they will want to watch from the first video to the last video, not the last to the first.

[@michaelhall736]

Akari Enderwolf And that's bullshit.

[@KLEENDUSTER1]

Akari Enderwolf you know what's bullshit!? shoutouts that appear at the beginning of a video! at least put it at the end of the video! because if you're gonna put a shoutout at the beginning of a video, then people will either skip it, or will move on to a different video. heed my advice. and that's bullshit.

[@MagicMaster667]

Holy heck, I thought I was the only one with that complaint! :O

[@KLEENDUSTER1]

MagicMaster667 welcome to the club my friend.

[@Akyla0177]

I thought I was doing something wrong, but it appears I'm not the only one!

[@antonh6866]

Castlevania 3 is another game that is so difficult it ceases to be fun after an hour or so of play. Expectations by the game designers were an outrage. I got this game for Christmas back in 1990 and gave up on it after playing it off and on for a week. By some miracle one of my friends managed to beat this game in a week.

[@SC2plusbonusextramax]

I just did the same, never played it before, started last week, just finished it. It's hard, but if you enjoy a challenge I think it is just the right level of hard. For kids, it is probably too hard, you are right, but I am not a kid anymore and I fucking loved it all the way.

[@srujan00]

3 is fun when you use Grant the monkey-man.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@toddsleezer3580 The Japanese version is little easier.

[@cajunmane7272]

"my bussy hurt"

[@orangeslash1667]

@@cajunmane7272 I don't get it????

[@LchanOtakudom]

The music, Bloody Tears specifically, was the only reason my brother and I touched Simon's Quest back in the day. Dracula's Curse is still my favorite of the 3 NES titles. I'm glad to see this episode again :3 nearly forgot about it!

[@unwelldanny7108]

you didn't want to screw simon did you laura

[@LchanOtakudom]

Danielle Otaka Nope!

[@unwelldanny7108]

@@LchanOtakudom FUUUUUU

[@Xanerithe]

The Castlevania AVGN episodes are some of my favorites.

[@samuelrosenbalm]

1:59 Why does the Holy Water just stop? Because the Holy Water is going inside the building.

[@TharosTheDragon]

"I am Error" is useful! How do people not know this? In Zelda II, you later meet someone who tells you to go back and talk to Error, and if you've been paying attention to what people say you'll know who Error is.

[@ekuseebia7895]

+Kyle Delaney Exactly! How is this not common knowledge in the gaming community by now?

[@The_Nicktendo_Nerd]

+Kyle Delaney It's a really overseen use. I forget what Error actually does (I'm pretty sure he helps you find the path onwards), but I remember that the game can progress without seeing him.

[@Bauglir100]

+Nick Palma (The Nicktendo Nerd) He tells you where to find the secret passage in the graveyard.

[@syndromeofadowns]

It was a play on words the bridge guys name was bug. Get it bug and error

[@justinhurowitz70]

They translated his name as "Bagu" so I never got that.

[@noelgomez90]

That Grim Reaper at 6:41 was like "SHOO!! SHOO!! Get the out of my house you pest."

[@papabear6611]

This 4 part castlevania marathon introduced me to these games, and now I love them. Especially Dracula’s Curse.

[@TheWingus]

I'm so ashamed of myself for having never realized Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards.

[@unwelldanny7108]

me too

[@srujan00]

Dr. Acula

[@l0nkzolda202]

@@srujan00 What the item cosmetic set from tf2?

[@TheMineMappers]

"Prosses" and "Appaer" I love the spelling errors on the NES :D

[@TheScribe1.0]

You forgot to mention that the curse was mostly for Simon Belmont. That's why he's on this quest.

[@unwelldanny7108]

hopefully no one screws him *gives sly grin*

[@DJDTHTRP]

And to excuse why the NPCs' text is unhelpful and often full of lies, the story explains it… the curse of Dracula has threatened the citizens with death if they help Simon.

[@shawnbateman79]

I wouldn't mind seeing Castlevania 3 on James and Mike Mondays.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

I notice that in Simon's Quest, it encourages you to go right by making left incredibly hard. It's like in Fallout New Vegas where if you go north, those mutant flies kill you.

[@maceikobrandon83]

Yes, the game expects you to have the laurels so you can walk through the swamp to the left, or level up. The rib helps alot at that point too.

[@Max-ej4oh]

"Laurels in your soup, enhances it's aroma." - Castlevania cooking courses 2020

[@dennisbyrne6659]

I still play Simon;s Quest to this day! I love that game. I remember playing it when it came out in the late 80's/early 90's

[@santiagosheneman]

11:11 In the Japanese version of the game (Akumajou Densetsu), it starts you right back at the stairs, so it isn't as awful in that version

[@jokkemursula8731]

As long as you don't get a game over. In that case you go right back to the beginning of the stage. So it's better but not great.

[@brianjacobson1248]

@@jokkemursula8731 main thing that makes Japanese CV III easier is that crosses are easier to find, and Grant throws knifes as his main attack.

[@aljunaibi9690]

when Konami used to make games.

[@55Emii]

lol

[@XenoParadox]

Yep they are hard games and thats why the Konami code was invented and Game Genie 😉

[@AxlTheScourge]

6:42 Death:"Prepare to die Belmo- Hey where the hell ya goin?!!"

[@apcreed]

Yeah... about 40 years ago!

[@aljunaibi9690]

+David Nash their company must be full of dust 😁 and skeleton

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

OMG that Grim Reaper boss lol, don't even have to kill him lol.

[@16BitBrothers]

Sometimes you just need to have a AVGN marathon night ! Tonight's the night boom !

[@tonyarlington4042]

Yep. I’m doing the same thing as you 5 years later lol.

[@theshotmeister2639]

Same, really getting into this stuff, I feel old but it's awesome to watch

[@Blueflag04]

Same

[@rfh9560]

4:08 should be “leave me alone, I’m busy"

[@owiseone1]

I love Simon's Quest. That is all....

[@unwelldanny7108]

same

[@KeeperOfProphecies]

I recently played it and, while it is often quite cryptic, it's not as bad as it's made out to be. Dracula could've been more difficult and the game might've been improved with a more linear style instead of constantly going back and forth, BUT, it's just not that bad.

[@Kobobble]

I liked Simon's Quest, but I didn't love it. Just wished the aspects were like SotN. Perhaps a remaster is needed?

[@TheCow-j1l]

I love that game too, I think when the Nerd is complaining about games I like just make it better :P

[@thejamman4070]

I love Zelda 2.

[@daisuke5755]

I am Japanese. I apologize for Konami's mistake.

[@Uglybuttfiend]

Thanks, bro.

[@Golem29]

Arigato

[@robertalbright6708]

You're a champion! All things considered, though, I'd say it's forgivable lol. It was early in Nintendo's heyday.

[@MMaRsu]

Legend

[@Dragonage2ftw]

So many memories of this series. Can’t believe it’s been 13 years.

[@thema1998]

The AVGN's 20th anniversary is less than 4 days away now! 🤓

[@TheKornstalker]

"It's a neat idea, just not executed very well." A perfect one sentence summary of CV II (and I actually like the game lol)

[@karlhans6678]

This reminded me that I still haven't finished my playthrough of Castlevania games, I need to get back on that.

[@marioskoutras6583]

8:38 that's what I like the most about the old AVGN. He swears, but he is also calm. Nowadays, he screams a lot.

[@peterdaviesracing]

05:02 - "Who's this person in a robe who waits in a a cemetery for someone to come by and drop garlic?" 03:19 - The Ferry-Man, since he loves garlic, maybe? 03:13 - "A crooked trader is offering bum deals in this town." *bum deals* Well, it's not like THAT. More like what it really means, a bad deal. But damn, I thought he'd make a joke about that one...

[@Czesnek]

"Helpme" the best cheat code.

[@WyreWizard]

In Castlevania 3, the way to kill Dracula's first form is to watch him. First he raises his arm and 2 fire walls surround you. The second time is when the large fire spike shoots up under you. As he starts raising his hand the second time, that is when you dodge. For his second form, use the cross or axe to destroy all 5 faces. Or use Sypha's fire or ball lightning spells. For the third form, ride the platforms that fly around and attack his eyes with the cross, axe. Sypha's fire or ball lightning or Alucard's balls of destruction.

[@0532MOET]

I could only beat them with the axe

[@WH250398]

6:17 My exact reaction to IGN's Pokemon review

[@Fedekpc]

12:36 I always forgot about that part. James had a lot of fun in the making of this videos. :D

[@michaelsky2701]

2019 and this never gets old.

[@schinsky6833]

I just realized I played Castlevania II as a child, I had no idea what to do or where to go, but at the time it seemed to be a really cool game to me.

[@Eugenesis-g4l]

AVGN: "I'm gonna do this legit, where is that extra lives code?" LOL

[@Juiceair77]

"I'm gonna do this legit...now where's that extra life code?" F'n hilarious!

[@officersquarehead]

The edits and acting like an actual gamer are what made AVGN so great.

[@catemonschannel1572]

You just gotta watch these every October,this series is perfect for Halloween. I love it

[@retepoteil]

Lol very true. The last few weeks I been watching his Halloween episodes

[@roylomeli8134]

My Halloween tradition continues! Here i am a year later! Thank's james!

[@Kugawattan]

The way he says "Ugh this game is poopy." is legendary.

[@eljackryan3681]

His episodes are so good that you come back after many years to watch them again! 👍🏼 thank you AVGN

[@Pokechao]

DONT LOOK INTO THE DEATH STAR, OR YOU'LL DIE

[@juansantamaria1982g]

Yeah Luke, don't look into the death star, or it will shoot the laser beam to you, so you will die.

[@StarManMatt1]

JUAN SANTAMARIA The what? *looks at Death Star* AHHH!!!

[@sebmose]

George:Hey Fred I bet you don't have the guts to look at death star!! Fred: Ha I did it lookd at the death star and only lost 1 eyeball.

[@thiagosoria4513]

YOU, FUKING GENIUS! xD

[@LuigianoMariano]

I think the programmers were actually referring to "The Fist of the North Star" when they wrote that guy's quote.

[@Rexaura888]

"...Just as useless as the guy in Zelda 2 who says, 'I am Error'." Except Error wasn't totally useless. If you wanted to proceed, you "needed" (you didn't have to, but in Zelda canon, Link had to since he wouldn't have had any prior knowledge about the King's grave) to talk to him in order to find out how to get to one of the temples. In order to do that however, you needed to talk to one of the NPCs (forget which one in particular), and they're just about as useless as everyone else in Castlevania 2 (except for the people who "heal" Link).

[@brooklynitebryon9675]

"heal"

[@Amalokch]

and today is the opposite.... the games nowadays are more easy.

[@LocalAnonOnTheInternet]

Really comes down to what games you're looking at and playing. Most of the big titled games are super easy. Lesser known titles seem to be challenging in general. Or at least that's how I experience it.

[@rdc4461]

Yeah tell that to the fucking dark souls developers

[@LocalAnonOnTheInternet]

masako x Then I guess we'll have to blame terrible play testers. I want challenging games, not walk in the park games.

[@archdukemarduk]

That's what happens when you stop gatekeeping. Normies are like the fucking Borg, you can't reason with them, your only chance is to fight them tooth and nail to the bitter end.

[@A_Kid_Name_Baby]

Crazy think about the 'I Am Error' guy is; he's actually helpful. A different townsperson gives you a hint that leads to him, and you're rewarded for it.

[@JustAndre92]

Words can't express how endearing James is during that closing outtake.

[@mrpunk327]

The day to night transition is the equivalent to an add happening in the middle of a video you're watching

[@themattbat999]

If I remember correctly, the original Japanese Simon's Quest had much better information in the dialogue boxes.

[@xxdeadchannelxx]

The Japanese version also had the VRC6 sound chip which makes it superior over the western version.

[@runnersdialzero1244]

9:16 "When you're on the stairs, your ass is fucked." Been there before.

[@monroethealolantrainer732]

Same here.

[@UUPDirector]

I know this may sound stupid, but why didn't you mention the Famicom version of Castlevania 3? It actually has a number of differences in gameplay which makes it the superior version of the game. In that version, whenever you die when fighting Dracula, you start back at the stairway. You start at the beginning when you get a game over though. Plus, the final boss is a bit easier. However, one of the biggest differences is the music... AND IT'S F***ING AWESOME. The Famicom version has a special chip that adds a few more sound channels, making it sound better. I'd rather not talk about every detail, maybe you should check it out sometime... Wait... Did you not mention it because the Famicom version costs a lot?...

[@DarkKnightTrinity]

He clearly states these videos are about his childhood experiences. I doubt he ever saw Famicom as a kid.

[@UUPDirector]

true...

[@TheLoveMario]

DarkKnightTrinity if you watch his transformers episode you'll know he HAS a famicom and if you watch the back to the future revisited episode you'll know he even has a super famicom.

[@TheLoveMario]

ACTALLY, the NES has this too. however the pins required to make it work were connected to the expansion port in a way that it required something to be plugged in in order for the expansion sound to even work, and the expansion port got completely unused (and that's also why in most cartridges the center pins aren't there at all). i think nintendo thought to make some devices that plugged in the expansion port that enhanced the expansion audio in some way, maybe allowing stereo sound or maybe even a device that you could connect to an equalizer and have a 7.1 sound studio, or maybe even a remixer! or maybe they just thought that with the (unrelased) NES disk system some cartridge games had a disk expansion that contained the expansion sound, bonus levels, extra sidequests, etc... there were almost infinite possibilities, but the N00B$ at nintendo butchered them all. infact, if you have a PowerPack and an ENIO (Extended NES I/O, which can be plugged in the expansion port and you could connect cool things on it like famicom peripherals [famicom disk system not included since it requires some adress lines that don't come out of the ENIO], USB [to plug in a keyboard, in case you don't have a famicom keyboard], ethernet [i don't know why they put ethernet on it... i guess some programmers still want to put their indie games on cartridges, and said games can use internet to do stuff]), you plug in the ENIO and put your Akumajou Densetsu ROM in the SD you can actually hear the expansion sound. because the ENIO has those 2 resistors, THOSE RESISTORS are what makes expansion sound on NES possible.

[@SomeGuyNamedJason]

MarioKart7z Moot point; owning a famicom now does not mean he had one when he was a child.

[@ImperialistFan]

7:56 It also shows in the 2005 special The Batman vs Dracula.

[@emelielager5453]

I wish that I could give these four Castlevania videos a million thumbs up each!! 🙏💓

[@Synthwave89]

That blooper at the end always gets me. Love your videos James

[@stephencook7337]

Probably the best thing that came from the Castlevania games was the music.

[@unknown-nt5gh]

7:00 Shortcut to Castlevania III

[@Cursingbow]

1: Dracula is a decent fight 2: Dracula's way too easy 3: Dracula's Way too hard

[@valentds]

well: 1. dracula resurrected 2. dracula weakened after beated not long ago 3. dracula in full glory

[@Iceman-xe7jo]

I love this game. One of my all time favorites and imo the best back round music in NES history. Can't wait to get the NES mini and play this again.

[@alcala315]

Simon's quest is one of the best games I ever played as a kid. I am now 44 and married with children. Simon's quest and Faxanadu will always be in my memories.

[@dougrogan379]

The death sound is so addictive.

[@NicoTheCinderace]

6:22 ...SIMON FELL THROUGH THE WATER AND DIED BECAUSE OF NOTHING.

[@soup9827]

Bloody tears is still one of my favourite songs from castlevania

[@PreciselyOneMyfi]

Everyone always says that the final boss of Simon's Quest sucks and is easy because you can kill him without him moving by using the fire weapon, but you could do that with literally every boss except Dracula in the first game using holy water. No-one ever says: 'The battle with Death in Castlevania is so easy' so why say that about Dracula in Simon's Quest? Anyway, rant over.

[@ItMeChis]

Your name's too golden. All you need is a cross-over avatar and you're solid

[@0532MOET]

But at least there's the challenge of getting the holy water and keeping it till Death without dieing and losing them

[@Snapshot_the_Mad_Hatter]

3:33 “Don’t look into the Death Star, or you will Die.” What?!?

[@trustno173]

Apparently it's supposed to be a reference to Fist of the North Star anime/manga series, some light that shines brightly before a character dies.

[@FrancisL4D]

"That was 5 years ago" Now its been 2 decades..

[@somedudeonearth4978]

I feel like his reactions to these videogames are so relatable, which is why I enjoy his content so very much.