Castlevania: SotN 200.6% Speedrun World Record EXPLAINED (

[@Bowshewicz]

Thanks for creating this video. Commentated speedruns are one of my favorite types of content. The underwater reverse caverns always give me the most trouble when I'm going for 200.6%. I always forget that the wolf can swim and have to relearn it by stumbling on it in a guide.

[@skwarka3285]

THE WOLF CAN SWIM????

[@zoraiaero]

@@skwarka3285 only with the holy symbol, the J and skill of wolf

[@ChrisMMaster0]

​@@zoraiaero kinda funny that the "Holy Symbol" is just a striaght up snurkle XD

[@helloidharbl6753]

What I like about what you do in this, is you do explain what you are doing and why. This matters because not many players outside of a game's community are going to understand what they are seeing.

[@MrStanky33]

M❤ W 🎉wwww😢 1:20:05 😢 1:20:05

[@mattanderson8737]

Exactly as a casual player of this game speed runs are wild let alone explaining.

[@fallenabr7654]

An npc typed this comment

[@helloidharbl6753]

2 years later an NPC bumped a comment! Not me the guy above. Go play Castlevania everyone! ~~S O U L~ ~S T E A L~

[@qynfromcanada]

This is insane to me as someone who beat this game once after nearly a YEAR of playing it. The skill speedrunners have never ceases to amaze me!

[@drakeishar]

Congratulations. I love when you comment your runs It makes everything crystal clear. Collecting these underwater map tiles in the second castle is a nightmare.

[@osmium6832]

I did a 200.6% speedrun of SotN when I was a kid once. Took me about 2 weeks. After watching this video, I think I could get it down to one week. I suspect Dr4gonBlitz's record will be safe from me for a while yet.

[@JustCagna]

It's been a year. How fast can you get it now?

[@osmium6832]

@@JustCagna Unfortunately I've actually gone up to three weeks per attempt. I really should have stopped practicing while I was ahead.

[@seba_85]

I was watching this yesterday but forgot to say: absolutely amazing run and explanation, dude.

[@27altoids]

I’ve been playing SotN once a year since it came out. (I’m one of those weird people who misses “I am the Wind” from the credits.) I’ve never seen Inverted Caverns done so smoothly, and I’ll never be able to do Inverted Colosseum like that. This is legit one of the most impressive videos I’ve ever seen. Please consider more speedrun explanation videos in the future. This was great.

[@crazyberzerker]

Love how thoroughly you explain the run! Awesome time!

[@jaredvizzi8723]

Amazing run! I never knew about the wolf swim tech until watching this. I always gravity jumped and transformed into the wolf after hitting the ceiling to get those annoying map tiles.

[@YourContradiction]

At 31:30 a new skip was discovered that if you have a second controller plugged in on Playstation and you hit triangle while on it you can freely break the bridge. It has to do with developer code left in the game.

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

He's on xbox, but yea worth looking into.

[@alexkuhn5188]

Thank you for the 1 hours and 20 minutes of explaining what you were doing and why! Over an hour of informative audio for my background noise is great!

[@meldwin123123]

the attention to detail for this part @43:45 is😗👌

[@RJ_chaos]

Seen many of your runs and still learn things every time!

[@dcfromthev]

SAME!

[@thenerdyviking]

Just found your channel looking for SOTN stuff. I have played this game on and off since I was a kid. It is my all time favorite I have never attempted a speed run and probably never will. But I love the videos and what you do I have achieved the 200.6% before but haven’t gone for it in a while. But as a fellow huge fan of the game I say thanks for all you do with it.

[@callindrill]

I'm not a speed runner, and only occasionally do I consume speed run content. But this one held my interest very well. Possibly because it's a game I have a lot of nostalgia for, but I think that it was in no small part due to your excellent explanations and clear mastery of the subject matter.

[@MaksymS-t5s]

Watching this masterpiece is a pleasure! Thank you!

[@Mety333]

i was hoping to see a glitchless run of 200% but very impressive still!

[@GenteelCretin]

22:52 - "Dang, I'm gaming right now." Respect.

[@dcfromthev]

I could listen to DB narration all day, best runner on the scene!

[@midnightheart8264]

what an interesting run to watch. lots of fun movement to watch and lots of commentary explaining all sorts of fun things. very well done.

[@ievandumal]

It's incredible how soothing your voice is when you're making explanation videos !

[@raineiramparo2543]

This is very informative and entertaining at the same time. Hopefully you will have more videos like this.

[@noahthompson3098]

Thanks for putting out an explained version i love watching speedruns where they break down how it works

[@AnActualDinosaur]

Damn, this is crazy, man. Congrats on the amazing run!

[@theblackblade6197]

I love SotN, love full clearing it and love collecting items, never would I have imagined it could be run this fast! Great execution!

[@nixquev]

Really great video. Love your explanations! I'm having a hard time understanding how going out of bounds under the floor and other places is not considered the same thing as "out of bounds".

[@dr4gonblitz]

the "out of bounds" i'm referring to would lead to additional map%. My goal was to only collect intended map tiles, otherwise you can go out of bounds in places like the chapel and get much higher than 200.6%

[@nixquev]

@@dr4gonblitz Yeah, gotcha, I understand that. It's just hard to make the distinction between "out of bounds map tiles" and "going out of bounds". Probably my OCD kicking -in 🤣. I didn't check the category description though so my confusion is on me. By the way listening to your knowledgeable commentaries is really great and I would take more of that any day.

[@saxboss9738]

Dude, been watching all your YT vids for quite awhile. You are an extremely talented runner of this game. sotn has been my favorite game of all time since I played it as a kid. Watching you play makes me want to attempt a speedrun, but I'd probably be ass at it because I always had trouble even just chaining wing smashes. Actually didn't even know you could do that until watching romscout speedrun it way back when. And YES, Fuck the Reverse Caverns map tiles. I have 200.6% the game before, but HOLY SHIT those map tiles made me SO mad. Watching you do it with relative ease (in comparison, I know it's not actually easy at all) makes me want to give it another go, now that I know more about the game. Love your stuff DB, and hope I can make a livestream soon!

[@jjonwards]

U are simply awesome in this game, I’m a fan now, subscribed

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

Yes, I completely agree that the Inverted Caverns map tiles were an absolute pain in the ass to get!! I've never speedrun the game but I'm a huge Castlevania fan and have done casual 200.6% playthroughs on PSX and PSP and am currently doing my first full playthrough of the Saturn version with the recent translation patch. I agree that all Relics and Bosses should be part of a "True 100%" run of the game. I'd also add all Max HP and Max Heart power ups and maybe all endings but I'm not sure if either of them would really change the speedrun route aside from adding a few more detours and delays.

[@huivnthecaitiff1098]

15:24 "Get the fuck outta my way!"

[@keennickolas8575]

2:53 ... oh, I am here just after your "Luck" - Run ... where you did the clock cycle quite a bit earlier ;)

[@theyasudasmusic5933]

I love this game to death, and holy smokes, the amount of practice you must have gone through is incredible. Amazing run!!

[@Hunoa44]

You completing all map tiles,all relics,all bosses deserve like 300% cathegory honestly and truly,this is my most favourite SotN speedrun so far(except TAS's)

[@guerilla_food]

Incredible gameplay. I love your detailed commentary. Outstanding performance. ❤

[@omeniel]

AMAZING STUFF

[@Superflytenorguy]

well done! not much for speed running, but i love this game so much, i HAD to watch. very impressive

[@bruce_just_]

I liked the part where he wing smashed to collect the map tiles.

[@movezig5]

The last time I played this game was quite a long time ago, but as soon as you started going for those tiles in the reverse caverns, something immediately came back to me, because despite not remembering a lot, I _do_ distinctly remember those tile being bullshit. I don't think I ever collected them, actually--I just collected enough other tiles to get the other ending.

[@Hriedmarrj]

Ooh nice, I like your explanation videos the most.

[@marneo]

For me the category should still include collecting the relics and fighting the bosses.

[@Drjebus]

@57:00 Yes, it's super smooth to Super Jump > Bonk > Transform to wolf (the transform animation, while bonked, "pulls" the camera upward the last few pixels needed to "count" for map tile completion.

[@KejutoJetomo]

I don’t see the wolf tf u saying lol

[@Drjebus]

Sorry for the confusion@@KejutoJetomo I was referring to what @Dr4gonBlitz was saying in that moment about collecting the obscure map tiles, not commenting on that slice of gameplay footage.

[@KejutoJetomo]

@@Drjebus yeah that strategy works well, just was confused lol. I'm deaf so don't mind me.

[@jaredgrewe6333]

Thanks for the vid! I enjoyed the explanations

[@aMcConghie16]

Excellent vid with great commentary, I’m going for all the tile trophy on ps5 now

[@eldsdrak]

I've had so much problems with the reversed cavern roof. I DID NOT KNOW THE WOLF COULD SWIM! Damn game! So much time trying to get that taking one step to the side and doing the high jump. Spent hours under that missing square. Thank you!

[@boopertime4282]

Konami created those underwater map tiles in the inverted castle just to spite their fans. Truly, the final boss of SotN.

[@ElladanTinehtele]

Those horrible reverse cavern tiles are a nightmare, my like 3 or 4 casual playthroughs, with like 7 years apart, every time, I always had to check a guide on how to do it after 30 mins of banging my head with gravity jumps. On the other hand, I started running randomizer seeds after watching your content, I've only ran lycan, because I feel confident with the death skip, I'm trying to achieve a sub hour to submit it to the discord channel. Keep the awesome work

[@Wabits]

Very good, your hard work shows. Knowledge is power. Everything is well documented. My only advice is take that impressive powers of observation and understanding into something like engineering where you can really apply it to solve the worlds problems which you are clearly capable of doing Dr.Brennan

[@r4tbu564]

Love these commentary vods.

[@robertocclavell]

Never tried to speedrun anything except maybe GoW and it was the basic for the achievement. Nowhere near this complex. As for my gaming experience with SotN, it's one of my favorite games of all time. I've done the 100% run a few times, on PS1, PSP from Dracula X Chronicles and I think an emulator. I adore this game (and Castlevania in general) and your content is amazing! I was in awe of all the things you have to do to speedrun it. New sub on my end. Keep up the great work!

[@Jesin00]

I got obsessed with this game for a few weeks over a decade ago and did a run that collected a bunch of rare weapons and leveled up the familiars and the muramasa a bunch. I still remember those waterlogged map tiles at the top of the inverted caverns being even more annoying to me than the familiar grinding.

[@chaosdragun1608]

Great flashback to my early childhood in gaming. Such a nostalgic and wonderful game.

[@Jyxero]

57:14 Dude, wonked Alucard's head for hours, and didn't complete, until transformed to Wolf that is Didn't knew about "Puppy swim", and overall enjoyable run; chill commentary, on point, and clean execution (I'm not expecting TAS lvl of course)

[@davifelizardo4187]

22:53 I love the fact that he did this speedrun and even he is impressed with his movement sometimes 😂😂😂 And about the inverted water part of the maps I almost sure that it is impossible to collect without using the wolf relic and the swimming mechanic. When I was going for the 200% of the game for the first time I remember that I arrived at this part and tried to collect the map blind, I spend 10 to 15 minutes banging my head against this part and after not managing to do it I give up the idea of doing 200% and just collect enough of the map for the "true" ending.

[@backflipmann]

Man you are one of my favourite KZbinr right now with these fantastic SotN videos. Love watching your stuff, and your commentating is very satisfying!

[@Moistwetwave]

I'm glad you explained the death skip👍 I always wondered how you did it

[@aeiounix]

Commenting for the hard to get map tiles. Good video.

[@jamesbarber4438]

Incredible - deserve so many more views :)

[@quietmousse]

Insane brilliant man

[@syphon_filter84]

I gotta give props when they are due. This run is insane!

[@RichBurrell]

Great job dude!

[@____________________________J]

Brother you are a maniac. I love it

[@mayoe1430]

very nice video. subbed

[@NVversus]

This speedrun is so fucking fast. I barely know enough about SotN's mechanics to know how you're doing these inputs and MY hands hurt. This movement is TAS-level. I would need a BCI to replicate this.

[@angelcrush1582]

I just beat sotn the other day and have been playing other castlevania games. This is awesome 👌

[@nardzzzzz]

awesome as always

[@fiordhraoi1]

Not even speedrunning, just trying to get the 200.6%, trying to get the wolf tiles in the caverns was such a pain. Had no idea about the swimming, I would always gravity jump and attempt to transform into wolf RIGHT at the top. -.-

[@Xephonet]

ok ill suscribe

[@IamRTWII]

The upside down cavern to get the map tiles underwater are a pain. The only way I could get those was to gravity boost up and morph into the wolf. Love the video.. brings me back to 7th grade lol.

[@caseymcadams5483]

I’ve never done a speed run of any game, but I love this game so I did do a 200.6% and collected all items. I distinctly remember having a heck of a time getting those difficult tiles in the inverted castle. It was really frustrating lol

[@Krasser_Crusader]

This game is pure art! Also the gameplay is just beautiful 😍

[@grandixximo]

I remember going through the game and keep checking the map to see if I had all the squares, felt like something I had to complete, and I remember being confused when after being sure that I did pass a place to see that the square wasn't collected, and some other time just barely entering a huge room and already having the whole thing show up in the map, didn't think there was a person who memorized all those details and would do it in this mesmerizing entertaining way, I'm simply in awe during the entirety of the video, even backtracked a few times to check out some of the more amazing moments, really impressive 😮

[@Mario-qq4in]

5:42 never noticed the eye through the window 😲

[@Spectrik]

Oh sheesh that's much creepier than alot of things in the game

[@Mario-qq4in]

@@Spectrik true

[@torey242]

You’re the best at this speed run type

[@MadagascarDave]

I was pretty pleased to figure out the wolf trick for collecting the cavern map tiles as a kid

[@harvesterofsorrow4930]

I've played this game since the US release and what DB does is STILL amazing.

[@xebatansis]

This was fun to watch.

[@erica8863]

Never done a speed run but have done a 200.6% completion on my main file. Those upside down water sections were indeed the worst. As far as specialty runs, the most interesting one I've ever done is a fist-only run. Not 200.6% but it was interesting trying to beat the game using only fist weapons. Fist of Tulkas ended up being really useful for providing range. Made me a lot better at understanding enemy attack patterns if nothing else.

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

Holy, that is nuts, to speed run and get 200.6% all in just a little over 1 hour.

[@s14tam]

I have been playing this game since Blockbuster was a thing and just learned some secret rooms I never knew existed from watching this.

[@andrenascimento7170]

This is a work of art

[@wooshi7056]

Without a proper route and with no glitches I was able to run up a 4 hr 200.6 run, there was a couple of map tiles I missed on the reverse castle and i don't know how to hold the bat transformation so it was all Alucard shield dashing haha, but it was far from optimal I just love the game so I did it in one session

[@eikeksi11]

Thore rooms like 4.24 can you use some summon or skill to do something in em? Whats the purpose of em?

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

31:18 I saw at GDQ that you can skip that bridge by having another controller plugged in and push X or something. They did a randomizer and mentioned it during the run. This year I think.

[@RocKM001]

That skip was only just discovered December last year. Fairly sure if someone bothers they can beat DB's record with that new trick but AFAIK there's no actual leaderboard for this category... also just in case you missed it... this is Dragonblitz's channel. He's the one who did the Lycanthrope Randomiser on the SGDQ you watched =P

[@VJFranzK]

Monsters to speed-running Alucard: "Don't turn your back on me!"

[@qwicy]

Why jump over the gladius after doppelganger 1? One would think it would be slightly faster to shield dash through it. Or is it a meme?

[@L4NkYb]

I bet they were either worried people would miss it, or they had examples of people freeing Richter and not realizing the teleporter was there

[@theobrondani8743]

ah yes, quality content

[@Jvstm]

I actually had to google how to get the map completions in the reverse underground caverns. I've also been playing this game since the 90s and never knew the wolf could swim until just now. I got the completion in those areas by abusing the mechanic where the dog jumps a little higher when you shift into it in the air.

[@rockhyde7775]

The 200.6% map completion trophy definitely took me the longest to get. The last room I needed to check was the inverted castle where that Dim Sum set item was. What was the last area you had to touch to get that 200.6% trophy? I’d like to know. And that’s to anyone else reading this btw. I’m so happy I got that platinum trophy.

[@bludikavolfknait6383]

I only managed to get 100% tiles, as a kid i tried to "speedrun" this game. It only took me 5 hours to do it.

[@VJFranzK]

Amazing to watch! 🧛‍♂🍷 (And reminds me, I'd like to make games, and play them, but I'd not want to have to think of all this for speed running!)

[@yeolemillinial8295]

not resetting when you miss a map tile and going back to the 1st castle at the end, especially if it takes 7 minutes, could have been its own flex considering this beat the cheat time by 10 minutes lmao

[@sadrhogollsodia9505]

Is there a way to assign the unused L2 button to another button to have two buttons for dashing?

[@jonasfull]

i dont know if you still read the comments but i wonder how do you use the wolf abilities? I finished the game yesterday and despite collecting all the Wolf powerups all my wolf could do was walk slowly and bark, i clicked every button on my controller but to no avail (p.s that jewel sword room was the only one i was missing this whole game aaaa)

[@mfurrpt2ify]

Power of Wolf: Double Tap -> -> and hold to Run swiftly. (You will stop if hit by anything.) Skill of Wolf: Ryu's Haduken, ⬇↘➡+Attack to Run Swiftly (You will NOT stop if hit). Run through Errrrrrthing until you run out of Manna.

[@velvetbutterfly]

I'm curious how fast this run could go if you only checked the map once before the final boss of each castle to prove you got it, never bonked or messed up, and potentially a new glitch like if you could use an item while transformed to restore your MP whenever you wanted

[@alext6933]

"Not an expert" 😊

[@sahlibrahimi]

i just love how there's someone who as obsessed with symphony of the night as me ( too jealous to say more than me )

[@jakerydont]

Waaaaaay back in the day I tried following a few gamefaqs guides to try to reach full 200% map coverage. I don’t remember why but I gave up at around 196%. Probably some secret rooms that I never found out about. Also those gamefaqs guides mentioned the possibility of reaching over 200% and at that point I gave up. I was like “I’ll never understand the mechanics well enough to get there”

[@feldon27]

This is a top 5 game for me. I bought it the week it came out on the original PlayStation (yes I'm old) and have completed it to 200.6% three times, but at no point did I do any of it in a hurry like this. Wow! And I figured out the wolf could swim to get these map tiles. I just thought that was known. Interesting!

[@tavo4710]

Eres un crack no me canso de ver la habilidad que tienes he visto casi todas tus runs sencillamente genial