I Accidentally Broke Castlevania Speedruns Forever

[@Quanze]

DB: I'm probably gonna retire from SOTN speedrunning this year once I have all the records Also DB: Here's a new trick to make most records on the leaderboard (including mine) obsolete

[@tylawise7279]

😊

[@Smile-uu2yg]

Bro has the consistency of a drug addict.

[@Michael_Dominic]

imagine just . .. . casually trying to see if you can beat clock rush and just doing it on your first try.

[@WhatisAPaladin]

whats with everyone "imagining"? gezz i guess the world is full of NPCs after all.

[@LilacShowers]

@@WhatisAPaladin let me guess: you're "the wolf in a world full of sheep" or whatever boomers post on facebook these days lmao

[@wearethewearethewearethhe]

@@LilacShowersDoing things?? Caring about your own success?? It’s not fair to reward those who try in life, save that for the evil capitalists. We need a society where no one is responsible for anything because that’s so much more fair and equal. Endless rows of empty apartments with no electricity and bread lines sounds more appealing to genius woke individuals.

[@jessehunter362]

@@wearethewearethewearethhe Are you saying communists invented daydreaming?

[@redbananaboomerang3278]

What is this comment thread?

[@GG_Nowa]

I don't even follow speed runs for this game but this was so interesting to see. I absolutely love how things can just be shattered after what seems impossible

[@PowerSynopsis]

Right? I don't attempt speedruns or even follow them, but when someone takes the time to explain what they're doing to break the game, it's very interesting.

[@simpli_A]

Never even played the game casually before XD

[@beardalaxy]

@@simpli_A you're missing out. i had heard a lot about the game but metroidvanias weren't really my thing. gave it a try and loved the hell out of it.

[@yeolemillinial8295]

you shouldn't look at big toss in second castle as a "it is faster than bat smashing here" look for chances to save bat smashes in spots u can't normally use them because of mp if possible.

[@ShadowEclipse777]

This is a good idea to look into

[@sakesaurus]

but you need to save hp as well right?

[@wobblysauce]

Hp there isn’t as important, but you do have less

[@yeolemillinial8295]

@@sakesaurus as long as you save 1 hp your fine :P speedrunners tend to look at their HP more as a tool than something to save.

[@Mackinstyle]

Wait so speedrunners knew about the backwards launch for a long time, but only recently realized they might use it to skip a clock cycle? I love these moments... when there's just something out there in the ether, just waiting to be grabbed, with no reason why it's not attainable at any moment.

[@DavidXNewton]

Thank you for this detailed explanation - I don’t have the temperament/patience for speedrunning but I’m endlessly fascinated by how people find these glitches and exploits and put them together to form new routes and strategies :)

[@LythKross]

Every time I see a video from you, you've done something else crazy with this game. Great find and great video as always dude!

[@themorbidkid187]

Looking forward to seeing you destroy this category even farther. Great Video!

[@jeffyanderpson3397]

I really liked this video a lot! congrats on getting the WR and goodluck on the 15:36!

[@Kydrou]

X-X!V''Q Luck Mode Code actually stands for x-x!√q , which is a weird function. As are all other max stat codes in the game.

[@zaphod77]

in rondo of blood this code was the stage select cheat. so people who knew it from there would know to try it in this game. still no idea how it was ever figured out for that one, though.

[@pehhii]

So we went from "To what profit is it to a man if he gains the world, but loses his own soul" to the future goal of "Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.", which ironically has 7 as in sub-7, conspiracy maybe?

[@CCopperpot]

Take your meds homie :)

[@gribberoni]

SPEAK YOUR TRUTH KING

[@universalperson]

So speedrunning is related to giving charity. Makes sense.

[@jo3ld0wn]

Atheists in shambles after this revelation!

[@DONOTWANT-ie1dk]

i upvoted this to 157, as in sub-7 before i upvoted it

[@Ganmue]

Oh boy, why is this so rewatchable? Something about your narration style, editing and the flow of the video makes this always an entertaining watch. Great job!

[@MrLind87]

Not gonna lie, I'm not into Castlevania mostly because I hadn't give it a chance yet, but this new technique is insane, props to you pink haired man, discovering a new bug and breaking a world record in any speedruns category is an insane achievement, I hope my good man Karl Jobst covers this and gives you more recognition in the future.

[@thatonenoob1050]

technically its not a bug as the feature was intended we just abuse the feature which makes it an exploit

[@pandavelli8176]

Castlevania is the greatest franchise in video gaming

[@JayDubWilly]

Another great video and as always, love the explanation that gives you the right enough info to know what is going on without digging too deep. Curious to see if there will be a push to add Luck mode as a category since all the other ones specifically ban it. Very curious how low this can go!!!

[@Dr4gonBlitzDaily]

This game has been broken since the GOAT romscout got the first ever sub 8 Clockrush

[@fettel1988]

Speaking of breaking, watching romscout break Iga's heart with this game...

[@Kydrou]

Good. Iga's heart deserves to be broken.

[@crossjmail]

Joel

[@itstheweirdguy]

I belive there is a bunch of more stuff to figure out in this game as far as speedrunning....lycanthorpe randomizer is interesting but there's more secrets to be had.

[@boorhaave5880]

​@@Kydrou Why?

[@michaeltedeschi9929]

Has science gone too far?? This video is a frickin masterpiece. Congrats on the find!!! Now get that record son!!!!! No one more deserving

[@DinosaurDemon]

I remember inputting this code in 98 after reading some gaming magazine and having my mind blown.

[@ElDouggler]

Hey man, I just wanna say that youre absolutely inspirational. This is one of my favorite games, ive played it more times than I can count. But i didnt know even a quarter of these skips and tricks. Youve shown me some crazy new ways to play this classic. Thank you.

[@V4Lanz]

your explanation is always a thing that put a smile in my face. thanks for this type of content and good luck in the future speed runs

[@DubStorm]

This video kept me glued to the screen! I love speedruns and I love SotN and this video was perfect 🤯 I hope to see more runs from this category!

[@drewbeery1397]

I wonder, in luck mode, what is the possibility of an enemy dropping a sellable gem in order to sell at the shop, and would it be a valuable enough to be worth using instead of getting the garnet or onyx.

[@percher4824]

Probably not big enough to be relied on.

[@CodaRyu]

triple weathertenko noises

[@artemi7]

@@percher4824 not high enough to rely on, but inevitably the WR will contain it.

[@SetoShadowVT]

Wow, it's insane we learn even more about this game! What more will we discover in 30 more years?

[@TrianglePants]

Multiplayer emulation modding?

[@InnerEagle]

@@TrianglePants You don't have to wait 30 yrs for it

[@ManaBirb_0.1]

This is such a good breakdown of the run in general and the new strategy is specific.

[@wavefile1674]

You are awesome DB! Well edited video as well.

[@DruidVorse]

NICE! Just in time, I wanted to watch one video of yours at this very moment, really entertaining stuff.

[@gamerk316]

Question: You mentioned ideally grabbing the Garnet before making the sub-7 clock cycle, which costs 5 seconds. Is it possible for an enemy on the routing to randomly drop a Garnet (or any other sellable Gem) to save that time?

[@IMANZERO-xs5xs]

No most of the gems that can be dropped are really low value and I dont think any enemies can drop garnets especially on that rout

[@Kydrou]

If memory does not fail, no enemy drops gemstones in the route

Thats amazing, you trully are the GOAT of SOTN

[@spiderchopproductions8172]

Not at all shocked to see DB hit a sub-7 clock rush on his first try. Looking forward to the sub 15:30

[@minkah683]

I am looking forward to seeing the progress of the new strats.

[@drneoseraph13]

Right!? New runs and it’s gonna get lower, right?

[@sunasuna16]

your videos keep getting better. loved that montage of the actual run

[@Wecoc1]

19:00 Good luck, DB!

[@user-uq9se1nx9q]

This prelude is fire!

[@sakuyaizayoi1945]

It's insane to see you on #1 in the leaderboards with a time of 15:38 and #2 being on 16:39 with everyone after that only having a couple seconds time between each other. Insane job with the routing!

[@dunno6161]

All i can really say is, like, congrats on finding a human-viable sub 7! Absolutely nutty, with room to improve. Best of luck to you, I hope you meet your goal time.

[@Kay_Sea251]

Ugh, I was watching DBD and you HAD to drop a video... Guess I'll watch this now, and DBD later!

[@Blastimal]

Grats son, looking forward to seeing the time steadily drop.

[@jeremiahwarden5959]

Random guy: I'll give my son my name, but with "Junior" at the beginning. Dracula: I have an even worse idea...

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Is Adrian really that bad name?

[@delphidelion]

Well, we'll get a summoningsalt 3 hour video discussing this one moment soon.

[@waldogreen]

Absolutely insane been awhile since I watched a sotn video only to see the game even more broken

[@AaronSkone]

It's nice to find speed run exploits that are built into the game and not necessarily a glitch. Super cool stuff.

[@GaryBusey-sLaserdiscCollection]

GGs with the 16:19. That DBDaily guy has got his work cut out for him.

[@DanH11]

Speedrunning can be so cool sometimes. I love stories like this.

[@My_Op]

Honestly I will not watch you probably ever again but here is my 'like & subscribe' for this wonderful informative and entertaining video ;)

[@spacepope1000]

It;s nice to see luck mode coming back, mostly because I cant reliably do the old meta death skip but still, now I just need to learn the glitch to go through walls, and ill almost be competitive.

[@spootot]

I'll never be tired of hearing speedrunners call a WR time 'bad'

[@ErrrorWayz]

Lol that amused me too... it's technically a world record but it's bad 😂

[@gigaslave]

Luck Mode should be its own category lol.

[@herbert164]

it is just the fastest way. it will just be any%.

[@TheUltimateRare]

any% is any way of beating the game as fast as possible.

[@AviciisGhost]

niceeee your gonna claim it . I want to claim Castlevania 64 Reinhardt ..ive been playing everyday a year straight lol its even inturepted my music grind

[@leftysheppey]

Theres 52 seconds time save, and you saved 2 seconds using that strat. Love it 😂

[@liaracochran7879]

I have to say, the fact that you got world record, but were disappointed says a lot

[@harlymeyer1073]

ive been rooting for ya for a long time. probably my favorite game from my childhood 😄

[@harlymeyer1073]

thank you for all your time

[@TheRecallBerserk]

This code was posted in GamesMaster and CVG magazines upon the games release with maps.

[@Millinillion.]

Nice gameplay big thumbs up for you ❤❤❤

[@AronFigaro]

This feels like when I got my 13:36 Wing Commander 1 WR. It's so bad, but the new strats saved so much time.

[@DenofLore]

I don't speedrun. But I LOVE SOTN. What you've done broke my brain and lifted my soul and inspired me to play it again.

[@RedSpade37]

This is like my 3rd time rewatching this, haha. Still amazing!

[@jayjasespud]

I watched this, got to the stream, and then came back for the raid.

[@rangerryley3346]

Didn’t expect to hit the skip, and still ends up 20 seconds off WR💀 fucking beast

[@cheng-chunlin7336]

This is like someone invented "high jump backflip", there will be new world records but everyone will still remember you!

[@ErikErosa]

New route prolly means new showcase on next year's gdq. So theres that to look forward to

[@zoromax10]

you explaining the clock rush: me: so it's the fricking bus stop again?

[@orlof507]

Kinda hard to believe no one tried before to get launched twice to get clock rush sooner.

[@DanPantzig]

I had rented SOTN once but didn't really get it, and the time I settled in to playing it to finish I put in the luck code, not knowing it was also a hard mode code. I also didn't realize how fucking amazing it was that I just happened upon Crissaegrim without really trying. These speedruns though, goddamn!

[@davidmatheny398]

I can't get over your cosplay of a level 2 streets of rage bandito.

[@Lilithe]

Wait what? This title card has to be a troll. X-X!V''Q is the very famous luck cheat that allows you to keep all of Alucard's armour and skip death entirely. Known by literally everyone when the game came out... me halfway through the video: Oh this is good!

[@jonathandax]

Holy shit, man. I hope you find another clock cycle eventually!

[@Veserius]

watched the archive of the 16:19 and it was funny how disappointed you were still. I think working out a system for taking breaks will lead to better play, better health, and better streams so hopefully you can figure that out, you wrecking your arm/hand isn't worth lowering the record :)

[@Zeeboklown]

damn. i was speedrunning SOTN without even realizing that was wat i was doing when i was a kid, i figured out the wolf jump extension all by myself thru trial and error, that's how intune i was with that game. that being said, i'm HIGHLY fucking impressed sir. my hats off to u.

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

4:59 I still remember the first bird to discover this trick. Im glad humans found out how to do this too.

[@NOPerative]

Congrats fella.

[@Beregorn88]

TL:DR he found a 60 second skip and beat the world record by 2 seconds

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

WR at 15:39

[@duckguycooks]

Yeah! My favorite game of all time!

[@JosephMilner-ms7pp]

this changes everything...

[@GodSlayerNES]

It's a joy to watch you wreck SOTN. Bat!!

[@Iliek]

You can tell how much self respect a man has by observing how he presents himself and how much he alters his appearance to get attention.

[@Pinkooru]

Imma be real with you chief I completely miss the bat charge attack every time I play this game because I just truly have no clue where it is.

[@ryozaki96]

I doubt there's only 1 wall glitch in the game, there must be other broken glitches like the ones from Aria of Sorrow

[@ougonce]

Do you mean reverse shift line? If so, there are multiple

[@guilhermemailiote2959]

@@ougonce He might be referring to the wolf floor clip at the library. There's multiple of those as well, so you're are still correct hahaha

[@deon6045]

I'm surprised nobody thought of this sooner. It seems pretty obvious that that would be a quicker method of travel. I guess you can't use it in the long marble gallery room though. Too bad.

[@Merlinacus]

Wow crazy I couldn't of imagined getting that my first chance.

[@spiderturtle5292]

"Maybe it's not about the destination" - A speedrunner

[@ErrrorWayz]

Watch a josh strife was it good vid of this game I've never play so this popped up. Enthralling... pun intended good work mate Speed runs explained are so cool... very interesting seeing the evolution of them. Watched a vid about track mania level 1... insane stuff .

[@dabiggestratintown]

DB out here cooking up some delicious high-quality content

[@EricTheKei]

Side note: Leave off the last two characters of the code for Hard Mode -- Minimal stats without the absurd Luck boost. Also, that code was the "unlock the entire map" code on Dracula X: Rondo of Blood on the PC Engine DUO. ^_^

[@dr4gonblitz]

this code does not work :)

[@EricTheKei]

@@dr4gonblitz You need to have a Clear Save file and enter the name in a new save file. Note: single quotes/ticks, not a " X - X ! V ' ' Q - luck mode X - X ! V ' - hard mode

[@DrBrightSCP]

Props to u . ive never ever beat one Castlevania game ever in history.

[@DGneoseeker1]

I can't believe people spend huge chunks of their life doing this without getting bored. I get bored with games when playing them normally. I need your superpower.

[@PixelatedPuzzlements]

GZZZZ on the huge viewcount, much deserved

[@whitenip84]

Bravo for pronouncing Vlad TEPES correctly 👏

[@gaunt7219]

The algorithm requires engagementa but well done!

[@MatthewNGolding]

The stone rose or other creature can't big toss you if you stay a low enough level to skip that entire hallway...back and forth health items become a problem I'm sure, but there's the doppelganger boss fight save point for the 1st time through

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Congratulation! ;D

[@GeekMasterGames]

Somebody call Summoning Salt

[@avasam06]

Dragonblitz breaking Castlevania? I have a strange feeling of déjà-vu.

[@christianomar92]

Dr4gonBlitz ??? More like Dr4gonGo4t !!! Sheeeeeeeesh !!

[@iThing89]

Its always exiting when a new skip or strat is found after years of the same route in any speedrun.

[@cookiechi2555]

man, i remember first learning about this skip, it took me forever to get it down, but was shocked when i got it.

[@apu_apustaja]

@1:19 You should say "...there's one room *whose* importance...". I know it might feel odd saying "whose" about a thing instead of a person, but it turns out that it is grammatically correct.

[@sirbill_greebi3811]

Devs: here’s a hard mode. Speedrunners: you mean Ḛ̴̡̺̠̮̫͋̈́̓͒́̑ͅA̶̧̦̓S̸̡̢̯̬͔̠͈̠̉̈͊̂̚Y̸͈̋̍̄ ̶̧͎̟͕̞̹̼̞͛̋̀M̴̲̠͇̭͙͈͂Ȍ̸̯̗̞̘̻̟͌̿̉̉̀̎̚D̷̛͉̺̦̺̄͌̆͊̈́E̸͇͍̤͓̐̀̓

[@Scav-Goblin]

That is NUTS the speedrun is 16;26 like the bible verse!

[@Corporalfork]

As someone whos never played this game. This is an amazong video. Got a sub from me + i need to play this game now

[@RareTori]

Next summer when college is out, I'm going to buckle down and farm toadstool skip. I feel like a 1 in 4100 is so achievable. Those are like, shiny pokemon odds. But for now, I'm just going to practice and optimize routes.

[@Ryne749]

Is big toss death skip considered a glitch? Im wondering because it might be fun to see it implemented in glitchless categories