Glitches you can do in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
02:35 Gearing Up
05:05 Flying Armor Skip
05:59 Rescuing Hammer
07:19 Infinite Money Glitch
10:08 Undine Skip
11:19 Cow Zip
13:53 Bat Zip
17:43 Claimh Solais Early
21:01 False Ending
23:03 Julius Skip
25:40 Chaotic Realm Skip
27:02 True Ending
28:11 Outro

[@PhobiaSoft]

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[@kevlarvest7375]

​@@JonVonBasslakeCotM is hands down in the top 5 of Castlevania side scrollers, but HoD was good, not great. At the time, they were producing both HoD and AoS, like some other franchises did (Pokemon Red/Blue, Crash Purp/Spyro Orange, Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages). I even called them Castlevania Red and Blue because the titles on the cartridges were colored that, lol. You can clearly tell they put their focus in Aria's production, but moreso like he said at the start of the vid, this was what pushed the main narrative forward, not another side story.

[@TheTolnoc]

It's really funny to me that the Joyeuse, the fake treasure of the ship, can be zipped to from the Claiomh Solais, the real treasure of the ship.

[@NeonNobility]

The mistake of calling this weird bull with petrifying breath a "gorgon" is also one that the official D&D books make as well. What should actually be a Gorgon is instead called a Medusa. Thats like calling every vampire a Dracula

[@diegomev]

Yeah true, I remember from Heroes of Might and Magic III

[@MrDark086]

"Theyre the same picture" -Konami probably

[@mikemccann978]

Well, they’re possessed copies of Medusa’s head. Been part of Castlevania since the very first game. Medusa has herself shown up in quite a few of the games so it’s perfectly canonical (yes, it is strange having multiple of a singular entity, but it’s Dracula man! He commands death itself, surely a few million Medusa heads is nothing for his power).

[@torshavnnewell]

Isn't the bull a Catoblepas

[@JPManaresi]

​@@torshavnnewellCatoblepas is the pink one.

[@KanaevM]

Selling X&Y coordinates is such an amusing idea. Amazing salesman. "I'll sell you the rights to transport me".

[@kovulion7777]

"we sold Soma's X and Y coordinates" This is like a modern horror story XD

[@MerkhVision]

Love the extra effort u put into dressing up like Soma and sitting in the throne in the same pose as Dracula did in the famous “what is a man?” scene lol!

[@SyRose901]

Soma does the exact same thing as a reference to SotN! If you lose to Chaos' second phase, that is. And the video is referencing Soma's pose. Still, what a surprise lol

[@fasdfsdfasdfasdf7173]

I remember hunting the 100% completion for this game. Those were the days.

[@VinsCool]

Loving the Dracula throne room setup, even if only on screen for a few seconds, this really brings the mood for what we're getting into! Also I had no idea this game was so broken, I learn something new everyday!

[@TwixtheFox]

Indeed! It's a hell of a lot of work for something used so little, but that shows just how much they care about the channel and presentation :3 It's a lot of dedication!

[@kevlarvest7375]

I squealed with delight, and I'm a man almost 40.

[@SmittyWerbenJag3rmanJenson]

So glad I picked up the Castlevania Advanced Collected last year such gems

[@amberhernandez]

Imagine the pitch Soma must've had for Hammer to buy his location in space-time. I can see it now: Soma just blips away and comes running back like "CHECK THAT OUT" and Hammer is like "YOOOOO LET'S DO THAT AGAIN"

[@obiwancannoli1920]

Soma: "Hey Hammer, ya want some...coordinates?"

[@Machpunch2599]

Amazing work! I've been eagerly waiting for this one. Thank you the effort you put in.

[@PhobiaSoft]

🙏

[@SasaLunafey]

I feel happy that I know these glitches because I’m an enjoyer of the speedruns of Aria, where a bunch of these glitches are used in some categories

[@blackdragoncyrus]

I thought this would be a glitch showcase, but it's more like an abridged run of the game with the occasional glitch at the right time of the run.

[@christopherreger9408]

Same here, not what I expected.

[@MerkhVision]

It’s way more entertaining and interesting this way!

[@TheHeartlessAlchemist]

Seriously, the level of SMUG this man has sitting on that chair and sipping wine is out of this world.

[@PhobiaSoft]

😈

[@MerkhVision]

Wine? Or is it… blood!?

[@AudreyII970]

Soma has such a drippy outfit for no reason, I love it and what it implies about Dracula so much lol

[@velvetrosemusic3256]

The Demon Castle War of 1999

[@PhobiaSoft]

Where's my game Konami???

[@yuuhi-0901]

I remember that if you used the flying armor properly, you could get to the clock tower from an early stage even without the glitch. Of course, this route allows you to omit the scene where you meet Julius. (フライングアーマーを上手く利用すれば、早い段階から時計塔に行く事が出来た覚えがあります。このルートではユリウス(ジュリアス)との最初の出会いを省略する事が出来ます。)

[@user-gp2xw1pl9o]

Great, I always like Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.

[@EnderGrad]

1:13 oh my god, that cosplay is so fucking good

[@crzydvd]

I was having issues with the bat zip, because you said bat plus right, but I only had success when I did L+R plus right on the same frame

[@lycadog]

your videos are so good! i love these glitch playthrough videos, they're so interesting. you really deserve more viewers

[@mrslimsify]

I was so happy to see this in my feed! I adore your videos. I cant wait to see more. :)

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

Such a great game, this reminded me of my childhood memories going to school sleepy due to the lack of sleep grinding the game to 100% haha. I hope Netflix adapts this as the ending to the animation series.

[@jeremyabbott4537]

there's a zip you can do at the beginning of the game to skip to the chapel area. There's a room with a cow in it that you can get to using the backdash jump with the Flying Armor soul, and by zipping through the wall it puts you into the chapel. I always ended up near the beginning of the area, but you can end up after the Manticore boss if done properly.

[@PhobiaSoft]

Reaching that room does require grabbing Flying Armor first, because the gap you need to jump is unusually large, but yes, you are correct!

[@AndrewMooreMar]

@@PhobiaSoft You can actually get there with an extremely precise damage boost. Speedrunnerds use it. It's a big pain to perform, but worth checking out.

[@PhobiaSoft]

Yes I know, but as far as I'm aware, only one speedrunner has ever successfully completed the damage-boost. Its both frame and subpixel perfect, and so is considered to be TAS-only by most runners. I wouldn't dare teach it as something possible for a casual player.

[@IllyasArt]

Yay! Always good to see a new video by you :D

[@LATAM_EQUINOX]

My favorite out of all castlevanias, ive beaten it more that a dozen times, it's awesome seeing all the más skips 😅

[@lepetitmapy8635]

Great vid, one of my favorite game of all time ! Can't wait to see what glitch you will use in dawn of sorrow

[@majomaheriose]

It has taken me 20 years, multiple Aria playthroughs and various videos to notice: A. Arikado is how a japanese person would likely pronounce Alucard. B. That's Soul Search on the start of the game. C. Alucard must be losing power with age bc the spell doesn't kill all monsters on screen

[@galaxycraft0075]

5:59 "Don't worry, I'm definitely not trying to absorb all of Dracula's powers. This suit screams 'good guy' [insert evil-nasally laugh]."

[@jbisthedj]

This video rocked, so much effort put in. Awesome stuff, best game ever

[@NikOutchcunis]

Amazing video! Thanks, been having a ton of fun following along with it while playing a new save. I did want to point one thing out, however. In order to do the the Bat Zip successfully (16:15), you have to press L + R + Right at the same time, not just R and Right. I tried this for 20 minutes until I figured this out. Once I did, I was able to complete the zip on the first try every time.

[@PhobiaSoft]

No, L is not necessary. Sounds like you just got a coincidence.

[@slovetro]

I had the same experience as this person. Never got close without L and then got it very quickly every other time with L. Feels very necessary

[@PhobiaSoft]

Hey man, whatever works for you, I'm just saying I didn't use it.

[@KaratechopKarl]

Yup same thing for me played this on gba and was able to get in the wall about 30 % of the time then tried pressing L and at the same time while pressing R then clicking R again after to turn back into a human then down to get into the walls much faster and consistently then never could get the zip till I pressed L and R together and whatever directional button needed at the same time so I was the same way funny enough great vid!

[@KaratechopKarl]

I played along the whole video and the only skip I couldn’t do funny enough was after defeating great armor boss and getting double jump I couldn’t get the skip for the teleport room back to start of castle to get to hammer. Tried numerous times and couldn’t get it so I had to make the walk of shame back to the start instead of teleport

[@kevlarvest7375]

Glad I rewatched your SOTN vid, the ending reminded me to check if you did Aria yet. I almost missed this. And killer shot at 1:15 👍

[@PhobiaSoft]

Glad you found it!

[@kevlarvest7375]

​@@PhobiaSoft And I just pronounce it as "Claim Solas" 👍

[@Siinory]

Man I wanna try the glitches now!

[@steakcrust558]

Easily a new sub for me. This guy is awesome

[@leonifrancopaz9230]

As soon as I saw Aria of Sorrow I got excited to watch this video.

[@Gossendreck]

The quality content this platform needs. Keep it up.

[@AlejandroKar98k]

this game is timeless

[@ticcirodgers1111]

Best castlevania imo I love this game with all my heart

[@MaximusPrimusKay]

Loved this. Here's hoping you someday do Harmony of Dissonance as well.

[@no_cold2435]

Best video you've ever produced

[@Agent.RoboGamo]

Did the money glitch thanks so much

[@chaossnowkitsune6377]

Not sure if someone mentioned it, but you actually don't need those three souls equipped when you beat Graham. Only when you beat his first form. Possibly as you start the battle as well, but I am unsure. I personally like to just have them on the whole fight just so I don't have to switch souls mid fight, but if you want something better to use for the second form then you can. Not exactly important to the video, but just thought I should mention

[@JohnnyQuaykersBelmont]

Great video!

[@trafalgar47official66]

11:05 didn't know that Another time to play Aria I guess

[@rompevuevitos222]

Your position in time space is apparently worth 32K gold pieces

[@liljon042]

I'd sell my x and y position for 32k, tbh

[@iMakz07]

Great work

[@ivorymask2599]

i burst out laughing when he sold Soma's coordinates

[@freedomxi]

Damn another day another banger, can't wait for Dawn of Sorrow video !!

[@yoso378]

It's so funny how simple it is to mess with the memory addresses for infinite money. I'm used to seeing glitch videos that do the same thing requiring you to count to like 124 and navigating menus offscreen.

[@thatonemeganium]

Great game with even greater glitches.

[@LOLMGS]

Thank you for this Haloween special. I shall now wait for thr Metroid Zero Misaion video

[@PhobiaSoft]

Its already on the list!

[@LOLMGS]

@@PhobiaSoft you meam zero mission is on your to do list?

[@nelisezpasce]

This vid has all the elements of a modern classic!

[@Laglordjuan363]

After I got the Solais I did the bat trick (I don't plan to go to the chaotic realm ) next to the room with a sword I went to the corner and did the bat trick and I found a bunch of glitched rooms I don't know what they are but some of them are boss rooms(without bosses)

[@saschaberger3212]

Woa what a gem channel. Glad i found this. / Those skips are waaaay to convenient xD

[@binarievision797]

Masterclass

[@gabrielaragon9562]

Destroying caos using absolute caos

[@DarkReaperK97]

Bro I loved this game. Great video altough I would've appreciated if you showed me that infinite money glitch 20 years ago...

[@PhobiaSoft]

The worst part is when you find out that the Luck stat is broken in this game, and farming all of that money to buy the ring from Hammer that supposedly makes Souls more likely to drop, doesn't even work...

[@tiocefinho9996]

New sub Greetings from colombia bro

[@bajgon]

yet great armor , by crouching in front of its feet, baselard would take him out faster at least

[@Nirakolov]

The zips in this game have a bizarre serendipity.

[@Chiggs]

I'm playing through this game right now and stumbled on your video. First off, what a great channel...I think it's got a bright future. Secondly, that money glitch is a thing of beauty. That 300k Soul Eater ring isn't so unobtainable now.

[@PhobiaSoft]

Don't waste your money. There's a bug with the Luck stat and the ring doesn't even work lol

[@Chiggs]

@@PhobiaSoftThat’s hilarious!

[@user-ve1oh9oo6w]

@@Chiggs The Rare Ring and Soul Eater Ring do work, the luck stat is bugged but the effects of the 2 rings are separate from the luck stat Also another way to get a lot of money in game without glitches is to have the Mimic soul and constantly take damage from Clock Tower spikes, then use save points to heal.

[@Chiggs]

@@user-ve1oh9oo6w Thanks!

[@silviokek]

I hope you'll do one for Order of Ecclesia too after Dawn of Sorrow

[@jamontoast]

hehehe i subbed to you just yesterday after replaying sotn and hearing your comment at the end of that about doing this next year and here we are

[@PhobiaSoft]

Wow, great timing!

[@jamontoast]

@@PhobiaSoft and now i shall return to my slumber and await next year's dawn video.... mwahahahaha.....

[@MVegetto1]

This is my favorite Castlevania

[@TheTolnoc]

I did not know you could wall zip with Rush souls like that.

[@PhobiaSoft]

As far as I know, its only in that one spot

[@lunatic7232]

Can't wait dawn of sorrow video

[@rpghero46]

your cosplay was sick bro

[@PhobiaSoft]

Cheers mate, I did one for Dracula in Symphony of the Night as well 😁

[@slovetro]

I can't get the julius skip. I'm using a save state when he's standing in the wall and I've already tried it 50 times. Nowhere up the wall seems to work. Awesome video by the way. Any advice?

[@dragonmaster613]

fun fact: claimh solais is based on the Claíomh Solais (sword of Light) wielded by Nuadha Silverhand of Celtic Mythology ([K]eltic, not [S]eltic)

[@8itesize]

10:21 & 10:33 was about to leave a comment about just jumping but lmao.

[@whereisspacebar2991]

Shout-out to KZbin for not putting this video in my subscriptions. At least I found it now.

[@yuumijungle548]

its crazy how good that game was for its time, better than alot of ds games. this game makes the other gba castlevanias like circle of the moon and harmony of dissonance look so bad, even tho they look and play like normal gba games, aria is just on another level.

[@lapistmacir1014]

I think Death's Scythe has higher damage but yeah Claim is the best sword for the most part.

[@user-ve1oh9oo6w]

It gives higher damage, but is Dark element which a lot of enemies are resistant to while the Claimh is Holy, which many enemies are weak to. Also the Death’s Scythe is Hard Mode exclusive

[@cslwii64]

Do dawn of sorrow glitches vid plss

[@lagrush9039]

I'm looking forward to the dawn of sorrow video.

[@SaltPileMan]

Selling hammer's eyebrows to himself

[@WingedPSN]

What .. a .. ..wonderful .. .. night .. . to .. have . ..a glitch.

[@Laglordjuan363]

Can do glitches from castlevania harmony of dissonance

[@ryla22]

Im gonna go play this

[@ryla22]

Nvm I only have dawn of sorrow. I mixed them up. I'm going to go buy this

[@ryla22]

Pice of carp psstore won't let me buy xit

[@Ghalaghor_McAllistor]

It just works.

[@RedYellowBird6889]

This should be a fun time.

[@danfusco5464]

The money glitch is great. Same for the health potions. Any body have an issue getting the black panther ability...... I dsnt show up after I beat Graham.

[@jimmyclimer594]

Ok bat zip is press L and R and the opposite direction of the wall your in.

[@supersayainasriel6745]

Was that displate add using scoobydoo night of a 100 frights music?

[@PhobiaSoft]

Nah its Banjo-Kazooie lol

[@ADAHANDLER]

Nice

[@RxAxIxNxBxOxW]

Great video and all but... What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets?

[@KarmaJolt]

I love you.

[@PhobiaSoft]

😂

[@novelezra]

That's not a cow, that's a bull.

[@vidividivicious]

What I really need to know is where you got the white coat

[@PhobiaSoft]

Let me tell you, it took some SEARCHING

[@vidividivicious]

@@PhobiaSoft I've also been looking, but everything so far looks bad quality

[@tamriel8915]

Let's go!

[@HellfireEternal]

Just curious how you are supposed to know which souls to equip to get to chaos? Seems oddly specific. Does an NPC hint to it somehow? I know I beat this game but I can't remember if I got the true ending or not. I know I was using GameFAQS for hints so I'm sure I looked that up too but it was years ago. Can't remember well. I beat the DS one with Soma first and had so much fun with it. when I found out there was another game with Soma I went to GameStop and picked it up. Eventually I beat Portrait Of Ruin as well but I don't think Order of Ecclesia was out yet. Soma's soul collecting was so much fun I 100%'d the DS one, even that one demon at the bottom of the map with the ridiculously low drop rate, that took forever but I still got it. Didn't enjoy Portrait as much but still a great Castlevania game.

[@PhobiaSoft]

There are three books hidden in the game that tell you one Soul each. I happenstantially picked one up leaving the Forbidden Area in the video because it was in the way lol

[@HellfireEternal]

@@PhobiaSoft Thanks for replying! I recently watched a video from Dr4gonBlitz, a top Symphony of the night runner, reacting to the world record of this game and they mentioned those books but I just thought they were a key item or something. Now it all makes sense!

[@fridgewheatfield]

Ive never seen this game. It looks really fun and i kinda wanna try it. Plus Soma is peak character design.

[@PhobiaSoft]

The Switch port of the Castlevania: Advance Collection is kinda the best way to play it too

[@hankstockman]

Play Metroid Fusion it is better.

[@fridgewheatfield]

@@hankstockman weird to assume i havent but ok 😐

[@carlossamaniego8470]

I can't bat zip 😢 i tried a lot

[@KinzieK]

Me when my Castlevania performs an Aria of Sorrow (idk I never played the game but excellently shot and made video as usual.)

[@majomaheriose]

Me watching this solely to learn shoo glitch, because holy f*ck the soul eater ring is expensive

[@PhobiaSoft]

Don't bother, the ring is broken 🥲

[@vampiretrunks]

This was a great video, very well made! And I loved the cosplay, looked great. Very sexy 🥰

[@masonshucart7055]

I've played aria a ton of times and still can't see Soma's outfit as anything but a lab coat.

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

Okay now I have to reply aria

[@plabcentral630]

I swear tomorrow, someone could discover a glitch in any of the og Metroidvanias and say something like “I found big bingus sitting outside the map, all you have to do is a triple maxim wrong warp and do 8 shoryuken inputs and then you get there.”

[@BowsettesFury]

Now if only Konami would pull their head out of their æ$$ and bring SOTN (PS & Dreamcast) to the Switch. But I guess that just makes to much damn sense.

[@vegeta4882]

30 minutes 💀