Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - No Hit Speedrun

[@JupiterClimb]

No Hit Challenge Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL5SwsDGcTXkz-EJzeF2omOqw_5nbYrkeo **FAQ** -What is that humming sound? That is the sound of my laptop dying. It's dead now, I have a new one. I would like to thank my PC for years of excellent performance. Please imagine this run being played on a very loud CRT. -What are the rules? Played on Vampire Killer mode (the default class). No glitches allowed. No skips allowed. Pause buffering to avoid attacks is banned. Cleared in a single segment. -What counts as a "hit"? I cannot take damage or run into an enemy. I was actually allowing Neptune card combinations (while active, Nathan can absorb damage of a certain element), but in this run they happened to be unnecessary. I farmed Cockatrice to absorb the Dracula 2 meteor attack, but instead I got lasers. Lucky! -Why isn't your HP at max? Level-ups do not restore HP in Circle of the Moon. -Why play on JPN? The Japanese version of Circle is easier. Nathan gains levels more quickly than in the international release. -Is this the hardest Metroidvania No-Hit run to complete in the series? Great question! Yes!! By a mile!!! -Streamer you actually got hit at [timecode]?? Please let me know if I took damage somewhere! I rewatched this a couple times to make sure, but it's easy to overlook damage taken while Nathan is grounded.

[@BoltTheEmolga]

Maybe add “why Japanese”?

[@DireBowser]

@@BoltTheEmolga Japanese text is usually faster than other languages. Lots of speedruns use it in many different games.

[@BoltTheEmolga]

@@DireBowser I knew the reason, and it actually has nothing to do with text speed, see what FAQ says - I was just suggesting to add to it

[@mirkwood579]

Great job! Very clean run, even with some close calls. I was very impressed with the Zombie Dragons fight, using the poison whip as an umbrella for the falling rocks was a very clever solution. I was also reminded how much I like Circle's final Dracula fight theme- It's a good melody.

[@JupiterClimb]

For posterity's sake, I want to mention the Mercury + Manticore strat for Dragon Zombies was found by Alundra. It was a community effort to discover some way to block the ceiling attack consistently, since all the obvious options (shields, spin whip) proved unreliable.

[@nicoloenricorimoldi7425]

Yes, as much as one could complain about the final boss, its theme is the one thing that can’t be criticised.

[@BoltTheEmolga]

Alundra carried like half the run’s strats imo

[@JCPRuckus]

A country mile is "longer" because the roads aren't straight. It's basically the companion idea to "as the crow flies". The crow flies straight to something a mile away, and you walk a country mile following the road, which meanders as the landscape dictates.

[@DemoniteBL]

Underrated game and underrated challenge video. This is impressive.

[@27altoids]

What a seriously impressive achievement. I’ve always loved this Castlevania for the challenge it puts out and you made it look like it was nothing. (I’m still amazed at that twin dragon fight.) Phenomenal work, sir. Looking forward to more on this channel!

[@typohnebart]

Congratulations Jup! Unfortunately I can't visit your stream regularly because timezones and so on. Thrilled to see this video

[@AndrewMooreMar]

Congrats once again on this huge achievement! This run is one I'll come back to many times in the future. Favourite Castlevania game, and favourite Castlevania streamer! I still can't get over the fact that the poison hat works as good as it does. It looked so goofy!

[@OthmaneHniad]

Outstanding ! When you start getting those mini-heartattacks in those clutch whiffs and then JC being like yeet yeet yeet all over the place while you there wondering how he got out of that situation ... yea that's a whole other level of mastery ... great run and hea holds way more weight than a refular speedrun or a rando 💪🏻💪🏻

[@VulxaniSolas]

Using the Poison Mist DSS, you can actually stand on the middle platform during the camilla boss fight, and not only be completely safe from all attacks, but the mist will also hit her as she passes by. It's slow, but it's one of the only fights in this game that can be cheesed without using summons.

[@TylerVanCleve]

I was watching this stream for the beginning and end of this run, glad I can see all the middle parts I missed

[@phantasm1234]

Could there be a Beartank challenge? Trying to beat a boss or two as the bear?

[@Skooma_Detox]

Congrats Jup! I caught this one live and it was a nail biter!

[@MagicMikeXx]

Jesus Jupiterclimb, you're a beast in this game!

[@Rainbopagn]

I wish I hadn’t missed this live! Congrats Jup!

[@BoltTheEmolga]

i w a s t h e r e (until the last split 😭) Can’t wait for the Harmony runs (I edited once you pinned FAQ like a dummy and lost Jup’s heart, everyone come point and laugh at me)

[@TetrisMaster512]

35:13 I believe you can also get to the truck by whiting out on the SS Anne to prevent it from sailing away, then coming back to it later after acquiring the surf HM. Pretty sure that's how I got to it, at least. Anyway, I don't recall much discussion of Pokemon rumors with other kids back in the day, but I remember reading a lot of them online, like the whole Pokegods thing, where you'd do some convoluted/repetitive action to supposedly get some secret, super powerful mon, like I seem to recall at least a couple where you had to so something like talk to the TM girl on the top of the department store 100+ times until she gets annoyed with you and gives you a pikablu. Those were the good ol' days.

[@pehhii]

Another one under the belt. What a run!

[@RYM-hy8ho]

Congratulations 🙌🏻❤🤯🤯🥳🥳

[@ClexYoshi]

You don't need to save frames IRL. Take care of yourself, so that you can be at the peak of your game when you DO come back from breaks. Also, I got a commission a couple of years back to have my dumb Sonic OC modded into Sonic Adventure 2 and I love it SO much.

[@diegoaguilar1954]

23:09 “Bamboo sword is pretty good” What? Is there gonna be a bamboo sword rom hack for Aria that will be similar to the Nebula hack for Dawn?

[@BoltTheEmolga]

That was a comment in chat that Jup read out, not Jup’s opinion

[@smcwainjr]

In the og pokemon games.... I ask people if they have ever heard of the coffee break cheat and no one has heard of it.

[@DarkVaati13]

I'm sure it would be better to suggest on stream, but a cool Circle of the Moon run could be "One Attribute Card Only". Like you can use any of the Action Cards, but you could only use like Golem combos for example.

[@fable23]

GGs my man. No Hit Battle Arena when?

[@HashBandicoot356]

Great game. Underrated, especially the newer release on consoles that fixes the too main issues (too dark, small res).

[@HarbingerYT]

I always thought that Axe would be better for Zombie Dragons, rather than Cross.

[@Franchoancho]

Amazing Run. Outstanding! The only thing i mess is the in game volumen due to the amazing castlevania tunes and effects. Specially in this game By the way, the best GBA Castlevania in my opinion. And maybe one of the best ever

[@wallacesousuke1433]

" the best GBA Castlevania in my opinion. And maybe one of the best ever" LMFAO

[@badacid8685]

Very nice dragon zombie fight

[@gregoryderpwrld111]

I know this video is really old, but Streamurr (JupiterClimb), please don’t stretch yourself by only taking 4 minute breaks Take like, 6 minute breaks instead, I need your Castlevania content

[@movezig5]

The reason you fail Security Hall after 5 minutes is because that's the time Dr. Eggman told Shadow to set the bombs for. At the beginning of the mission, he specifically says "set the timer for 15 minutes." So taking even a second longer than 5 minutes will result in death when the bombs go off. Realistically, the player should really have _less_ than 5 minutes, since that time doesn't take into account the time it would take for Rouge to make her escape.

[@NoctisVigil]

Amazing run. Very impressive. No hit glitchless completionist when? XD

[@jorgetboo]

Awesome game, then and now. That thing you said about making break short, are you trying to speedrun break?

[@ave2086]

Wait ? What's that roof skeleton you're talking about ? I couldn't find anything on google

[@Ace_The_Espy]

i was there for like the last 2 hours of the stream. i felt my heart sank a few times for some of the attacks that almost hit. (edit) i was also the one asking about if the randomizer worked with the aria roguelike

[@Gensolink]

I don't mind skipping out on some uploads I'm a berzerk fan so that's basically nothing :)

[@sigmaklim2532]

No way. He’s really done it.

[@LionmanCF]

Congrats for the no hit run!

[@mannyb460]

Unfortunately rouge needed to also fight flying dog and thus wouldn’t have enough time to do both… probably

[@RyujiRoyalSkull]

Oh hey you did it!

[@germanoschefo]

was that the run from yesterday i missed while sleeping?

[@wygolvillage2637]

This is awesome.

[@_JPkun]

What you mean shorter breaks!? Your health in first place man. Chat knows that.

[@TheDanchickPro]

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[@wallacesousuke1433]

All that talk about Sonic... bruh, how can anyone like trash like that entire franchise? Nostalgia is a helluva drug