SGB Smackdown Sunday: Castlevania Judgment (Round 2)

[@Ultrapyre]

That Dracula vs Dracula fight has to be the most carefree battle I have ever seen xD

[@smugsneasel]

That Dracula vs Dracula battle can be summed up as such "Teleportation yeah! Shabbidy-Knack-Knack!"

[@CrimsonMoonM]

Whenever I hear the word "Megido" I can't help but think of Shin Megami Tensei.

[@TheKnightswhoplaywii]

Same here.

[@ProfessM]

I wish Johnny had edited in the teleport sound from the Zelda cartoon for the Dracula vs Dracula match.

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

Elliot had 6 hours of free time? Sounds like my life.

[@ZeroKnight95]

LOL The Dracula fight was pretty funny. I also love the fact that Matt said Johnny's ending quote. Now I want Elliot to say it.

[@StrikeTeam99]

4:53 cool a castlevania curse of darkness reference. I probably would buy this just for little things like that and I have a ds and order of eclesia. Also have no clue why but this is my favorite sgb commentary during a game so far.

[@TheKnightswhoplaywii]

The green and purple flames are customization-based versions of the two normal palettes, you can have some pretty hilarious customization ideas, and if you combine certain parts with Aeon's second palette he looks like Saint Germain from Curse of Darkness.

[@SirKnightSurefireTactics]

So here is a good question for discussion, Which incarnation of Dracula would beat out the others in terms of abilities that he possesses?

[@GameMaster-ig8oo]

Indeed. I agree. To bad he ain't playable in this game.

[@ZeXo519]

Dracula needs to step up his skill list, my Trumpeter uses Megidolaon while old-man Drac still uses Megido.

[@contrrob]

My Yoshistune knows Hassou Tobi and Debilitate.

[@PixiePulse_]

"I'm John" "Me too..." Confirmed Elliot is an inferior clone. Also, I hope you guys stream some Smash Run at some point. That'd be fun to watch.

[@Nerom99]

I kinda like the nun design for Shanoa, but that might simply be because it reminds of the disguise Bayonetta uses.

[@dracula103192]

The third and fourth costumes are for the customizable ones. Yes you can customize to a degree. Basically you can have Dracula in a disco lazer thing.

[@CobaltGale]

The reason for why the alternate costumes look the same is because you can get cosmetic items. So, if you want a color palette to be normal, but you also want to add a few things like a top hat or a monocle, well...There you go. :D

[@Machinany]

Thanks for the vid guys. You clearly suffered for your craft in this one. Hope the next Smackdown Sunday has you guys actually enjoying the game.

[@CaptainL95]

I think the purpose of the 3rd and 4th alternate outfits is for accessories. You can add accessories to your fighters, and I think those are where they'd show up. Maybe, I don't play this game often.

[@TH3DARKSHAD0WPR0DUCT]

Anyone know the name of the song playing during the first fight, sounds familiar and I can't remember why

[@keybladeaprentice]

green and purple are customized outfits that u can put accessories on the characters. I gave Dracula a top hat and sunglasses and made him a pimp XD

[@HubPie3]

Dracula battle, huh? If only Bela Luigosi and Christopher Lee were here instead. I think the idea of making a 3D Castlevania game with these controls could work, but in a fighting game, fuck that shit.

[@AlluMan96]

Hmmm... Naah! Lee's reluctance towards the role shows greatly in the sequels & Lugosi Dracula would mop the floor with that incarnation any day. How about Bela Lugosi vs Carlos villarías!? Now *there's* a true titanic duel of evenly matched Draculas.

[@HubPie3]

Ahh... the Spanish Dracula... what was I thinking?

[@Ravenforce3]

Nobody expects the Spanish Dracula!

[@Horrorfreak106]

You forgot to mention Gary Oldman as Dracula.

[@AlluMan96]

Horrorfreak106 I've actually never seen the Coppola Dracula movie. Yeah, and I call myself a horror fanatic with that in mind. It just never came to mind.

[@forgemindbodysoul]

I have to say, I do like Cornell's design.

[@kevinfrontz5691]

One funny thing if you select Maria in either the main story or vs. mode and fight Sypha Belnades or Carmilla, she comments on how big their chests are. Don't know why they did that.

[@JoeBobWhitney2012]

9:55 Pyrrha from SoulCalibur V in a nutshell. Until she becomes Pyrrha Ω.

[@ReyXander]

wait! In the last stage they went to (castle gates I beleve) was that the fist the skeleton diver rides on in curse of darkness?

[@EclipsisTenebris]

Green and purple outfits are customizable outfits Green is the customized version of the first one and the purple being the customized outfit of the alternate.

[@RadiShineAmigo]

Aside from Dracula this game looks pretty good or at least interesting. May give it a shot sometime :)

[@ShadyKnight9]

One thing that bothers me about Maria is that her special, those stars and jack o' lanterns when she hits, and the cartoon sound effects are supposed to be there for humor, but it just doesn't work with the art style and the utterly expressionless models.

[@MsDAmusic]

Doens't the control and camera angel remind of dissidia?

[@bmsman816]

Demonic Megido.... Is anyone else getting Persona/SMT vibes from that?

[@belmontking12]

The last two costumes are for custom makings like a hat or something

[@mlpfanboy1701]

There is one character im a bit pissed they excluded: soma cruz.

[@CrazyFoo501]

I don't remember Dracula doing all that shit in that in Bram Stoker's book I've been lied to my whole life!

[@gameshock2916]

I wish SGB did a let's play on all three Castlevania Lords Of Shadow games.

[@ridleylegassy]

Patrick Seitz voices Dracula here. He later went on to voice Dio from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, a vampire 🤔

[@Sonicserge]

this game looks fun to play imo but maybe I would have to play it for myself to see since they keep saying how bad it is

[@MrCJHardcore]

So now Elliot has claimed victory for Tetris Plug 'n' Play, Godzilla: Save the Earth, Bust a Move 4 (I think it was 4), and now Castlvania Judgment (Round 2). What's the significance? I don't know...

[@TheInfamousGS]

well this came sooner than expected

[@TheTsugnawmi2010]

So...unlocking the "true ending" is on some Shadow the Hedgehog type BS?

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

At least it's just a fighting game's story mode instead of insanely long and tedious Sonic levels. So, a story mode run should only take 5-10 minutes max. So, about 4 hours or so and you're done.

[@MrGamernova]

UltimaKeyMaster It's not the levels, it's what you had to do in them. For instance, imagine if you had to collect a some amount of things before/instead of beating the other character to branch out.

[@GameMaster-ig8oo]

Were's Soma?

[@587DeathKing]

Man I remember how horrible it was fighting Dracula, bitch slaps all the time. Aeon was my favorite character to use

[@TheTsugnawmi2010]

5:40 Wait a minute! .....THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORLD-OOOOOOO!!!

[@YuukitheMighty1]

Worst cry ever, Alucard sounds like a dying wolf.

[@Protagulous]

Sup Johnny, its me Boy! Nice vid.

[@SouthSun89]

They actually came back to this game? But still no Halo or Tekken Tag Tournament...interesting.

[@mechashadow]

They to tend to come back to games within a recent timespan but I suspect this time was to actually to get it over with. But man do I love a good standard 20 min Smackdown Sunday, gives my teeth something good to sink into...

[@SouthSun89]

Yeah I know, but I just can't wait until they eventually get to those games. Just hours spent with me & my friends playing those games...good times.

[@unova1995]

Halo with only 3 players?

[@DuelaDent52]

For all that's clunkiness, I have a sizeable soft spot for this game (whether that be the wacky designs, the characters and their interactions with each other, the stages, the music, etc.).

[@nicktoons125]

Is Smackdown Sunday ever continue?

[@Saroth911]

So, Is this game worth buying, because I'm castlevania fan and I have problems with fighting games :D

[@SuperCLicious]

So are you going to give Super Smash Bros. for 3DS a Smackdown Sunday, a let's play, or both? (I'm assuming it's getting a let's play eventually since all four of you have it but i'm talking more in the next couple of weeks).

[@VulxaniSolas]

Huh... it could be better, but it's not terrible.

[@MarioandSonic13]

20:41 Johnny vs Johnny

[@SailorStarHero]

Castlevania Judgment, this soon ?

[@papershadow]

I could kinda see this game as a Dynasty Warriors style Hack-and-Slash game, seeing as they managed to make a decent one out of characters like Darunia, Ruto and Midna in Hyrule Warriors. The problem isn't that this game controls terribly period, it's that it controls terribly as a fighting game with the mechanics like the 3D movement and camera.

[@JamesmanXtreme]

Wow, I'm actually rather surprised you guys went and did this for a 2nd Time in the first place. I mean given the first terrible impressions I figured you guys wouldn't want to play it again even for the characters you initially missed. xD; Oh well, much like I may have said in the previous video (or maybe I didn't, my memory's a tad fuzzy), I whole-heartedly agree with all the criticism you all gave for this game. It's a stinker through and through, and I feel pretty lame for being like Elliot and wasting so many hours on this game all those years ago. ;; In any case, with this shit down the drain, it's time you guys put your focuses on something we all have been clamoring for since 2013! 3DS' up mentlegen ~

[@onesonicguy]

Thank God you guys are never going to touch this game again. At the very least, Aeon's pretty cool. Characters with time powers always get a plus in my book. Actual now that I think about it, that would explain why Luxord's my favorite Organization XIII member...

[@TheTsugnawmi2010]

9:00 Black MirageGaogamon?

[@crimsonspirit3036]

It seems that Thomas was actually working with Kurata the whole time.

[@sethwarrior9719]

who is cornell? cant remember him

[@YourFavoriteDakimakura]

He's from one of the 64 games.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Darkstar Legacy of Darkness...which is basically the same N64 game as the first one, just with Cornell and some other character's stories added to it. Almost like saying "Hey, thanks for beta testing our first 3D game, now buy it twice with added features!"

[@sethwarrior9719]

oh yeah i forgot about that game

[@shawnfields266]

Seth Warrior the blue haired werewolf dude from the sequel to the n64 Castlevania game, and the star of that game, which was called Legacy Of Darkness.

[@lasselarsen1365]

wait... Elliot beat the game 26 times in 6 hours? jesus tht is a short game then

[@NaiblistheCurious1]

I wanted to see Death's special.

[@AstralMuffin105]

That's what KZbin is for, friend. :P

[@DataDrain02]

I thought Dracula was bottom tier, because of how slow he was? Eh, maybe I heard wrong....

[@leon2550]

he's slow, but his insane power more than makes up for it. he's a power house, like ganondorf from smash

[@shmurdy]

leon2550 but good :p according to the tier list anyways. gannon isn't that bad out of competitiveness and is quite good for casual's or begginers.

[@leon2550]

Minimu5e yeah, i can have plenty of fun with ganondorf.

[@prosecutorzero1989]

This game has a tier list? Castlevania Judgement for EVO plz

[@shmurdy]

***** like i said, i do believe in tiers (at least for popular games like smash) except if your not a pro those tier lists won't mean much. for example, ice climbers are ass for those who can't chain grab in a competitive fight. if your a beginner you might think that gannon is super good because everyone runs into your neutral B.

[@SplashPhantom]

The only redeeming quality this game has is the music. So... Get the soundtrack and throw this miserable little pile of sh... I mean secrets, in the garbage. Judgment doesn't belong in this world and mankind ill needs a game like this one. But enough talk! On to the next vid with these fine gentlemen. Have at you, SGB!

[@okagron]

Yup, camera in this game looks like it sucks balls and camera is one of the most important things to get right in a fighting game.

[@ngchloe4877]

actually you should only need to play 25 times through the story. 2 times for everyone except Aeon

[@chicktapus463]

Aeon! ZA WARUDO

[@lectordreadwood9255]

I think Shanoa is the only one who sounds like they give a shit because she was the only character who was voiced by veteran voice actor Michelle Ruff reprises her role as Shanoa which tells me that it's hard for a veteran voice actor to turn off all their years of experience unless the don't care about the character they're portaying or they're given a bad script to work with given that yeah Shonoa isn't hard for Michelle to do considering it's just her Rukia voice being applied to an adult women but still my point stands

[@AstralMuffin105]

Not really a fair thing to say, because Alucard is voiced by Yuri Lowanthal, who is a pretty big name voice actor in the anime and video game world. But he sounded like he didn't give a shit here and was being lazy about it. xD

[@lectordreadwood9255]

AstralMuffin105 fair point

[@chriskoloski32]

Castlevania Warriors! Koei tecmo can pull it off if they can make one piece almost look like a watchable show

[@YourFavoriteDakimakura]

LOL at anyone who hates One Piece.

[@jurfrokstar]

One Piece is watchable? Is it anywhere near endable?

[@dracula103192]

jurfrokstar From what i heard... there only HALFWAY done...

[@KyanbuXM]

dracula103192 yup and you can thank executive meddling and it getting popular for that. It was originally only going to be 400 chapters long since oda planned out pretty much 90% of the story ahead of time.

[@KyanbuXM]

One Peace is a good manga despite the art style. And trust me the 4kids dub is completely different from the actual anime and the eventual redub. But to each their own, if you don't like that's fine. That aside, Castlevania Warriors would be the most amazing DW style ideas ever. So long as they keep the original designs and just update them. There's also a very unique way they could spin it to make it feel different from DW while staying close to its CV routes.

[@EdmacZ]

Thank you SGB for tolerating this terrible fighter to show us, so we don't have to do it ourselves. Bad artstyle, bad presentation, bad gameplay, just bad everything.

[@luckyducky7819]

+EdmacZ I actually have this game. I didn't think it was all that bad. Maybe it was because I always had someone to play it with.

[@stevencollinscollins9084]

+Lucky Ducky who is your main mine is grant

[@luckyducky7819]

Steven Collins Collins I played Alucard the most.

[@stevencollinscollins9084]

+Lucky Ducky dracula was a pain in my dick

[@jdscanvas21]

+EdmacZ The art style's not BAD...it's just unfitting. I don't think Takeshi Obata's art style works for Castlevania.

[@LucidPhoton]

I'm sorry.. this don't look like Smash Bros 3DS......

[@cstead3043]

Looks like a good fighting game, but with the hell you have to go through to unlock everything makes it seem very "meh" to pick up and play. I give this game a 5.0 out of 10. I think Konami should stick to the Castlevania formula that Symphony of the Night brought to the table or do with Koei did with Hyrule Warriors and make it a Dynasty Warriors style game with RPG elements.

[@KyanbuXM]

Seeing this makes me long for a good CV 3D game with good platforming and exploration in addition to a decent combat system that doesn't turn most enemies into sponges. But sadly Konami buried this franchise in their backyard. Los2 while not a bad game, wasn't a great note to end a franchise on.

[@patrickmcdowell9993]

I had fun with this game and I honestly sort of master it I knew how to pull off the special moves that required charge and everything you had to look at the guide the game gives you when you pause it and because your kinda just button mashing and using the same move over and over again not really understanding what your doing of course it'll probably be boring or you won't like it. It's honestly not that bad of a game.

[@Kapenguin448]

I never dug the anime art style that Castlevania adopted. Worked better as a throwback to classic horror movie icons if you ask me. I dunno.

[@gespenstmk-iii111]

Aeon stops time and then throws multiple knives at someone. HM. Sure sounds like a certain gay vampire I know.

[@RayloTheGamer]

You thought it was Aeon but it was I, Dio!

[@rangersandriders8803]

+Raylo GameMaster your belmont training avails you nothing ITS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELLLEEEESSSS!!

[@MrETV20]

alucard came across as a very ... beautiful MANLY man! not...that

[@TheGundamDude8045]

Smash Bros 3DS Smackdown would've been fun to see instead of this....

[@V-Jes]

not really because smash is boring to watch

[@SonicmaniaVideos]

They have Smash Bros Saturdays or a reason...so seeing Smash 3DS here would've not been better to see.

[@ngchloe4877]

review this game johnny

[@esper4605]

>not smash 4

[@TheKnightswhoplaywii]

I hate Alucard's voice in this game... Maybe the narmy voice acting from Symphony of the Night would work better?

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

It's Yuri Lowenthal, who went on to re-dub Symphony of the Night for The Dracula X Chronicles and later Harmony of Despair. So if we ever need a non-Lords of Shadow Alucard again, I think you're stuck with him. =P

[@TheKnightswhoplaywii]

I have nothing against Yuri Lowenthal, it's just the way he did Alucard doesn't sound right...

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

TheKnightswhoplaywii I can get that. His original voice was supremely badass, even with the awkward script the PS1 version had. At the very least, the XBLA/PSN version is the PS1 original, so having a modern-console original Symphony is still possible.

[@UDPlaythroughs1990]

Fore

[@willy24able]

Never thought SBG have to do Round 2 of this GODAWFUL SPINOFF OF A CASTLEVANIA GAME! UGH! SUCH A DISGUSTING GAME! Here are the list of why the game was such a disaster it made the Castlevania franchise ruined(Or as I liked to say "Undead") since it was Koji Igarashi's biggest Castlevania mistake he has ever made. 1. Having to beat this game with all 13 characters(Except Aeon which in my opinion was the most overrated Castlevania character I've ever seen. I'm not kidding since the game is already so abysmal he doesn't deserve any praise whatsoever!) & beating the game the 2nd time with all 13 characters to get each character's true ending & unlock Aeon WHICH IS A BULLSHIT, STUPID, ASININE, REDUNDANT METHOD OF PADDING! ONE OF THE WORST PADDING EVER! 2. The camera sucks dick which ruins the fighting experience 3. THE PUTRID ART STYLE THAT RUINS SOME OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS OF THE FRANCHISE ESPECIALLY THE GRIM REAPER'S RIDICULOUS DESIGN(Especially since his skull face extends from his humanoid body)! 4. The finishers that take too unnecessary long & it's so PAINFUL TO WATCH! 5. Worst voice acting & worst dialog of all Castlevania games(Yes! Even worst than the dubbing of SOTN) especially for what the game have done to my favorite characters of the franchise due to the game being rushed so badly(Similar to Sonic 06). 6. THE STUPIDASS PORTRAYAL OF SOME CHARACTERS ESPECIALLY ERIC(For making him the cocky self-centered 15-year old boy) & INFAMOUSLY MARIA RENARD(By giving her the obsession of big boobs. THIS REALLY MAKES ME VOMIT ALOT!) 7. The stage design is such a mess which makes them not fun(Especially the clock tower) 8. Frustrating learning curve(Unlike most popular fighting games) 9. The incomplete functionality(Especially the loading of characters selection & the infamous dialog lag of conversation between characters which is painful) 10. Pointless collecting 11. The story is not only repetitive, but also it's time-traveling concept being poorly executed(Similar to Sonic 06). 12. Unbalanced roster with the worst goes to Maria 13. The Physics quality doesn't compare to the Power Stone games 14. Poorly executed fighting gameplay mechanics 15. The Gamecube control scheme works, but other control scheme sucks 16. Bland visual presentation that pales in comparison of other popular fighting games or even Castlevania games 17. The challenge(Especially Castle Mode) is tiring, monotonous, & boring. 18. TIME REAPER IS SO FREAKING CHEAP! 19. Worthless rewards due to the fact that almost all of them are just bragging rights which is why the reply value is just plain pitifully HEINOUS! This game is just horribifuckus! It's what I call one of the worst incompetent & embarrassing games I've ever seen(Being straight up there with Castlevania 64 games, Megaman X7, Megaman Xover, Shadow the Hedgehog, the infamous Sonic 06, Secret Rings, Werehog, Black Knight, Sonic Boom games, Metroid Other M, Metroid Prime Federation Force, & the Nintendo CD-I games.) it destroyed the Castlevania franchise's glory & set the tone for the inferior Lords of Shadows series(Not counting Adventure Rebirth or Harmony of Despair). It deserve to be in the Hall of Shame in video game history since it gets the recognition it deserved(Metacritic=49 & Gamerankings=51.59%). TAKE NOTES, CHAOS THEATRE COMMUNITY(Especially Quarter Guy, Green Scorpion, MaverickHunterZero75, Wiidude83Rebirth, ZMurcielago, & ObsidiusFan. ALL OF YOU!)!

[@willy24able]

***** The Green Scorpion ***** ***** ZMurcielago ***** Because of your incompetent bias opinion on Judgment, it's easy to see why I prefer Somecallmejohnny's community over your own!

[@SoraCloud_2708]

Say John you guys should check out Dissidia Final Fantasy it plays alot better than this

[@Grimshuck]

God this game is terrible. What were they thinking? My biggest gripe with it is the character designs. Fucking awful.

[@derpymooseplays677]

christ, this game fucking sucks. I'm sorry that you guys had to suffer through playing this game

[@SwordgunnerM92]

wow, this game is just terrible