Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon - Boss Battles (No Damage)

[@ArekTheDragon]

Being Castlevania fan I could never ignore this game. So I decided to record some boss fights from it. In this video you will see every boss on Normal Mode without using any subweapons as well as not having any special skills on Zangetsu. It is the biggest reason I chose this difficulty instead of Ultimate. But don't worry, I made two more videos with boss fights from this game: one for Nightmare Mode using Miriam (no subweapons also) and another for Ultimate mode where I used fully powered Zangetsu (poor, poor bosses).

[@Takato2527]

it sucks so bad that bosses is harder in Nightmare and Ultimate Mode, and yet Zangetsu isn't in Nightmare Mode and he is a god in Ultimate Mode XD. I know why he is a god in Ultimate Mode. Bosses here are designed so that normal attacks doesn't reach their hitbox. You have to wait for a chance to reach the spot so that deal more hit ASAP. That's why your fight in final boss take very long since you can only landed 2~3 hits. Zangetsu's normal swing is just a straight line, while his charge attack covered a lot of range above him, plus his double jump, so ... just double jump and charge attack and there ya go XD

[@mishikomishiko9088]

Arek, did you like the game? Or is it just so and so? I just can't decide whether to buy it or not.

[@ArekTheDragon]

Mishiko Mishiko I really liked the game. But being a backer I received it for free. The price (in Russia) is a little too high for what this game offers.

[@mishikomishiko9088]

ArekTheAbsolute, many thanks for your reply. I also pay in Rubles. :) And the price seems a bit high. So I guess I'll wait for a sale.

[@ArekTheDragon]

Slapperfish Shadowserg has access to all my videos as well as the permission to upload whatever he chooses from them. We decided to concentrate our efforts on one channel some time ago.

[@Shadowserg]

Boss list: 00:18 Boss 01 Glutton Train 02:19 Boss 02 Focalor 03:51 Boss 03 Valefor 05:45 Boss 04 Valac 08:08 Boss 05 Andrealphus 10:20 Boss 06 Bloodless 13:05 Boss 07 Bathin 14:36 Final Boss - Gremory 22:22 Ending

[@violetcaster4644]

Bathin kind of reminds me of one of the bosses from Megaman ZX Advent.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Shadowserg What the hell is Andrealplus, the 5th boss?! Like a cross bwtween Storm Eagle and Cyber Peacock!

[@pestisdeathbird5058]

Didn't know the names of the bosses, also am stuck on the dragon boss

[@edwardgaines6561]

Becka Dillon I think I've seen that dragon on Yugi-Oh...

[@alexwhite6554]

Any body notice the two Graves after defeating valefor?

[@dsagent]

It makes me happy to see this quality still being made.

[@MerlinAmbrosius17]

Yeah I have the same feeling

[@coleron07]

Definitely has that Castlevania feel to it crossed with Ninja Gaiden. Awesome boss battles man.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Sh0tzilla Love the kamikaze attacks the bosses make! Very novel!!

[@coleron07]

Edward Gaines yes absolutely

[@Jarock316]

The Castlevania feel is because of Koji Igarashi, the guy who revolutionized Castlevania.

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

@@Jarock316 What about Toru Hagihara?

[@rezapakpahan7083]

I love the "Desperation Attack" that the bosses do just before they die. :D

[@astrangeone]

Playing this would probably result in a lot of grey hair for me. I got the boss down to nothing....boom - get hit with a suicidal attack...

[@edwardgaines6561]

Reza Pakpahan Funny, it's usually the player that has the desperation attack, at the cost of some HP!😛

[@syrelian]

The Final Attacks can't kill at all, except for one of them due to the possibility of being kicked off the edge of the stage, dodging them completely rewards you with a free 1UP though

[@rezapakpahan7083]

Cloudmonkey, can't kill as in they didn't do any damage, or can't kill as in they do damage but in insignificant amount that could only kill you if yourself is in critical HP? Kinda ruining the fun knowing that a Boss' supposedly final attack doesn't pose any threat at all, but tho in retrospect, that is~ the safest way to handle such mechanic, lol.

[@syrelian]

I think they do damage, but they physically can't killshot you, at 1 HP they just do nothing, just like Rondo of Blood, they're not meant to kill, but to be a little cherry on top of the boss(and fuck you out of a 1UP)

[@Gazing-09]

There's just so many things to say about that game! I love the Retro style, the music, the Castlevania vibe, the design... I particularly like those boss final breath attacks!

[@throwedgaming6419]

yeah it's perfect I wish they would make more of this quality

[@Zerobasssoul]

Ive beaten this game at least once a day since it came out, love it so much and cant wait for Ritual of the Night

[@leovell2790]

Once a day I see I wish I could do the same

[@alphawolfy899]

Hey buddy idk if you already got it but its out now ^_^

[@SophiaXiaoyuAralaCran]

And out it is, some of these bosses are remade with entirely new arsenal of moves and even voiceovers, some are also ridiculously more difficult than here too.

[@SuperSylar]

I loved the fact that every boss do a suicidal attack before dying, not just flounce and drop dead! More games should do that!

[@Nico-cc3cn]

Castlevania rondo of blood did that back in 1993

[@SuperSylar]

Never played a Castlevania game before so I wouldn't know. But I meant any other game, for instance Megaman could work, since all the bosses "explode" after being defeated.

[@edwardgaines6561]

SuperSylar Kinda cheap when you think about though...a parting shot you can't fight back.

[@SuperSylar]

If you take obligatory damage (and by chance "lose" the battle, having to do everything all over again), than yes, is cheap. But it isn't if you have the chance of evade or block damage, more like a reminder for you to be on your toes: "The battle is not over until the enemy was completely destroyed"

[@syrelian]

The final attacks can't even kill(except for one case where you can be tossed into a pit), dodging them completely gives you a 1UP though, in reference to Rondo of Blood, where doing the entire stage perfect gave a 1UP, and those final attacks were meant to steal it away from you

[@abhishekghosh2087]

Loved the concept how the final boss uses the Moon itself as a weapon leading the fight to an epic moonless night!

[@VolcanicPowerGD]

Boss 1 Glutton Train: 0:21 | Boss 2 Focalor: 2:24 | Boss 3 Valefor: 4:01 | Boss 4 Valac: 5:58 | Boss 5 Andreaphus: 8:15 | Boss 6 Bloodless: 10:24 | Boss 7 Bathin: 13:10 | Final Boss Gremory: 14:37 | Final Boss Gremory *2nd Phase*: 15:39 |

[@willjace789]

Basically,this is just a mighty fine appetizer before the main course. 8-Bit action are always fun,especially machine-themed and demon-themed ones.^_^

[@willjace789]

Already bought it,already played it,already loving it. Had to do practice runs.

[@meocu5434]

Don’t try the “main course”, Will. Trust me.

[@HeilerDerWelten]

@@meocu5434 nonsense

[@Ralph_Sandwich]

@@meocu5434 bloodstained rotn is outstanding. Wtf you talking about?

[@meocu5434]

Ralph Sandwich better question is, why are you replying to an eleven month old comment

[@00-7-s8z]

Man I love these graphics! Beautiful colors! And layered really well

[@erebusgrim]

Did Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden have a child? Btw excellent job!

[@josenieri8971]

Yoshi Reaper That's what i thought

[@edwardgaines6561]

Yoshi Reaper It's a LOVECHILD that you can be proud of! A beautiful union indeed!

[@Gears8585]

Don't forget Megaman. It was a three way. Lol

[@mrburns366]

This instantly reminded me of Ninja Gaiden!

[@Dayonetheone]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@danielgehring7437]

Oh wow, this one, glad you posted. Can't watch it yet though, I'm still waiting to play it.

[@Rockboygg]

The bosses give me the impression that they represent the 7 deadly sins. The first boss obviously represents gluttony, and the third obviously represents greed, bloodless represents lust. I beleive the sins that each boss represents in order are : Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, Envy, Pride, Lust and Wrath.

[@mushroomhead3619]

The fourth boss is a two headed Slifer the Sky dragon!

[@wpninja83]

Thanks for the upload, was looking forward to this one.

[@jerrycuff013]

I knew you was gonna do a no damage boss rush for this epic game. You is a beast Shadowserg!!

[@abhishekghosh2087]

14:13 Epic Hara-Kiri move by the boss!!

[@gojithereploid7623]

Agreed, it's the reason it's my favorite boss in the game

[@okieyoshimd9817]

Excellent form, as usual. This game is so awesome. It makes me feel all nostalgic inside and reminds me of how unforgiving, yet fair, a game like this can be. The final boss took me a few tries to learn the patterns too. Time for ultimate mode now!

[@LMR__1]

I didn't know you could miss align the 2nd boss trajectory when it tried to suicide kill the player but hitting it with Zangetsu's sword, I've always just jumped over it with Miriam's extra jump height.

[@ahmadfaris7293]

Wow..These final bosses always end with epic suicidal final attack. That's awesome.

[@Sweetroll_EXE]

Amazing video, loved every second of It

[@DG-nv4pf]

Boss battles look really cool and fun

[@edwardgaines6561]

DG 2 Extremely creative. Even if this was made in the 80s, it wouldn't have belonged. WAY ahead of it's time.

[@adden2242]

wow first time I have seen this!! damn so old school..

[@throwedgaming6419]

I LOVE THIS GAME. It's hard for me to get into the latest games but this was a beauty! It plays just like Castlevania 3 (dare I say better). Well as a big retro Castlevania fan I'm very happy they made this and it shows cool ass retro games are still possible. Can't even believe this was just an extra from the kickstarter goal. I want more! They should do straight SOTN style next

[@FaustoDeLunaOficial]

Yes!!! Games can't get better than this! Cool music, cool gameplay, cool characters, awesome bosses... Everything!!! Just like the good old times, long before that 3D trash came, long before those free-to-play games for adicted zombie players... Thank you very much Bloodstained, thanks for taking me far away from those undesirable abominations.

[@mishikomishiko9088]

Fausto De Luna I can relate to everything you wrote. Free-to-play mobile games is even greater evil than generic 3d garbage.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Fausto De Luna When was this game made? It's incredible!😳

[@FaustoDeLunaOficial]

Edward Gaines It's a new game released this year 2018 as a prequel of sorts for the highly anticipated Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (the spiritual successor for the Castlevania series).

[@edwardgaines6561]

Fausto De Luna Oh thank you. I thought that this was somehow a NINTENDO game I missed in the 80s. Like what the FUCK?!😁

[@edwardgaines6561]

Beer Told Yup yup! Just goes to show you, a game doesn't need to be tricked out with graphics and 3d polygons to be good! 2d is making a comeback!

[@darkstardarin]

You put Bloodstained on a Castlevania playlist? You madman! I fucks wit it.

[@AmboXB]

Imo the boss fights in this game were much better than in ritual of the night

[@fae_gavan7582]

Personally, I'd say it's because the boss attacks are telegraphed better. For some reason, the 2D games seem to telegraph attacks better.

[@trueyaldabouth3594]

I love the soundtrack

[@Jgbart1]

It remidns me old, oooold Castlevania which I played on Game Boy. Sweet.

[@LoneWolf81684]

So from what I've watched, this game is the lovechild of a threesome between Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, and Megaman. It looks awesome.

[@RagnarokMic]

I'd pretty much just say a throwback to the original Castlevanias, never nears the difficulty of a Ninja Gaiden, though the bosses can be a bit more Megaman at times, I guess. In either case, it's a fantastic throwback, I enjoyed it start to finish.

[@ColonelDBoy]

Dude! NICELY DONE!!

[@vladitoncev28]

6:11 IS THAT EVEN A ROAR ?

[@sqidicarus652]

I listened for a roar and got a wryyyyyyy

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Lol no 😅

[@Glazkolecta]

4:40 that music timing

[@JSoul]

Mad props to you man

[@m.a.packer5450]

Some amazing design elements in this game

[@PolarPhantom]

Classicvania at its finest.

[@keaseblue]

I love how the game created all bosses

[@wingedapollyon1677]

I loved this game so much ^^ I hope ritual of the night will be good

[@Jarock316]

Just hope Ritual of the Night doesn't pull a Might No. 9. Had all the promise of being good but it wound up crashing and burning.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@Jarock316 your thoughts on RoTN now that's out?

[@Jarock316]

@@wallacesousuke1433 Looks good, plays almost similar to Castlevania, which isn't a bad thing.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@Jarock316 nice, I was pretty skeptical of that game but after watching some walkthroughs the game grew on me :) I just wish the visuals and art style resemble DS Castlevanias more but thats a minor "issue", cant wait to play it

[@gdastray]

Oh God. The attacks look so OP for an 8-bit style game. I wonder if I can win this game if I play it hahahaha

[@edwardgaines6561]

4:54 That is a very creative boss, especially with the coin staircase. Even more staggering is the quality of this game. Was this really for the NES?

[@Dakkss]

Edward Gaines I hope this is bait

[@edwardgaines6561]

Dakks No, I found out. This was made in 2018. I kept thinking, there's no way I missed a game THIS EPIC back in the 80s.

[@johnkalyvas4838]

I really like how destroying his gold does damage to the boss.

[@whiteraven1992]

I’ve never been so early to one of your No Damage videos. :D

[@濡れた焼きおにぎり]

やられる時に自分自身ごと消滅するような大技出すのマジでカッコイイ

[@WaywardRobot]

Wow, talk about going the extra length. IGA now definitely has my attention.

[@eleazarlozano6649]

This poor man deserve more than just a like xD Awesome job really awesome

[@sdgdhpmbp]

Thanks for this upload. Never figured out how to avoid the 2nd boss's last attack. Now, I don't know how I'll time it.

[@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd]

YOU MEAN YOU HAVE TO SLASH THE BOSS DURING THE SUICIDE ATTACK???!!! FUUUUUUUUUUU

[@VixtarTorrex-Gomex]

Nice 8-Bit music. It's great to play the good, old classic 8-Bit games.

[@playerparker0]

Love this game! Has hooked me and I’ve never played a castlevania game before. I’ll be playing some castlevania next. Any recommendations as to which ones?

[@theshellderinslowbrostail5422]

Player Parker Circle of the Moon, Castlevania 3 and Aria of Sorrow

[@playerparker0]

Fabio Andrés Torreglosa Rivas thanks! What’s the original castlevania like on NES? if you’ve played it

[@theshellderinslowbrostail5422]

Player Parker Yes, but Castlevania 3 made mayor improvements in terms of levels and controls

[@playerparker0]

Cool I’ve got the snes mini so I’ll play Castlevania 3 on that next.

[@levihawk4688]

Boss 5: How many jaws do you want this boss to ha YES!!!

[@RelativeStrengthFit]

Thank you, this helped

[@NebulaGamesSilpher]

There is an extra boss if you play again in Nightmare Mode. It is Zangetsu corrupted by the dark orb.

[@violetcaster4644]

Silpher The Dragon Angel - would it kill you not to spoil stuff like that?

[@NebulaGamesSilpher]

o PizzaPiZX o its not Like I spoiled anything, since The game tells you as soon as you finish normal mode, that The remaining three heros must save his friend from The darkness. So basically you already know its Zangetsu

[@Autz64]

At first I though you would fight "the darkness", but instead... SPOILER AHEAD. You kill Zangetsu and free his soul, only to appear on Gunvolt's city on the future, for some reason lol.

[@babacarkanoute3643]

isn't Zangetsu alive?

[@garuelx8627]

@@babacarkanoute3643 I'm guessing because of how the Moon curse works, Curse of the Moon and Ritual of the Night exist in alternate timelines.

[@Iive.corp.musk2024]

Castlevania Curse of the Moon

[@Autz64]

Castlevania 3 - Dracula's Curse. -> Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon.

[@Iive.corp.musk2024]

Autz wrong It’s Castlevania Circle of the Moon (CV3 style) You see cuss “Curse” of the Moon Replace it back to circle

[@satanisacomputer4215]

Castlevania with Metal Slug-level boss design

[@michaeloverton04]

F

[@VideoGamesAndTheWorld]

10:32 - Elizabeth Bathory

[@dynamo7685]

I just realized the bosses before Gremory are demon incarnates of the seven deadly sins. Glutton Train is Gluttony Focalor is Sloth Valefor is Greed Valac is Wrath Andrealphus is Pride Bloodless is Lust Bathin is Envy Awesome right?

[@felipeconstantino9004]

With exception of Bloodless and Glutton Train, the bosses are based in the 72 demons on Goetia. They are mentioned in the grimoire Lessey Key of Solomon

[@nelkihalim7697]

Oooh yeah,that's right!

[@Gazing-09]

@@felipeconstantino9004 Idk about the origin of the Glutton Train but I do know that Bloodless is definitely a wink to the lady Elizabeth who bathed in the blood of young girls to keep her beauty. Scientific theories imply that it might be due to a genetic disorder, Porphyria to be more precise.

[@coprographia]

Why does the Countess Bathory-esque boss summon parasols that only help you survive and attack her?

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

You would be unable to hit her with Zangetsu otherwise as she never comes down (you could hit her with the whip but not with normal attacks)

[@ghb323]

Kinda reminds me of of Shovel Knight the way parallax scrolling backgrounds can overlap (14:41) and HUGE sprites, something the NES cannot do.

[@jordanhackbarth128]

Key is to stand on leftmost block on far right platform to avoid rising spikes.

[@Tranceecnart101]

I bought this game 4days ago on steam and loving it! Its giving me castlrvania/shadow of the ninja by natsume vibes.

[@Soniclover3593]

Was I the only one for that first boss, that while he was "eating" went "Nom nom nom nom"?

[@ThunderSpark9001]

7:27 is this perfect chaos or...?

[@BirikinPrimary]

You forgot to add a detail as Zangetsu,no sub weapons Still you did epic

[@Fireafyanimations299]

Bloodstained not to be confused with castlevania

[@mistress_luna04]

This game looks retro when it's really not, I love that they're still making 2D pixeled games. :)

[@zacharyjoy8724]

10:30 - 10:42 Meet Bloodless. Potentially gaming‘ s latest waifu. (Certainly Carnage’s, since she also wears blood for clothes.) Complete with an Ojou-Sama Laugh. And this is just the 8-bit version. Wait ‘til you see her is 2.5-D.

[@ハルヒコ-b5g]

ちょうどプレイ中なのでノーダメクリア参考になりました

[@Surkk2960]

What is the final boss supposed to be? Reminds me of Lunala for some reason...

[@pascalsilvestri6319]

She is the goddess of the moon, and she is supposed to be a demon too.

[@Surkk2960]

So it IS Lunala then. gotcha ;)

[@j4l769]

Mark Guyton the wings??

[@Soul_Free]

It's the demon Gremory, who appeared in many old books about witchcraft and demonology.

[@coreyberg7823]

Mark Guyton probably because she looks like lunala

[@RagnarokMic]

Kinda disappointing this ended up not being a prequel, as it stands at complete odds with Ritual of the Night, but still a great game.

[@DuyKhaSW]

The music reminds me about Shovel Knight somehow

[@riospark8849]

The way that the final boss break the window reminds me of the Enchantress

[@munirmaverick571]

The thief or Lupin boss ending is how U see the actual world that wealth may be deceiving n malicious

[@Rihcterwilker]

I was skeptical at first with Bloodstained not having any of the lore of the Belmonts to back it up, but after playing Curse of the Moon, i instantly fell in love with this game characters. I'm hyped that it is not even the main game in the franchise, because the level of quality here is top-notch. Inti-creates has become one of my favourite game developers of modern days.

[@a_random_lizard]

From all the bosses, I like Bathin the most. Rare a game has a boss this badass

[@patrik9328]

This game has good soundtrack

[@hakureikirisame1173]

What's amazing about this game, is that most of the bosses here inspired me to draw more grotesque and disturbing fantasy/Mechanical art! Sorta Tim Burton style.

[@chantalmaming552]

Boss 1: giant beetle bug Boss 2: flying turtle Boss 3: gold master hence Boss 4: 2 lecchs & mother lecch Boss 5: flying ray ( baby sun) Boss 6: devil flower-blood-woman Boss 7: thunder⚡-scorpion Final boss: UFO DEVIL MooN The end

[@紗村宣孝]

刀一本でこんな化け物と戦えるなんてすごいなあ

[@mrnobody2683]

2:14 always loved that

[@RedfishCarolina]

You mean Zangetsu can't suplex this train? Sabin got your number, wuss.

[@phoenixchampion7]

Am I the only one whose getting a weird feeling about that Bloodless Boss? The woman in the bathtub of blood? I mean she was the first revealed boss of Ritual of the Night and she's appeared as the 6th boss of this game. I feel like Bloodless supposed to be Bloodstained's version of Death... I dunno why, but she's revealed twice so she's not a one off boss.

[@Savra]

Gremory is in RotN too, she appeared with Gebel. But CotM doesnt follow the story of RotN.

[@tannerlion1994]

2:20 Peeka-booing Enemy 😂😂

[@MerlinAmbrosius17]

The bosses in this game. Its scuiside time

[@larrymitchell6825]

8:26 Oh my gosh it's Cyber Peacock!

[@alvaroperez2349]

That boss was annoying to fight!

[@sucypleasemarryme5247]

Alvaro Perez lol Cyber Peacock or Andrealphus? Cyber Peacock I can understand but I found Andrealphus to be one of the easier bosses in the game imo

[@alvaroperez2349]

Sucypleasemarryme Cyber Peacock, mainly due to his homing feather missiles

[@sucypleasemarryme5247]

Alvaro Perez Make sure you get soul body as X or The Flame Upslash as Zero

[@alvaroperez2349]

Sucypleasemarryme already did, still pretty annoying with or without his weakness weapon

[@RujiTheRockBoi]

6:11 who are those monsters, there so cool!!! What are they dragons!

[@s.m.2523]

Valac is (or at least is named after and loosely inspired from) a demon from the Goethia. (As all bosses in this game are except for the phantom train and Bloodless (who is inspired from the old legend of the countess that bathed in blood instead), I believe). That demon is described like an angelic child riding on a two headed dragon. So they got rid of the child and took the two headed dragon concept and made it a dragon with two heads that can combine into one bigger. It is defintively a unique and cool design.

[@RujiTheRockBoi]

@@s.m.2523 cool 👍😎

[@unsn9410]

I miss games like this

[@p6mkq]

9:52 Spritzee / Shushupu - USE MOONBLAST ! XD

[@MaterialObserver3956]

These games are too underrated nowadays

[@spenserfarman3045]

I didn’t know you fought Slifer in this game!

[@bradenlittle3406]

Of course vampire Hunter D could do this without taking damage

[@DarkMirria1]

Yes~

[@vinceleretrogameur6298]

It's funny the bumps of this game are very similar to the monster cards found in Yu Gi Oh

[@dt5101961Nelon]

7:10 slifer the sky dragon

[@dt5101961Nelon]

@christian lajara yeah the translation issue.

[@SomeGuyandanAmbulance]

I like/hste that Igarashi brought back the rondo of blood boss suicide attacks

[@Vrabsher_-Supreme_Perhinther-]

Cry about it .

[@edwardtanghal9937]

This is actually more challenging than the recently released Bloodstained. Well played .

[@Aomegeus]

Wait, if Zangetsu becomes the new Dark Emperor... So, the one who defeat him will become other Dark Emperor too? A infinite cicle?

[@willsmith7145]

Aomegeus i think he got cursed thats why

[@mhan6601]

Wait. Is like all the bosses here used in Bloodstained Ritual of the night? I've seen and fought quite a bit in the new one!

[@jorgeisaac5598]

That Purple Demon Dragon reminds me of Yugi's Egyptian God Slyfer The Sky Dragon. 😅😃😁👍❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@temujin1234]

The final boss is easier than I realized. I got through a couple of these the first time by mainly spamming the wizard's homing missile lol.

[@Autz64]

I used the fire shield + vampire spam, to finish the first-half of the fnal boss.

[@temujin1234]

The first half was pretty easy but I depended on luck for the boss to move somewhere convenient so I could finish it quickly. Fire shield helped partially in the second half but it ran out during the projectile attacks, so since I didn't know how to defend like Shadowserg shows I won with my team almost completely wiped out. I also didn't know that the fire attack on the ground only damages with the largest flame. What is vampire spam, flying around as the bat?

[@arthonystark5128]

Nice Job.