SotN speedrun showcase with Koji Igarashi and romscout

[@psychogunner7062]

“No bug tester in their right mind would find that out” You’re right IGA That’s why we’re all fucking insane

[@Fredo0593]

As a tester, I agree.

[@SHlNOBl3]

IGA:"Years of my life...all my hard work...gone through in forty minutes..."

[@SHlNOBl3]

i saw not to long ago, maybe same one ur talkin bout, but that shits crazy

[@nckw0lf]

16:26 now🤣

[@SHlNOBl3]

@@nckw0lf mfer it takes me 16 minutes to go through the clock tower

[@nckw0lf]

@@SHlNOBl3 you need practice Speedrun Technics

[@SHlNOBl3]

@@nckw0lf im talking about playing normally, i dont speedrun games

[@Lukmendes]

Best stream comment: "MisterMonopoli: "Serial game cheater forces creator to break his own game while thousands of people watch live""

[@ChicagoPaul2020]

***** ahahaha

[@lilpastasalad7837]

***** the most brutal public shaming in the history of mankind. i watched a man die from the inside, only to walk away a living corpse.

[@RitualStench]

Lukmendes Omfg is it bad that I'm laughing at this comment

[@Bogard2312]

I actually figured out a glitch in Castlevania (on my own) which allowed me access to the 2nd castle. I was playing the Japanese SOTN and didn't know that I had to wear the rings and get the holy glasses from Maria. So when I killed Richter I used a library card right after I killed him. This didn't end the game, but teleported me to the library. When I returned, he was gone and I could teleport to the 2nd castle. Loved this video.

[@A-Dubs398]

WOW!!! This is amazing!!! This is like a must-see for any Castlevania fans. This needs way more views! Romscout is going places. LOL!

[@marcellosilva9286]

MrKockNoker Romscout going pro xD

[@MAYOFORCE]

That was very cool! Loved the interview with Igarashi himself, I found his insight very amusing. As a game developer myself working on a Metroidvania game somewhat inspired from SOTN, I actually get excited when I see people find glitches and hope people will be able to break my game (just not quite as much as SOTN). I hope he understands that a lot of art is created by accident, and SOTN is a great example of that. I also found IGA's face very amusing when he was told that Romscout would love to play his next game and break it, he looked super nervous.

[@DeathBringer769]

Mayo Chan He shouldn't be nervous about people breaking his next game, it happens to nearly every game. Part of the fun of games is finding the limits of the code, glitching, breaking it, etc. When developers try to quash every bug and glitch in their game they often end up sucking some of the fun out of it. Perfect example is in Skyrim. They left the trolls sending you to the moon, even though it was an unintended glitch, on purpose because they realized it was a fun. Fun trumps all in proper game design. Too many devs are focused on controlling the entire experience and get upset when any tiny thing outside of their pre-defined vision happens. Let the game breathe!

[@animeloverxX93]

Mayo Chan Excuse me, I've subscribed to you... what kind of game are you making? You seem familiar to me, but I can't put my finger on from where exactly I know you. Anyways, good luck with your project. :)

[@MAYOFORCE]

There are videos of it on my channel.

[@shadowraith10]

Mayo Chan You have my subscribe, I await what you will bring the world... :3

[@drumjod]

Mayo Chan I've worked on programming / developing a small Metroidvania game as well and I totally agree. It feels great when someone figures out a trick / glitch that makes the game more fun. Better yet it's really cool to see people get competitive by trying to finish your game faster than their friends. I would hope that Iga feels the same way.

[@MrSquadallah]

Man, I'm jealous. You got to sit next to legend. Edit: I kinda wish we got to see Iga react to all the glitches though.

[@JewelOfSoul]

Yeah, what's the point of showing only the game? Wasn't it obvious enough that people would watch this mostly to see IGA and not the game?

[@TomAnderson7]

Yea an IGA cam would’ve been great. Kinda like what they do in Japanese TV shows

[@DeSinc]

the original backhop

[@GGAliceCS]

Using Shielddashing to your advantage in SOTN Community Servers

[@seanstothers1262]

Start at 2:35

[@savigy1301]

Yay for Romscout, one of my favorite speedrunners and a person who has helped so much with Games Done Quick. Also, yay for Iga! Creator of, at least, 7 of my favorite ever games.

[@Sonic2332]

Very cool video! IGA was a good sport about it.

[@gokturk15]

why didn't they use seperate cameras which shows igarashi's expression?? Ruins the run for me:(

[@paulknight9998]

Ikr.

[@metroidxme6470]

HOLY SHIT! That's Tom Happ in the background, creator of Axiom Verge! Super stoked to see him here, definitely fits considering SOTN is one of the greatest Metroidvanias of all time.

[@TommySasaki]

i hope IGA understood that he didn't intend to make him look bad by breaking the game.

[@trenken]

+Tommy Sasaki you seriously just said that? of course he knew the guy wasnt trying to make him look bad. this was partly for iga to become aware of what smart gamers do to try and break games, as he was getting ready to develop a new game. this was probably very educational for him.

[@RastaJediX]

@@trenken I wouldn't be 100% sure... Japanese culture is VERY different... It's extremely hard for those of us not well-versed in Japanese culture to understand what was going through his mind at that moment in time. I WOULD hope he is aware, but you never know.

[@shadowraith10]

Now that he's seen this, he knows what NOT to do with bloodstained...

[@f.g9698]

That's why he is including a legit Speedrun mode.

[@shadowraith10]

flavio gjoni Take my money...

[@f.g9698]

shadowraith10 Thanks.

[@shadowraith10]

flavio gjoni I... actually have no money... haha....hah.... yeaaah....

[@f.g9698]

shadowraith10 No...

[@mattbrady2011]

This was the sickest. The run was really well done and having Iga there to laugh at and break his own game is amazing. 10/10 Romscout you the man.

[@tiwitiwi6202]

its such a huge honor sitting next to a god

[@xBlaster]

1:48 at this moment IGA was losing his shit...

[@whiteraven1992]

I wonder how many crazy tricks/exploits people will find in Bloodstained after it's finally released.

[@HeilerDerWelten]

+White Raven I guess maybe 2. ^^

[@whiteraven1992]

Heiler Der Welten Perhaps as many as there are shown in this video...or more. :3 (Sorry for the late reply)

[@55Ignis]

+White Raven considering that games are patchable now he can fix it

[@whiteraven1992]

55Ignis Yes, but...will he even want to? Igarashi actually admitted to being too lazy to fix some of the glitches left in SotN. He'll leave some in the game "for the Speed-runners".

[@azzypics]

+55Ignis Crazy trick are generally very hard to find and use to your advantage, so IGA probably will leave them. However, stupid game-breaking shit must be patched as soon as possible.

[@EvolvingFetus]

Happy for you, getting to meet someone you probably have looked up to for a long time :) - Just a random guy passing by your vids

[@krulan]

Can't wait to see you speedrunning his new game! Great video :D

[@mooncakeyuebing2392]

I would have the same comment as Koji-san did, I have no idea what was going on. Koji-san is a very nice person I can see. So a good game is like people can have their own way to play it, or even create it. Good luck to everyone.

[@7utas23]

thank you! It was nice to see what a nice person iga is and how he appreciates the speedrunning of his game. thank you romscout!

[@thepersonwhocomentz]

This looked pretty awkward, but IGA is still based for doing this.

[@aloneinthelight7754]

I laughed a lot in this video. One of my favorite games of all time!

[@RedHairdo]

This is so awesome. A speedrun/bug showcase with one of the game's main creators. :)

[@Jacktrack7]

This was awesome, I've been subscribed to your channel for years, SOTN is my favorite game ever, I couldn't even dream of being as good in the game as you are but I'm cool with that, I'm glad there's people out there that appreciate this game as much as I do.

[@harizotoh7]

Iga is the Assistant director to SotN. He directed the second half of the game and contributed many things to the first half. Supposedly the RPG and exploration elements were his idea. Toru Hagihara is the other director, who directed the first half. No explanation has ever been given why it's a split directing job or if this was intented. Hagihara never directed another game again.

[@AquilaGuard]

IGa has explain that though. Hagihara got a promotion so asked Iga to take over his former role.

[@harizotoh7]

Where does he explain it?

[@AquilaGuard]

I read it in one of the many interviews Iga has given while promoting Bloodstained. Pretty unlikely I could find it again.

[@StormCrow95]

11:12 Or as I'd like to call it "The Wargapult", haha.

[@TerroristPenguin]

I saw your steam account on Ori and the blind forest prior to your screen time. Rom's secret warm up strats are revealed!

[@StuffIwannaRemember]

Without a doubt the most awesome thing I second hand witnessed in years!! ur the shit romscout and if it wasn't for you I wouldn't even know how to speed run my favorite game of all time,(symphony of the night) and now I know if they would have bugged checked meticulously we wouldn't of had so much fun over these years, pacifist run is a great example! I miss ur videos breaking down ur WR run I've been having to improvise my runs after the 2nd castle lol

[@yujm7]

young master i cannot aid one who opposes the master

[@Freakyimage]

Amazing video, never thought this would actually happen. Cant help but to feel sorry for Iga though, I hope he doesnt take this too seriously.

[@1lapmagic]

I cannot believe somebody else made Joseph's cloak green and pink and called it the watermelon cloak.

[@gelmir7322]

All i can say is thank you very much for making one hell of a great game

[@shiroineko13]

This is amazing to watch. Igarashi: "Killer elevator" :D

[@PunkyWily]

Wow man, awesome. Must have been great meeting IGA.

[@IAmBlux]

Thank you so much for this. This was amazing. Loved his thoughts on the game.

[@paxhumana2015]

Koji Igarashi was wrong when he said that we did not need Maria Renard or the Sega Saturn exclusives to that version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and had I saw that request from fans of the series, then not only would I have included that in subsequent re-releases of the game, but that I also would have added even more monsters and bosses, most notably from the GBA/NDS Castlevania games, and maybe even some PS2 and N64 monsters and areas from those Castlevania games as well.

[@91wilford]

Wow this is so awesome! I wish you could have shown him ACE though. (Arbitrary code execution)

[@ElDrHouse2010]

Rom did you talk to him about what makes Castlevania good? The freedom of movement, the quickness to it, the cancels? Convince him to never remove that.

[@jhoch5]

this is the best game of all time

[@Django333]

15:35 I kept waiting for someone to read donations.

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

hahaha

[@1003405]

6:03 isn't that the guy (the one explaining to IGA) who said in the Mighty No. 9 livestream "it's better than nothing, at least that's my opinion" ?

[@harizotoh7]

Yes, that's ben Judd. He's Iga and Inafune's agent and translator. He's kind of a doofus/moron.

[@1003405]

Thanks for the answer. Yeah, I figured as much... I still remember when he called salty to the people watching the stream (i think he was calling that to the Mighty No. 9 backers watching the stream)...

[@AquilaGuard]

Well, they were salty. He wans't lying. lol

[@BowsettesFury]

as much of a pain in the ass this game can be, it will always be one of my faves.

[@Itryhardder]

YAY NEW SOTN RUN!!!

[@JezzY8ValentinE]

not skipping - i still enjoyed the music for 2 min :))

[@Jiemboh]

Holy shit! Ben Judd sighting.

[@StiffAftermath]

Mr.Happ is in the audience!!

[@BowsettesFury]

Still love this vid.

[@DragonMasterSubo]

simply amazing

[@relogos]

26:43 best quote ever.

[@ukyoner]

That game are awesome even with all that bug

[@sakola4]

wow, such a sweet run. Also never seen this done 21:01 +Sub'd+

[@hikaruultma]

15:53 you can also use the clock subweapon to make it open. I learned that the other day

[@Moeppel112]

No, you cannot. The clock subweapon opens the statue on the other (the wrong) side. The left statue only moves every second minute as soon as the game starts as richter.

[@korruption6]

Richter: "WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?!"

[@almmiron]

Legendary!

[@493HZ]

Romscout seems like a really laid back nerd lol. I see so many nerds on these runs whoact so insecure and get super defensive when they are wrong.

[@animeloverxX93]

Wait, did you participate in the Bloodstained stream last night? Because I haven't watched it completely, but I backed the Kickstarter action over PayPal. That's nice, I know how much of a fan you are from the ''real'' Castlevania games (not crap like LoS), so it must have been quite an experience for you playing SotN while having Igarashi himself sit right next to you. Nice job, pal. :)

[@Drammoth]

Koji has to be a little bit pissed off though, watching some kids break the game he programmed right in front of his eyes, and then they continue to make him break it aswell :P Ah well, just a strange situation. Luckily at the end he said they weren't gonna go back and fix it now and that he's fine with it. Great video and run though! Very funny and entertaining :D Keep up the great runs!

[@mooncakeyuebing2392]

+Drammoth I can tell Koji-san is open-minded. And this is a normal situation to have bugs in a complex software. If there is no bug, then this is not a big project, or not big enough. I always wonder why even a national defense system can be hacked, perhaps the world is all about bugs.

[@Aldiggy2000]

that's such a cool way to play the game too, the back dashing method. Romscout, you back the new kickstarter project?

[@AlphaZeroX96]

You should have restarted after showing the back dash trick. You were still doing the speedrun.

[@highestsettings]

2:36 start since nobody else seems to have said this.

[@druha10304]

The one and only I hope they release a ps5 version of bloodstained cus the load screens are crazy wen u move fast

[@RitualStench]

I love Iga lmao

[@drckml]

didn't know Dave Franco is a speedrunnner cool

[@bobo577]

I wonder what Robert Belgrade would think of these glitches?

[@papifit85]

Iga thinking "he broke my game" :'V

[@anthonymarciano6050]

I am going to get awesome at this game so i can hang out with iga

[@QcSports85]

Hey Romscout, I can't get the Heart Refresh teleport to work to get to save room. I get the Heart refresh but then my Bat just gets stuck in the upper wall of the clock corridor. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks !

[@Jouzujoe]

Seriously surreal. Were you starstruck?

[@Eggs_is_eggs]

LOL the Japanese version of the intro isn't Shakespeare. It's cheesey in its own way.

[@felman87]

I am jealous beyond words. Did he ever talk to you much? He doesn't seem to say much in this video.

[@felman87]

That would be the best moment in my life if it happened to me. Not even my future kids could measure up.

[@A-Dubs398]

***** How are we supposed to kow if u are the real Romscout or not? Why didnt u just make that comment with ur actual Romscout account? So we know its the real you.

[@felman87]

I can't speak for him but I have 3 youtube accounts. One attached to the real me, this one and one more for uploading my Lets Play videos (though that last one is a group account).

[@videogameguitar-matt]

Part of him is happy this guy loves his game, the other part wants to throttle him.

[@notsusan]

Ben the "translator" is such a goon it's painful to watch. His Japanese isn't THAT good (interpreting requires higher skill than written translation). It's obviously accidental/a bad attempt at being 'funny' but by basic Japanese cultural standards, he's being rude as hell to IGA and it's cringe TBH, if he wasn't white he'd never get away with the messy way he's talking. Then he's adding swears and things IGA didn't even say to his 'interpreting'... he never said anything about 'cheating for instance, or that the game was 'buggy'. and another part that bugs me? (I believe, if it was the other guy I'll take this one back) He had the nerve to say "I only played the Japanese version" but he's using the NA names for items (crissaegrim, etc) when in Japanese they're completely different! I'm going for 100% on the JP version right now, so I'm particularly attuned to this. Plus, he didn't understand how the shield rod worked so he didn't really ask the question romscout asked, getting the 'the bug checkers probably didn't use it' answer. Plus, he keeps saying 'Rikuta' when Richter's name in Japanese is "RiHIta-" This is standard with German "ch" sounds, another example would be Otacon's JP last name being EmereHI, which shows this dude doesn't really understand how Japanese transliteration works, or at least doesn't bother thinking about it when he's talking to the man who WROTE THE FUCKING GAME IN JAPANESE. I wish they had gotten someone better, or at least put IGA closer to a mic so I could hear his answers better, since the ones I did catch were different enough that it was frustrating to watch this. When Romscout was offering to teach a trick to IGA, Mr. Doughy's limits really started showing, when he just couldn't explain (he sounded like a moron in Japanese there, poor IGA). Then he had the nerve to write his own fanfic of what they were saying after that, like he's all clever. Cringe, cringe, cringe! Romscout, you did a great job though, and it's really cool you got to do this.

[@gonzo7758]

40:16 in the background LUL

[@kaioser]

make Castlevania Great Again remake SoTN remaster

[@westingtyler1]

I'm kind of annoyed the translator guy only translates sporadically, and not continuously. The poor dev should have someone there constantly translating. I also wish there was picture in picture so we could see his reactions.

[@elflordyt6830]

How do you make ths bat form and wolf form move so fast?

[@zzzhuh]

This game is so expensive.... Around $50 from what I can find.

[@wolfan20]

you only did the first half?

[@NonRandomUser]

IGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@normalguycap]

How was this done. Why would Koji meet with a speedrunner for an official sort of thing like this?

[@azzypics]

To promote his upcoming game, like Miyamoto did videos with MatPat and The Completionist to promote Star Fox Zero

[@normalguycap]

Ah. I didn't know that. Neat.

[@AquilaGuard]

Most likely it was his agents idea. Pretty good idea too.

[@laueddy920]

IGA, please make SNOT vol.2!!!!!!!!!! I will buy it!

[@elflordyt6830]

Symphony is on xbox? What?

[@RetroMegaManNetWork]

Psone or saturn version PLEASE ???

[@mooncakeyuebing2392]

+BeAware If I am right, then that is a Xbox controller; If I am correct, only the Playstation version is ported to the western market, hi. So the game should be a Xbox 360 version.

[@solveria_]

+mooncake yuebing Both versions were released in the West; the Xbox version is an enhanced version of the game, while the PlayStation version is a direct port.

[@Embertine]

The glitch they show at 9:00 is completely useless. I've gotten past Death and kept all of Alucard's gear by simply using the dash-jump-kick attack to enter the room and shoot across the screen so that you don't walk in and never trigger the event where Death takes your gear. However if you ever enter the room again later on the event will trigger. I don't remember if death then takes whatever you have equipped, or if he just takes the Akucard gear. However as it's been years since I played the Playstation version, my memory isn't quite sharp on the matter.

[@Unexpectedstuff]

Embertine it’s okay, after any cutscene Death no longer will take your equipment.

[@ScottySR]

If you are referring to the 'big toss', it only works in luck mode, because you have to lose more than 50% of your max hp in one hit to be sent through the air like that. If you play normally the Wargs don't deal enough damage even after unequipping all armor. In luck mode all of your stats, besides luck, will be lowered significantly which makes it possible.

[@mbrillon765]

What is the dash-jump-kick-attack?

[@drckml]

I grew up with the English voices and now I find it really cringey and cheesy. I was blown away when I played the Japanese version and learned that Norio freaking Wakamoto voiced Dracula. Amazing voice acting.

[@yewwowduck]

On your phone on a live stream event? gg

[@paulovictorpinheirocutrim7768]

hhhhhhhhhhhumans kkkkkkkk

[@anon9572]

>not playing the psp psone download on a 14" bvm crt with rgb connectors heh

[@99Lydie]

Alucard, i love you. Quit humans if they don't respect you or your family and make me love again. ❤

[@infraredplayer]

.20

[@DeathBringer769]

You seriously played the 360 version of his game instead of... HIS game on PS1? Right in front of the man, in person? Wow. Please tell me you had an exceedingly good reason for this.

[@INSANEMODE616]

Deathbrewer easier to record

[@hisroyalhighnessking]

Faster load times

[@shirobrief3538]

Man, why the best japanese devs can't speak english? I´m spanish and ignorant as hell, but man...Its just so strangely common. Iga, Kojima, Mikami, Miyazaki...I don't mind odd accents, is just more fun to listen it from themselves....Still, amazing vid, what an honor and he seems pretty nice guy. I didnt know it was so glitchy either!

[@platinumdynamite]

Why can't the best English devs speak Japanese? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@shirobrief3538]

platinumdynamite Whenever it becomes a predominant worldwide language, of course... But you can't turn that on its head, everyone, in most countries, even for the most basic of jobs is asked to at least speak english, i mean, come on. Is not like it isnt everywhere and you'd learn it anyways out of sheer exposition, specially in the industry.

[@platinumdynamite]

Shiro Briefs I don't think there's a reason they have to though, if they are producing successfully in their own region. It's a matter of pride, also.

[@shirobrief3538]

platinumdynamite opinions.

[@Bogard2312]

Because they don't get much exposure to the language. On top of that, the grammar structure of English is way different to Japanese, so that makes it even more difficult for Japanese people to pick up. It's not that they don't want to speak English, it's that it would take a lot of effort on their part to learn it. English is also my second language, but learning it in my home country (South Africa) was a more natural experience than it could ever be for a Japanese person living in Japan.

[@5P3C73R]

does he really say IGA-sama!!!???!? WTF

[@midinerd]

"three different timing mechanisms" "doesn't like negative coordinates" "continues to gain vertical momentum" "the wolf disjoints its hitbox when it untransforms, is that how it works? ..Oh when it changes shape. okay." Really... annoying dude.

[@nandabun]

This is my favorite game ever. And you put a two minute, thirty six second intro in front of it. Then you introduced yourself. 🙄

[@nanakon99]

you must be a real nerd to spend time finding tricks like that and 95% of the gamers never play the game like that back in then during ps1 era

[@trenken]

+nanakon99 even knowing what symphony of the night is immediately makes u a nerd, so your point is pointless

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

@Tim haha good point