[TAS] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "all souls" by Fz-last, klmz & Pike in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/3.... TAS originally published on 2016-09-08.
Everyone who has at least once attempted to gather a soul from each of the 120 different enemies in Aria of Sorrow, especially during a speedrun, knows the frustration it incurs after a hundredth failed attempt to get the required drop. That just makes this all-souls TAS, played on hard mode, even more impressive.
This is an improvement of 1:38.85 over the previous movie (tasvideos.org/2...) , thanks to a more optimised route and newly used items. Please read the authors' comments (tasvideos.org/5...) for more details.
If you would like to see the game beaten even faster, don't miss the any% run (tasvideos.org/1...) by one of the authors, klmz (tasvideos.org/K...) . Note: Starting from reset was necessary to use hard mode. However, doing so is normally not allowed - refer to the rules (tasvideos.org/M...) to see the reasons.

[@ashencometmom5291]

what's more jarring: all those frame perfect inputs vs first try peeping eye soul

[@ermacconunacoca2815]

Yes

[@FungusAmanita]

First try peeping eye soul.

[@telosnyx5193]

Both

[@OverseerMoti]

Blocking mail's permanent blocking is also jarring

[@tommynson440]

First try peeping eye soul

[@ironmilutin]

6:11 sums the run up pretty well

[@Bytezor8]

I can just imagine the characters passing by Soma during his journey like "Hey Soma-" and Soma just zips past with his blade going "HA HUA HO TAH!"

[@galvon196]

Turns out soma could be link

[@DarkX64]

"Gives the power to jump around maniacally," I dunno, doesn't he have that already?

[@MilesTormani]

I love that this comment is on every all souls TAS of this game.

[@Skulll9000]

6:11

[@DaveN8gh5]

​@@Skulll9000ah yes he's a fleaman

[@jjpasay]

This is the true Chaotic Realm.

[@cletusmcyeetus5975]

Only Soma can go to the Chaotic Realm. For he *is* the Chaotic Realm.

[@Shadowlyger]

Whenever I watch a TAS, I find myself wondering what this shit must look like from the character's perspective.

[@kamith3984]

Bassicly a bunch of backflips and tricks in high speed

[@themightyaqua1145]

Imagine how it feels though: clipping through the castle, hopping around like a fleaman, constantly swinging an oversized sword at near light speed, forever being at near death

[@zerir.3726]

he has mad carpal tunnel 😭

[@Bropower125Games]

A man of sheer determination and willpower

[@BLACULA-Skeewoah]

Acid, speed and cocaine... That's what it looks like 😂 "on your marks, get set... Where did he go?"

[@brgr2642]

This is what happens when you leave Soma alone with a castle, a bag of crack cocaine, and twenty minutes to kill.

[@Ogesao]

6:12 Hops around madly.

[@17Delirious]

15:40 - 15:47 a hint of what it must feel like to lose your mind.

[@uberphawx8305]

2:17 when you pour milk in your cereal but you don't realize its spoiled until your first munch

[@dinotheruler1690]

12:41 12:45 rare footage of me impatiently waiting for my girlfriend finish her makeup.

[@Touka2121]

😂

[@spicybreadproductions1972]

I know, right?

[@behapy666]

Imagine Dracula sitting on his throne looking at this and saying "oh man i'm getting the fuck out of here, this guy is too much"

[@BrightXenoTheGizoid]

Yeah, Some of the belmonts can move as chaotically as Soma here Just Ask Mr.ULE--- I Mean, Julius.

[@sdgdhpmbp]

Nah. After all the shit that Belmonts and even the infamous Maxim pulled, Dracula finally said "Fuck this shit! I'm getting a piece of that action!". Because, you know, Soma is Dracula incarnate.

[@Yukon_83]

Joel Neto hahaha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 correct

[@Yukon_83]

Now I'm curious how dose he do that

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Luckily, Dracula was already dead, so he didn't have to deal with this. And no, Soma only becomes Dracula in the bad ending

[@teckworks]

Na-na na-na na-na na-na BAT-CLIP!

[@wolfy-woo]

Huh, didn’t think I’d see you here!

[@pigfish99]

they're everywhere. like their porn. >.>

[@DeltaSpark8]

Bat out of hell? More like bat out of bounds.

[@obi-wan1050]

How many souls do you want? Soma: *YES*

[@ahnlanz4146]

How come he could get every souls easily???

[@mr.joseph7088]

@@ahnlanz4146 Because this is a TAS ( Tool Assisted Speedrun ) simply put, A TAS gives you the power to do anything.

[@ahnlanz4146]

@@mr.joseph7088 oohhh

[@pokepress]

Not only is he an exchange student, he’s the captain of the gymnastics team.

[@itachixmaster]

4:54 that frame soma look so weird xD half human half bat hahaha

[@mateololero4091]

It's called furries

[@noside.foxhound]

I went to the kitchen and grabbed a bag of chips and a dr.pepper, head back to my room, sat on the couch and enjoyed this fantastic tas video from start to end, it was so satisfying! thank you so much. :D

[@realbartsimpson]

6:12 "Hops around madly." Yes, that is indeed what is happening.

[@VostokApollo]

I've never seen a TAS go through a fully graphable exponential curve of madness before.

[@avalonjustin]

I noticed that the soul was collected from the first boss (Creaking Skull) with no indication, but every subsequent soul had an indication.

[@qwerty99846]

thats because he leveled up at the same time

[@davidchez513]

It technically does display, the level up happened the moment he grabbed the soul, so there's was a bit of a corruption of graphics that didn't display the description properly (but the text box is there) due to the effects of the boss being defeated and the level up action.

[@avalonjustin]

@@davidchez513 That makes sense, thank you.

[@metalkuma571]

Soma no my name is Soma the hedgehog

[@Capochetta]

Gotta clip fast!

[@scarletcat4735]

Castlevania: Aria of Hedgehog

[@Capochetta]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Knuckles

[@scarletcat4735]

Capochetta Maybe the J Mode

[@uberphawx8305]

Castlevania: Aria of Fast

[@Schimnesthai]

IGA I can't wait for Bloodstained

[@Ninjaananas]

Falcon Bleck Same with me.

[@mitchsorenstein630]

Recently just started playing this game but I always wondered how he constantly stayed at 1 hp and 100% guard rate.

[@mr.dudley3484]

the staying at 1 hp bit was due to not using any healing items or using save points, which is important for the lubicant soul, and the guard thing is due to the blocking mail, which has a 10% chance to prevent all damage

[@qwerty99846]

rng manipulation

[@IamFish_2009]

Prayer to rnjesus

[@irving1ful]

​@@mr.dudley3484its actually a 25%

[@keffypoo]

397,000 re-records x_o

[@JustAnotherMatt420]

now, this is how you fuck a game up! best tas I've seen in a minute!

[@ckmishn3664]

So when playing regularly, after you kill death are you invincible? And how do you kill other guys after that?

[@XanthinZarda]

No, you simply banished death back to his plane. He too is an immortal, but can manifest physically.

[@LilyLilim44]

Patrick Wise He is wearing blocking mail it has chance to "guard" attack he manipulate rng to make it guard all the time

[@ckmishn3664]

Lily Lilim It was a philosophical joke. As in, if "Death" is dead, how can anyone die?

[@vini.trindad]

this is beautiful

[@Wesker236]

Basically, dracula resurrected and is now on crack and cocaine rampaging through his own castle

[@drenmacalansag6437]

Heroin is one hell of a drug

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

Dren Macalansag heroin soul

[@azublu]

Imagine being magically empowered and given dominion over a legendary mythological castle only to get bitch slapped to death by some kid with a blanket

[@RedGallardo]

20 min of Dracula's life. Imagine he lives like that for eternity.

[@Laenthor]

2:00 Oh okay...

[@chadfield]

2:30 can we talk about how he literally completed the arena stage with 1 HP?

[@carljohnson1842]

Yesh it's actually insane.. he makes me feel a noob

[@jaydenpatterson5165]

Luck stat is so busted that whatever the TAS-er made it into still isn’t enough for zombie soul on first try lmao

[@obi-wan1050]

The real soul steal

[@gibbyace5077]

i love the thumbnail

[@Mrstonksman214]

TAS be like: You look away for about 5 seconds and when you look back at the screen they are on the other side of the castle.

[@Guji198]

I was counting the whole time, but I missed two.

[@Ace_The_Espy]

TAS the ultimate killing (and glitching) machine.

[@eminute550]

7:46 HI SIMON BYE SIMON

[@forrygaming1617]

Julius. It was Julius

[@IKR2419]

I don't realize how much time he passed without getting HP

[@starzz9907]

The game : chronomage Allows ability to stop time Me (as a fan of jojo) : ZA WARUDO

[@KoshoAnims]

This game is full of jojo references

[@xAnnySaidGoAway]

jojo gay

[@reallyman6502]

Bruh The whole point of the game is literally gaining stands

[@founderofthenewworld1838]

And to kill a vampire

[@HyperVanilo]

I like how you used the fanart of Koumajou Densetsu version of Youmu Konpaku and Yuyuko Saigyouji in the beginning because the game is Touhou parody of Castlevania.

[@BossModeGod]

'Hold that thought, julius..'

[@moonlightxsunlightteam5950]

Wow! That was so Extremely faster

[@Massacretalitor]

Does anybody actually know how he is able to get soul every time he needs to? During my run of Aria of Sorrow on Advance Collection, I was able to figure out that soul drops are affected by actions. For example, I wouldn't get soul from killing said enemy, but if I hit another enemy next to it before killing the enemy I wanted the soul from, the soul could now drop. I was abusing reload to try all kinds of stuff, sometimes with desired results and most often not.

[@chelvo56]

Rng manipulation. basically, through inputs, he manipulates the number that is used to check if you get a certain outcome

[@TwilightFlower9]

Basically, the exact same thing you were doing, on a larger scale, and with the help of looking into the game's memory. Human runners for this category do smaller RNG manipulations with the help of save-quits. (It takes about an hour for a skilled human runner, IIRC.)

[@Nickle_King]

Soma dancing over Yoko’s body broke me. That was so funny.

[@NecromanticWater]

This poor game shattered before our eyes

[@teapartycthulu]

"Hops around madly" well....

[@ildeplays4366]

12:57 ZA WARUDO

[@that0nebr075]

Cherry Kool-Aid is one helluva drug, eh Soma?

[@Its-Boshy-time]

Looks like Soma learned how to pass trought walls just like Maxim and Juste

[@DeKhaPe]

Where is my "Demon Mail"? :(

[@bananaslamma35]

What is a wall? A miserable little pile of bricks! But enough talk, let's go right through it!

[@ShiroYueHime]

me watching this again after 6 years... ...

[@HYOSAIZERO]

How did u do to pass through walls? Is it a glitch, bug or cheat?

[@qwerty99846]

tas only glitch

[@Mrstonksman214]

I assume you are talking about the zips (bat zips, etc.) its basically like you are getting into the walls hitbox and because you are not meant to be there you get sent up out of the hitbox which can turn into massive skips. It is possible for humans to do this as this is a required glitch used in some areas to get a good time for any% speedruns. It is very hard to preform though. hope i could help :)

[@methodofmayhem3253]

How can you guard all the damages?

[@geometrydash6941]

Blocking mail

[@Davi_Dash]

Remember kids is not soma extra mega speed who have defeated dracula , the real thing who have defeated dracula ,is the friends he have made it along the way.

[@kl4969]

No better way to travel than Bat in the Wall!

[@Verbatimorgish]

If I was grant, death, or even Dracula I'd be sketched OUT seeing this guy glitch towards me

[@vsriotact]

What did we learn today boys and girls? Bats can ignore walls

[@jruler93]

Solid walls? The fuck are those?

[@yoesanera]

I dont have anyy slightest clue what the fuck just happened, TAS is so insane wtf

[@linkmariokirby7373]

Soma after getting 8 hours of sleep for the first time since he was 12

[@SomeGuyMusic]

Soma hitting the griddy for 19 minutes

[@ABCDEFGHdumbo]

getting the skyfish soul first try... a voliate sight

[@irtijaadib42069]

Getting the soul is easy. Its like a 15% chance to drop. Stopping it with yhe chronomage is the tricky part.

[@pinguin4898]

the REAL vampire lord heir experience

[@rafaelogenio819]

The guy who made this is a genius, even though it is not a bit enjoyable to watch.

[@somemong989]

Why isn't it enjoyable?

[@maxwiedt.1867]

How to use the bat to pass through walls???

[@mallorylognirson8204]

-МаkSиМыЧ- Видеоблогер backdash then bat form I think.

[@reflxs]

bat zip

[@yoesanera]

After he got Jump in Mid Jump he went Gordon Freeman

[@NarffetWerlz]

Walls, doors, boss fights, damage. All suggestions.

[@darihunter3308]

How does he get all of the souls instantly? Is It RNG or something different?

[@TheKeitaNobodyAskedFor]

rng manipulation

[@Mrstonksman214]

the TAS does specific inputs to specifically change the RNG of the soul

[@fedric9131]

is TAS help improve rate drop?

[@starpowerel7172]

dracula does whatever he wants

[@ナンテ·ナンナン]

ドゥエを得た変態

[@gonzaloserrano-uk8cb]

Mother of GOD, you sick Bro wtf😮

[@eat_sleep_GOJO]

Damn, another TAS

[@pandulcecito]

HOPS AROUND MADLY

[@Stuff447]

this jumping gives me sm64 vibes...

[@lmaollyt5541]

julius :i cant find my bag of cocaine

[@alejomakevids]

5:32 Soma-bat

[@Salex1111]

for you atlas

[@Artsyca]

Looks like I have to shave a few hours off my 14h30

[@Xano_Q]

7:45 scuse me-

[@carlosdavidavila6896]

2:31 undertale no hit be like:

[@YanniraPineda-nx3mg]

El drogadicto del salón cuando llega tarde a clases xd

[@Squaredasher]

The year is 20xx...

[@krisjohn4668]

I just want to see what his map looks like. XD

[@akakiosgames6176]

Warp rooms, who needs them? lol

[@edward9487]

He's too chaotic! Quickly, bani- OH GOD HE'S HERE!

[@youusedtoknow2544]

4:50 how to execute this glitch i only can do is sideways

[@youusedtoknow2544]

Nvm i did it its hard to execute that glitch lol

[@youusedtoknow2544]

5:11 i freaking did it its so hard you should be hit by an enemy to get up

[@maiconborba2822]

16:54 banana

[@wysth9853]

what a name of this glitchs??

[@joekenwood4956]

Soma: yes

[@Isais-o1c]

Parpadie por un segundo que ase en el coliseo

[@ELXIBACK]

Esas paredes pintadas

[@TheDragovianLord]

So, I assume this is mostly RNG manipulation via methods of moving Soma and how high his Life and energy meters are?

[@TheSquareOnes]

Simpler than that I'd imagine they just had to re-record a lot of the rooms many, many times to get the drops when they needed them.

[@waxitoto1234]

2:07 ok, what the actual fuck!?

[@sivoyager]

Wtf... All those glitches

[@pargafarn9283]

Ok Soma is a jackhammer instead a human.

[@Yukon_83]

Damn this guy are girl is fire... Playing this