[TAS] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "all souls, inbounds" by Kriole in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2011-03-13
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 and without using glitch warps in a little less than 25 minutes, even more impressive.
Upon completing his warpless run ( tasvideos.org/... ), Kriole ( tasvideos.org/... ) decided to take another jab at this category, improving upon his earlier ( tasvideos.org/... ) effort by 51 seconds.
However, if you would like to see the game beaten to a pulp in a mere quarter of this time, don't miss the any% run ( tasvideos.org/... ) by klmz ( tasvideos.org/... ).
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Note: While the player doesn't use glitch warps (neither by death nor by getting out-of-bounds using transform souls), he uses the normal warp rooms present in the castle.
Note: Starting from reset was necessary to use hard mode. However, doing so is normally not allowed - refer to the rules ( tasvideos.org/... ) to see the reasons.

[@Illgaia]

I think I spent more time farming for a Peeping Eye soul than the entire run time of this video.

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

Same but for Maneater and Ectoplasm

[@ZidaneTribal93]

For me it was the Zombie soul

[@davisdapiton9676]

Peeping Eye soul was so time-consuming to get. I got the soul for 2 hrs.

[@LostMrBags]

Imagine being a monster and this guy starts annihilating your friends by moonwalking

[@meh1681]

OMG he took Jerry's soul! JERRY NOOOOO!

Aria of Sorrow: Backstab bunny hop Soma mode. Dawn of Sorrow: Spinning divekick hop Soma mode

[@Schimnesthai]

I love this game so much, i could get lost in it, play it for years and still enjoy it.

[@whitered_flowers_forget]

Ikr

[@livingmaulana]

with retroachievements being a thing, you can replay this game a few more times now.

[@agtwjgw]

蒼真の動きが進化していくところは、いつ見てもすごいと思ってしまう。 特に連続急降下キック走りのダバダバした動きは、変な笑いが出てくる。

[@blackhogarth4049]

I know! It looks so ridiculous!

[@d.t.simonbelmont]

Graham: Start the car! I said "Get in the f***ing car!" Soma: *goes berserk chasing Graham with Mina*

[@crystalgeodes3969]

Soma Cruz BLJs through ancient castle, becomes Dracula (circa 2021)

[@KimeramonRocks]

This guy that Dracula's spirit becomes enhanced to (in Smash Ultimate) starts out with a lot of hit points in this game. I'm impressed So Muh Cruise is that strong from the get to.

[@NesuProps]

Soma would have been an interesting character in Smash, imagine after taking a stock it's neutral B becomes a new move based in the character he took a stock

[@nezatrebovan]

@@NesuProps just like Kirby

[@James-oj6ru]

Ah yes, Soma channeling his inner Mathias

[@Jameslongstrider]

Fleaman Soul "Hops around madly" After hopping around madly for 3 and a half minutes before even getting the soul.

[@jamest1513]

Soma is less a man here than a God-forsaken Cuisinart.

[@Yanzker]

this happens when drinking Monster after hot coffee

[@ToolAssistedFunposting]

Great run

[@Stitastic]

Favorite game to watch TASes of

[@TheProblemChannel]

Me: Sees Hop Madly Also Me: Oh god no Also Also me : Sees dive kick unlocked what is he....Oh dear lord no.

[@TheBanishedWind]

Nearly 11 years old and only now is it on KZbin. Oof.

[@James-oj6ru]

So about at least older than most of the people who use twitter, Tiktok, Instagram, discord and youtube, got it

[@GoddessMaria]

It's always been on KZbin. Just the first time it's been re-encoded and uploaded to the Official channel. Recent rule revisions allowed this to come back reclassified as "inbounds".

[@kenesusenpai186]

Cool old run.

[@余强-v1u]

If Junius really saw this guy fighting against giant, he will recognize the tiny of human being and submit to Dracula...

[@pooyataleb2514]

this TAS fellow should but a lottery ticket

[@UCDitto]

Imagine being the Omipitent God of the Game just Watching all of this go down.

[@clairebennett9104]

*"I JUST NEED THAT LITTLE* [Soul] *YOU HAVE!!!"*

[@TheError404Memes]

shut up

[@TheBanishedWind]

@@TheError404Memes You first.

[@ForestBoyProductions]

SPAM [tong]

[@JosephMaranhao]

cool tas run

[@さいだ-b7y]

7:15 このあたりから本格的にドゥエりだす

[@rhs7964]

esse e o Harmony of Dissonance são os que eu mais gosto no GBA!

[@jblue88hoodgamer54]

When Castlevinia character s smoking that good stuff LOL.

[@Shadow-MCMXCV]

Excellent bro 😏👉👉

[@shahrilsafian9651]

Crazy combo 😅😅😅

[@paolamedina9925]

WAIT!!! is so speed that can go hazbin hotel? 22:36

[@youusedtoknow2544]

8:44 is that a rapid frog?

[@youusedtoknow2544]

9:42 yup definitely a frog

[@youusedtoknow2544]

11:48 sora got a stroke

[@nicolasomarcastro7293]

Soma Cruz el loco! 😂

[@Xieryo]

Soma got the Fast without the Grass

[@josephedge88]

So what mod or cheat do you have active to make the enemies drop souls more often?

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

None, it's rng manip. Basically, the game decides whether or not he gets a soul/item from an enemy based off a random number that changes based on a variety of things (button presses, particles, etc.) So at points, he'll press a button or perform an action to progress, or manipulate, the rng of the game. Sometimes the movement becomes "not optimal" because of it, however losing a frame in movement in those cases saves 5 minutes of grinding.

[@TheBanishedWind]

@Joseph Edge (OP) Also calling it a "cheat" or calling what the runner is doing "cheating" tends to be a bit of a trigger with most who are familiar with TAS running. This video will tell you more about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5bXnGRjjMdqpbs

[@ryanmusthofa9057]

how can he got the souls that easily? wtf with those movements

[@smolselene9453]

it's a tool assisted speedrun

[@TheBanishedWind]

@Ryan Musthofa (OP) To expand on Smolselene's answer, a TAS allows the "player" to progress the game one frame at a time, allowing for deliberation on whether to add an input on that frame, subtract an active input (releasing a held input for example), or to simply advance as is to the next frame. This makes it possible to do tricks and executions that a real-time player (aka "a human") would either struggle with, or be unable to accomplish, be it consistently or at all. Going back to tweak inputs is what the Rerecord count is for, which also includes going back to manipulate luck-based factors such as soul-drops. For more, I went and found this video that explains it rather well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5bXnGRjjMdqpbs

[@SparkschuItai]

Ay

[@Dairmergel]

Lol XD AJAJAJAJA WTF HAHAHHAHA

[@badpen]

why so easy to get souls?

[@jerppursh7570]

Rng manipulation

[@Ozzull]

"TAS"