Creepy Bad Endings: Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

[@whoisthisgit]

Episode 13: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp3LaKGqptl_l9E

[@whiteraven1992]

Juste already has a destiny as Europe's greatest interior designer. Evidence?: All the furniture he arranges, plus the game's "Best" Ending.

[@thr3351]

The Belmont plumber clan. Nice ring to it.

[@dmas7749]

Well, he did beat up Dracula by jumping on him.

[@saviorniko4339]

D MAS What now will nintendo make a castlevania spinoff with mario?

[@dmas7749]

Tommy Mcnally Killing an enemy by divekick is always satisfying...

[@richardgibson8403]

thr3351 Mario belmont

[@Nunubotz2]

and one of those plumbers become the powerfull super mario and saved the world many times

[@Bobsican]

Super Mario Metroidvania, featuring Dante and Sanic & Knuckles, cuming out never.

[@Burn_Angel]

...& Knuckles.

[@thatangryginger]

Powerful*

[@MourningButterflies]

@@Burn_Angel .....& Knuckles....again.

[@Burn_Angel]

@@MourningButterflies People should make a hackrom called "Sonic & Knuckles Again".

[@Alias_Anybody]

The best ending actually has two versions, one with Lydie leaning on Juste if he finds all of his furniture. The implication is that they become a couple, which IMHO would make the best ending the canon one. Though if you start thinking about this - after Maria Renard who only follows Alucard if he uncovers enough of the map she's the second Castlevania chick with a very weird preference. Nothing hotter than cartographers and interior designers I guess.

[@LemonnNote]

Lydie just wants a man who can decorate, is that so wrong?

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

@@LemonnNote OK, but what about Maria's preference? Hoe do you explain that?

[@Yorigami32X]

They have very important priorities

[@bloodrunsclear]

'I think that I was bitten by Maxim' Apparently she's used to hickeys. She barely reacts!

[@Vernal_Sky]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (ಠ_ಠ)

[@UnarmedExile]

This boss room always gives me the feeling what walls are closing in...

[@thatoneguy9582]

oh god I just noticed that

[@thesupershinymegagengar2034]

I know that feeling.

[@heraalcidodi5216]

we don*t play this game the borin game is always like this yes you got it right 🤩👊👊🤩 dude

[@marianokaz1503]

@@heraalcidodi5216 You're not a real human being.

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

"By the way, what does 'wonderful' mean again?" I'm choking with laughter lmao

[@tristanmartinez3362]

2 definitions:full of wonder, and another word for awesome.

[@leelduttis4086]

There’s also the fact that he said “what am I going to do with myself now?” while standing near the edge of a cliff…

[@S.A.T.O.-]

Impossible, the bloodline of the belmont clan should continue for generations

[@FolderBoard]

3:03 Look, wonderful can also mean "full of wonder". Now, don't try to tell me Dracula's castle isn't full of wonder!

[@dmas7749]

+Jared B You mean like tables trying to kill you? XD

[@lpfan4491]

well....there are also way too many dancing ghosts xD

[@marcellosilva9286]

Well, Juste got descendants and Lydie leans on him during the good ending, so.... And Maxim's sword appears again in Portrait of Ruin, if Castlevania had crumbled with him inside, I think it would've been lost forever.

[@cursedex]

I love how the bad endings give the clue to unlock the good ones.

[@projectTyrasa]

Sooo... Neither of them are even slightly concerned about Juste glowing? has he always done that? like since they met?

[@Magitek1112]

It's not actually a story thing. He's just glowing so his sprite stands out better on older crappy GBA screens.

[@projectTyrasa]

Ahh, thanx for clearin that up for me, and Good on ya mate, for knowin fun facts like this 'ne

[@AmanojakuPenguin]

+Magitek1112 Aria of Sorrow would like a word

[@dmas7749]

+ToxicPenguin I've got an image of AoS Soma with Juste's glow in my head now.

[@AmanojakuPenguin]

D MAS Would've made the game look 10x worse

[@terminatortala1]

the 2nd ending made me think he committed suicide

[@Kazmahu]

Speaking of Order of Ecclesia, the bad ending in that one when you're missing villagers is pretty disturbing. It's hard to fail your mission much harder than what happens there...

[@phuongauphuong7930]

Didn't think that the video would be so old yet the content from this are fresh to me

[@Profile_Snail]

Well yes he was to become a plumber, so that years later Mario would be born.

[@alexisfiligree9116]

"Mankind-a ill-a needs a savior such as-a you!" I'm picturing Mario as Richter Belmont

[@ObsoleteSonicRules]

Dracula Wraith's second form made me say WTF?

[@andrewmiller5126]

Reminds me of Andross lol.

[@lukebytes5366]

juste: "you are not worthy of being my opponent!" tell us something we don't know!

[@DarkMirria1]

Reminds me of Vergil. 👀

[@MattT1996]

Ahh... the second Castlevania game i've played :) I remember getting the ending where both Maxim and Lydie die... it really made feel like a piece of shit :P

[@squidoodle861]

Even though it's a fan game, the Mother: Cognitive Dissonance Paradox ending is kind of creepy I guess, you defeat the ones who once fought off the evil Giegue and in turn, you nullify the event ever happening and create a time Paradox that the heroes are stuck in forever with no hopes of ever getting out... I got reminded by the word "Dissonance" in this game's title

[@HCN-002OldChannel]

Castlevania: land of bad endings with very cryptic circumstances

[@Arriator]

When I completed the game, I got ready to get the best ending. Then I realized I forgot to put on Juste's Bracelet...

[@Nekucloud]

Dracula's second form looks like a giant zombie head with a pincer arm.🤔

[@Xunkun]

They've had the same lead charcter designer/artist for a while now (I'm sure you've seen the really detailed, hand-drawn full portraits that're in that one particular 'realistic' syle: I forget her name, but she's made them all). I read that she actually dislikes always making them pretty, and actually likes drawing the old men charcters much more.

[@Luigifan18]

Can I just say that I love the plot of this game?

[@MrRenard7785]

To be honest, the "Castle A" bad ending doesn't seem all that bad to me. Yeah, you're best buddy died, but you saved Lydie, the one you were trying to save and beat Dracula. It happens all the time as a plot device. Someone close to the protagonist dies for the greater good.

[@vacuiaeruleum4252]

Once thing that caught my attention in this game that i haven't seen talked about at all, is the small shiny spark thing that comes from Juste every time he gets hit. For some reason when i was a kid, i thought that was going to play into the plot, that the final boss could be absorbing the hp you're losing. That could actually be something really cool for a game, the more damage you take the more hp/power has the final boss.

[@SantinoAintHere]

The best ending is the cannon and that's why sometimes the bests endings are called as "true endings"

[@takanuva114]

My first Castlevania was Dawn of Sorrow, which I got last Christmas. It's actually funny how the bad ending unlocks Julius Mode.

[@eevee1583]

The walls of the final boss arena... I can't focus on the boss

[@kathrynwilliams7097]

I love Lub Lub. I wub Lub Lub. I LUB LUB LUB!

[@dmas7749]

Translation: I love Or Or. I wub Or Or. AND OR OR OR!

[@skullybonesgamingawesome2544]

Kathryn Williams WUBBA LUBBA LUB LUB

[@shittyname2657]

Wubba lubba dub dub

[@lpfan4491]

hm...interessting. seems like all endings in castlevania have the same rythm to them. if you failed to get the true ending(fighting him in castle a): neutral ending. if you got the true ending,but failed to get it the good way(not equiping the important things): bad ending. if you got the true ending and got it right(equiping them): best ending

[@feyefall4855]

I guess if you want the true ending you also face higher stakes, i.e. potentially getting the bad ending, while the neutral ending is taking the safest option/route.

[@redclover5460]

Darn, Git, you're remarkably persuasive. I tried out Live a Live thanks to you, and I'm currently playing HoD.

[@FreakyKong]

I'm loving your work, and I especially love the way you tell us of Lub Lub's life lessons!!

[@nigeldeacon6076]

Oh my God... whatever that was that Dracula just transformed into is gonna give me nightmares for the rest of my life. CANNOT UNSEE.

[@suna845]

Skip #16 if you want to sleep

[@thesupershinymegagengar2034]

Meh. Not at all phased.

[@seld2040]

Back from my original comment 9 years ago, boy time sure flies, my English was really bad too lol. After seeing the Netflix series, I find it funny that you got answered both questions at the end... sad thing the bad ending is canon for the show.

[@BaconMageLv0]

Juste, a plumber? Maybe I should call Luigi...

[@guyonyoutube3850]

'Maybe he quits and becomes a plumber' It's-a-me, Mario the vampire slayer

[@dustinarmstrong1168]

With all of the jokes about Juste becoming a plumber, that just gave me the mental image of him beating Dracula over the head with a lead pipe.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

I think the background of the arena when you fight Maxim can earn a mention in a leave my eyes alone video...

[@aurachanneler8396]

Maybe he moved to Salem and helped them get rid of their vampires.

[@ShadowBaofu]

I agree, Dracula was much tougher in Order of Ecclesia, especially on Hard mode with a level 1 cap. But then again, you're not playing a Belmont in that one.

[@finalfantac]

Castlevania 2 has a waaaay more depressing possible ending (where simon dies and the ending is his grave), but also, for your next ending, i strongly suggest you check out any of the bad endings to 'i have no mouth and i must scream' - THAT gave me nightmares for weeks.

[@amped0808]

This game when i played it and saw the bad ending was just downright creepy.

[@SariahtheHedgehog01]

Well, although he doomed us all, Juste at least let us be vampires with good plumbing!

[@theoverseer1775]

How can one of the oldest channels on KZbin still have so little subscribers? Git is underrated. Seriously, how does a guy screaming at video games get more subs in a few months than this guy in 16+ years on KZbin?

[@LemonnNote]

Juste: "I couldn't save my girlfriend OR my best friend, I'm a terrible vampire hunter, what should I do with myself now..." End credits: *peaceful orchestrated music*

[@epicgamer6678]

I actually like the bad ending more. At least the Castle A one.

[@whoisthisgit]

@ShadowBaofu Good point. This is the only Metroidvania game where the main character is a true Belmont, (Not counting Harmony of Despair) which also happens to be the easiest of the lot. Julius is certainly tough as well, seeing as he's in his fifties.

[@LordQuadros]

In the good ending, Juste gaslights his love interest for no reason.

[@gobalbucs]

Js, that’s not what gaslighting means

[@whoisthisgit]

@solarknight99 Decided I weren't going to worry about that annoying third-party notice if it appears. I already made a video about this particular game, and it hasn't appeared with that yet, and even if it does, most likely nothing will happen, I will just hate having to see it.

[@Istreakilaz]

For anyone getting into this game .........after watching this 9 years later, dunno why you would Juste's backdash is Insanely Broken, and Maxim wields a Wakizashi that can multi hit and looks cool.

[@Istreakilaz]

@@krimsonkatt No no! I totally agree with you there about SotN. It's quite slow and methodical, even if it was the first game in the series to introduce the stat modifiers and dual wield mechanics, which is a godsend... i think. For me, It's probably AoS -> Bloodstained RotN -> HoD -> Bloodstained CotM 2 -> PoR -> DoS -> SotN -> Bloodstained CotM -> LoI -> Bloodlines -> RoB -> OfE -> CotM -> CoD Anything older than that is the standard 'difficult to play' Castlevania... so i'll ignore those. My reasonings: (feel free to skip this long tandem) - Aria of Sorrow is the best in terms of story and gameplay, and even if it's fleshed out later on... It just never gets tiring, and the soundtrack is so cool. Plus, the Julius Mode kicks Ass! - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night is super streamlined, and a feast for eyes.. but also a little.... too overwhelming, because the scale of the game is getting too big for a 'Castlevania' type game... Regardless, it's Hella fun! - Harmony of Dissonance is like playing a modern day Belmont, (like Julius), except he moves like a butterfly and stings like a WASP! He's like a more polished Alucard... in my opinion, and Maxim's gameplay is amazing... if somewhat too broken - Bloodstained Circle of the Moon 2 is my favourite Bloodstained game, even if RotN is more enjoyable overall.... The cast is great and 'cutting the moon' just never stops being cool! Alongside the challenging gameplay that RotN loses to accompany, The 2D art is drop dead gorgeous! - Portrait of Ruin has the 2nd best memorable quote in the entire Franchise, except for the you know what one from Dracula...... "Jonathan!" "Charlotte!". The AI is NOT stupid, which is a big thanks, and The characters are lovely... if somewhat tragic. Although the Gameplay has a bit of a old timey control feel to it, it's never hampering, unlike.... say CotM. - The only reason why Dawn of Sorrow is higher on my list, despite the obviously baaaad and unnecessary touchscreen gimmicks.... Is that Soma reaches the full peak of his absolute badassery here! He was already a badass in AoS, but here... he just breaks all limiters... which kinda makes the game a little underwhelming to be honest. But it's so satisfying at the same time! And the higher framerate of the DS just makes it so much more cooler. Plus, the story does not completely make the earlier story progress completely redundant... unlike some OTHER games do! it's a nice sendoff for Soma and the cast in my opinion, and i will defend it completely! And the Julius mode is a feast this time as well, even if the soundtrack is not as Epic - Symphony of the Night has some pretty cool music, and Alucard is a lovable awkward guy... He can't talk normally, lol! The boss battles are some of my favourites in the series, with Death and the Doppleganger being the top two. But at the same time... it feels so... slow... and drags on for longer than needed. Getting around the map is slow and boring, which is the exact reason DoS rates higher than SotN in my list, because it fixes that, and THE. GOD. DAMN. CLOCKTOWER. It suffers from the zoomed in camera quite a few times, and the drab colour pallete makes things not much visually appealing, for the most part. I think it's fun, but a little too overrated, mostly due to nostalgia. - Bloodstained Circle of the Moon is like a spiritual successor to PoR, in my opinion. It knows what to do with the gameplay, and doesn't bother with the weaker points of the Castlevania series, like the equipment hassle. It's a more of an on the rails experience, but it's good fun still! - Lament of Innocence put off many from playing it, due to it's 3D nature.. but seriously! It's quite well made, and the game doesn't suffer from the transition of planes.... not immediately noticeable atleast. The story is really good, and it's an underrated game in the franchise. - Bloodlines is a much older game than the others on my list, but it honestly doesn't feel like that. Surprisingly, it is much older than CotM, but feels and plays better than that actually. And it is also surprisingly canon, which makes it all the better, because Elizabeth is one of the better Antagonists of the Franchise. - The only reason why Rondo of Blood, another of the older Castlevania is here on this list... is because the ending of RoB is the starting Prologue of SotN, which means that many have an idea what this game is about. And true to that knowledge, it is also a good game, even if it suffers from the chronical disease of 'stiff jumps' as all the older titles. Anyone who can stand the older somewhat difficult to control Castlevanias, should really try this one. - Order of Ecclesia.... good story... problematic execution in all aspects. The glyphs are a cool idea, but the Souls mechanics are much MUCH better thought out than these... As well as having unnecessary fanservice, which makes me annoyed, that they just HAD to sexualize the first and only canonical female protagonist then.... Not to mention that the Antagonist is a absolute bore.... - Circle of the Moon.... would have been good, if someone didn't have the foresight to REMOVE the stiff jump mechanic from the older games, as well as NOT make the game so visually dark. I had a hard time playing this, because not only is it hard to control the character... but damn near impossible to see enemies at times. And the 'Bro' character is not nearly bro enough... which undersells the plot point they use regarding him later on in the story... what a waste. - Curse of Darkness is supposed to be a 'mixed-positively recieved' game... but all i can say is that... it's shite! it doens't feel like Castlevania, it doesn't play like a Castlevania game... It feels like it was supposed to be a different game, but was later remade into one. There is fun to be found with this, but since i'm someone who wants to play a Hack and Slash game when i'm feeling like it, and not when i misled into it... I didn't like it all that much.... very dissapointing. The first Lords of Shadow was decent enough, in my opinion... but the cash-cow Konami just ruined it for me afterwards.... Amen, Castlevania.... We'll probably never see you in the flesh.... or boxset again....

[@Crowley9]

This reminds me, I think the bad endings from the Nintendo 64 Castlevanias deserve a video in this series. Carrie's is especially creepy.

[@LemonnNote]

There was an n64 Castlevaina!?

[@Crowley9]

@@LemonnNote Two, in fact. Though the second one contained almost all the content from the first.

[@kathrynwilliams7097]

"You heard the lady." XD I died!

[@whoisthisgit]

@eddykinn Whoops, sorry, replied to the wrong person before. But to answer your question, I don't know.

[@whoisthisgit]

@eddykinn I've just been too lazy to make the next one, especially since it will probably be a long episode.

[@napoleoncomplex2712]

Juste became a plumber and founded the dynasty that would eventually lead to Mario.

[@Xalusc]

By "what should I do with myself now?", I think it was a small hint saying he was going to commit suicide. At least, that's what I thought by seeing that ending.

[@HelixSquid]

I just got on my braces...this video makes it hurt less...HURT LESS.

[@Galvinize03]

19 years had past since Juste gave up the life of a vampire hunter. He now works as a plumber. He now lives with his wife and child. His child, Jack is destined to carry on the Balmont name by unclogging any toilet that stands in his path. One day, Jack receives a call from a man named Dracula. Upon Hearing the call, Jack immediately goes to castlevania to carry on his fathers legacy. Dracula's Toilet beckons to all that is unsuspecting of its horror...

[@teddypower2032]

i hate it when you have to read a story that drops down like the credits and you have to read them as fast as you can >:(

[@whoisthisgit]

@1jim3bob Maybe, but I can't record N64 games well right now. Plus, though the sequence and the build-up to it are indeed horrible, you always begin the three day cycle again afterward. 

[@bobbyzeal]

As Ann Robinson would say: "Juste... you leave... with nothing."

[@ladysnake8449]

Juste: I failed at being a vampire hunter! Me: now you know how Richter feels.

[@Aivottaja]

I think he failed more as a Shaft hunter.

[@ZekeTheThunderWolf]

The ending without the bracelet was obviously a hint to wear it, albeit a bit vague. But, in Castle A, of course the best ending stood with the harder castle... As well as the worst.

[@theboomerpride]

i like how you show us all endings your the best!

[@OwlCat777]

I think Juste looks kind of like David Bowie in Labyrinth.

[@Sand-Walker13]

Possibly Robotic. I agree.

[@95DNA]

you should see the oddworld bad endings, they do a good job on making you feel like s**t

[@theboomerpride]

remember he is unstable thats why he is weak

[@mushrooml4115]

Simon mains on their first day: 0:19

[@whoisthisgit]

@TheValiantBob Not sure if it's true, but I think I remember hearing once that Alucard is actually Trevor Belmont's father, (which is ironic for the Belmont family) so maybe Juste looks like his distant relative more than the others, but I'm sure Castlevania Legends isn't considered canon anymore. The other reason is they tried to make this game more like SOTN than Circle of the Moon, and had the new hero resemble Alucard to reflect that.

[@Lightflux]

I know that it has been 8 years, but yes, Castlevania Legends isn't cannon due to the confussion that makes with the time line (especially with Alucard being Trevor father). So that is why Legends isn't cannon. And Juste Belmont is similar to Alucard because Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance takes a strong base in Symphony of the Night, like the map and the similitudes with Symphony of the Night characters (Juste is similar to Alucard, but just being a Belmont. Maxim resembles to Richter and Lydie to Maria) and due to the combination of the Belmont and Belnades blood, that is why he have white skin and white hair, and he is the youngest belmont, because he has 16 during the events of the game.

[@OwlCat777]

I know what you mean. "Hee hee, it's been a while, hasn't it, since the three of us got together." There are only so many things that could mean...

[@Aivottaja]

Considering Juste was young and there's no mention of him having kids and that Lydie is his likely romantic interest, I think it's probable canon he at least saved Lydie, if not Maxim.

[@thesupershinymegagengar2034]

I fear that Juste might've committed suicide, instead.

[@sledgehog1]

True! Specially with that forelock of his!

[@gandir-ih8ju]

4:10 i swear this room is familiar to me

[@fassFlash]

Dracula later transformed into Bowser. The Belmonts still have to defeat him.

[@milklocket]

See a castle undocumented on a map -- immediately assume it's Dracula's.

[@JDaMac815]

These Are Good Graphics for a GBA Game.

[@REALTachikomaia]

If something must be learned from the game, it should be some like: "Wearing the pendant of a friend give him power to fight vs his bad self". But my head won't acept that as a true. I remember a Clock tower of PlayS, in which placing a amulet or something like that in different places... no, its hasn't sense to me.

[@spellister]

anyone else reminded of sigma from x6 with the dracula wraith first form/

[@FRISJEL137]

My Castlevania favorite game.

[@Nekopolitan98]

It goes from depressing ending to somewhat happy credit music. WHAT??!!!!

[@nothingespecial1]

If he ends up as a plumber, then his descendants will be smacking dracula head.

[@RyanBrown2K5]

*sigh* Dracula's making all this fuss over money and pot roast... Sad, really.

[@SecretAgentJonathon]

@whoisthisgit You should do Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest. That game has 3 endings, depending on how quickly you beat the game.

[@Videogueimeiro]

The funny thing is that I got the worst ending of all when I played this game lol

[@mirandastewart3308]

well, I looked it up so the opposite of this, basically.

[@Xunkun]

I find that the chronologically first game, Lament of Innocence, to be much more tragic: You meet Dracula when he was still a human, and his motivations that set the whole series into motion, and you alo find out why the Vampire Killer whip was first made, and how it really works... Hint: it was reforged with a human soul.

[@NealCamerlengo]

Or maybe Juste can try to become a member of the Shuffle Alliance.

[@ianthecoolthief6226]

Juste kind of looks like Alucard.

[@whoisthisgit]

@7ruthie Done on purpose, to avoid that weird notice thing I mentioned in another post.

[@Henriiq_99]

dude i love your videos i watch them since you've started recording this series...i just forgot one thing... TO SUBSCRIBE BUT NOW I SUBSCRIBED ! :D

[@Thecolorgreen]

Maybe he even goes as far as to kill himself in the third ending. Though the plumber idea is much, MUCH more likely.

[@Mattaku]

@whoisthisgit so that means Dracula is Trevor's Grandfather? thats kinda weird.

[@whoisthisgit]

@1jim3bob That's a silly thing to ask. What if I made this episode about that game instead, and someone said "why haven't you made a video about Harmony of Dissonance yet?"?

[@whoisthisgit]

Yes.

[@10kblades]

abe's oddysey series has the good/bad ending thing going on. if you like the series it would be a PERFECT match for these videos.