History VideoGame / MalditaCastilla

** The giant two-headed vulture, who acts as a boss in the second level and [[spoiler: easily kills Quesada before the boss battle starts]].

* FinalGuy: [[spoiler:Don Ramiro ultimately becomes this near the end.]]

** The miniboss Zarrampla was named "Insolent Worm" in [[http://indiegames.com/2011/08/locomalitos_new_game_maldita_c.html a screenshot from early in the game's development]]. Peharps it was changed to keep people from giggling about how it is one of [[Manga/DragonballZ Vegeta's]] most famous variations of his PitifulWorms insults.

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Don Ramiro is the only member of his knight's army to come back alive at the end of the good and perfect ending.]]

--->-- (description on the official box art)

An UpdatedRerelease has been released for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as ''Cursed Castilla'' (or ''Maldita Castilla EX''), adding new stages, new weapons, and new bosses. ''EX'' is also available on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}}, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* ContinuingIsPainful: If you die, you are kicked back to the beginning of the segment you're currently in, with no support item and your weapon reset to the dagger. Choosing to continue after losing all your lives will reset your score to zero. [[spoiler:And if you continue more than four times, you will be locked into the bad ending.]]

* UnwantedResurrection: The former king of Tolomera is not happy upon being resurrected by Castilla's curse.

%%* TheBigGuy: Mendoza.

* CameBackWrong: The former king of Tolomera.

* ''Advertising/McDonaldLand'' games:

** The game's composer, Gryzor87, made the soundtrack by emulation of the [=YM2203=] sound chip, used in various arcade games of old, for a more authentic sound.

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:The demon Luzfarel — followed quickly by his Evil Heart, which attacks you after he's slain.]]

''Maldita Castilla'' is Spanish developer Locomalito's biggest project to date after ''VideoGame/{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on.

** The ending where you beat Luzfarel but [[spoiler: had to continue more than four times. The Angel of Death claims Don Ramiro’s soul, but peace has still returned to the kingdom.]]
** Downplayed in the good endings [[spoiler: Don Ramiro lives, Moura is united with her lost loved, and the kingdom celebrates the return of their hero. The only sour note is that Don Ramiro’s friends died during the adventure.]]

* DontFearTheReaper: A heavily played with example. The Angel of Death will revive you as many times you need to complete the game, but if he has to revive you a fifth time and beyond he will demand compensation [[spoiler: locking you into the second worst ending if you do continue]]. He also doesn’t have a lot of faith in Don Ramiro’s ability to best Luzfarel, popping in just to say “prepare to die!” before the final battle.

* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler: Four is the maximum amount of times you can continue before being locked into a bad ending.]]

* GiantFlyer: The Two-Headed Vulture. [[spoiler: [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath It kills Quesada instantly within seconds it appears on-screen.]]]]

* InexplicableTreasureChests: It's a Ghosts 'N' Goblins homage after all. Sometimes, they're brought in by fairies.

* MineralMacGuffin: Moura's crystallized tears. There are five of them, as shown in the intro sequence. [[spoiler: Getting all five allows you to enter the Realm of Pain after defeating Moura/Moura Snake and fight the true final boss, Luzfarel.]]
* MultipleEndings: There are four: [[spoiler:A bad ending for beating the game without finding all five of Moura's tears, no matter your amount of continues used. A not so bad ending for beating the FinalBoss in the Realm of Pain after having used more than four continues. A good ending for doing so without using more than four continues. And finally a perfect ending where the game must be cleared without using a single continue, while also achieving several obscure goals such as invoking the lady of the lake, saving the Amadis from flames, and finding the Gamusin people among others.]]
* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: The four different weapons (sword, axe, sickle and spiked flail) and the support items (shield, fairy, boots and key [[spoiler:and also the crystal ball that lets you see the Gamusin people.]])

* SharedLifeMeter: The first half of the Stage 4 boss fight is against a respawning hoarde of ghost mooks, with the health bar depleting as they're killed. Once the life meter reaches the halfway point, the larger ghost appears and it becomes a standard life meter for the rest of the fight.

** During the final boss battle, [[spoiler:the demons that sit at Luzfarel's table and fight you before him look like much larger [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Red Arremers]].]] These also appear in [[spoiler: the worst ending]].

** In Maldita Castilla Ex there's an enemy and a boss based on the bubbles of ''VideoGame/{{Pang}}''

* StealthPun: The mechanical Quixote is invulnerable to your attacks thanks to his metallic armor, and only becomes vulnerable when he jumps into the ceiling and comes down on fire temporarily. In other words, [[spoiler: strike when the iron is hot]].

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:The demon Luzfarel - followed quickly by his Evil Heart, which attacks you after he's slain.]]

The year is AD 1081 and many wars have caused an untold number of casualties. Witch Moura's love was one of these: a devil hears her sorrow and uses her tears as a magic key to open a portal to [[{{Hell}} The Realm of Pain]], flooding the Spanish region of Castile with monsters, demons and undead. The protagonist Don Ramiro, along with three other companions (Mendoza, Quesada and Don Diego), is asked by the King of Spain to put an end to this nightmare, starting from the cursed village of Tolomera del Rey to the enchanted forest where Moura's hideout is set.

* ForeignLanguageTitle: The game is written in English and the title is Spanish, meaning "Damn Castile" or "Cursed Castile"; however, Locomalito is Spanish, so the title is not foreign to ''them''...

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Don Ramiro eventually becomes this near the end.]]

->(description on the official box art)

!''Maldita Castilla'' contains examples of:

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Locomalito's earlier titles, except ''VideoGame/LAbbayeDesMorts''. Here the mood is dark and somber, there's blood and dead bodies everywhere, Satanic imagery, [[spoiler:Don Ramiro loses all of his companions and eventually is forced to fight two of them]], you get the picture.

* GiantFlyer: The Two-Headed Vulture. [[spoiler: It kills Quesada instantly in literally one fell swoop.]]

** The last named mid-boss is a [[TheGrimReaper Grim reaper]] (sort of) that attacks by spamming flying sickles. ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', anyone?

Recently, an UpdatedRerelease has been released for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as ''Cursed Castilla'' (or ''Maldita Castilla EX''), adding new stages, new weapons, and new bosses. ''EX'' is also available on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}}, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* GiantFlyer: The Two-Headed Vulture.

* AsteroidsMonster: Giant fireflies that explode into smaller versions of them.

* TheBigGuy: Mendoza.

* DegradedBoss: [[spoiler:The beheaded knight, Zarrampla the giant maggot demon, and the Manticore in the Realm of Pain.]]

* FullFrontalAssault: The beheaded zombies in the first stage running after Don Ramiro are naked and have a visible, if small, penis.

* GuideDangIt: Some secrets are quite hard to find.

* MultipleEndings: There are four: [[spoiler:a bad ending for beating the game without finding all five of Moura's tears, no matter your amount of continues used. A not so bad ending for beating the final boss in the Realm of Pain after having used more than four continues. A good ending for doing so without using more than four continues. And finally a perfect ending where the game must be cleared without using a single continue, while also achieving several obscure goals such as invoking the lady of the lake, saving the Amadis from flames, and finding the Gamusin people among others.]]

** During the final boss battle, [[spoiler:the demons that sit at Luzfarel's table and fight you before him look like much larger [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Red Arremers]].]]
*** These also appear in [[spoiler: the worst ending]].

* SpikeBallsOfDoom: found especially in stage four.

* MultipleEndings: There are four: [[spoiler:a bad ending for beating the game without finding all five of Moura's tears, no matter your amount of continues used. A not so bad ending for beating the final boss in the Realm of Pain after having used more then four continues. A good ending for doing so without using more than four continues. And finally a perfect ending where the game must be cleared without using a single continue, while also achieving several obscure goals such as invoking the lady of the lake, saving the Amadis from flames, and finding the Gamusin people among others.]]

* BlackoutBasement: The second half of the fourth stage, a series of caves, is completely dark. A small winged creature offers to light the way with a torch, and he does. However...

* SuperDrowningSkills: If Don Ramiro falls into the water, he will sink like a brick and drown.

Recently, a remake has been released for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as ''Cursed Castilla'' (or ''Maldita Castilla EX''), adding new stages, new weapons, and new bosses. ''EX'' is also available on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}}, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

Recently, a remake has been released for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as ''Cursed Castilla'' (or ''Maldita Castilla EX''), adding new stages, new weapons, and new bosses. ''EX'' is also available on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}}.