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#251: Feb 5th 2010 at 9:45:02 PM

Bwha-ha-ha! That was golden!

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#252: Feb 5th 2010 at 10:55:52 PM

Burning Polaroid Picture Of Doom!!

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
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#253: Feb 5th 2010 at 11:13:43 PM

What's your opinion of this, folks?

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Cronosonic (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#254: Feb 5th 2010 at 11:35:52 PM

First vid: Oh, my. Hilarious. Especially the Raving Rabbid sound.

Second clip: Symphony of the Night with good writing? Holy crap.

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#255: Feb 5th 2010 at 11:39:07 PM

Apparently, there's a translation patch floating around the internet somewhere. I'd like to have a hardware copy

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Cronosonic (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#256: Feb 6th 2010 at 5:49:41 AM

I've been thinking this for a while, but I swore the rap lyrics of 'Libera Me From Hell' go perfectly with Simon's Theme - the original SNES version, mind you. I tried singing said lyrics with that music play. The lyrics fit perfectly. Let me demonstrate.

  • 0:21-0:37 - Extended version of chrous (aka, "Do the impossible/See the invisible/Raw! Raw! Fight the Power!")
  • 0:37-1:11 - First verse, with a slight pause between "do the impossible, don't ya wanna bet?" and "cuz, a lot of things changed..." at 0:53.
  • 1:11-1:19 - You can fit the shorterned chorus here.
  • 1:19-1:35 - Second verse.

Then it just repeats from there. Holy crap. Can we declare Simon Belmont as officially GAR now? Someone needs to remix Simon's theme with the lyrics. It needs to happen.

... Oh, my. I just realised. Both series have a main character named Simon, and their pronounciation is the same. This is all too much of a coincidence, I think I need to go lie down.

edited 6th Feb '10 5:58:20 AM by Cronosonic

A.Rex Son I am disappoint. Since: Dec, 2009
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#257: Feb 7th 2010 at 5:50:20 PM

Anywho, I started playing Castlevania Chronicles. It's got tons of great concepts and setpieces, and it's a worthy remake of CV 1, but GOOD LORD is it cheap.

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#258: Feb 7th 2010 at 5:54:54 PM

1st vid=win 2nd vid=What the CASTLEVANIA did they do their? I wan't back "Die, monster!" Also, that is awesome with the lyric things. Yes, somebody should do that.

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#259: Feb 8th 2010 at 1:06:15 AM

I love Castlevania Chronicles, but was never able to get past the the third game loop. It just gets ridiculous at that point.

Although i give the game props for putting forth some effort and having up to 8 sets of differences each New Game Plus.

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#260: Feb 8th 2010 at 1:15:58 AM

Schitzo: In the retranslated version of that game, was that Norio Wakamoto doing the Japanese voice acting?

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#261: Feb 8th 2010 at 1:19:54 AM

Yes, that's Norio Wakamoto. Sexy, ain't it?

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FalconPain Since: Feb, 2015
#262: Feb 8th 2010 at 1:47:49 PM

For some reason, when I woke up this morning, the thought in my head was that, if Sypha's name had been changed to Cipher (as suggested by Harmony of Dissonance), the names of Castlevania III's protagonists would correspond to the nucleic acid bases of DNA.

Even better, they're always in pairs, and the pairings would be Alucard/Trevor and Cipher/Grant.

I do not want to know what I was dreaming about that would cause me to think about that first thing in the morning.

edited 8th Feb '10 1:48:17 PM by FalconPain

A.Rex Son I am disappoint. Since: Dec, 2009
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#263: Feb 9th 2010 at 2:00:38 PM

Man, Dracula's first form in Chronicles is so boring. It's like CV 1's, only you can tell where he'll teleport.

Second form is pretty cool though.

edited 9th Feb '10 2:02:05 PM by A.Rex

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#264: Feb 12th 2010 at 12:52:09 AM

So who's played Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth? Despite Adventure being unfun and boring and bad and all sorts of other mean words, ReBirth is very enjoyable, interesting, and challenging while still feeling surmountable.

And I never realized this, but the game has a stage select! So it turns out, you don't have to beat it all in one sitting like I thought you had to. Super-neat.

edited 12th Feb '10 12:52:31 AM by StarkMaximum

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#265: Feb 12th 2010 at 1:57:17 AM

Well, I don't have it myself, but my friend does, and I've played it on his console. I presume you're referring to the Wii Ware game? He did a speed run, beat it front to back in about thirty minutes. Fun.

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#266: Feb 12th 2010 at 2:08:56 AM

I'd say in terms of the Classicvania department, it surpasses Chronicles, and even Rondo.

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#267: Feb 12th 2010 at 6:37:23 AM

Music needs work, though. I don't overly mind how almost every tune was a remix (Though I wish they'd pick at least one tune from the original Castlevania Adventure. Even SCV 4 had Vampire Killer.) but it just sounded so squawky to me.

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#268: Feb 12th 2010 at 1:26:15 PM

Yeah, The Vampire Killer in Rebirth did sound a bit forgettable. To the point where even the original versions of the song are more memorable still.

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#269: Feb 12th 2010 at 2:17:13 PM

I watched a playthrough of it, and the levels seem really bland. Other than that it looks good.

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#270: Feb 12th 2010 at 6:16:19 PM

I beg to differ. This was some of the best level design i've seen in a while. At least stages 3-5 were.

I loved that golem boss.

edited 12th Feb '10 6:21:04 PM by Schitzo

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#271: Feb 12th 2010 at 6:37:22 PM

My one problem with the levels is that they stretch a bit too long. Level 5, in particular, feels like two levels back to back. I spent so long in the clock tower segment that starts a few screens before the midboss that when I finally got to Death and game over'd because I was on my last life, when I continued, I thought it sent me back to an entirely different level! I kept thinking "This is it, the final stretch to Death" for about four screens in a row! I really do think each level could've had one or two segments removed, and the level lengths would be perfect.

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#272: Feb 12th 2010 at 6:40:22 PM

There's always that.

Thank our lucky starts for that level select.

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#273: Feb 13th 2010 at 6:24:58 AM

I never said they wern't well designed, just that they look really really bland.

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#274: Feb 13th 2010 at 11:14:51 AM

Oh.

Well, I did like some of the effects in the underground caverns and the torture chamber.

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#275: Feb 13th 2010 at 8:19:44 PM

Holy shit, Schitzo, I totally want that. Now. It even says "Final Stage: Rondo of Blood".

Cronosonic: Simon Belmont was ALWAYS GAR. He was GAR even before GAR existed. He can wear a skirt and walk around like a pimp all day long and he's still GAR.


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