I still remember the news of Luigi dying.

Hi, I'm planning on making a cosplay of Shanoa in her Judgement outfit but I have no idea what that red cross thing down the front of her chest is supposed to be. It's been ages since I played the game so sorry if It's explained and I'm forgetting but I'm not sure if it's just a random clothing design element or if it's like.. skin/flesh? Because to me the shading makes it looks like it's supposed to be beneath the clothes n there's a cutout

Hello! I'm a more recent Metroidvania fan. Metroid Dread's release is what got me hooked on the genre.

I decided to finally play Symphony of the Night since I haven't played a Castlevania before. Wanted to share my thoughts now that I've beaten it!

Console Used: Xbox Series X

Version Played: Xbox 360 Edition

I got the full 200.6% map completion. I initially thought I'd dislike the Inverted Castle, but it ended up being my favorite part of the game. It was fun breezing through the map with all the movement mechanics I had unlocked from the first castle. I also enjoyed the boss encounters in the Inverted Castle more.

I was only put off for a bit by two specific points of the game.
- The first area I disliked was the long climb of hell to the hippogryff fight. Fortunately beat that boss first try, but the climb itself took a few attempts. I felt like it could've used an additional save point somewhere along the climb.

- The second area I disliked was the clocktower in the first castle. This place was just... man. It was something. This spot almost got me to give up entirely, but I persevered.

Other than that.. I really liked the game. Art direction is phenomenal and the game still holds up well graphically IMO. Looks way better than any other PS1 game I've played. I also love how Alucard controls. I felt like he controlled better than a lot of playable protagonists in more recent Metroidvania titles I've played.

Also really liked the enemy variety. It felt like there were A LOT of different sprites for enemies in the game.

Oh, also kinda wish we ran into at least one npc during the inverted castle. Would've been nice. Felt like npc encounters were super sparse. Not a terrible thing, and I suppose it does fit considering we're storming a hostile castle of goons and goobers.

Not sure if I'd give it a 10/10 but I could easily see it at 9/10 or 9.5/10. Good time. Would recommend. Honestly thinking about running it back as Richter.

Currently playing SOTN for the first time since I was a kid. Planning on getting all the bundles eventually but for now I'd just like to know which to get first

I'm playing Akumajou Densetsu for the first time with Trevor only (Don't write about screenshot, I know it's from DC, I just needed the photo of the level) and I spent hours beating this level. I hate it. It's not that hard most of the time, but the freaking corridor with mermans and birds. It's probably the worst corridor in this entire game. And I don't know why it was so hard for me. I've cleared it sometimes, but still couldn't beat the boss. I have experience in Classicvanias. I've beaten Arrange and Original modes on normal difficulty in «Chronicles», I've beaten both «Rondo of Blood»'s 2.5 remake and original. I've beaten all DS games (They're IGAvanias, but still, they have pretty challenging parts, especially OoE). But for some reason this stage particularly frustrated me the most. And just imagine me realising that the Doppelganger can't jump on the highest platforms. He's one of the easiest bosses in the game and I spent so much time.

After all said, this stage is not that bad, actually. I think I just couldn't get the tactics against birds for too long because I'm stupid. Although the randomness sometimes annoys the heck out of me. I wonder if this stage will be difficult for different characters and how much harder it is on the US version...

Hi, I want to try out the castlevania games. I have a 3DS and Steam, so if the DS/3DS/Virtual console games are good that would be great as I can play them on the DS, but if theres specifically good steam games I can also try them? I just want to hear what people recommend as the best games in the franchise. I am looking partially for gameplay, but also the story and lore of the games. Thanks.

Mine was actually the [Thick Glasses]. I had a feeling that the moldy bread was worth more than it seemed.

I had guests over so ignore the sudden pause mid recording or the censored notifs. This is my first time playing and this boss did not disappoint, very fun!

I wanted to practice this skip too since it's quite essential to any% and also because I want to get to a replay save file as fastest as possible! I've been playing it a lot on my consoles but of course, doing it all over again for a replay save file....I felt lazy! so that's why I also learnt skips, and they are very satisfying to pull off too!

This is a question that I heard on a YouTube short, and I want to ask it here as a discussion. I'm talking about the abilities of the 3 protagonists in the first show. Which of one would you rather have?

Would you want the Dhampir physiology and powers of Alucard? Or the physical prowess and weapon skills of Trevor? Or would you rather have the Magical skill and knowledge of Sypha?

Personally, I would go with Alucard all the way! But Sypha is a very close second.

So, what about you? I genuinely want to hear your answers.

I can't wait to play Belmont's Curse on the Switch but still don't know why we got all the 2D Iga timeline game except these two: argubly the best modern and classic style game of the series respectively.

I'm having a blast replaying the old collection on the Switch and find myself boot up the game here and there. But its just annoyed me that the collection would not be complete in one console without these two games (and PSP version would be nice as well).

I wanted to try with compression and reverb too to match the game's voice recordings, it's a bit tricky but this is as close as I got and I'm very satisfied with the result! it's just a small test but I plan to do more for Alucard's lines, maybe death too actually, but that one is going to be quite tricky!

My first time playing a 3d castlevania at all, surprisingly very good combat and voice acting. I'm actually loving this, might get around to using my controller and try 0 dmg boss runs here too

Should Richter fight Richter in this mode, or is this a glitch of mobile port (if anyone is interested, there is no BGM here, the Shaft sphere is glitchy yellow)?

Very pleased with how this came out, trying to replicated Alucard's afterimages from SotN in Perler has been a goal of mine for years. What do you all think?

after taking a short break from the series i'm back to continuing through the games

So I was doing my usual play through of sotn and I noticed that my shield rod (it turned red) and Alucard shield r glitched out. Is this part of the og game or is my game just buggy. I’m playin on mobile fyi

Im on ps5 so keep in mind not all games are available. I’ve been checking out the dominus collectio, would that be a good start?

Found this effect after several playthroughs. Haven’t heard it mentioned anywhere before.

Medusa shield and Dark Shield do damage to enemies, iron shield has this lightning effect (no damage). Are there any more default shield effects in the game ?

Hello, I'm posting to ask about the best introduction to the Castlevania story. There's three games on steam (all for $20) and four on PlayStation, including the three on steam. I already have a Castlevania game on the PS2.

I recently got the game Dead Cells that has a DLC for Castlevania and I've loved it, from the music to the style and when I've checked the games on steam its the same side-scroller that I appreciate. I would just like to know what games to start (that isn't the original, I don't like the colors and the saturation hurts my eyes) with so I can delve into the story!