The Castlevania Thread

Wow I suddenly feel really dumb.

How do you level up the summons? ie. the hawk, the medusa heads, spider

You have to keep getting the same glyph of that type, supposedly with that familiar out at the same time. So, have Medusa out while getting Medusa glyphs and such.

No, Albus does not have a Glyph Absorb ability that I am aware of. If anybody finds one, let us know please.

Normal Shot: hold Y to rapid fire (Slash, I think)
Optical Shot: X (Holy + Shadow)
Max Shot: /\ + Y or X (Shadow + Lightning + Curse)
Triple Ignis: A (Fire, has invulnerability)
Torpor: R Trigger (Ice)
Backdash: L Trigger (has invulnerability)
Rocket Jump: /\ + L Trigger
Teleport: tap the touch screen

That is everything listed in the little mini-tutorial screen when you start Albus Mode.

Finished Albus today. He doesn’t get an ending. Fun fighting Dracula as him though. Actually had to try, instead of just doing /+B four times and winning.

I could have told you that.

Except I didn’t. Sucker.

Wow I’m so totally a sucker because you didn’t answer my question that I asked twice and somebody else asked once. Plus I would’ve beaten it anyway since I always play the alternate characters in the series.

That’s why I didn’t answer, as I knew you’d find out. No need to risk my job on something like that (which probably wouldn’t risk anything, but just to be safe).

Ah, that’s cool.

Can you tell us whether his normal shots do indeed do Slash damage or not, please?

man just reading this thread makes we wanna play that game. it doesnt even sound like castlevania!

how’s this hold up against por?

I would if I knew, but I don’t. It’s probably either Slash or Hammer, though. Maybe even both, since the VK was able to change its damage type in some of the older games and glyphs can have multiple types.

You don’t have to have the familiar out at the time you are absorbing the glyphs. I didn’t get an exact count, but it’s like 10-20 glyphs of that familiar absorbed gives you a new level to max level 3.

So I’m usually not one to like or dislike a game on graphics alone, but man Castlevania Judgement looks fucking ugly. The characters don’t look anything like they should at all. They look like anime stereotypes instead.

Who knows? Maybe it will be fun to play. But goddamn it’s still ugly.

Wow I was having problems fighting the Sand fish with Albus so I decide to go level up a bit by finishing all the previous maps since I had rushed through them. Turns out I left so many chests behind I basically doubled my health, MP and heart totals.

man the cat form y attack is some gangsta =] tottal invincibility till it ends the animation combo with murc boots =]

OoE was kinda dry at the beginning but really picked up for me once I got into the castle.

Once again I’ll say this: Castlevania Collection. Konami, get to it.

Is there an efficient way of maxing out your stats? I saw the video (25 second boss rush mode or something like that) of that guy that put in 60+ hours to max out some of his stats. I’m not sure I want to do that. lol.

from the ds thread:

ffuuuuuuuuuck, albus is the only enemy that casts Acerbatus huh??

i fuckin missed it. only thing in the whole game i’m missing : /

Just do a New Game+ and snatch it.

So I’m busy playing through Circle of the Moon. I had searched a while ago for GBA Castlevaina’s and at the time I only ever found info about Aria of Sorrow on Google. Was chuffed last week when I found this one, it was weird to play at first because Nathan’s jump is huge, but once you get used to it this game is pretty awesome. I’m about 75% through the map, but still have a hell of a lot of cards left to get. I have about the first eight cards on the bottom row and three on the top row, one of which wont like to tell me what the hell it’s abilities do. Will be a shame to complete it and only have half the cards, kind of a waste if I do. With no spoilers, should I have so little by this point?

Also I just found about Harmony of Dissonance the other day so going to plow through that when I get finished with this one.

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