Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - Pikasprey 

>Kills first zombie >Gets a Baselard drop how the

Graham: "Dracula was ultimately defeated in 1999" Yeah, that was a bizarre summer.

"2035 and the FF7 Remake is finally out" LOL

Huh... Wait, Succubi disguising themselves as Shrine Maidens? Well, given the main character's girlfriend is a shrine maiden and the...reputation of such monsters... ...Oh dear...

Mina: "So...wait. You asked me out, but you didn't bring any protection?!" Soma: "I did bring protection. I have a knife." Mina: "..." Soma: "And 'lubicant,' according to the menu." Mina: "...Close enough."

Having a pocket knife on you at all times is just a good idea in general, man. Don't knock Soma for being practical.

Ok, here's a few simple explanations on how Soma could have a Shrine Maiden Childhood Friend while being an Exchange Student. 1. Mina was an Exchange Student herself at some point in the past, and when she moved back Soma may have gone with her. 2. They were internet friends, possibly a school event where they made pen-pals from other countries, and Mina and Soma simply kept in touch until Soma was able to transfer to her school later. 3. Soma may have transferred to Japan as a kid and just calls himself an Exchange Student out of an old habit he never fully shook off. I will admit theory number 2 is a bit of a stretch, but this is a video game, so schools logic there might be a tad different than today's. Personally I feel that number 3 might be the most likely explanation, with number 1 being a close second. Does anyone else have any other idea they would like to share?

TFW you forget to talk about Julius Belmont, the most awesome character in the game, relevant to the plot, preceeds the final boss and is playable by putting JULIUS as your name. And also the bad ending which features Julius coming back to kill Soma after he is possessed. Did you avoid Julius intentionally?

"How can a series make such a drastic change without making a huge backlash?" Simple, by making the game ACTUALLY GOOD.

Not a single mention of J or the awesome boss fight, downer ending, or bonus mode he directly contributes to...? If you do a video on Dawn of Sorrow, you'll need to rectify this. The final boss of that game's bonus mode is the fanservicey payoff to a brilliant setup.

The red minatour soul is wayyyy stronger than the ripple laser.

Am I the only one pissed about how he didn't mention Julius Belmont AT ALL???

You missed the bad ending. Losing to the final boss causes Soma to become Dracula, and you get a cutscene with Julius referencing the classic glass throwing scene from some of the other games. And it unlocks the best mode: Julius mode! where you have to beat the game as Julius, who plays a little more classic style, using sub weapons and the vampire slayer whip. And the final boss? Soma himself.

I really like Soma, it's almost an insult that he didn't appear in that Castlevania fighting game for the Wii, he is so emblematic to the franchise to me, such an underrated character.

Soma's fashion sense is surprisingly on point haha

It then turns out they eventually retcon it so he is a foreign exchange student that went home to Japan on vacation just to set the record straight.

Even though SOTN has a special place in my heart, Aria came along and swept me away. It was awesome stumbling upon the Claimh Solais

Too be fair the purpose of a weak 1st boss which will become a normal enemy later in the game to invoke a sense of growth in strength and a sense of accomplishment from it, dark souls did it too with the goat demon.

Am I the only one who would actually like to see a modern/futuristic Zelda game?

Final Fantasy VII Remake in 2035 on PS6? someone is optimistic^^

3:13 Well to be fair, Mina could still be his childhood friend even if he was an exchange student. Maybe she moved back to Japan and he went to Japan to meet her again.

I read somewhere that the name "Soma" actually means "vessel" in Japanese.

I think the touch 13:30 is one of the best moments in the game. I love it when you come in and say "Oh look, a dumb miniboss-" then outta nowhere a much tougher enemy lunged in and fights you instead.

"And the Final Fantasy VII Remake is finally out." I appreciate your optimism.

I think I've found a new channel to watch :) Aria and Dawn of Sorrow are my favorite Castlevania games!

I'm from the future. They finally released the FF7 remake.

Minor mistake: Graham Jones will transform to final form regardless of whether you have met the requirements (equip the right souls) or not. But WTF only 404 views? This is one of the best videos I've watched talking about Castlevania games. liked and subed

Best game on the GBA! Got that game from the Wii U’s Virtual Console! Konami was so great with GBA & DS games back in the 2000s before the Pachinko.

Your castlevania video series is the highlight of your channel, earned a subscriber.

I remember when this came out, my thought was, "Castlevania? in the Future? Will I get a lazer whip?!" but really its a great and well done game. Its still that gothic horror with some modern twist to it. Great video! Hope you do more castlevania!

man i love your castlevania content so much, i always come back to your videos when im feeling down and it perks me back up :)

too bad this only got 4k views I really enjoy this format where you analyse features of a game. I just binged your whole channel and can't wait for more content.

This is one of the only few castle vania game I could finish (the other being its direct sequel and like the first game) I really like it. The varied playstlye and sometimes downright overpowered attacks really does make me feels like I'm THE BOSS of the franchise. I even play through the game like 3 times.

1:50 Well, while not _quite_ as modern as our own, Breath of the Wild has a great deal of technology in it. Many of the enemies (Guardians, Divine Beasts, etc.) are more Magitek than monster, and your special abilities are controlled by what is basically an iPad with some quantum pocket-dimensions that can manifest bombs, project magnetic pulses, and temporarily warp spacetime to a halt. Also a camera, which they don't even bother coming up with a fantasy-esque name for, it's just straight-up called a camera. Also said iPad can plug into kiosks in temples and towers to download (the animation even has data glyphs flowing around before it drops onto the pad) maps, GPS trackers, and other modern-esque information sources to help you in your travels. Oh and it's the most popular game right now (March 2017, for Future Viewers) and has challenged many people's stance on OOT being the best Zelda game ever*. So there's that. *Disclaimer: Not mine, OOT isn't even in my top ten, but BOTW is definitely my favorite 3D Zelda of all time and certainly in my top-5 of Zelda games period.

This video is so woefully underviewed. Awesome job, man. Hope to see Dawn of Sorrows soon!

To be fair, Cruz is just the romanization of Kurusu. I think the change was because there's no way a Japanese person would have a Western last name.

Fun Fact: There is actually going to be a Total Solar Eclipse in 2035, more specifically, on September 2nd. We now know the exact date the game starts on.

yo, your comment about zelda set in the future at 1:55 isnt too far off the truth. myamoto (i know i fucked up his name. has wanted to set the zelda series in the future ever since its conception. sure, its had future like elements, but Breath of The Wild was pretty much the first to have it as a plot device. but suprisingly, (and im not joking, you can look it up) botw was originaly going to be set in modern/future times with link riding a motorcycle, wielding a guitar, invading aliens, ganondorf waering a ACDC shirt for unknown reasons, the works. it was pretty far in development too untill it was changed cause of plot reasons. hell, they had a prototype that used the original nes zelda for testing purposes. i know all this sounds fuckin crazy, but i shit you not its all real.

No mention of Julius Belmont? He's one of the most important characters in the game!

The joke about the fan base wasn't even a joke. Less than 2k views?! but this video was awesome!

This game and the Shaman King series on the GBA share the same mechanics in both getting special moves from enemies and special abilities. Also how the game plays is basically the same as well.

This was quite the extensive and impressive review. Good quality visuals at all times, some jokes here and there to lighten the mood and break up the flow of the standard review, nice to listen to with a calm, soothingly quiet voice and the background music playing through most of the review itself. One of the better review's for any kind of game I've seen in a long time. Good job, you've definitely got my subscription. :)

ngl, something about the localization is hilarious just picturing some kid from spain meeting up some japanese girl during a trip and becoming friends with her and it fits with dracula being european

Pikaspray you are rly awesome! i hope you will go on for a long time with your videos! watched you once and i cant stop since then ^^

No idea how I found your vids, but I've watched them all over the past few days and really enjoyed them. Really like your sarcastic voice.

Video wasn't a jelly doughnut, as an American, I couldn't relate.

Awesome video. Good job.

I’m glad someone shares the wonderful love I have for this game

yup this was a great vid, nice job man!

nice to see another Castlevania fan :D

God damn I love this game. Recently found a randomizer for it and have been playing a couple of playthroughs of various seeds. Really makes you appreciate the incredible replay value the items/souls/monsters can really bring when tossed into a blender.

Just gonna say, since this video doesn't have a lot of views. I loved the Video. Entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work!

I think they changed his surname from "Kurusu" to "Cruz" in order to retain the "cross"-related pun.

you need to (we need you to) make more videos, it just fun listening to your voice while doing things. and also to watch the videos, of course, because they are really interesting! Castlevania is always a classic to talk and listen to someone else talking about. really loved these! and Pokemon too :)

At least the first boss was done creatively by making it a Gashadokuro (Creaking Skull), a nocturnal yokai that's a giant skeleton that feeds on human blood, spicing basic enemies with japanese folklore

castlevania is the best line of game

This video got me to try out Castlevania all those years ago, and this quickly became a favorite GBA title for me, and the fight against J has easily become one of my favorite bosses in a game. Haven't actually played many others, but your randomizer streams make me want to play more

I really enjoyed this vid. Never played Castlevanua before but I've already ordered a copy of the game after seeing your work. Your humor and voice are both great without being overbearing, and the content is mature instead of maximum clickbait. You seem like a cool person. Keep it up.

I can't believe you only got around 1300 subs! Your content is genuinely funny and high quality. I really liked the video, especially as a big Castlevania Fan myself, and I'm excited for more content! Keep up the good work!

I've just recently found your channel and your videos are really cool. Keep up the good work :D.

Heard of this game but never thought much about it, but you've sold me on it. I've recently found your stuff and subscribed. I was a bit surprised to see you on RU-vid for so long and have so few videos (at least on this channel). Don't feel like you have to do Pokemon stuff to keep views (even thou it does help give the series wide exposure). I like both the Pokemon and non-Pokemon stuff, so keep it coming.

good channel glad i found you. the views on non pokemon vids will come. keep up the good work

your video is great! i always loved this game

your content is extremely entertaining, man The way you did this review it's good I can see your process on the video quality keep it up

Just got into it.... Great video..!!

I randomly started playing this, having not played any other Castlevania, on an emulator trip and man do I love it. I can see why this series has the following that it does.

Very nice! I have not played a Castlevania game, but interesting review for it. :)

Asides of the excellent content, it's really easy to hear, even for a non-English fluent person Thanks a lot and congrats for the video

Good review. Thanks.

Brings back so much memories. Grinding in the train on the way to work until lv. 99, spending endless hours getting those souls... Easily my best Castlevania experience after Super Castlevania (SNES) and SOTN (PSX) !!

Also, nice video. Its nice to see RU-vidrs like you making such a great job, you've earned yourself a subscriber :) also, you forgot to mention the fight with Julius, which is pretty intense if you ask me.

Because of this video I just tried castlevania series for the first time. I played Aria of sorrow using emulator for android and beat the normal mode. It was so fun so I bought advance collection for my switch. Thanks to your great and entertaining review.

This was actually my first Castlevania game and will always be my favorite in the series

I know this is way too late and you'll probably never see this, but thanks dude, you introduced me to a game that I honestly love. Thanks again

one thing to note might be that to reach the final area, you have to jump through a solar eclipse... inside a castle inside a solar eclipse... to fight the final boss, which is also a solar eclipse...? but really, its nice to see a different vid every now and then, especially when its a fantastic review for one of my favourite games ever!! i hope your channel keeps growing in the future

Just noticed for the first time how Alucard absorbs the souls at the beginning of the game. Neat detail

I loved this. You're so funny.

Likes castlevania and pokémon, uses phoenix wright soundtrack. What a man of fine tastes you are, earned a subscriber.

My first, and still my favourite, Castlevania game. I played it after we moved and didn’t have internet for a while and it brought me a lot of comfort while in an unfamiliar place. It was on an emulator and I remember leaving the game running while I took a nap so I could listen to the music,

I found my old gameboy advance sp and I definitely gonna buy this because of this video!

Dude I love the mobile era Castlevanias. The three on DS are some of my favorite games of all time. Would love to see you talk about them!

Best Castlevania video. Dude you should make videos just like this for even more games. 😂

7:13 the whole ability thing reminds me of brave fencer musashi for the psx. using lumina to absorb your enemies abilities

Lol your last sentence earned you my sub

I'll have to try this one out! The first Castlevania that I ever beat was Lament of Innocence, which has a similar mechanic with equipping a single colored orb to change the way your subweapon works, It's pretty fun.

I got into the Castlevania series a bit late too. My first game was Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, after playing it I fell in love with series. I've played Aria of Sorrow on an emulator on my phone, I've haven't finished it but I really like the game too. Btw this video is freaking awesome, great job!🙂😊😁👍

I actually watched this video a while ago, but I just finished playing the game. I've become a big Metroid fan these past few years, so seeing how similar in style this is (I never played Castlevania before) I had to try it. It's already become one of my favorite games. So a big thank you for the introduction, I've already started on the sequel and I think I'm going to tackle Symphony of the Night after that.

Who's here after the Nintendo Direct? This game is now on the Nintendo Switch! (with other Advance titles)

graham is just kira

This makes me want to play Castlevania

Circle of the Moon was my first Castlevania game, and my absolute favorite too. Aria of Sorrow was really fun too, did a 100% run of it recently.

[The World] needs more castlevania fans and videos ♡♡♡

This is Great!

I have alot of nostalgia for this game thanks to Pikasprey. I watched this video in summer 2018, played it in summer 2019 on the dreaded emulator, now seeing this makes me kinda fuzzy.

this is absolutely my favorite castlevania game of all time. I didn't get into the series until the gba releases and this was the first one I completed so it has stuck with me since I played it as a kid

Boy. It's great to hear that someone is as in-love with this game as I am. This'll probably forever be among my favorite games. :-)

This is far better than UC in my opinion, you have so much passion about this!

This is definitely one of my favorite Castlevania games that I've played.

Technically... Link’s Awakening had telephones. It WAS in modern times!.. Kinda