Creepy Bad Endings # 34 

Episode 35: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MeRDFk2A9bQ.html

The thing that drives me nuts is the fact that dracula has a son but vampires have no blood at all so they cannot have an erection.

Pfffft, everyone knows ladies don't want a guy that only explores 195% of the map!! Every mother warns her daughter about guys like that! Heck, I'm sure every girl remembers bringing a guy home for the first time and being embarrased as her parents quiz him on how much of the map he's explored.

- Don't you wanna go after him, Maria? - No, it's best this way. He can't even make a proper map for a castle, anyway.

17:11 "But later in the Colosseum, Alucard discovers something shocking about Richter... ...He had dropped his library card!"

Dracula: So, did you kidnap the ladies, Shaft? Shaft: yes, my lord, one of them with a angelical beauty. Dracula: who? Shaft: her name is Annette, but his boyfriend is coming to rescue her. Dracula: interesting, a new toy to play. What is his name? Shaft: Richter Belmont Dracula:...oh shit!

Wow, Alucard beat up that demon so hard that she completely changed accents.

Thank you, Mario! But the princess is in another castle! Thanks for saving me, Richter! But Annet is trapped in another place! They sound awfully the same.

Maria: "Richter is not evil" Alucard: "But I had to kill him" Maria: *"Understandable, have a nice day"*

i love how draculas is all like "Hey Son! long time no see!, wanna have a battle to death? :D"

I don’t know why, but I cracked up when Dracula said “sarcasm” and quoted the Bible. It must be the delivery.

"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!!"

"But Annet is in another room!" GOD... FREAKING... DAMMIIIIIIIT!!!!

There was some Japanese radio drama, which takes place one year after SotN. "Apparently, Maria succeeded in convincing Alucard to stay and the two of them are now living in a house outside town. Knowing that it would be difficult for Alucard's tormented soul to heal after killing his own father, she was caring and affectionate towards him, but despite her best efforts, he remained emotionally distant." ... "Witnessing Maria's brush with death, Alucard finally displayed some emotion towards her. He apologized and Maria ungrudgingly accepts it." ---Castlevania Wiki

I don't get the hate that the hate that the voice acting gets in Symphony of the Night. Yeah, they sound a bit over the top at times, but the writing is solid and the way they talk makes it believable, since it was so long in the past. I really liked the voice acting there.

funny how you changed the thumbnail with richter's version of smash, that's a good touch right there

4:28 Thanks Richter, but your princess is in another castle =D

At 18:54 Richter: "welcome to the final boss, here is your order: ass with a topping of game over screen, with extra bad ending sauce"

This shown up in my recommended and I thought ‘hang on, this video came out before smash Ultimate was even a thing, when did that thumbnail change?’

To me, the ending theme of Rondo of Blood is the perfect example of a music so neutral that it can be put with either a sad or happy situation and it'll still fit.

*> the key is useless in battle* Almost useless. You can use its item crush for some free invulnerability frames.

Fun Fact:Richter is German for judge.

I disagree about Rondo of Blood having happy music in the credits. The music is powerful, and it fits any theme in the endings: the three of them at peace after overcoming everything, Richter and Maria mourning a loved one, and just Richter carrying the weight of being alone now. The endings are simple, but the art and music make them really great.

7:57 What a beautifully touching ending. I cri evrytim.

LMAO! I knew he'd fall off the stage before grabbing that orb! The fact that he didn't edit it out entirely and added an "oops" made me laugh so hard! XD

When Dracula was defeated, RU-vid glitched and it jumped back to the part where Alucard says he will defeat Dracula again o.O

28:47 Gee, glad Shaft was nice enough to fill the room with scented candles before he left! Wait, Shaft... Scented candles... Rose petal bathtub...

4:34 *Maria:* Thank you, Richter! But our Annet is in another castle!

40:26 A man without a map isn't popular with the girls

Here's something I realized. If someone didn't know to rescue Maria and Annette, then the worst ending isn't so bad. However, if you rescued Maria but not Annette, the game knows you tried but failed, and rubs it in.

Hey, he may be 400+ years old but DAMN, is he a pretty boy.

28:44 You can cause a softlock by having Alucard land the final hit in wolf form. He won't jump high enough to make it to the portal and just walk into the wall forever.

28:41 thank you for doing the first part of this game but the good ending is in another castle :D

I have finally defeated Dracula and saved my girlfriend! Now Transylvania will once more live in peace! Now all I gotta do is to get the orb~ OOPS! OH SHI~ da-da-da-da-da-da-daaaaaa

Well, in Rondo Of Blood, there is of course a ''bad ending'', but is not so directly explained. If you don't rescue a certain maiden, she will not appear during the credits, meaning that she died or it's fate become unknown. Now, if Annette doesn't appears, speculation can appear, being one of those fates just dying because Dracula sucked her's blood. But in the remake; Dracula X Chronicles for PSP of 2007, if you actually fail to save Annette, Shaft's ghost will be replaced by a VAMPIRIZED ANNETTE as the boss of Stage 7, not only forcing you as Richter to fight and kill her, but also failing in your adventure, because with Shafy's Ghost alive he will rescue the Count after defeating his second phase, finalizing the battle prematurely with both still alive and prepared to continue the war. So in summary: fail to save Annette and you lost the entire game. If we connect the ''regular'' bad ending to Symphony Of The Night, as you said, Richter and Maria saved the world, yes, but Richter then seemed to be angry not only with the Count, but also with himself for failing to save his girlfriend, that's one the worst things of being a hero, blaming yourself for not being capable of saving each life that passes away. That gives even more power to the bad ending of SOTN, because one could say that Richter became crazy about that, allowing his dark emotions to rise even more than in the good ending (Richter is somewhat sensible to the experiences and even if saving Annette, Maria and other people, he still could gave some dark feelings emergening from the events of 1792) and explaining why he become mind-controlled by Shaft, for trying to reviving the Count to kill him again and again in his madness and torture. So after you kill him, in somewhat you liberate him from his madness, but at the cost of his life. A sad story to be sincere. PD: If we take DXC as the Canon game for the events of 1792, the only end is the good one, so yep, Annette is still alive alongside Maria.

12:33 Turns out that everyone in CastleVania know that they live inside a video game

LOFAMO the fail jump was my favorite part.

How did Annette NOT drown in her cell? It was completeley filled with water down there.

38:38 Castlevania logic: explore almost every dang thing from the castle. Bitches loves guys who knows the castles.

22:57 A pretty Christlike scene, right down to crucifixionesque imagery and soldiers with spears... And then it all goes so dark and diabolical as Lisa's Christlike sacrifice is twisted into Dracula's nightmare and imposed on Alucard in an effort to break and brainwash him, the devilish irony is brilliant.

"Then go down the platform to find Annette in a cell!" ... but, there was no door to the cell. And... the floor was filled with water. ... ... How did Richter find her alive, again...?

Those final ending scenes look kind of annoying to read, since there's no red text box and the white text is just camouflaging with the fluffy white clouds in the sunrise...

28:18 the arrangement of the characters here tho

If they actually made the ending with Alucard killing Maria and Richter, that would have been ridiculously soul crushing. I'm kind of sad they didn't do it. Interestingly enough, although Shaft's plan didn't quite work the way he wanted it to, he did succeed in one thing. Richter's defection to evil tainted the Vampire Killer whip and because he used it on a non-enemy, he ruined it as a weapon and no Belmont can use it for the next 200 years. Which is why chronologically all the games after this one have everyone but a Belmont as the main character. Way to screw it up, Richter. Good job.

The final boss' "secret audio" sugests that you have to fight against Richter and after you defeat him, Shaft possess Maria and you have to defeat her too. I never listened to this. this game continues to surprise me after all theese years. Congrats for the great video, man

12:17 Richter: And that's the story of how I defeated Dracula forever. Crowd: That's bullsh*t!

SOTN's game over screen gave me alot of nightmares when I was 6 :c

25:47 Funny how this is the same room as in Harmony of Dissonance (see Creepy Bad Endings # 12)

"Behold my comfy chair of despair" 😅

19:00 Behold, ladies and gentleman, the source of many rage-quits from my childhood.

I lost it when you accidentally fell in the pit after you've beaten Dracula. I love watching these videos!

"maybe she has a thing for cartographers?" Eh... it makes about as much sense as the Cave Story endings. *Speaking of which*.... _hint hint_

'Do not hate humans. If you cannot live with them, at least do them no harm. For theirs is already a hard lot.' I've never actually played this game, and this one line has lasting appeal for me. Such an important lesson contained within two lines.

"Use axes, they're easily the best weapon for the battle." this is also accurate for the werewolf boss fight in Dracula X Chronicles, (and the rest of the level)

11:43 what is a champion ? a miserable pile of pixels i had the skin for years and i still keep finding stuff that he is referancing

7:58 "GAME OVER YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

I like Shaft's vaguely sassy pose when you confront him in the Reverse Castle

"The blood that flows in my veins is cursed. 'Twould be best for this world if I were to disappear forever." Even though it's literal in Alucard's case, that's a pretty apt summary of depressed suicidal thoughts.

12:03 "PLAYTIME IS OVER! FRESH MEAT BAAAAAAAAAAALL!!"

-Alucard! How is Richter? -He's dead. XD

Maria: Go explore the reverse castle Alucard: Ok *Edgy moonwalking*

I've grown to love you. You are by far everyone's all-time favourite git.The way you show those creepy endings videos really tap into an unkown kind of fear, embedded deep in the human mind, unleashed only when a combination of suspense and bad omen mix in an unprecedented way;only possible in video game bad endings.

28:25 Richter what are you freaking doing?! O-0

7:55 Sorry, I couldn't hold my laughter back on it XD

04:36: So what you're saying is: "His Princess is in another castle."

5:00 Can’t you just love the dramatic music of Richter struggling to open a door?

28:19 richter what are you doing down there?

8:00 Wario: DOH I MISSED.

11:45 *GAME OVER - PRESS 'R' TO TRY AGAIN* _(chuckles)_ Sorry, couldn't resist.

Mint-flavoured upside down clock tower tho.

I've always loved your videos, whoisthisgit, and I also see you're a fellow Brit. The opening and closing Lub Lub thing never sat well with me, but I recognise full well that the character means a lot to you as a form of signature and wholly support that. To cut to the chase, this video is really just fantastic. It shows that you really hold your videos to a high standard. I feel the same way as you with a lot in SotN. Personally I found the voice acting wasn't too bad at all, especially Alucard himself - no other choice could ever fit him, after playing through this. I've always found Dracula quoting the Bible to be a truly inspired touch that stayed with me for a long time. It's such a huge shame that we never saw this version of Alucard again in an important role, but that's life.

Although the ending where Richter saves them both is perhaps the happy one for Rondo, for continuity's-sake, I almost think the one that just had to happen to add an extra zest for Symphony was for Maria to be saved while Annette perished. It adds character development for both Richter and Maria.

It looks like he beat the Shaft too hard.

30:11 "Wait! Don't hurt my daddy more!"

If you pause around 36:15, you can see a pause menu on the screen.

6:22 Hey, uh, Annette? You, uh, gonna move? You're gonna get posse- Okay.

11:48 "What is a man, a miserable pile of secrets!"

7:59 lol great ending XD

28:20 richter what r u doing? richter staph!

28:12: "IT'S CHRISTMAAAAAAS!!!"

YES ALUCARD *_WATCH ME DIE_*

(10:43) No, Annette still survives. In the Japanese manual for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Maria is referred as Richter's sister-in-law. Since Maria is changed to Annette's sister in Castlevania: Dracula X, it would appear that Annette survived.

36:04 NOT... THE COMFY CHAIR!?

7:57 I know for a fact someone had to have thrown the game out the window once that shit happened.

26:00 Alucard has found the location of the final boss of the first Castlevania game to appear on this series!

I never made it that far in Dracula X, so I had no idea about the key. I laughed so much that I teared up a little when you tried to do the special attack with it.

Just had to throw a note that: The catch in the cut worst ending? No one, even the player, knew about Shaft's exisitence at the time (Assuming this was the first playthrough and no one got the Holy Glasses.) The "an unknown dark force" line was suddenly made much worse for me.

36:42 This sentence has more Shaft than in... Well, Shaft.

hm...is it me or I felt angry when Maria said that Annette is in another cell? Like the Toad for super mario "Our princess is in another castle"

at 28:14 what is ritcher attacking???

I played Dracula X not long ago and it is now the first Castlevania game I have ever completed, and I made sure to get the best ending the amount of times I had to go back because I died though and because I lost the key or went to the false stage 4 was unreal though... I'm now playing SotN, and I must thank you for fully introducing me to these games. I already knew they existed but I probably wouldn't have played them if you hadn't done a Creepy Bad Endings on them, and I wasn't even aware SotN was on the XBLA until you mentioned you were playing the Xbox version. Again, I must thank you.

36:05 behold my comfy chair of despair

39:41 Alucard finally gets laid

I liked more "I am the Wind" song from Psx/Saturn Castlevania SotN version that the version in this vid :c

If I'm not mistaken, the original Rondo of Blood was never made available legally in English--however, the PSP remake Dracula X Chronicles does include an unlockable port of it. It's quite interesting noting some of the differences between versions... Oh, you don't automatically lose the key upon using it to unlock a door? That's one then! And all 3 versions handle Stage 5' very differently, too. And those holes in Dracula's floor are only in this version o.o

7:56 LOL. Really glad you did that, there's something that really cracks me up about the death jingle suddenly playing when there's no music (I tried to do a backflip that I didn't judge correctly)

13:30 Oh look,Dracula's full name!

Glad you mentioned the cut ending. I remember reading about it years ago and thought it was...well, creepy.

@28:17 what a way to make ritcher look even worse after being defeated mr shaft, his face is right against alcuard's crotch

It always bugged me how Richter’s voice immediately removes all drama from a situation in this game.