Super Castlevania IV (SNES Video Game) Part 1 - James & Mike Mondays

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Super Castlevania IV was published and developed by Konami in 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It’s a side-scrolling action-platormer and is essentially a remake of the original Castlevania game for NES. The NES titles are favorites to most NES lovers (well, usually excluding Simon’s Quest). The SNES entry is largely considered the best in the series, and the one all future installments are judged by. It once again stars Simon Belmont on a quest to kill the prince of darkness himself - Count Dracula! Join James Rolfe and Mike Matei as they play through one of their favorite titles for the Super Nintendo!
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@JamesNintendoNerd 6 лет назад

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@Dr_Nuclear-sloth 4 года назад

James just described Castlevania by Ed Wood

@godchi1dvonsteuben770 4 года назад

God... Castlevania 64... hurts just thinkin' about it... just talkin' about it, I could swear I smell shit.... Jesus...

@johnrosie9769 4 года назад

Cinemassacre I like castlevania 64 I even beat it multiple times with both Carrie and Reinhardt and the real final boss battle is awesome Dracula turns into a centipede like dragon and you fight him in the desert of hell it's pretty cool

@Phils-House 4 года назад

Castlevania Netflix series review?

@magnoliamike 4 года назад

James you should do a review of the Netflix Castlevania series

@numberpi5473 9 лет назад

9:18 This actually has an explanation. These candles are the work of Death. When he takes a soul, he traps it in a candle to light Dracula's castle. When the hunter breaks the candle, the soul gives him a gift - in this case, Hearts to power the hunter's weapons.

@cypher160manny2 8 лет назад

Wow that's actually pretty cool

@smhoneyjuarez2928 3 года назад

@@pandavelli8176 seems factual

@benmasta5814 3 года назад

@@smhoneyjuarez2928 its based on a true story

@PC_Simo 2 года назад

Makes sense 🤔💡.

@kevinblk91 Год назад

Thats so cool

@johnedelmann6711 9 лет назад

RIP Christopher Lee.

@ackbarfan5556 9 лет назад

John Edelmann I was about to mention that.

@lejendjackson 9 лет назад

ackbarfan5556 nah man, didnt you hear Mike? He's still alive

@juroakyol 9 лет назад

Yeah it sucks Christopher Lee is dead.... He was in a lot of great things, but he will be remembered

@TheClosetWriter100 9 лет назад

Christopher Bee*

@BronyNumber4096 9 лет назад

John Edelmann Yeah. I had heard about Roddy Piper dying while checking YT for some old WWF entrance themes. So I checked a Celeb Death site to see if it was true. Then I came across Christopher Lee's name, and was like, "Aw, balls!"

@Raskoflinko 8 лет назад

"Christopher Lee is still alive!" Right in the feels. I forgot this video is from 2014 :(

@ChristopherMcLarenExperience 8 лет назад

Yeah I was like whuut?

@Joseph-oo7pp 5 лет назад

I just died when i heard that.

@nowonmetube 5 лет назад

@Dr. Phil's creampie lounge wank session? what the fuck bro?

@schnarfschnarf5886 5 лет назад

"In the feels" ugh. Your a cool guy huh?

@StormsparkPegasus 5 лет назад

Yeah, RIP Christopher Lee. He lived to a very old age and was healthy up until the end though, so there's that.

@gamerhats4145 9 лет назад

Those clacking and creaking sounds of the Snes controller, ahh the memories.

@strocat25 9 лет назад

GamerHats most comfortable controller of all time my friend. I bought an Ibuffalo usb one for my PC and it feels exactly like the real thing.

@IvanTorres-tt8ri 5 лет назад

Music to my hears.

@pablodaniel-retrogamer716 4 года назад

One Of the best controllers.

@omegaweapon116 3 года назад

Only thing that might be better is the PS2 controller

@Ghost_Of_SAS 9 лет назад

"Dracula turns around and he's fucking Christopher Lee!" Now _that_ is a horrible mental image.

@tetsujin_144 9 лет назад

No wonder Christopher Lee doesn't want to talk about it...

@Par-Crom 9 лет назад

... And Christopher Lee takes off his mask, and he's fucking Nicholas Cage !!

@algol291 9 лет назад

Have you ever watched the original remake by Hammer movies, where Christopher Lee is Dracula? It had a dark atmosphere, and changed the original story around, but I think Lee is superior to Bela Lugosi, except for the one line about the wolves; "Listen to them, the Children of the Night. Such sweet music they make." His Hungarian accent was awesome!!

@Your_Degenerate 9 лет назад

Norman G. That's an epic horror movie idea right there.

@markasscop 9 лет назад

took me like 20 seconds to get that

@CreepsMcPasta 9 лет назад

This game was so creative for its time. Especially that spiny tube level!

@deadpansanchez2947 9 лет назад

Creeps should read the intro (//w0)

@28dogface 9 лет назад

You rule creepsmcpasta!

@TheManlyman21 9 лет назад

Yo, Creeps, your third weeks theme in October should be about creepypastas about doodoo

@ZigealFaust 2 года назад

Konami used to be innovative and cutting edge. How the times have changed.

@Meleedroit Год назад

Turns out the "Creep" in his name was true

@justinwilliams7148 9 лет назад

The lightning striking the grave in the intro made my old crappy TV turn off automatically because it overloaded it. Sure burned it into my memory having the room plunged into darkness when it happened at night. Same for the T2 movie intro where the endoskeleton turns and fires at the screen and other flashing lights.

@SegaDream131 4 года назад

Old tvs did wild stuff, I remember a console type that would leave a round lit orb in the center of the screen when you turned it off and I would have all the lights off and touch the screen and sometimes it would static shock you or just follow your finger around the outside of it..... ☻

@KellicTiger 5 лет назад

"How has there not been a Castlevania movie" *I suddenly appear from the future.* Don't worry. Netflix has you covered.

@JoakimOtamaa 3 года назад

Well it's a series, not a movie. Can't wait for season 4.

@JoakimOtamaa 3 года назад

@@nathancrossen2224 Definitetly.

@TimWUnderwood 9 лет назад

The moment I beat Dracula in this game after hours of trying to beat him (same with grim reaper) it gave me just the greatest sense of satisfaction I've ever felt from a game. Love this game

@KorbyWorby 9 лет назад

I love that feeling most games are to easy and I never get it lol

@KorbyWorby 9 лет назад

Yea best feeling ever for me

@freakymoviedude 9 лет назад

The greatest satisfaction I ever had from beating a game was probably beating Turtles 1 on the original Nintendo :)

@freakymoviedude 9 лет назад

***** Yeah, it's fucking difficult, but I never.found it shitty (still don't). It may be a bad Turtles-game (a lot of the enemies are like WTF?), but it's an awesome action-platformer that really put your skills to a test. I had it for more than a year before I beat it, but when I did it was the greatest fucking feeling I ever had (at least for the 11year old me ;) ) :D

@AlinktoPersona 8 лет назад

I want Castlefuckingvania to happen.

@haydens.2755 5 лет назад

Castlevania 1 and 4 will ALWAYS be my favorite games in the series. 1 because the level design is as close to perfect as it gets, and 4 because the whip controls are amazing.

@Anthony-ku2bb 2 года назад

I wish they kept whipping at multiple directions in all of the Castlevania games. I understand that in the old NES days it wasn't possible due to hardware limitations. However, from the super NES 16 bit and in the newer consoles they should have kept this whipping in all directions in all of the other versions of Castlevania.

@castlewhore2007 6 лет назад

I agree with James. Castlevania 4 is a great game that aged very well.

@darkwzrd4 6 лет назад

Yeah. It has Challenging but fair gameplay and great music.

@masterbetty7050 5 лет назад

I'm currently doing the second quest and it is the perfect challenge. And the art style is top-notch. Probably my favorite Castlevania.

@sammyshehole 4 года назад

Agreed. A little on the easier side compared to the NES games but I guess that’s what the Other Castle rom hack is for, if you want that increased difficulty. Definitely my favorite Castlevania in terms of music, gameplay and atmosphere.

@Anthony-ku2bb 2 года назад

What I love about Super Castlevania 4 is being able to use the whip in several different directions. I could never understand why the other newer Castlevania games never added multi purpose direction of using the whip.

@mksolid82 6 лет назад

This in my opinion is one of their best two part videos. Definitely in the top 5. Great game, great mood, great horror legacy discussion. Make more like this one guys.

@Eugenesis-g4l 5 лет назад

One of the trademarks of an old school Konami game is the sound effect it makes when you press the pause button one of my favorite sounds as a kid

@GameSack 9 лет назад

Super Castlevania IV is not only one of the best Castlevania games (Dracula X on the Turbo/PC Engine CD gives it a run for its money and I don't like calling it "Rondo", I've always just called it Dracula X) it's also one of the best 16-bit games in existence. And there are a crap-ton of awesome 16-bit games. Damn that was a fine time to enjoy videogames. I'm glad I can still enjoy them today and that the game systems still work perfectly well. It makes me wonder if stuff like Xbox 360 or PS3 will ever be looked at with the same kind of nostalgia. "Holy crap dude. Remember all o' them Call of Duties? That was a hell of a time 2 be a gamer. Thems were teh dayz." I guess we'll have to wait and see.

@TheGomGomBoyThaiConsoleGamer 9 лет назад

yea yea ball sacks

@Serros13 9 лет назад

Well said Joe.

@derekcunningham6956 9 лет назад

You guys should do a video of the new Alien game. It'd be fun to watch.

@eewweeppkk 9 лет назад

Dracula X? I thought that the two top dogs were Super Castlevania IV and Symphony of the Night.

@somanymods 9 лет назад

If you call it Dracula x people think you mean that mediocre snes "port" though. Castlevania iv might be a more fair platforming experience but rondo of blood captures the castlevania experience better, while not being quite as unfair as the nes games. Some of the Rondo Dracula x of blood sound effects really suck though which is odd, Dracula x on snes actually had better sound effects. It's a moot point though because gran turismo 6 is the best castlevania game.

@majestydream5 9 лет назад

I wonder if James has ever heard of Order of Ecclesia on the DS. That one had multiple areas that you could explore outside the castle so it was Simon's Quest revamped greatly. Also if you managed to get the right path the castle emerges,being a very huge area, creating the hype of confronting Dracula.

@ItsJustMilkISwear 7 лет назад

this game still looks good tbh. better graphics than half the side scrolling indie games that get released from steam greenlight.

@KazuyaMithra 7 лет назад

It has some ps1/Saturn level sprites, its quite stunning

@JapanskNinja 6 лет назад

The fact that James didn't know the name for Harpies blew my mind.

@GLCCreepyPasta 4 года назад

yea wtf o_ö

@Brittshow_AK 3 года назад

@@diffusewings4937 Knowing what harpies are makes you a nerd? And if you're a nerd you can't be the man?? Huh

@VelkanAngels 3 года назад

@@Brittshow_AK - Things are extremely simple and one-dimensional to people these days :l

@ProdigalSonOfSony 9 лет назад

I love Super Castlevania 4, but I think the things I dislike about it the most are: 1) an abundance of boss fights that are easy or do not require critical thinking (There are exceptions). 2) THE BUZZSAW LEVEL (Screw that!). 3) some stiffness with the controls (minuet but noticeable). 4) lack of checkpoints in suitable areas. 5) sometimes the background palettes seemed too vibrant. These are just opinions, still love the game and is actually my 2nd favorite SNES title (after Super Metroid), but had some complaints, and wanted to see if anyone agreed with me. This seemed like the appropriate forum.

@newartmov 5 лет назад

They skipped on cool weapons, bosses etc. For cheap shitty enemies and ridiculous jumps and situational frustration. That is the only difficulty in this fucking game. I hate this game. Love Castlevania but... This game is driving me insane. Fuck those books in the library!

@protoman-blues 4 года назад

I agree with you in 3 and 4. I feel like many of my deaths were due to ms delays in control/reaction

@Trainy2 9 лет назад

You can tell so much love went into making this game.

@IzunaGaiden 9 лет назад

This game just deserves it! Phenomenal game, that's the spirit.

@fullfrontal7276 8 лет назад

Mike is usually a better player than James but James is on point in this game.

@tedizjeff7846 7 лет назад

It's his favorite castlevania game.

@stevebanning902 Год назад

@@tedizjeff7846 it's his favorite game period

@Omar_E11 Год назад

@@stevebanning902 I think that's actually A Link to the Past.

@Boogie_the_cat 3 месяца назад

Even Mike admits in a different episode that James is way better than him at Super Castlevania

@qawamity 9 лет назад

Such a classic. One of the earliest games for the SNES, and was better than many of the later games for the system. The playcontrol, graphics, sound, and level design were all top notch. Also, did you know the game is in stereo? The SNES component cable (yellow for video, red for right audio, white for left audio) could be hooked into a stereo system pretty easily. Those gigantic chandeliers you walk on had separate sound effects for swinging left and right; they sounded the same in mono-audio, but in stereo you'd hear them swinging side to side. Game was years ahead of its time.

@NathanBenedict45 9 лет назад

Gotta be honest, I'm starting to like these James & Mike videos more than the old reviews. I like all the digressions...

@rogerrodriguez3832 7 лет назад

"Christopher Lee's still alive" :( RIP

@MermDaddy 8 лет назад

no one is mentioning this but really? James had never heard of harpies? Like one of the standout mythical creatures

@MermDaddy 7 лет назад

shadowshinobi06 its honestly not even just SOTN. I knew of harpies long before I ever played a castlevania game.

@mmachine101 6 лет назад

I expected at least someone mentioning the goddamn Odissey by Homer, it's not like SOTN invented the harpies, guys...

@SUPERMATT5546 6 лет назад

Didn't Jason & the Argonauts have harpies?

@seankalifut9948 6 лет назад

SUPERMATT5546 Correct.

@milescurtisnorwood9957 5 лет назад

MermDaddy I knew about em through schoolastic books growing up lol

@MSorge13 9 лет назад

For me, Super Castlevania IV will always be a remarkable game! It's not only my fav game in the series, but also one of my top-fav games of all time, period! The graphics are appealing and beautiful, the gameplay is fluid and responsive, the enemies are great, the soundtrack is fantastic (I listen to it quite often) - everything about it is just awesome! It holds up excellently, and I still play it at least a couple times every year... The ONLY negative I can think about is the framerate drops when there's too much for the console to handle on-screen at once; besides that, it's like a perfect game to me. What's also impressive is it came out during the very early days of the SNES, and it's still one of the best experiences on the console.

@luckystrke 9 лет назад

Mike looks so much healthier now than in earlier videos

@JamesNintendoNerd 9 лет назад

***** I did not have a kidney issue. People on the internet like to make shit up.

@jackorion7157 9 лет назад

***** The internet is full of trolls and idiots. Everyone is stupid except for me. -Albert Einstein

@TheAstroCreep3000 9 лет назад

Cinemassacre totally read "I did not have a kidney issue" as you saying it as arnold in kindergarten cop

@hassanpalomo4705 9 лет назад

Yes he does look healthy. He is back from rehab 😺

@Avrelivs_Gold 9 лет назад

It's because of his shirt.

@Kurachi84 9 лет назад

i've never liked the castlevania games myself, but to watch them do them is alot of fun to me i have that with alot of games, like FF7 and 9, i do like to watch em, but they're nothing for me to play some games are too hard for me due to some brain damages, but i love to watch em on youtube, like final fight series, streets of rage, golden axe 2 and many more.... mostly platformers and beat em ups although i do like to play beat em ups, as even when i dont get through, i still can beat up people, which is the goal of those games..... to me i cant wait for part 2 :) then again, if they'd do it all in 1 week, we'd be done watching them way earlier

@BloderModer 9 лет назад

Sorry to hear about your damage, but it's really cool that you still like to watch beat em up and platformers. :) This is also so far my favorite Mike and James video. I'm so looking forward to part 2.

@Grease-Goblin 8 лет назад

"Christopher Lee's still alive!" Aww...

@ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS 8 лет назад

I remember seeing a fan video of pics James had taken in England and it made me think that he probably loves it for the whole castles/monsters thing. Not forgetting the great metal heritage

@MikeDiFool 9 лет назад

I remember when the first Devil May Cry game came out, I went to this local comic book shop and these guys were playing it on a monitor. It was such a bad-ass game, everyone in the store said the same thing- "This is how Castlevania 64 should've been like."

@WallKenshiro 7 лет назад

Just under a year ago Mike and James play this one. Yesterday Mike and Ryan play the original. Keeping it strangely consistent for Halloween.

@TatsuraJ 9 лет назад

Well, now that he's passed away, I guess you'll never find out why you can't discuss Dracula with Christopher Lee.

@ConstantineFurman 4 года назад

It's because the British press was ALWAYS tying him to Dracula. They couldn't just call him "Christopher Lee" or "film actor Christopher Lee." They always thought they'd be cute and do some Dracula gag and he really got tired of it. The British press is really appallingly bad and they will do shit to you out of spite. If you think the U.S. press is bad, they're nothing compared to how to do over in the U.K.

@IHeartButtercuts 9 лет назад

This game has an awesome soundtrack.

@jdolaktv 9 лет назад

Who would I like to read the crawl? Vincent Price! No one else is more perfect.

@qawamity 9 лет назад

He's been ever so slightly dead for 11 years.

@jdolaktv 9 лет назад

qawamity I thought it was one of those dead or alive things...

@brettsix2027 4 года назад

Alice Cooper or Ian McKelken

@ArmorOfGod7 9 лет назад

Now I have to go back and re-watch your Castlevania marathon, which is in my opinion your best work. I'll never forget the first time watching it and at the end of the first episode the screen froze you and put the Castlevania 2 night textbox on the screen. So epic!

@vladislavkirilov4360 6 лет назад

This game was ahead of it's time.

@BoomstickAsh 2 года назад

“You can just walk over it!” 😆 Love the TMNT video callback

@darthdicnbalz 2 года назад

Well, now there's a Castlevania series on Netflix. How times have changed!

@hotcoffeebreath 2 года назад

Is it worth a watch?

@Smashboi76 Год назад

@@hotcoffeebreath absolutely

@sdmfbastard 5 лет назад

I actually loved castlevania 64..I remember getting chased in the garden. It was a very memorable experience for me, characters, story and all.

@Spindles15 9 лет назад

Wow, what good timing. I just recently watched your entire great Castlevania series, and I've been kind of obsessed with this game in particular as of late. I've had the mp3's of all the amazing music from this game for years, and I still rock them on a semi-regular basis:)

@Randyy1 9 лет назад

lol I really wanna meet William Shatner and ask him what's his favorite Boston Legal episode. He'd probably just respond with "Denny Crane."

@MikeGilroyMusic 8 лет назад

My favorite Castlevania too brother. Still have it, still love it.

@lisvender 4 года назад

Man, I wish I still felt so passionately about games as James does about this one. I’m so old now that I can’t remember any game I loved so much. Maybe Chrono Trigger

@xmissviolencex 9 лет назад

This is one of my favorite videos now lol. Love this game and the random conversations. :D Can't wait for part 2.

@Eyetrauma 9 лет назад

I feel like I'm alone in saying this, but I think CV64 should get more credit than it does. The controls are the biggest stumbling block (people get really caught off guard by the need to press and hold to climb ledges) but I honestly think it does *a lot* to give you a really cool atmosphere. The bits just outside and then in the castle really make you feel like there's a very foreboding air about the place, from the sewers to the hedge maze and so on. CV64 isn't CV4 and it isn't SOTN but I still think it's enjoyable in its own right.

@ivanorozco9673 9 лет назад

i agree

@metae.4256 9 лет назад

Well said. I too, like those ones. Enough to the point where I have played them several times in one day on several occasions.

@ivanorozco9673 9 лет назад

same here

@metae.4256 9 лет назад

Ivan orozco Glad to know there's someone else out there who loves those ones enough to keep playing. In fact, if i had my N64 still I would most likely have played them again very recently.

@GatorMilk 9 лет назад

Legacy of Darkness was the better version of the game, though.

@mannysendao 9 лет назад

This was filmed right before mike left for the 8th grade Halloween dance.

@3X73RM 3 года назад

Watching this again in October 2020 and it’s so cool to hear them talk about a Castlevania movie, and now we have the most awesome animated Castlevania show we could ever wish for :D

@DracoHandsome 9 лет назад

I have no idea how a gamer would not know what a harpy is

@mikeisapro 5 лет назад

Or even someone as intelligent and well-versed in many topics, especially films, games, etc. He knows about so many obscure things in varying domains. Maybe he just meant he's heard of it, but didn't know _exactly_ what it was.

@darkdreamsdontdie7785 5 лет назад

It's almost like harpies aren't in every fucking movie or game

@michaelm6048 5 лет назад

@@mikeisapro He must have never seen Jason and the Argonauts.

@V3v15c3r8 5 лет назад

I just heard this part and thought the same exact thing

@kingago83 7 лет назад

BEST CASTLEVANIA GAME OF ALL TIME.

@Azuris190 5 лет назад

Im from Europe, never ever heared somebody saying SNES, only Super Nintendo. I think calling it SNES started with the upcoming of the Internet.

@BinaryBard64 5 лет назад

Probably some late 90s kids who got to play one when their older sibling(s) went to university or move out. I can picture it now: "Hmmm...SNES, eh? I guess I'll give it a try".

@barryclark6119 9 лет назад

One of my most favorite video game soundtracks of all time.

@TauGeneration 8 лет назад

Mike - *"are these harpies ?"* James - *"herpies ?"* Mike - *"har- *laugh*"*

@psychoflee 9 лет назад

This is my favorite snes game of all time, thanks for reviewing it this way, it reminds me of my childhood, beautiful old times when playing it with my brother,

@TheTetsuHai 9 лет назад

R.I.P Christopher Lee

@xxcrysad3000xx 9 лет назад

Finally a game that I can beat with no trouble that they actually struggled somewhat with... I watch their others and am awed by the ease with which they are able to reach the end.

@benbmusic88 9 лет назад

James' Castlevania movie sounds awesome!!

@GeppettoProductions 8 лет назад

Frank Langella and Gary Oldman have both played Dracula as well. They weren't as iconic in the role as Christopher Lee, unfortunately.

@DatBlueHusky 9 лет назад

symphony of the night is and will be my fav forever

@ninjanizzle 9 лет назад

FF7 anyone?

@tigrederd 8 лет назад

this is my favorite castlevania too, its so great especially the soundtrack

@kimmolaine8069 5 лет назад

Simon Belmont cracks that whip at his enemies. They're mostly dead already!

@natesobol 9 лет назад

Great video. Can't wait for more when your schedule is less busy!

@Furiouspaul 9 лет назад

I speedrun CV4 and can say it is one great game! It is such an in-depth skill game, more so than the other 3 classic NES castlevania's. My favorite castlevania for sure!

@elefsidi 5 лет назад

Super Castlevania 4 is all about fast movements and quick reflexes. The NES trilogy is all about strategic movements and well-calculated accuracy. In the end, it's up to the player about what challenge he prefers. Personally, I can manage both SCIV and the original, without much trouble.

@boxerblake1 7 лет назад

Some of my favourite music on the SNES.

@GMulti123 9 лет назад

the music in this game REALLY gets you into it... i couldn't stop playing this when I got it

@jackreed36 9 лет назад

This is my favorite Castlevania game of all time. It is nice to see James and Mike playing it.

@TheTurnipKing 9 лет назад

The Hugh Jackman Van Helsing movie basically WAS Castlevania the Movie.

@zeroangelmk1 9 лет назад

Except it was campy as heck!

@TheTurnipKing 9 лет назад

There comes a point at which you have to stop taking Simon Belmont seriously, and it is the point at which you find a perfectly edible pot roast in the wall.

@DarthKato 9 лет назад

That movie was alright. BUT, they got the wrong person to play Dracula. The new Dracula Untold reminds me a lot of Castlevania, from what I've seen of the trailers. haven't watch it yet though. Still waiting for the DVD release.

@TheTurnipKing 9 лет назад

I thought he did OK, actually. Not easy shoes to try and fill.

@DarthKato 9 лет назад

TheTurnipKing Yeah, but for a big-budget picture, they need to try harder. Much, MUCH harder.

@blackdragoncyrus 9 лет назад

Portrait of Ruin is still my favourite Castlevania.

@Knight41b 9 лет назад

Agreed!

@JOSELUIS-ci2hs 6 лет назад

Amazing video-super fun! Castlevania IV brings me good memories ..I can't wait to play it on the snes mini and enjoy it again. Legendary soundtrack

@JOSELUIS-ci2hs 7 лет назад

The music in castlevania is a masterpiece! Love the game but the music is a standout. Timeless!

@McGack1 9 лет назад

kinda surprised James doesnt know what a harpy is, is he obsessed with monsters and horror and that sort of thing?

@VelkanAngels 3 года назад

@@gurvmlk - I for one would have no idea what a harpy was, if I hadn't played Heroes IV.

@TritnewNG 3 года назад

@@VelkanAngels Same here, learned more about Harpies from playing Serious Sam.

@Dobbykk 9 лет назад

You can tell how much they really like the horror genre. The passion they have from just watching them play Castlevania is amazing.

@gamerhats4145 9 лет назад

Ahh the oh so sweet clacking sound of the Snes controllers, and this game has held up visually pretty well after so many years.

@subspacedorito3691 9 лет назад

Keep up the good work James and Mike! I really enjoy your work!

@mONEyCruickshankGaming 9 лет назад

Mike just get back from church?

@Silvergun_Raven 9 лет назад

LOL!

@Zxfth 9 лет назад

He decided to dress up for work.

@TheRogueMonk 9 лет назад

i like his hair .. variation is good

@TheRogueMonk 9 лет назад

Gurpreet Chaggar shop smart shop E smart

@pingASS_ 9 лет назад

When did he say that?

@Avrelivs_Gold 9 лет назад

I love the game, but Rondo of Blood (PC Engine) is even more epic!

@somanymods 9 лет назад

Yeah I recent played through castlevania 4 and Rondo back to back, rondo is just a much better game. The problem is we never got it in the us until 2009 or something. I wish I was aware of that game as a kid, I would have found some way to get an import copy lol.

@chitlitlah 9 лет назад

It is perhaps the crown gem of my game collection.

@Serros13 9 лет назад

***** I personally don't think that it's better than Castlevania IV. Castlevania IV's atmosphere can't be surpassed in my opinion by any other Castlevania game. You definitely should check Rondo of Blood though, it's the direct prequel of Symphony of the Night. If you don't own a PC Engine with the CD-ROM add-on and you don't speak Japanese, I recommend you to play it on PSP. The Castlevania-Dracula X Chronicles for PSP includes also Syphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood (translated) and it's much cheaper.

@chitlitlah 9 лет назад

You really don't need to know Japanese to play Chi no Rondo. You'll miss a small bit of dialog though you can probably look up a translation easily. The menus are in English. I'm not recommending people go out and buy a Duo just for this game, but if you already have one and don't mind spending the dollars for a great game, this one won't disappoint.

@Serros13 9 лет назад

***** Agreed, but it's nice to understand what they saying during the cutscenes.

@SchrodingersCat8813 9 лет назад

"Everyone talks about it so much he's sick to death of it" ..."I guess everyone goes through it a little bit" wonder if James feels this? I know he's super appreciative of it all, just ya know that natural feeling of doing something for soooo long and being known as one thing.

@FSDTesse 4 года назад

Really enjoy these videos guys. Cool lookin back on all these older games!

@antoniolozano9029 6 лет назад

The best castlevania of all time

@RetroRupp 9 лет назад

Yeah, This one is my favorite too, then Symphony of the night. Also Aria of Sorrow on GBA was pretty fun. I picked this one up at a local game shop a few years back for like 14 bucks, and I had actually never played played it before. I quickly fell in love with though. Its such a damn fine game!

@RetroRupp 9 лет назад

***** Thanks man! Yeah Konami made such great games for SNES! Super Castlevania IV, Contra III, Gradius III, Axelay, and so on! =)

@thephantom496 8 лет назад

+Shoga san One of my favorite Konami-games for SNES is The Adventures of Batman & Robin.

@RetroRupp 8 лет назад

Captain Comics Yeah they had a lot of good games in that era.

@jalexandnbc2352 9 лет назад

James and mike Mondays is my favourite youtube series right now!

@heatherphillips5983 3 года назад

I'm sorry, but if I would've met Sir Christopher Lee when he was alive, I would've talked Tolkien with him. He was a renowned Tolkien scholar, actually personally knew Professor Tolkien, and was the only person who had the Professors permission to play a character from the books, if it was ever adapted. Tolkien wanted him to be Gandalf, but Sir Lee thought Ian McKellen was better, so he played Sauroman.

@Tetratronic 9 лет назад

James doesn't know what a Harpy is? WTF?

@FlameJackstar 9 лет назад

How in the world is that possible. O.o

@UltimaKeyMaster 9 лет назад

I mean, he's played Symphony of the Night which I'm damn sure CALLS THEM Harpies, how the hell did he not know that? XD

@5brags455 9 лет назад

I thought you were dead?

@ninjanizzle 9 лет назад

he needs to go play god of war.

@markasscop 9 лет назад

***** exactly,i've known since like i was in elementary school,middle school at the latest

@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control 6 лет назад

"I've never heard of harpies" I don't believe you.

@sammitman3031 7 лет назад

Super Castlevania IV and Contra III Alien Wars are my 2 all-time fav super nintendo games.

@SourCrouter 7 лет назад

Sam Mitman alien wars so hard

@tamaking86 9 лет назад

Christopher Lee doing the voice over for the intro to this game? That is just GENIUS. Hell yeah :D

@thegroove14 9 лет назад

Mike looks like John Leguizamo

@castlewhore2007 6 лет назад

Garrick Groover lol he does

@guitarguy42394 4 года назад

Garrick Groover can’t unsee

@Aaron_Gentry 9 лет назад

I'd love to see you guys do a video for Symphony of the Night, that would be so badass. Probably my favorite Castlevania game ever besides IV

@eraser400 9 лет назад

15:04 "Like Yoda wasn't really doing all those flips cuz he doesn't exist" LMAO, OMG Mike, you kill me :D!

@MrTuco40 9 лет назад

This was great. didn't realize mike was such a literate guy.

@pandnh4 9 лет назад

Probably sounds odd, but I can honestly say I look forward to October because of James's Halloween horror based vids. You can tell he just really loves this stuff and it comes through well.

@AtlasBlizzard 8 лет назад

I would love for the old Castlevania games to be re-released with graphical updates. But then I remembered the state of Konami now. :(

@AtlasBlizzard 8 лет назад

chuckobscure I would love to, but I don't have a Wii or Wii U.

@LadyCoyKoi 8 лет назад

chuckobscure They must have. It was those early years of Wii. :(

@LadyCoyKoi 8 лет назад

chuckobscure No problem. Hopefully Nintendo would make it available for WiiU in the future. That would be awesome. :)

@boxerblake1 8 лет назад

+chuckobscure The license that Ubisoft had for TMNT expired, so they had to stop selling it :(

@lungbutter361 5 лет назад

It's that kind of attitude that keeps ruining movie and game franchises. They look perfectly fine how they are.

@Opinwood 7 лет назад

James' CastleVania pitch gave me total goosebumps. Goddamn how cool would that have been? Alas.

@2WhiteAndNerdy 9 лет назад

Some of the best music ever to grace the SNES. I played the heck out of this game when it came out. Good times. Thanks for the memories, J&M! Time to break out my copy! Glad I still have all my old systems & games. :)

@strocat25 9 лет назад

James & Mike ... You all should do "Kid Chameleon" on sega genesis.. There is a shit load of levels to that game .. and when you lose a life the game literally yells "Die!" at you :P