Jeremy Parish
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NES Works #15: The Other Castlevanias
🕑 Added 2020-10-07 13:00:05 +0000 UTCApologies for being a bit of a liar. This episode was not on the upcoming video release schedule I posted a few weeks back—Elite has been pushed back a few weeks. It's just that I started working on the next Metroidvania Works episode and realized the brief overview of Vampire Killer I posted in Metroidvania Works several months back didn't really get as deeply into the workings of Vampire Killer as I think it should have in order to lay the groundwork for Castlevania II... and, on top of that, I've been intending to put together a companion Castlevania video that encompasses all the alternate versions of Simon's journey for a long time now. So here we go.
This episode is unique in that it's been through three different revisions. Initially, I was going to put Vampire Killer in one episode and the other three games in a follow-up, but upon further consideration I didn't really feel nine minutes of standalone Vampire Killer material was THAT much more informative than the four minutes given over to it on Metroidvania Work. So I did a second episode with Haunted Castle appended, which clocked in at just under 12 minutes. But that felt a little awkward, so I went ahead and added the other two games as well, which brings us to our current 21-minute form. (This also accounts for why I'm wearing different clothing in the host segments.) I definitely don't have time to create additional work for myself like this, but you know, for Castlevania I'm willing to make an exception. This once.
Edit: I threw in a 90-second bonus at the end this morning to bring the running time to 22:30. Because why the heck not.
Anyway, hopefully you don't mind a bit more Castlevania content this Halloween season than advertised.
Comments
Kevin Bunch
I've recently given Chronicles a shot, and boy that is such a mean game! It has all the gotcha attempts that the hateful Haunted Castle has, but with slightly nicer hitboxes.
Ben Roberts
So happy to see the nod to Vs CastleVania at the end; it was the way I first got to play the game (in a foyer at Pizza Hut). Many happy/furious memories there.
