LogFAQs > #904064601

Got that 200.6%, aw yeah. Man, you guys weren't kidding about getting that Jewel Sword...so weird. That alone makes legitimately 100%ing this map without looking anything up nigh impossible. I went straight to Google after my last post anyway and started comparing my map to filled-in ones. Without any super bombs or anything (you know I can't help my Metroid comparisons), just slashing every single wall/ceiling in the game would not have been very fun. But I'm incredibly proud that I got 197% all by my lonesome, minus looking up how to color in the weird glitched water blocks in the Reverse Caverns!

And okay, I lied...Richter mode is a blast and I can't stop playing it. After playing mainly the Inverted Castle for so long, going back to the original castle in this style is really cool. Apparently they took out some bosses though? No bueno. That minotaur + werewolf boss was so cool and was totally absent here.

Speaking of Richter Mode bosses, I just got to the Hippogryph and it was literally a 5 second fight. Two Hydro Storms and it was over...so it wasn't even really a fight at all. Kind of wish they'd nerfed Richter's sub-weapon special attacks but also increased his defense. Would make bosses actually last longer but keep the difficulty old school brutal like it's supposed to be. ("Brutal" being used a little leniently here.)

At some point, if I can find it laying around here, I may have to replay Dawn of Sorrow just to compare these games. In the order I played them, my Castlevania playquest has gone: Dawn of Sorrow back during its release, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia in a similar fashion, Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance on that "Double Pack" cartridge they released years later, Super Castlevania IV via the Wii's Virtual Console, and now Symphony of the Night at long last. Symphony and DoS are definitely the top tier for me, with Portrait being a tight third. Alas, this is all from memories many years old now. And this endeavor has kind of put me in the Castlevania mindset.

What is each of your all's takes on the DS Castlevanias (or your favorite Castlevanias in general) ranked next to Symphony?
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- Blur -
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