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  • 6:30 No Fred FUcks?

  • I really like these videogame history videos, but the inaccurate statement about the PC Engine not selling well, the brushing aside of Rondo of Blood (which routinely sells near $100 on ebay today), and the total ommission of the Castlevania arcade game were flaws in the Castlevania history series.

  • Anyone else thinking that the name of the games becomes a bit weirder for every game?

  • @woskis9161 IMO I think that maybe because of the trademark and the copyright of the title, because of that, you cant just name it whatever you want, otherwise you'd end up in a legal dispute over the trademark and copyright stuff. but yeah I agree, some of the name now I dont even know what exactly it mean, lol.

  • Great retrospective, but why no love for Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth? It's a love letter to the classic games of old.

  • The last line in the video is fantastic, I love it! Awesome job guys, I'm really impressed with the exceptional quality this series has exhibited in every aspect since the beginning.

    Thank you.

  • noooo what is happening to castlevania

  • All i want is Lord of Shadow for PC...

  • WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT RELIGION?

  • No mention of the Game Boy titles? Darn.

  • @PirateHigemaru no mention of castlevania chronicles either. damn

  • 6.48 shiny rapidash ROFL

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  • I hope the rumors are true about a LoS sequel. I loved that game :D

  • why was there no mention of Castlevania rebirth? it was released before the 2 games in 2010... =(

  • why is a 20 hour campaign so fantastic?

  • @totoyamado because its 20 hour of awesomeness? I get more for what I've paid for instead of 8 hours of game and 20 dlc packs?

  • also Alucard is awsome but not the best character

    people need to stop giving him that much credit. it would be cool to have him back but its not mainly about him. We need IGA to create the Demon Castle Wars game

  • harmony of despair was awsome

    curse of darkness was awsome

    lament of innocence was awsome

    lords of shadow was awsome

    symphony of the night was awsome

    judgment was respectable

    the n64 one had great stories but lacked gameplay

    honestly for the most part i believe Castlevania made success on consoles

    but i believe the best thing about Castlevania is its plot

  • Super Castlevania IV will forever be my favorite Castlevania. The RPG ones are OK but I will always love Super Castlevania IV.

  • Mercurysteam..., BRING BACK ALUCARD!!!

  • DO you all know what the point of this video was???

    That no matter how old or routine a story is a new chapter will always draw as back, even if its a complete disaster!

    I'm not talking about just Lords of Shadow! I'm talking Castlevania in general!

  • they make Castlevania HD out to be a failure in this video, good joke... probably the most played Arcade game on XBL

  • i love Lords of Shadow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • They should make a Castlevania where all Belmonts are involved such as Leon, Trevor, Simon, Juste, Richter, and Julius, let's just say Aeon did another Time Rift to stop a bigger foe than Dracula...

  • I'm ready for the 3DS Castlevanias!

  • I hated the platforming in "Lords of Shadow."

  • Harmony of Despair = Metal slug 4

    You guys know what I'm friggin talking about here >:(

  • I actually think harmony of despair is a ton of fun, and the difficulty decreases the more you play it, thus the addictive nature of it

  • Why the fuck is Castlevania 1 theme being played while Castlevania 2 gameplay is shown?

  • I'll never understand anyone saying that LoS is not a Castlevania game, while I could agree with the opening of the game not being very Castlevania once I got to the vampire's castle there was no question in my mind that LoS certainly deserves the Castlevania title.

  • Yah LoS a great game ( " ,)

  • i dont know why they dont wanna make another alucard story... i mean alucard is the icon of castlevania... and i know alot of gamers would love to see alucard again..

  • @NhatZzKie

    I'm sorry.

    But when i think in "Castlevania", i see either "Trevor" or "Simon" in their 8 - bit Glory.

    Someone should do a decent remake of the first game.

  • @BluelightSpike there is. it's called super castlevania iv

  • @NhatZzKie man screw alucard, i want simon belmont and a game like super castlevania 4 not SOTN, i do not like the metroid style for castlevania. the best ones were castlevania 1-4. us older games love simon belmont way more than alucard. dont want a bunch of swords, give me the vampire killer, give me my whip

  • @NhatZzKie It would sadly have to be 3D, unless it would be released over psn/xbla or on handhelds. Then it could be 2d... I can't see Konami releasing a 2D game on 7th Gen consoles.

  • @slaid12345 here's a lil sneak peek of alucard in 3d youtube.com/watch?v=1LKuo1IBhN­Y

  • @NhatZzKie Dracula and the Belmonts are the icon of Castlevania, not Alucard.

    Alucard is a side character who ended up pretty popular, still not an icon though.

  • @NhatZzKie True that. Alucard is one of my favorite main heroes of any video games ever.

  • @NhatZzKie It has and will always be about the Belmont's. Alucard is a very overated ,yet important character. He is far from the icon if anything it's the belmont's and if I were to be more specific it would be Simon Belmont or to end the old story of CV it would have to be julius with the demon castle war . Also LoS felt so good to me at least because I played as a Belmont as the main character (even with the controversial ending) for the first time since playing Juste.

  • @Neobelmont1 I agree, alucard is just fanservice if you can call it that.

    Typical over the top super cool guy that can be found in many similar games (Taking Dante from DMK as an example here). Alucard is by no means a bad character though.

  • @Ryodakun It is not that Alucard is a bad character it's just that because of him and SOTN(metroidvania style) that the so called main characters in the series the Belmonts seem nothing more than a side story. Some even think that HE is the icon of CV he did something that is not supposed to happen: make the main characters somewhat secondary characters and that is the reason why I do not like Alucard.

  • @Neobelmont1 Well traditionally Vampires are evil , in the current time they are glorified "heroes" and girls like them.

    Its quite an irony how the most evil from the past, is the Hero of today.

  • @ThisNameIsBanned It is somewhat ironic, but I think anti-hero would be more along side the lines of a vampire than a hero.

  • @NhatZzKie actually the main icon of the castlevania series are the belmont family. Castlevania SotN was just a spin-off, alucard just became popular because of the success of SotN

  • @NJohnGA10 Main icon obvisious is "Dracula", pretty much the only thing that exists in the game all the time.

  • lords of shadow's kool

  • what about order of shadows for the cell phone?????

  • nor was Castlevania Chronicles mentioned..... AS A TRUE FAN OF CASTLEVANIA I AM APPALLED  KID DRACULA OR THE CASTLEVANIA ADVENTURE FOR gb

  • Castlevania Rebirth wasn't in this vid which i think is wrong its a part of the franchise.....

  • For everyone who keeps saying its not Castlevania; guess what it is. LOS is a reboot of the whole series so its not gonna be like the old 2-D versions you know. LOS was great and better then most games I have played yes I loved GOW but their story compared to this was compelling with an ending no one would expect. Everything about this game is great and has fit perfect into gaming for the next gen. LOS is one of the best games out and if you cant agree to that well too bad.

  • @kyagomega

    dude, how awesome is the next castelvania going to be based on the ending? I've been waiting for this game to come into a modern day version for 20 years!

  • @NoamTube

    Idk how they are going to do the sequel, to be honest that would be out of order in the future but if they made this a success I wouldn't doubt the game. These guys made an epic game and I cant wait to play the DLC this weekend. I dont care how short it is this game makes you enjoy every moment I am just wondering when the next DLC will be released.

  • Wake me up when the next SotN/AoS/DoS/OoE-esque Castlevania comes out...

  • @silentcaay I agree

  • I really hope there is no Lords of Shadow sequel. The game was a commercial flop and by the way what type of gamer would buy it. No hardcore Castlevania fan i know bought it because it has almost nothing to do with Castlevania, the Sony fanboys have God of War and Shadow of the Colossus and the Microsoft fanboys think it's the 20 most boring hours in a game.

  • @R1kuTakao I personally love the game, I can understand some of your points but for some reason God of War was boring where Castlevania wasn't.

  • @R1kuTakao Stop spouting off YOUR opinion as if its fact. Plenty of long time and newer CV fans alike (myself included) absolutely LOVED LoS. And actually, it's proven to be more successful sales wise than any of the previous 3D CV offerings, so there goes your whole "take" on it. And Konami is nothing but pleased at how well it has been received. So...sorry to burst your bubble....but there WILL be a sequel to LoS. Count on it.

  • @R1kuTakao

    Obviously you don't know any hardcore fans. I've played pretty much every Castlevania since the first and got LoS. Awesome game. Played through it twice. Can't wait for the sequal and I hope this will be the start of a long line of games like this. Don't speak for us fanboys. You are not our voice and we never elected you.

  • kojima probably said it needs more snakes

  • The question isn't whether or not console gamers will accept the 3D Castlevanias. The proper question is whether the 2D gamers will accept a 3D Castlevania.

  • COCKS ?!!

  • I think Eric wants to get rid of his stuff.

  • why dont they make a realistic 3d castlevania I think the reason people dont buy castlevania anymore is its a fucking joke make the 3d version completely different than the 2d one it doesn't have to be a full on action game make a darker story less action more immersion and make enemies harder maybe take some horror elements from resident evil or silent hill. and change the main character so he less unbelivable outfit

  • @skyfrog696969 So you're saying that Castlevania, a series synonymous with fantasy and non-realistic encounters, should completely redefine its own aims as a franchise?

    Do you have any idea how much pot the devs at Konami would have to smoke before they'd even think that was a good business idea?

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  • Great documentary! :)

    Cmon Machinima do one for Metal Gear Solid!

  • Kojima is just awesome.

  • LORDS OF SHADOW RUUUUUUUUUULZ

  • it's odd how castlevania has risen above all then stooped below....then rose again..why can't sonic do this

  • @G4MERtv Because all you do in sonic is collect gold rings?

  • @PhillipAwesome >implying that castlevania isn't samefag each time?

  • avgn sucks

  • @mruppel2 u suck

  • they make kojma look some evil psychopath

  • Very interesting review on the entire series I love the Castlevania games minus well a select few and am intrigued to try Lords of Shadow which i am now excited about. But i will always remeber Symphony of the Night as being the first Castlevania i have ever played, and the PSP game was awesome!!!

  • What's the name of the song that plays in the background in the beginning of the video?

  • wait so castlevania maybe on kinect?? AWESOME!

  • god i hate this fucking background music

  • Next year the best series is the world is 25 years old

  • dude lord of shadow did borrow shadow of the collosus,but it did NOT borrow from GOW cuz castlevania INTRODUCED that kind of gameplay,and then came devil may cry and THEN GOW!CASTLEVANIA did it FIRST in some 3d game of theirs...

  • Are they ignoring Castlevania Adventure Rebirth the only good castlevania on the wii except for virtual console games.

  • XD I'm glad to see that "Castlevania Order of Ecclesia" got a mention, even if it was brief. That was the first Castlevania game I've played and now I love the series

  • Lords of shadow is one of the best xbox games.. The views are just out of this world..

  • i really loved lords of shadow but i must admit i havent really played the other games apart from symphony of the night which i found extremely hard. a sequel to lord of shadow will be awesome given that i really liked the end ;). can't wait to see more of this game

  • Amazing series. I'm a hardcore castlevania fan, let's see what comes next. Congratulations guys!

  • Fantastic series of All Your History!

  • Believe me

    nothing can replace the previous castlevania in our hearts

    "lords of shadow" was made only to take that legendary name and it seems they success , i don't say castlevania lords of shadow was bad !! but it wasn't a castlevania game ! so i prefer if they just called it "lords of shadow"

  • @TheBelmonthunter Its because of gamers like you that this industry will never evolve. Stop hankering for the days of old; you have the old Castlevania games to play to your hearts content. Allow the series to evolve and enjoy what we're given - if Konami keep giving us Castlevania games like LoS, I know that I and a rather large amount of others will enjoy keeping the series alive.

  • @Broshmosh There's an entire generation of gamers hankering for the days of old, still hungry for more, and these are the people making your new-school games so shut the fuck up.

  • @NinjaRunningWild That made absolutely no sense. You're saying that the people who want the old school style games are making the new ones? If they wanted old school Castlevania, wouldn't they just make a 2D one as opposed to a 3D one which plays nothing like the originals?

  • @Broshmosh Why am I not surprised you don't get it. It's not complicated. The people who grew up playing those games now work in the game industry and are making the games. How in the hell could you miss this? Your posts display a serious lack of knowledge about how the game industry or world at large works. As far as why goes, just remember "He who writes the checks makes the rules". That's why.

  • @NinjaRunningWild Its not that I didn't understand what you were saying; its that I didn't understand it in context with what I was saying.

    My confusion comes from the fact you are agreeing with me and yet cussing me out.

    What I was implying was to let the series grow and evolve instead of live in the past.

    You're basically saying the same thing, but adding an extra dimension by talking about the devs, not just the players.

    Also calm down; its only the internet.

  • @Broshmosh Then communicate more clearly in the future.

  • @Broshmosh For the record. I am not saying the same thing nor am I agreeing with you one iota. You are STILL confusing what I'm saying.

    There's still a large population who love and play retro games and will buy and play more. Including the game developers I wrote about. There will always be a market for them and they will always buy them. It's not hankering. It's knowing what you like.

    My bet is 99% of 2D Castlevania fans do not ultimately like the 3D ones. And they have the $ to buy

  • @TheBelmonthunter yea! well im not a hardcore castlevania fan but i got stuck for castlevania Aria of sorrow :) that game is sooooo much fun! :D

    

  • @TheBelmonthunter

    on the contrary. Lords of Shadow was simply a reboot of the story line. Sure it didn't take place in a castle or have the Belmonts, but there was plenty of nostalgic moments and nods to classic castlevania within the game. It was a great addition to the library and I can't wait till the sequel comes out.

  • @TheBelmonthunter DUDE,u can not have the same castlevania in both 2d and 3d,whats wrong with u?why not call it castlevania?it suits the title,and besides,its a reboot...

  • @MotherPunker970 what the hell with you guys and thats why i didn't like this one cuz its a reboooorn

  • @TheBelmonthunter I disagree. Lords of Shadow is castlevania in 3d.

  • @MrSuperheromoviefan I have a question for you my friend .. but why should i call it castlevania ? while the story is talking about the god mask and that forgotten one ???

  • @TheBelmonthunter Just because the story isn't the same doesn't mean it's not a Castlevania. Anyway, in the next one it will be Dracula.

  • @MrSuperheromoviefan if you mean resurrection .. no worries there is no dracula

    "mark as spam"

  • @TheBelmonthunter It evolved. Like Pokemon. It might be sad for us veterans, but now new younger gamers can experience the franchise that's modernized to appeal to them.

  • @Braddert Yeah this generation is full of reborn ! "which make the games more worse"

  • @TheBelmonthunter I call it God of War myself.

  • @TheBelmonthunter i agree completely my friend, but still all they wanted to do was to give us "old hardcore" fans a unique experience from the game we all played and loved

  • iwish konami returned to a castlevania 4 kind of style...

  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, i cant fucking wait... curious how they're going to do this, i mean whose going to be the protagonist? Maybe someone from the Morris family tree? Or are there going other Belmonts, which would be confusing since Gabriel is the first and only Belmont, and we all know what happened to him in the end. Well I'm up for surprises, mercury steam did a great job on the reboot, and this is coming from a huge castlevania fan. Cant wait for a new one.

  • guh. why did they have to make the reboot so little like the originals though?

    and you guys completely ignored the Gameboy titles and adventure rebirth.

  • You forgot about The Adventure Rebirth, which was released on Wii before Harmony of Despair came out.

  • Would you like to learn about RELIGION?

  • @SonicManEXE yes

  • @SonicManEXE RELIGION!

  • @SonicManEXE Yes I would like to learn about RELIGION!

  • @SonicManEXE Depends, will I get laid faster if I do?

  • @SonicManEXE Will sanity be included?

  • @SonicManEXE

    WOULD I?

    

  • @godish LOL, this is the 6th response I've gotten since I made the comment!

  • @SonicManEXE How about the power of the Skeleton???

    N..No...?

    Ok....

  • @SonicManEXE Finally, I'm alone in a room and I can actually use my special power. Okay, "booooooo, agggh aghhhhh aghhhh oww oww oww, helpppppp me." Holy shit......holy shit never again. NEVER AGAIN!

  • @SonicManEXE oh shut up i cuaght a bible yesterday :3

  • @4megatiger I'm sorry, I've only seen that one episode of Sanity Not Included. And out of the 7 or 8 people that I've gotten responses from, about 4 or 5 of them were other quotes.

  • @SonicManEXE its the will of god to make your enemys BLEED

  • Kojima = God!

  • Man...this is more informational but I still like AVGN's version of Castlevania series

  • Thumbs up for metal gear or fallout/Bethesda history.

  • Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow is my favorite castlevania of all time

  • Awesome video

  • METALVANIA

    -oh yes.

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  • :( no fallout history vids :(

  • If Dracula is Lord of Darkness, Then who are the Lords of Shadows?

  • @supermario10172 [SPOILERS}...................C­armilla (Lord of the Vampires), Cornell (Lord of the Lycans), and Zobek (Lord of Death).

  • They need to make an MGS one!

  • Does anyone else find it perfect that there was a Castlevania LOS ad before this?

  • THANK YOU LORD THAT THERE IS A SEQUEL TO CASTLEVENIE:L.O.D , I LOVED IT MORE THAN ANY GAME I EVER PLAYED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Mainstream anyone?

  • AVGN does it the best!!!! Then Machinima and then I guess GT.

  • after watching this i have four things to say:

    1. dark is always GOOD! castlevania's no kirby! wtf..

    2. continue the alucard timeline!!! make solid storylines to support it

    3. 2d is always hardcore!!! seeing alucard walk with ghost trails behind and other game effects makes it a truly fluid game

    4. make it a desktop multiplayer!! like harmony of despair, it could be an awesome mmorpg-like game(borderlands)

  • @ultimaroxy18 To point 4 - Did you watch this? They stated directly that a MP formula didn't really work here. And, not to mention Konami rarely ventures into PC market. Lastly, Borderlands is not a MMORPG. Christ man...

  • japan has sold out, there won't be any good games come from that country, since everything it does today is to appeal to the western audiences, who are just a bunch of xbox fanboys, who don't know shit

  • @b09h Spare us. Konami went with a western developer for LoS because it had become quite apparent that their in house team was totally inept at developing a 3D title that actually had marketable appeal. Quit being a whiney, ignorant little Japanophile.

  • @b09h yeah...obviously you dont know much about video gaming...

  • @b09h japanese games are too freaky and tardy at times. About time they get more appropriate

  • Castlevania or Mario series. WHICH WILL LAST LONGER? Thumbs up so others can decide!

  • I love Castlevania Lords of Shadow, it is a good game, but it has nothing to do with Castlevania and it is a mix of God of War, Shadow of the Colossus and Uncharted. Is not an original game but still is a good game. I would have love to see Simon Belmont but oh well.

  • In almost every other CV game the only vampire present was Dracula himself. One of the reasons I hold LoD in higher regard than either of the PS2 titles........it actually featured werewolves and vampires as common enemies, just as LoS does. Once again, I feel that most of the haters for this new game are SotN era fans who equate Castlevania with Alucard and/or Metroidvania styled gameplay. LoS is clearly meant to pay homage to the pre-SotN titles.

  • @razorfett147 Hey that's not true man I'm from that era And I love all Castlevania Games the same.

  • re upload :(

  • is there a history of mario

  • @Demonsonic34 They´ll need (Insert Vegeta Reference here) parts to name EVERY SINGLE FREAKING Game where mario appears......

    What about Shigeru Miyamoto´s History?

  • @LiSo412 i hear ya

  • they should remake symphony of night to Xbox Live Arcade

  • @Pouttu474 why do we need a remake when you can already buy the original on XBLA

  • @Hypersonicwind holy sh*t TO THE XBLA!

  • *gay secks*

  • I hope they do something ever more intense and dark!!!!

  • do a all your history Sonic

  • 4:13 OMG OMG OMG... win. DEATH!

  • this is a re upload

  • I love how stupid Konami was in the first years of 2000 lol also only make games for the modern teens cuz u tend to get both younger kids (sadly) and teens look at Cod Halo GTA etc. i have NEVER judge a game on grapics its this least important part of gameing. It all about GAME PLAY. Space Invaders for the 2600 is the best game EVER

  • I love how stupid Konami was in the first years of 2000 lol

  • its only FPS the kids are talking today.

  • reasons AYHABTU is full of win: 1. the background music is slammin 2. the developer stories are fucking riveting 3. rob talbert is the bomb diggitty VO guy. keep up the good work dudes!!!

  • @je29836 Who plays a game for VO and BGM...