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How the hell you get maria i can only play richter an alucard so how did you get her?An if you know how to get in secrect garden an unlock it to open the hach that be nice to know an also the cursed prison to please tell me the info i need. Ive play this game since i was 12 an im 26 in sept so i know it was moded or i never found out till now?
hey, you should have showed us her powers and habilitys, cause it rules. Once i tried playing with her with that version of the game that i found, but its so difficult to move and atack with the buttons of the keyboard, than i gave up, but it was so good the experience to play with a nW character.
Deleted areas? Partially: instead of "deleted", they are original sections. More familiars? No, it has the same ones as the japanese PS1 version. More enemies? Yay, indeed! Additional bosses? Two, counting Maria. One, excluding her.
On the bad side, it also features more slowdown, less transparency effects, while on the bright side, it has more items (though none of them is that impressive or useful, except for the Runing Boots).
umm people heres a fact that i might know why maria isn't in the ps1 version for US gameers. well in castlevania rondo of blood (pc engine version) maria was playable in japan only. in the snes version where maria was unplayable in america. so that might the reason why maria isn't in the ps1 version
Maria is in the PSP version included in Dracula X Chronicles, but is unlocked via the same method as Richter (you need to beat the game with a certain percentage and then begin a new file with "MARIA" as the name you enter). The cutscene with the horse doesn't play, and Maria works a bit differently. The PSP version also has the Maria boss fight, but instead of the batshit insane powers she uses in the Saturn version, she sticks more to her animals.
@SolarisParadox ik that. but it wasn't fair for maria to be in the ps1 version as a playable character. but they should do a remake of it of the saturn version with HQ and be on all 3 consoles including the ds. well the 360 and ps3 got the re-release of the game. so it should be on the wii and ds to
you can actually with the PSN or XBLA version. just finish the game regularly and then start a new game entering MARIA or RICHTER as name to play as one of those characters
@megaman2468101214 well thats odd, because I had that trick from internet sources and tested it out on my own castlevania file. I played with Richter but didnt like it so never played past the intro sequence. but honest to god, it does work. but you need to have a save file in which you have over a 100% completion rate. without it the pass's don't work.
Now I noticed the different song in the entrance! Does Richter have a song of his own as well, or does he share that theme with Maria (or Alucard, as in the PSX version)?
believe or or noth that is what it does. He is on the left side but not the right after you get the statue it will take you to the right side I believe a upgrade for the bat and a boss battle
Ah, just noticed that the Saturn version came *after* the PSX version in Japan. I guess it threw me off because the Saturn version was only released in Japan, and I thought they watered it down for a US release. I guess not.
@Reaper978 Me too, cuz my Greatest Hits copy of Sotn (psx) broke, and now I'm wishing for a Sega Saturn so I can get the extra areas/enemies/weapons, etc. So, to cap it all off, I REALLY want this version of sotn.
In case you didn't know already, the PSP port that's part of the Dracula X Chronicles also has Maria as a playable characters, although she's completely different from any other version.
Instead of the moves in the Saturn version, PSP Maria's moves are based on her moves in Rondo of Blood.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why Maria shouldn't have been put in the XBL Arcade version of this game. It sucks ass that they took away the most awesome character.
@KisukeFreak It was a port of the playstation version so they didn't remove her; they just didn't put her in, but yeah I totally agree that she should have been included.
@HyperSonicSquall why is there richter hate on this video? If people honestly think Richter is bad, then they were just bad at playing as him. Richter was the most unbelievable powerhouse Ive ever seen in a castlevania game to date. Only reason people preferred Alucard is because of the cheap weapons, Richter took time to learn.
@Cybrisk Because Richter is so frail. Yeah, he has some nifty special attacks but christ, in this and Dracula X, the dude can't take a hit. Aside from that, his whip play is garbage compared to Simon's in Castlevania 4, and even Jonathon Morris' in Castlevania Bloodlines.
Worst of all the sheer fact alone that he's outclassed in defense and power in both games by Maria, a little girl who throws doves, turtles, and cats, is laughably stupid.
@HyperSonicSquall Because they have an two different playstyles: Maria is more defensive, thus you're gonna spend more time leveling up her attack instead of her defense. And if you went around the castle as Richter, collecting all of the hp max ups, his hp grew a whole lot. You just had to remember where all the max potions where and Richter would be unbelievably tough.
That doesn't make a difference. It's the sheer fact that in Dracula X and SOTN that Maria is better in all categories; attack strength and length, defense, and even jump that's so hilarious.
And I don't know, I played both the PSX and SOTN version, and got 100% as both Alucard and Richter, a dexterity test in on itself, and I picked up every single power up as Richter and I saw I was still dieing in about 3-5 hits.
@HyperSonicSquall Well then idk what happened with your file, but with me Richter was pretty much unstoppable. As for jump height, richter could string together his martial arts endlessly remember? Not only making him deadly as hell, it also allowed him to go wherever he wanted right from the beginning. I think Maria had some of the same qualities but I can't recall.
Yes, replays as other characters are great and its nice that nowadays they even let them level up, but would it kill them to let them carry a FEW items?! I nearly smashed my DS while playing "Albus" mode!
I doesn't look like it, but it actually adds to your life. By the end of the game if you cleared most of the two castles, Richter and Maria can take a considerable amount more damage.
They didn't edit this game, the Saturn version came out about a year after the Playstation version. Since the Saturn had very little success in North America, this game never made it over from Japan.
Saturn game was first, not PSX. The Saturn version had a lot of extra things in it that wasn't needed (like the N Demon and additional fairy type familiar), so it was just removed in the PSX version.
The additional "levels" were also all nothing more than dead ends with nothing of value, so they were taken away.
The PSX version has better sprites and more animations
Sorry but that's entirely incorrect. After Symphony of the Night was completed on PS1, the team splintered apart. Afterwards the Saturn port of this was handed to Konami Nagoya who were working on Castlevania Legends. The N Demon & Fairie were in the Japanese version of the PS1 game, which is now playable on PSP.
wrong, the PSX version was the original. it was later ported to saturn. You can tell this because, first off, release dates, but second off the framerate and texturing is far smoother in the PSX version. There are additional load times in the saturn version (which was remedied in the PSX version by the load rooms). If the load rooms were intended to..load...then the saturn version would have loaded the levels there, and wouldnt require additional loadtimes
They aren't that great. Actually, most of the Saturn extras are really bad and don't merge at all with the SOTN style, especially the enemies in the underground garden.
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Nonsense. The Saturn extras are excellent; at the very least, it is a complete game, unlike the Playstation one which has inaccessible areas clearly led up to. Sounds like you haven't really played it.
@AlbertWisker bad sony's company tactical, if they wouldn't press konami to sell this game before than saturn... ANOTHER HISTORY stupid sony¡¡¡¡ damn¡
Yes, you can play as Maria in Dracula X Chronicles. BUT... and this is a BIG BUT... she plays totally different than in the Saturn version. In Dracula X Chronicles version of SotN - she is *EXTREMLY*... I repeat... *EXTREMLY* weak.
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I've never encountered that. Probably because fewer people have actually *played* the Saturn version and probably shouldn't be judging a game they can't get their hands on!
I did play the Saturn build too, and it's not "far far better". There are so many flaws that just can't be ignored, like massive slowdowns and horribly downgraded gfx and special effects.
There are noticeable slowdowns when there are more than 5-6 entities on screen. The battle against Beelzebub is a clear example of that, with the frame rate dropping to 15 fps if not less. If you can't notice the downgrade in effects like water transparency (or any kind of transparency), death scenes, or explosions, then you're probably the one who has never played both versions. Plus, all the sprites are horribly stretched to fit a 320w resolution, instead of expanding the actual display area.
I never noticed it. When I played the game on my Saturn, as well as a Japanese Saturn, I noticed no slowdown or any of the other problems you mentioned.
Maybe you just had a bad system, or emulator, or whatever.
@HyperSonicSquall All Playstation fans try to put down the segasaturn...And technically saturn Kicks the ass to psx...Only for Extras y better having the saturn version...(Sega haters try Panzer Dragoon 1.2 and saga and Burning Rangers and then talk..... ;-D
@geminimewtwo Though I do agree with you, I feel you must admit that the godspeed boots are a god send and the faerie's nocturne song is a pretty sweet bonus. I feel that the games are on about equal terms, and any true sotn fan has to at least play as Maria (not that watered down childish version on the PSP).
@geminimewtwo Oh snaps you're right; I even found the GS code for the song. I have yet to test this, but obviously it will require the pixie code. I never played the JP ver so I just assumed; I guess my thinking was erroneous. Pixie: 8006CBC4 0006 Enable Nocturne: D007342E 00DF D00736CE 0089 D009797A 0301 800736F0 738C D0138458 0104 D00974A0 0002 80138458 003F.
But not on the Saturn. The Saturn and PSOne versions have different Konami logo scenes. The PSOne's Konami logo scene, English or Japanese, is more epic. That's what I said.
Does Anyone know what the new monsters are called that are not found on the PSX version but that are on the Saturn vers. I cant read the names and it sucks that I cant, and I been wanting to know what the enemies are called for a long time now or more like 8 years now... If there is a site that lists the monsters in this game please email me a link or at least something that can help me find out, I would really appreciate it.
lol she actually IS powerful in the game but this vid isn't showing her awesome attacks. she's probably stronger then alucard and all the belmonts put together. o.O
the good thing about dis version is you can play all d soundtracks of Yamane including her remixed tracks from the original Castlevanias of Nintendo, in any CD player
Maria was amazing in SotN, but that's nothing compared to her Chi no Rondo variation. In addition to being overall more badass, attacking by summoning birds was exceptionally powerful (each bird usually deals damage twice, and she can have two birds out at once), and her dragon, songbook, and bird item crashes were pure cheese.
Of course, in Portrait of Ruin, they made her even more godlike by giving her the soul steal ability, although I guess getting rid of item crashes evens it out a bit...
Omg lolz i grew up laying psx version and i did everythign there was possiable i remember being 10 andhearing something about a way to play as maria and i dident know it was only for saturn version dudei almost went insain trying to find out how for psx XD
They should remake this game...again and have Maria as an alternate character with an alternate story line that starts at a different spot in the castle (preferably a new section) than Alucard. If they did that then their would actually be a reason to play as her since the core game was built around Alucard and not Maria or Richter Belmont.
yea she can finish most bosses with one move just like ricther's hydro storm but shes more cheating then he is, really really cheating. Shes a lot stronger then Alucard too before he gets the alucard shield combo and crissigrim and even then. I find her a lot more fun to play then ricther. Most of her moves are button combos.
it was probably a good thing to keep her out of the U.S. version.. sure it would have not been a bad thing to enable the play of her, but i really don't see the point when you can play Richter and do the same thing..
After seeing the Japanese version I can see why maria was left out. Come on those moves she had lookt silly. Can somebody tell me how the hell is she's more powerful than Alucard. That stupid disco tek shit for music sounds so sorry compared to the American version. Disco is a no no in Castlevania period.
It's true, the american CD tracks was done by Symphony X (if it is not fake). Fucking japanese want to spread everything with plastic sounds such as the most of their music.
this women is stronger than chun-li
DevaXfish 2 months ago
@DevaXfish but also stonger than the woman by the name of jeffree starr
sharker102 1 month ago
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ORTmusic 5 months ago
How the hell you get maria i can only play richter an alucard so how did you get her?An if you know how to get in secrect garden an unlock it to open the hach that be nice to know an also the cursed prison to please tell me the info i need. Ive play this game since i was 12 an im 26 in sept so i know it was moded or i never found out till now?
aquaslayer1 5 months ago
@aquaslayer1 you can only play as maria on the saturn version not the ps1 version
deathbringer676 5 months ago
I want a version that has the graphics of the Playstation, and the content of the Saturn... Like one ultimate version.
BouncekDeLemos 8 months ago 2
Vampire Killer Theme
michellsouzagarcia 11 months ago
WTF on the PSP version she does not have the magic bar !!!! :/
adam0509 11 months ago
@adam0509 to put it bluntly and easy she just sucks in the psp its fun to play as her but not as fun as the real maria
alansixx 8 months ago
@adam0509 PSps Version Maria launches Doves like she does in Rondo of Blood, The saturn version she launches energy beams.
Theshark15z 7 months ago
@Theshark15z yeah I downloaded Saturn version... way better !
adam0509 7 months ago
@adam0509 how do you download saturn version?Is it through a microship,computer,vending machine or what ?plz tell me or forever hold ur piece
sharker102 1 month ago
Whoever is playing this really sucks.
Sukuraidogai 1 year ago
@Sukuraidogai i am playing it and i don't suck dick like you do baby cakes
sharker102 1 month ago
Maria was twelve in Rondo of Blood. Since four years have passed I guess she is sixteen maybe seventeen at the most. She does look older and taller.
Theshark15z 1 year ago
is she using a spirit gun? o.o
AZNShinobi247 1 year ago
@AZNShinobi247 No, doves. Hard to tell though.
Dementist58 1 year ago
hey, you should have showed us her powers and habilitys, cause it rules. Once i tried playing with her with that version of the game that i found, but its so difficult to move and atack with the buttons of the keyboard, than i gave up, but it was so good the experience to play with a nW character.
tonithedarkxxx 1 year ago
Deleted areas? Partially: instead of "deleted", they are original sections. More familiars? No, it has the same ones as the japanese PS1 version. More enemies? Yay, indeed! Additional bosses? Two, counting Maria. One, excluding her.
On the bad side, it also features more slowdown, less transparency effects, while on the bright side, it has more items (though none of them is that impressive or useful, except for the Runing Boots).
Holothurion 1 year ago
Maria looks like Freya from Valkyrie Profile and moves like her.
SpringWillow114 1 year ago
@SpringWillow114 Actually, since SOTN came earlier, is the other way around. ;)
Holothurion 1 year ago
Why they did not released this extras as DLC in the XBLA version???
yeah69mx 1 year ago
Huh. So this is what led to the idea for Carrie's combat style in Castlevania 64. Cool!
Pyre 1 year ago
Why cant we get in the lost cursed prison or the underground garden or play maria that is cruel
trem7469 1 year ago
umm people heres a fact that i might know why maria isn't in the ps1 version for US gameers. well in castlevania rondo of blood (pc engine version) maria was playable in japan only. in the snes version where maria was unplayable in america. so that might the reason why maria isn't in the ps1 version
simplyxwilliam 1 year ago
She shoots like Rockman X xD
PatoGago 1 year ago
wasn't maria in the psp version? and did it play the vampire killer to in that version?
simplyxwilliam 1 year ago
@simplyxwilliam
Maria is in the PSP version included in Dracula X Chronicles, but is unlocked via the same method as Richter (you need to beat the game with a certain percentage and then begin a new file with "MARIA" as the name you enter). The cutscene with the horse doesn't play, and Maria works a bit differently. The PSP version also has the Maria boss fight, but instead of the batshit insane powers she uses in the Saturn version, she sticks more to her animals.
SolarisParadox 1 year ago
@SolarisParadox ik that. but it wasn't fair for maria to be in the ps1 version as a playable character. but they should do a remake of it of the saturn version with HQ and be on all 3 consoles including the ds. well the 360 and ps3 got the re-release of the game. so it should be on the wii and ds to
simplyxwilliam 1 year ago
@simplyxwilliam
Maria isn't in that version because the Saturn version was released later.
SolarisParadox 1 year ago
@SolarisParadox yup one year later
simplyxwilliam 1 year ago
Konami = The worst for not letting people play maria.
Persona4master 1 year ago
I wanna play as Maria!
VelvetNightmare690 1 year ago
@VelvetNightmare690
you can actually with the PSN or XBLA version. just finish the game regularly and then start a new game entering MARIA or RICHTER as name to play as one of those characters
DJLuxx 1 year ago
@DJLuxx Have any proof? because the internet sources contradict that.
megaman2468101214 1 year ago
@megaman2468101214 well thats odd, because I had that trick from internet sources and tested it out on my own castlevania file. I played with Richter but didnt like it so never played past the intro sequence. but honest to god, it does work. but you need to have a save file in which you have over a 100% completion rate. without it the pass's don't work.
DJLuxx 1 year ago
@DJLuxx What game version did you have? and can you cite me the sources? I freaking love Maria, so I'd like to play her too.
megaman2468101214 1 year ago
@megaman2468101214 xbox live arcade version.
youtube doesnt allow me to post a link to where you can find it online,
im going to try and do it when I am home again and make a screenshot of it when im playing as Maria. ill send you a PM
DJLuxx 1 year ago
Wait, did SOTN originate on the saturn or ps1?
Punchbag205 1 year ago
@Punchbag205 PS1
ravager48 1 year ago
@Punchbag205 both
jonamaru 1 year ago
I'm guessing Maria was too overpowered on her magic attacks that Konami decided to leave her out...possibly.
ssjcmc82 1 year ago
@ssjcmc82 No,its because Saturn version was released later and it has alot downgraded GFX,they decided to add her,to make game atleast a bit better.
xan1242 1 year ago
wow maria sucks. i prefer alucard or even richter
Giulianosse 1 year ago 2
@Giulianosse Don't blame Maria, she is an Awesome character. It's just the player fault.
See Ya
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shadow493 1 year ago 4
Good thing they added Maria in the PSP edition(not the PSN one, the Dracula X Chonicles one) (well, from what I heard, never did bet that one yet)
ChaosTFox 1 year ago
Now I noticed the different song in the entrance! Does Richter have a song of his own as well, or does he share that theme with Maria (or Alucard, as in the PSX version)?
saturnurameshi 1 year ago
That was well done. I expected Maria would begin the game inside the Castle, but they even bothered to show how she got inside there.
Not to mention her powers are a good match to Alucard's.
saturnurameshi 1 year ago
she is just looks like freya valkyrie profile
Yoedi16 1 year ago
In Rondo of Blood Maria makes Richter look like a wuss
Cyberleader12 1 year ago
The extra familiars are from the japinse psx version.
nuclearneo577 1 year ago
nice
pollaris18 1 year ago
Sounds alot like young link lol
lXxMasterShakexXl 1 year ago
Wait....the SOTN that comes with the Dracula x chronicals, has all the extra features..but its all watered down.
godofawsome02 1 year ago
Where I can unload this game?
LOBEZCO1 1 year ago
@LOBEZCO1 You mean download?
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xan1242 1 year ago
can anyone tell me what the merman statue does...........descriptions said, summons the oarsman???............what does it do???
jake23masters 2 years ago
believe or or noth that is what it does. He is on the left side but not the right after you get the statue it will take you to the right side I believe a upgrade for the bat and a boss battle
Buckpwns 1 year ago
It's awesome that they removed tons of awesome shit from the PSX version. Not.
Guess I have to get the Saturn one.
Reaper978 2 years ago 3
Ah, just noticed that the Saturn version came *after* the PSX version in Japan. I guess it threw me off because the Saturn version was only released in Japan, and I thought they watered it down for a US release. I guess not.
Reaper978 2 years ago
@Reaper978 Me too, cuz my Greatest Hits copy of Sotn (psx) broke, and now I'm wishing for a Sega Saturn so I can get the extra areas/enemies/weapons, etc. So, to cap it all off, I REALLY want this version of sotn.
ShadowsEmbrace1 1 week ago
diviam ter feito uma versao pra psx o saturn n da conta do grafico =/ mas mesmo assim vale a pena baixar ...
vaisefude1275 2 years ago
In case you didn't know already, the PSP port that's part of the Dracula X Chronicles also has Maria as a playable characters, although she's completely different from any other version.
Instead of the moves in the Saturn version, PSP Maria's moves are based on her moves in Rondo of Blood.
Doom2Guy 2 years ago 2
There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why Maria shouldn't have been put in the XBL Arcade version of this game. It sucks ass that they took away the most awesome character.
KisukeFreak 2 years ago 13
She's really that good? Better than Alucard?
theSuperMetroid 2 years ago
@KisukeFreak It was a port of the playstation version so they didn't remove her; they just didn't put her in, but yeah I totally agree that she should have been included.
jbetenbender 5 months ago
@KisukeFreak The XBLA version is the PS1 version, Maria is in the Saturn version.
Guypersonmanthing3 4 months ago
is it me or is maria has a tougher defense than richter?
dullKnife 2 years ago
I think Richter has aids, so I'm not surprised if everyone's tougher then him.
HyperSonicSquall 2 years ago
@HyperSonicSquall why is there richter hate on this video? If people honestly think Richter is bad, then they were just bad at playing as him. Richter was the most unbelievable powerhouse Ive ever seen in a castlevania game to date. Only reason people preferred Alucard is because of the cheap weapons, Richter took time to learn.
Cybrisk 11 months ago
@Cybrisk Because Richter is so frail. Yeah, he has some nifty special attacks but christ, in this and Dracula X, the dude can't take a hit. Aside from that, his whip play is garbage compared to Simon's in Castlevania 4, and even Jonathon Morris' in Castlevania Bloodlines.
Worst of all the sheer fact alone that he's outclassed in defense and power in both games by Maria, a little girl who throws doves, turtles, and cats, is laughably stupid.
HyperSonicSquall 11 months ago
@HyperSonicSquall Because they have an two different playstyles: Maria is more defensive, thus you're gonna spend more time leveling up her attack instead of her defense. And if you went around the castle as Richter, collecting all of the hp max ups, his hp grew a whole lot. You just had to remember where all the max potions where and Richter would be unbelievably tough.
Cybrisk 11 months ago
@Cybrisk
That doesn't make a difference. It's the sheer fact that in Dracula X and SOTN that Maria is better in all categories; attack strength and length, defense, and even jump that's so hilarious.
And I don't know, I played both the PSX and SOTN version, and got 100% as both Alucard and Richter, a dexterity test in on itself, and I picked up every single power up as Richter and I saw I was still dieing in about 3-5 hits.
HyperSonicSquall 11 months ago
@HyperSonicSquall Well then idk what happened with your file, but with me Richter was pretty much unstoppable. As for jump height, richter could string together his martial arts endlessly remember? Not only making him deadly as hell, it also allowed him to go wherever he wanted right from the beginning. I think Maria had some of the same qualities but I can't recall.
Cybrisk 11 months ago
lol the music
robotexual 2 years ago
Now that's arriving in style. Getting horse-flung over a drawbridge.
rubino83 2 years ago
the music change, instead of "Dracula's Castle" it change into a remixed "Vampire Killer"...
well, aside from deleted areas, the Saturn version also had more familiars, more enemies, and additional bosses (including Maria!) and more music...
kaivin88 2 years ago
Yes, replays as other characters are great and its nice that nowadays they even let them level up, but would it kill them to let them carry a FEW items?! I nearly smashed my DS while playing "Albus" mode!
JSantie 2 years ago
Thats on Saturn rofl, it's NITM not SOTN.
Cuttzor 2 years ago
I think i would get annoyed listening to Maria's "hi-ya"'s while playing as her.
bloodyxlove 2 years ago
Whats tha difference between the 2 fairy familiars and Demon familiars other than tha way they look?
kONflictOD 2 years ago
Vampire Killer :D
Fourforce 2 years ago
i just got this game, ps1 version, kicks so much ass
Evaseven 2 years ago
i don't have the saturn version i have this game in psp and i can play as maria
SomaEvil 2 years ago 3
Yeah, but she's much weaker, shes "Under Powered" 3 hits then she dies....
And her Attacks....weak weak weak.....
Maria (PSP)= Hard Mode of SOTN
Maria sucks in the PSP Version!
JeromeMC93 2 years ago
Maria and Richter are only under powered at the start of the game, once you collect all of the life max ups, she can take several more hits.
clicheusername2 2 years ago 2
are your sure?
i dont see more life
it fills the lives up if i take a life bottle
JeromeMC93 2 years ago
I doesn't look like it, but it actually adds to your life. By the end of the game if you cleared most of the two castles, Richter and Maria can take a considerable amount more damage.
clicheusername2 2 years ago
how did you do that?
theeightgate 2 years ago
well is funny i ended the game with the good ending an in a new file i put the name maria and poof i play as maria XD
SomaEvil 2 years ago
Fake
Ahasverus92 2 years ago
What, are you retarded? Maria is a playable character in the Saturn version.
DeusEXE 2 years ago
Yes, but I answered to a guy who said that he played to the PSX version and put maria as a name and played as her. He's the retarded, not me :P
Ahasverus92 2 years ago 2
... Aye. I hate how Youtube handles comments. Sorry 'bout that.
DeusEXE 2 years ago
I tried that after unlocking Richter... it didn't work, i fail lol
Peter20UK 2 years ago
why did they edited all these features for america???
Xfreak1995 2 years ago
They didn't edit this game, the Saturn version came out about a year after the Playstation version. Since the Saturn had very little success in North America, this game never made it over from Japan.
clicheusername2 2 years ago
and here I though that SotN was an original game for Psx, and it was just a remake all along? hm... But i still think Alucard is badass...
Edfeldt666 2 years ago
Actually the Saturn version is a port apparently.
ESintu3 2 years ago
Well you where right, the saturn version is the remake, thats why konami had time to add new stuff to the game
assfuul 2 years ago
Saturn game was first, not PSX. The Saturn version had a lot of extra things in it that wasn't needed (like the N Demon and additional fairy type familiar), so it was just removed in the PSX version.
The additional "levels" were also all nothing more than dead ends with nothing of value, so they were taken away.
The PSX version has better sprites and more animations
Sunrie 2 years ago
Sorry but that's entirely incorrect. After Symphony of the Night was completed on PS1, the team splintered apart. Afterwards the Saturn port of this was handed to Konami Nagoya who were working on Castlevania Legends. The N Demon & Fairie were in the Japanese version of the PS1 game, which is now playable on PSP.
AlucardsQuest 2 years ago
wrong, the PSX version was the original. it was later ported to saturn. You can tell this because, first off, release dates, but second off the framerate and texturing is far smoother in the PSX version. There are additional load times in the saturn version (which was remedied in the PSX version by the load rooms). If the load rooms were intended to..load...then the saturn version would have loaded the levels there, and wouldnt require additional loadtimes
ramennoodleking 2 years ago 3
This is unfair!! Maria has a right to be played on PSX too yah know!! She's the only character with a primary ranged attack
MhAcK02 2 years ago
wow konami is gay for not giving us all of these great features in the ps1 version
AlbertWisker 2 years ago 30
They aren't that great. Actually, most of the Saturn extras are really bad and don't merge at all with the SOTN style, especially the enemies in the underground garden.
geminimewtwo 2 years ago 4
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Nonsense. The Saturn extras are excellent; at the very least, it is a complete game, unlike the Playstation one which has inaccessible areas clearly led up to. Sounds like you haven't really played it.
hushicho 2 years ago
@AlbertWisker bad sony's company tactical, if they wouldn't press konami to sell this game before than saturn... ANOTHER HISTORY stupid sony¡¡¡¡ damn¡
jonamaru 1 year ago
you should show us the ending with maria
xXG4m30v3rXx 2 years ago
There's really nothing to it. All that happens after you beat the is just a small scene of her looking at the castle rubble and then running off...
RCDeschene 2 years ago
oye q bueno..pero el mejor es alucard
VAERIKORTH666 2 years ago
i agree!!
pspxhackexrerick 2 years ago
OMG Maria Renard *w*!! luv luv luv luv!!!
excelent!!! where can i download this, can i xD?
its excelent, in DXC u can play wth her? i know in rondo of blood wth young maria and richter after rescue-her in 2nd area
and in judgement, that is a cute cute cute cute young Maria *w*
excelent!!.. ..~.. ..
alefaso5 2 years ago
Yes, you can play as Maria in Dracula X Chronicles. BUT... and this is a BIG BUT... she plays totally different than in the Saturn version. In Dracula X Chronicles version of SotN - she is *EXTREMLY*... I repeat... *EXTREMLY* weak.
PsychoticLuke 2 years ago
Sega! Shadow and Maria XD!
randomfan15 2 years ago
no!
tiamat234 3 years ago
holy crap that took you 1 whole month to comment. Wazzup we should be friends lol
Redzonic 3 years ago
lol she just left her horse there
openmindeddragontree 3 years ago 2
in the SOTN if you finish he game as richter(you unlock him when you won the game as alucard and starting a new game tyiping richter)
and doing the same thing but tyiping MARIA as your name you can play as MARIA!!! she uses a whip just like richter but can equip another weapons
note (it only work in the american version)
tiamat234 3 years ago 2
do u have 2 beat it upside down 2
Yoyo12345678910 3 years ago
yep
tiamat234 3 years ago
Maria Looks cool in action.
Why the music in these future Castlevania games doesn't sound this good?
bananajokke 3 years ago
the music change as the character change too...
so it will be new for the player and not to be board all and all in the original music...
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mackleeen 3 years ago
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The Saturn version is really the best version. Maria is such fun to play, and if you learn her spells it makes it even more fun.
I don't understand why they have yet to re-release this version. It's far superior to the other versions they have released.
hushicho 3 years ago
The PSx version is widely regarded as much better in quality
TartinMang 3 years ago 7
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I've never encountered that. Probably because fewer people have actually *played* the Saturn version and probably shouldn't be judging a game they can't get their hands on!
The Saturn version is far, far better.
hushicho 3 years ago
I did play the Saturn build too, and it's not "far far better". There are so many flaws that just can't be ignored, like massive slowdowns and horribly downgraded gfx and special effects.
geminimewtwo 2 years ago 23
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I never noticed the 'massive' slowdowns; the graphics are not 'horribly downgraded' and neither are the special effects.
I doubt you've actually played it...
hushicho 2 years ago
There are noticeable slowdowns when there are more than 5-6 entities on screen. The battle against Beelzebub is a clear example of that, with the frame rate dropping to 15 fps if not less. If you can't notice the downgrade in effects like water transparency (or any kind of transparency), death scenes, or explosions, then you're probably the one who has never played both versions. Plus, all the sprites are horribly stretched to fit a 320w resolution, instead of expanding the actual display area.
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geminimewtwo 2 years ago
I never noticed it. When I played the game on my Saturn, as well as a Japanese Saturn, I noticed no slowdown or any of the other problems you mentioned.
Maybe you just had a bad system, or emulator, or whatever.
HyperSonicSquall 2 years ago
LOL
dullKnife 2 years ago 3
It's pretty hard not to notice them, especially when you've beaten the PSX build over 20 times.
geminimewtwo 2 years ago 2
@HyperSonicSquall All Playstation fans try to put down the segasaturn...And technically saturn Kicks the ass to psx...Only for Extras y better having the saturn version...(Sega haters try Panzer Dragoon 1.2 and saga and Burning Rangers and then talk..... ;-D
israfel33 1 year ago
@geminimewtwo Though I do agree with you, I feel you must admit that the godspeed boots are a god send and the faerie's nocturne song is a pretty sweet bonus. I feel that the games are on about equal terms, and any true sotn fan has to at least play as Maria (not that watered down childish version on the PSP).
jbetenbender 5 months ago
@jbetenbender: the fairy's song isn't an extra, it was there in the PSX version, but just for JP builds. Totally agree about the Maria part.
geminimewtwo 5 months ago
jbetenbender 5 months ago
oooo i see it's for sega
PablitoAraujoC 3 years ago
her attack reminds me of hadoken
TheDisgruntledWriter 3 years ago
The PS1 Konami logo scene was a lot more epic.
OzaiFan 3 years ago
to OzaiFan
If you play the japanese version of this game on ps1, the logo scene is the same.
Arrowdance 3 years ago
But not on the Saturn. The Saturn and PSOne versions have different Konami logo scenes. The PSOne's Konami logo scene, English or Japanese, is more epic. That's what I said.
OzaiFan 3 years ago
this is my fav version of the game. along with maria you get 2 new stages
checksdamail 3 years ago
Hes noob
BestSroPLayer 3 years ago
No weapons? Kung Fu fighting chick
sydneywhz 3 years ago
is she using spirit gun???@_@
getter3in1 3 years ago
If you'd have played Dracula X you'd know those are birds.
Stoneth 3 years ago
Maria is now Playable on the PSP version
RandyTheZeldaFan 3 years ago
Not only that, but they are replacing all of the removed content as well.
Iejierisk 3 years ago
I don't want to call this "nepotism" but I can't think of a better word for giving cutting gameplay out of the non-Japanese version.
TwinUzis 3 years ago
Does Anyone know what the new monsters are called that are not found on the PSX version but that are on the Saturn vers. I cant read the names and it sucks that I cant, and I been wanting to know what the enemies are called for a long time now or more like 8 years now... If there is a site that lists the monsters in this game please email me a link or at least something that can help me find out, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.
Stepmaniac1988 3 years ago
interesting. She doesn't look all that powerful in the game but it's a nice feature.
kyrieeleison1 3 years ago
lol she actually IS powerful in the game but this vid isn't showing her awesome attacks. she's probably stronger then alucard and all the belmonts put together. o.O
XxTsUkIShIrOxX 3 years ago 2
You can unlock her in the PSP version of this game. You can unlock SOTN on Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles. It's pretty badass.
haVocHWC3 3 years ago
Good thing she shoots fire now, not pigeons
dapithapon 3 years ago
The pigeons, strangely enough, were far more destructive than the fire.
RainMan34 3 years ago
the good thing about dis version is you can play all d soundtracks of Yamane including her remixed tracks from the original Castlevanias of Nintendo, in any CD player
Amuroray1969 3 years ago
Maria was amazing in SotN, but that's nothing compared to her Chi no Rondo variation. In addition to being overall more badass, attacking by summoning birds was exceptionally powerful (each bird usually deals damage twice, and she can have two birds out at once), and her dragon, songbook, and bird item crashes were pure cheese.
Of course, in Portrait of Ruin, they made her even more godlike by giving her the soul steal ability, although I guess getting rid of item crashes evens it out a bit...
curtmack 3 years ago
Omg lolz i grew up laying psx version and i did everythign there was possiable i remember being 10 andhearing something about a way to play as maria and i dident know it was only for saturn version dudei almost went insain trying to find out how for psx XD
southparkfan46 3 years ago
Well the only way is to get an .iso of the game and a Sega Saturn emulator, but thats illegal, so i dont really 100% recommend it.
DarkvindFromIllier 3 years ago
Hey man well were do you think i could get that saturn emulator?
southparkfan46 3 years ago
Its only illegal if you dont have the game and the system.
jesse41993 3 years ago
They should remake this game...again and have Maria as an alternate character with an alternate story line that starts at a different spot in the castle (preferably a new section) than Alucard. If they did that then their would actually be a reason to play as her since the core game was built around Alucard and not Maria or Richter Belmont.
AFreakinProblem 3 years ago
yea she can finish most bosses with one move just like ricther's hydro storm but shes more cheating then he is, really really cheating. Shes a lot stronger then Alucard too before he gets the alucard shield combo and crissigrim and even then. I find her a lot more fun to play then ricther. Most of her moves are button combos.
TheGreatCandyman 3 years ago
it was probably a good thing to keep her out of the U.S. version.. sure it would have not been a bad thing to enable the play of her, but i really don't see the point when you can play Richter and do the same thing..
p0rtalpwner 3 years ago
the music is different
SamosIMP 3 years ago
LOL all fear her sprite gun! xD
ANIMEKILLER14 3 years ago 2
By the way, at the thrice I see it, Maria resembles Final Fight 2 Maki, as for the kicks as for and the sounds.
Mirrorbeholding 3 years ago
uuuhh u wrote ma name on it LOL
briang95 3 years ago
well her magic attack suckz is true but she have the speed of richter and a good flying kick but i still prefering to great ALUCARD
kuroneko106 3 years ago
She may be weaker than the others but it takes talent to play as her and win.
ChaosOmegaNova 3 years ago
Japanese version is cool XD
fatalfury28 3 years ago
She sucks on the psp version. She has weaker attacks and only a few hits kill her ;_;
Tommycopter 3 years ago
I don't care about the adds of this version. PSX version is the best version ever!
Marceallan 3 years ago
hey what is the mater whit maria she gets older and weker man, in rondo of blood she was soo cute and overpowered
juliox9 3 years ago
After seeing the Japanese version I can see why maria was left out. Come on those moves she had lookt silly. Can somebody tell me how the hell is she's more powerful than Alucard. That stupid disco tek shit for music sounds so sorry compared to the American version. Disco is a no no in Castlevania period.
daneviler 3 years ago
Listen to Anti Souls Mysterious Labs BGM from LOI I promise you will change yuor mind
LbYs 3 years ago
It's true, the american CD tracks was done by Symphony X (if it is not fake). Fucking japanese want to spread everything with plastic sounds such as the most of their music.
Mirrorbeholding 3 years ago
Right buddy. Why don't you go jerk off to "I am the wind" and stop wasting our time with your retarded comments.
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