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Honestly, I can't remember which service we used, sorry (the box it came in was mostly black, that's as far as my memory goes), but googling "photo to jigsaw puzzle" gets me a bunch of hits, none of which quite look familiar after that long. (I'm in Canada, so we use London Drugs for our start-of-the-easter-egg-hunt puzzles, but those just come in an envelope like prints, not in a box)
I kind of stalled out my recent play on farming... something, but when I finally beat it I think it was on the back of a huge pile of healing items. I don't think I ever really used the summons.
And that's how you can use any spell without the cards they'd need. But you do have to go through the fairly tedious process of pausing mid-cast every time you want to activate a spell you don't own.
Yeah, kid me died several times before figuring out a way to consistently dodge that charge. I remember trying to hide in the corner of the area, which then forces Drac to appear in front you facing away, but then he still hits you because he rears back before rushing forward. Then I tried a double jump in the corner and found well timed one right when he starts will keep ahead of his vertical tracking when he rears back. After that it was much easier getting some smacks in on his floating eye form.
For damage, I remember using the Cross. Because my answer to everything was (and is, in my current playthrough) the Cross.
I'm "kupiyupaekio" on Discord.
It's all stupid ridiculous. Awhile back I was trying to buy some of the old GBA/DS Fire Emblem games and they were stupid expensive as well. Ended up just getting repro carts - not exactly legal but it's not like they're allowing me to actually give them money for the real thing... (also Fire Emblem 6, with a translation pack applied, playing off a cart, is sweet
Feels like a lot of older games have this issue. People just see $ signs and jack up the price to absurd amounts.
Maybe I should look through my DS games soon . . .
I have some other titles I know I could sell for a pretty penny but those are more understandable due to limited print runs due to a console nearing its end of life and issues that prevent creating ports to modern systems. None of those affect Castlevania titles though.
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3DS: 3454-0268-5595 Battle.net: SteelAngel#1772
lent it to a friend who lost it 15 years ago
Shutterfly does them with not-so-terrible quality. Black boxes too, so maybe?
Yep.
// Switch: SW-5306-0651-6424 //
Toddifons is the same archetype as Rosa but only has a bonus against Sarkaz. Probably not priority unless waifu.
Yeah the yeet is the easiest and best bet to dodge his charge.
And that's the thing, Dracula isn't hard really, just annoying with an overinflated health pool. So you can do the correct thing for multiple minutes, and then fuck up enough to just die. Cause I believe he has 1500 hp in the eye form, and you're whip is gonna do 30-50 damage a hit (depending on gear and level) and the cross boomerang isn't much better in terms of multiple hits at once.
// Switch: SW-5306-0651-6424 //
1) Gravity is Juste's Canadian girlfriend
2) I had to look this up online because they don't seem to tell you in-game or in the Advance Collection's "dashboard", but you can quick-swap your spellbooks without going into the menu. Holding down and pressing L+R at the same time toggles whether you're using the spellbook or the subweapon, and holding up and pressing L or R will cycle your spellbooks in the appropriate direction. Beats the hell out of pausing every time you run out of (or max out) one resource or the other.
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The rest of the game is kind of shit too. But I consider it a little better than Circle of the Moon. CotM is obnoxious in the extremely low drop rates for everything. Plus, last time I played, you basically needed some cards to beat one of the later bosses, which basically forces you to grind for the drops (it's like 2 or 3 each of specific Action or Attribute cards), or have enough money that you can facetank the boss for a long time while doing minimal damage.
Switch ID: MNC Dover SW-1154-3107-1051
Steam ID
That's a fantastically useful shortcut! Unfortunately, I'll be filing this under "information that would've been much more useful to me 48 hours ago," since I'm closing in on the Dracula fight now.
Juste: What evil are you up to now, fiend?!
Death: Dude I'm just trying to figure out why this castle showed up.
Juste: You mean you aren't the one screwing with my friend's head?
Death: Nah, dude, I'm pretty sure that's because of those weird evil artifacts he's carrying around.
Juste: Oh, Dracula's remains?
Death: Ohhhh, Dracula's remains, that explains why there are two castles!.
Juste: Huh?
Death: Maxim has two spirits inside him now. His normal one, and an evil one from Dracula's remains.
Juste: What?
Death: And the evil spirit wants there to be a castle. So there are two castles.
Juste: I don't understand.
Death: God you're such a dipshit. I'm leaving.
The actual line was more flowery but Death was just hilariously curt with Juste after failing to get the exposition across multiple times. Bathos ahoy.
I'm "kupiyupaekio" on Discord.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
Nope! Except for Castlevania 2, which is sort of a proto-Metroidvania except it also hates you.
My Backloggery
I remember the pre-Internet era when absolutely everyone, including professional game publications, were completely baffled as to how you got the different endings.
I love the game, but I acknowledge that it is no bueno.
Boy have I been wandering around in all the wrong places. And there are two virtually identical castles? I shouldn't be surprised, but I really had no memory of this.
Switch ID: MNC Dover SW-1154-3107-1051
Steam ID
Or until you read this thread and get it spoiled
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
I continue to wish for the Castlevania 2 remake that makes it a true, good Metroidvania that will never, ever happen
(I legit like CV2 a LOT but saying that game actively hates you is a true fact... also there are seriously only three bosses in the whole game... it's kind of a mess of a game, but one with a ton of potential)
There are a bunch of fan remakes around that you could probably find by doing a quick search. Some have attempted to streamline the story and make it make more sense, as well as remove some of the jank.
Yeah, I've seen like the rom hacks that fix some of that stuff, but I'm not aware of like a true remake (like, SotN quality graphics and stuff). But maybe there is something out there?