I swear every game that's widely hated online is just mediocre at worst CASTLEVANIA 64 IS FINE!!! It really wants to be a 2D Classicvania but in a 3D space, and that doesn't really work too well at all (you can walk around most obstacles lol), but like, it's fiiiiinnneeee

I'M FINISHING CASTLEVANIA 64 and depending on how quickly I finish I may also do some Warriors All-Stars! Ngl so far this game has been pretty alright, I think AVGN was wrong when he called it a "shit load of fuck" and exploded the cartridge with his magical nitro. www.twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya

Website update complete no more placeholder assets >:3 I'll wait until I've officially 100%'d Warriors All-Stars before I publish it but the work is done no more hours of typing paragraphs and re-learning basic HTML after 2 months of not using it BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS TO TAKE THIS LONG >:C

I'm almost done with the next big website update! It'll either be complete today or tomorrow, so instead of streaming this morning I'm going to focus on wrapping up that instead. I may stream later today, but even if I don't I will finish Castlevania 64 on stream sometime this week!

CASTLEVANIA 64 TIME RIGHT NOW!!! This along with Legacy of Darkness (the updated version of 64) will likely be the last Castlevania stream for a while! I'm really bad at 3D platformers ;-; New musou will start next week so streams will focus on that for a while instead www.twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya

I'm in the finishing phases of website update/Warriors All-Stars completion where I do a final research pass, and I am so glad that KT just don't take down any of their old websites once they're no longer relevant, these have been so helpful! www.gamecity.ne.jp/omega20th/ www.gamecity.ne.jp/stars/

new disgaea guide!! an entire roadmap to 100%'ing the most divisive game in the series: disgaea 6! youtu.be/iRu0j5C7i0A?...

STREAM IN 30 MINUTES!!! This will hopefully be one of the last Warriors All-Stars streams, only 6 characters remaining! After completing the game I do still have 1 special stream for it planned later, but as for the main part of grinding, I'm so close to being done forever www.twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya

I've been slightly quiet about Warriors All-Stars recently because I've been working on other things but I have still squeezed in some time for it, and I now only have 7 characters left! As long as events after max regard don't take too long, I'll definitely be done in time for Utawarerumono Zan Day

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth was definitely way better than the original Adventure, but also it's not even really a remake, it's an entirely different game with almost no similarities, and I'd still consider it the most average game in the entire series. Not a bad game, but a bit forgettable.

I'm at the final 2D Classicvania before I get to Castlevania 64/LoD, I can't believe I've actually played almost every Classicvania within just 1 month. This series is so good, pleaase The Adventure ReBirth be better than the original Adventure I want to end on a high note! www.twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya

The MMO temptation has been hitting so hard recently, within the last week alone like 5 people I know have suddenly started mentioning FFXIV again... I DON'T HAVE THE TIME RIGHT NOW FOR TIME EATING MMO AAAAAAAA but I never even finished the post-Shadowbringers MSQ... maybe next year.

Alright the aforementioned "share my thoughts later" is now. I'd like to share my favorite games from Mini Jam 198 because it was one of the best jams I've been a part of. If you're looking for some fun short games to check out and developers to support then I recommend checking out this thread!

Wow that one was stinky. Aside from Castlevania: The Adventure, a launch window Game Boy game, Dracula X is my least enjoyed Castlevania yet WHY DOES IT CONTROL SO ASS??? WHY DO YOU GET NO INVINCIBILITY FRAMES THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!!! Dracula was ez btw, I was lied to >:c

Finally streaming again in about an hour, I've spent most of this week working on non-stream projects (and will continue working on said projects into next week), but right now I wanna play more Castlevania... bad Castlevania... Castlevania with the 24th English letter... www.twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya

I was going to stream more Warriors All-Stars today, but I made enough progress on it recently that I think instead I'll take today as a break to work on some other things (it's nearing the end of the year so I'd like to wrap up some unrelated projects).

Despite internet issues, I did get to go back and finish Castlevania Chronicles on stream, somehow I've saved all of the best Classicvanias for last, this is tied with Rondo of Blood as my new favorite, maybe even above that game once I play Original Mode later!

#MiniJam 198 is over! Check it out if you'd like, probably one of my favorite jam games I've made! I definitely want to flesh it out a bit more in the future but not much, I intentionally made this game small scale. serenitydev.itch.io/mobile-mecha...

Break time is over! Stream is tomorrow morning again, I'm feeling Castlevania withdrawal I NEEEEEEEEEED to play Castlevania Chronicles NOW! I should really put together a schedule graphic, I think I've nailed down pretty consistent times for streams: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays around ~9 AM.

Bi-monthly musou guidebook scans update time! Sengoku Basara Official Guidebook (戦国 BASARA 公式ガイドブック) - archive.org/details/seng... (This one is NOT accurate to the English version "Devil Kings" btw) Samurai Warriors Chronicles Guidebook (戦国無双Chronicleガイドブック) - archive.org/details/SWCh...

Arnice and Sophie are complete, but much more importantly I finally understand what determines whether the player gets camera locked or not during special attack and hero skill animations! That may sound like a very minor discovery, but time spent in hero skill animations adds up a lot.

Back in my "juggling several projects, more than one of which has a deadline" phase again! I really need to get better at not letting 50 things pile up... I still plan to stream tomorrow, but Friday's *may* not happen. I also probably won't check here a ton for a few days to avoid distraction.

Thank you Fire Emblem Engage OST Tear Streaked (Ice) for allowing me to zone out for several hours and make more progress in Warriors All-Stars in a few hours than I have in weeks 🙏 Sophie and Arnice are effectively complete, I've started Rio, and I've made some progress on a few others as well.

Use this guide to quickly and easily set up proper captions that are pretty clearly intelligible: saralene.tv/guides/capti... Make sure you don't set it to an audio track that also has game audio, though, or it could still have trouble understanding you. Albeit less than "Captions (Experimental)".

I'm so sorry Sonia Belmont, you may have some really funny retconned lore, but your game kinda sucks 😔 Somehow I think that was the 2nd worst Castlevania yet, better than The Adventure, but a huge step down from Belmont's Revenge. Even Vampire Killer was more fun tbh

I did enough Warriors All-Stars grinding over the weekend that I'm okay not streaming it tomorrow, so instead more Castlevania time! Sophie is almost complete but I left a tiny bit so I'll still be able to show her off next WAS stream, plus I made a small amount of progress toward Arnice as well.

Kid Dracula is good, like REALLY good, both games! I wasn't even 100% sure whether I even wanted to play these, they're technically Castlevania games but like, barely, completely different gameplay style and aesthetic, but it was included in the Anniversary Collection and I wanted achievements.

Okay I lied William was the fastest character to reach max regard yet lmao. Under 4 hours total, a fairly painless character and that's not only because William is one of the most fun characters to play imo, improvements in efficiency and some quirks of William combined made this go by super quickly

Warriors All-Stars stream is still happening today but I want to get a few things uploaded to Archive before then (anyone who's uploaded anything to IA knows how slow their upload rates are). William Nioh grinding time will be at 10 AM EST but may be *slightly* delayed depending on how long it takes

Rondo of Blood is so fucking good holy shit, I see it, I get the hype this time, I didn't for Super Castlevania IV but I do for Rondo! Castlevania 1 *may* still be my favorite, but I'm also INSANE and for a normal person, Rondo of Blood is the best Classicvania for sure, it's near perfection.

RYU HAYABUSA IS COMPLETE!! First Warriors All-Stars session after the 2 week hiatus and already huge progress! Next character to max will be William Nioh, he'll take much longer than Ryu because almost all of his bonds are still at rank 1, but after the break I'm prepared for the long road ahead >:)

Yet another Castlevania game that isn't nearly as bad as I'd expected. Vampire Killer's not really a game for me, I'm not a fan of puzzle-exploration platformers in general, but considering hardware limitations, it's surprisingly good for what it is. Looks and sounds super good for a 1986 game too!

Only a bit over 1 month until my deadline of Utawarerumono Zan's release, I need to return to Warriors All-Stars next week... This has been a super fun detour, I'm not done with Castlevania, but streams will be split with WAS for a while. This has become one of my favorite game series!

Super Castlevania IV is alright I suppose. Far from my favorite, that throne is still taken by Castlevania I, but definitely nowhere near as bad as something like The Adventure. Movement is improved, multi-directional whip attacks are nice, but beyond that IV doesn't have a ton that appeals to me.

Debated whether I wanted to stream today (I'm still salty about not getting a "Real" Castlevania 3 win yesterday) but I think I'm gonna use this morning's free time to scan this Thing that's been taking up space on my desk for weeks instead.

Oooh what's this little cherub in my inbox?

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is pretty great tbh I played the notoriously brutal US release, not the Famicom version that everyone recommends, and by the halfway point was an exhausted little baby! I ended up cheating a lot by the end, so I want to do another run where I *don't* do that.

Dynasty Warriors fucking rules btw. All-time great franchise. Including all the spinoffs. Deserves to be on the "best franchises" lists

I spent several hours last night troubleshooting something in a program I was testing, only to learn 5 minutes after waking up that the issue wasn't with how I set everything up, but just a normal error that's getting fixed in the next update that's releasing *this* month... I love computers.

Castlevania: The Adventure: Oh no, very bad! Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge: Oh yea, very okay! I think the biggest problem with both games is the fact that you lose whip upgrades upon being hit, it's less bad in 2 but still there. Also lag/input eating but that's not surprising for the Gameboy.

How is it that I went like 9 months without seeing any of the dumb trends like "post 3 types of soup to describe you" on this website despite seeing them constantly last year, then suddenly in the last week I've seen like 5 again??? Anyways, I'm doing all of the ones I've seen in bulk order:

Castlevania: Bloodlines is a solid Pretty Good 👍 I still need to finish my Eric Lecarde run, but going off of 1 full John Morris playthrough and half of Eric's, it's definitely not bad, has some nice set-pieces, pretty good level design and bosses, but wow that continue system is bad.

I'M FREE TO STREAM AGAIN TODAY! I'm so excited to finally play another Castlevania game on-stream I'm actually frothing at the mouth (ignore that my avatar doesn't have a mouth, use your imagination) I'm going out of order and playing Bloodlines today because 3 scares me. www.twitch.tv/ilaiyayaya

I've had unexpectedly busy mornings this week, so I lied, no stream this morning 😔 I'll try streaming later in the day if I get the opportunity, also not promising a stream tomorrow morning either just in case, but if I don't I'll just act like it's Halloween the next day I'm able to stream!

I played Castlevania 2. Yea it exists, kinda bad but not like "what were they thinking?!" bad, just mediocre. I did use a guide tho so I guess playing it blind would be way worse, but without having to worry about the cryptic navigation it's just super boring.

I had planned to stream today, but stuff got in the way 😔 I'll stream Castlevania tomorrow instead, then Friday will be special Halloween stream! (I have nothing special planned, probably more Castlevania, it's fitting)

Trillion: God of Destruction is just Umamusume but instead of horse girls it’s demons who fuck their cousins

I think I owe Samurai Warriors 1 an apology, that game was pretty bad to 100%, but it was bad by typical PS2-era Koei musou standards, it was still a fine enough game, and I imagine when not going for everything it's pretty good. Warriors All-Stars is so much worse.

WE GOT THE FINAL ACHIEVEMENT! YIPPEE!!! That's not the end of completion, there's still quite a lot in-game that isn't accounted for in the achievement set, but it is a major piece of progress, and our little detour from regard grinding is done. I can return to Regular Hell instead of Extra Hell!