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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Re: What game(s) have you been playing lately?

« Last post by Abnormal Freak on April 12, 2026, 11:49:36 AM »

I've been on a classic Mario kick. Played through Super Mario Bros. 2 on NES and then immediately followed it with the GBA version on Switch's NSO/Nintendo Classics app—though I still gotta finish Yoshi egg mode. It's an interesting version of the game, like a big remix with more replay value and more reason to explore each level.

Then I realized I've never beaten Super Mario All-Stars on the Wii disc, although I played the hell out of it on SNES. Went through SMB2 on there, beautiful remake, probably the best version of the game. Then beat SMB1, got a couple worlds into Lost Levels (I'll get back to it) before firing up SMB3 and going through that. And man, Super Mario Bros. 3 really is like the best game ever made, objectively. You just can't go wrong.

Figure if I'm still hankering for Mario, I'll go through World again. Been a number of years since I've played it.

On the side, playing Splatoon 3, and I don't know if it's 'cos I just started but I'm doing really poorly. Like, I thought I was pretty good at the first two games, could splash paint and splat foes like a muddafugga and usually in the top two on my team. Now I'm getting last every time. Dunno if something changed with the third game, or other players got better, or if it's my loadout, or what. I'm only like level 5 so some of the weapons aren't even unlocked yet, so I guess I gotta chip away until I'm "good" again or equipped well enough.

Then been revisiting The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ on Switch, and playing a little Fowl Damage as well.

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Off Topic / Re: Is there a way to add an anti-bot fuctionality to these forums?

« Last post by Abnormal Freak on April 12, 2026, 11:00:44 AM »

Now I'm imagining Alucard with big mommy milkers.

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Fan Stuff / Re: Jeepy's projects (official Castlevania games Localization Fixes, hacks, etc)

« Last post by Foffy on April 12, 2026, 03:02:32 AM »

I have been dreaming of people "restoring" Adventure's music into Adventure Rebirth. Amazing stuff.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: [Netflixvania] Castlevania X: The Demon Castle Legend Cut (Final Remastered Ed)

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on April 12, 2026, 02:33:02 AM »

Lol this is by definition, "the thing I didn't know I needed until I got it".
Thank you for your work, I'll watch it as soon as possible.

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Fan Stuff / Jeepy's projects (official Castlevania games Localization Fixes, hacks, etc)

« Last post by Jeepy on April 11, 2026, 04:30:18 PM »

Decided to make a separate thread for some projects I've been cooking for the past few months.

Click on the project's name to open a video on youtube with more info.

-CV3 - Linear Version with more logical stage progression. Based on a hack by Turambar; the title says it all.
-DXC SotN - Definitive Edition. Mod pack inspired by Belmont1910's initiative, including retranslation of enemy/skill/item names and descriptions, fixed ending background image, added black borders wallpaper, consistent SotN Richter design, Saturn music, QoL cheats (PS1 sound effects pitch corrections, infinite Wing Smash, Richter auto run, and more), etc.
-Adventure ReBirth - custom music (from Dracula Densetsu I-II in ReBirth style). Replaces some tracks in Adventure ReBirth with ReBirth-style remixes of tunes from the original CV: The Adventure and Belmont's Revenge done by Patricio Herrera and with "Battle of the Holy" from the soundtrack CD.
-CoD, LoI and HD - Localization Fixes. Fixed typos and retranslations of enemy/skill/item names and descriptions, based on the Japanese versions.
-OoE - Definitive Edition. Fixed typos and retranslations of enemy/skill/item names and descriptions, based on the Japanese versions. Increased item/glyph drop rate to make the experience less grindy, and restored the unused track "Gate of the Underworld" in the Forsaken Cloister.
-PoR - Definitive Edition. Fixed typos and retranslations of enemy/skill/item names and descriptions, based on the Japanese versions. Increased item drop rate and Skill Points gained to make the experience less grindy. Added Christopher Belmont to the "Greatest Five" coop skill (Christopher sprite done by Mario Santos).
-Castlevania X: The Demon Castle Legend Cut - Final Remastered Edition. Fan cut of Netflixvania I helped in making, has its own thread.

Download folder

Happy Easter, Happy 40th Castlevania anniversary. Enjoy!

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: [Netflixvania] Castlevania X: The Demon Castle Legend Cut (Final Remastered Ed)

« Last post by Jeepy on April 11, 2026, 04:28:31 PM »

Hey, it's been a while. For the past few months, we've been working hard on a remastered version of our Cut, and now it looks and sounds better than ever!

-One of the biggest differences is completely re-done audio - now the voices and sound effects are much more audible and better balanced with the music (many thanks to mgfcortez for the feedback and suggestions!).
-Some scenes were shortened or outright deleted, since they either didn't serve any purpose or were leftovers from the original show's scenario, not making sense in the context of our Cut, or being out of character (such as Trevor and Alucard bickering, or when Alucard says "this place looks like the museum dedicated to extermination of my people" in the Belmont hold, when he should be hating his vampiric side).
-Some shots and scenes were added for better context, logic and overall flow, or to get some secondary characters a bit more screen time so they wouldn't feel ignored (such as Zead whose earlier presence now makes much more sense for some action scenes in the first half of the film). Alucard now hears Lisa's last words, and Carmilla has been added (both as a sort of a tie-in with her Judgement dialogue with Sypha, and to additionally minimize the Church bashing of the animated series, to not have a single 100% guilty party involved in Lisa's death; now it looks like the bishop who sentenced Lisa to death genuinely regrets his actions, and Carmilla might had a hand in it since she's horny for Dracula and wants him all to herself), and more.
-With the advent of AI, we've redone Isaac's looks and voice, so now he has scenes with an animated face and sounds like Liam O'Brien. We also added voiced narration for the prologue and the epilogue, using the voice of Michael McConnohie, who voiced Rinaldo in Lament of Innocence.
-Some minor music has been added or replaced.
-Also, lots of small edits we've completely missed the first time - better transition here, missing effect there, color correction, fixed errors, better context and progression, etc, etc.


Probably the only thing we wanted to do but gave up on, was the idea to remove the scar on Trevor's face until the third act, where he gets to fight Dracula and Death inside Dracula's castle (similar to CoD manga) but the amount of time it takes to edit all the frames is just not worth the effort. In the context of the animated film, at least Trevor's scar is kinda believable from the get-go, since Trevor had experience fighting monsters and lived in isolation, but it's still a shame it's not entirely accurate to the game lore. At least Trevor's facial scar is not as much of an offender as Sypha's shoulder scars she has in S3/S4 scenes, which is something we actually addressed and decided to fix for our Cut! If you have watched both the original Netflixvania and the Demon Castle Legend Cut, you've probably noticed that Sypha doesn't have the scars on her shoulder until the finale in our version - I was crazy enough to edit more than 3500 frames to cover it up, but since Trevor has much more screentime, covering his facial scar would require an insane amount of time to do frame-by-frame editing, and since we don't get paid for this, we decided to leave it as it is.

Also, we've added the isolated BGM track for those who would like to try their hand at fan dubbing.


With the Final Remastered Edition's release, we're most likely won't be coming back to editing it again, so we hope to bring you the best possible version of the Castlevania anime, which is as faithful to the games as it can be.

Original post was updated with fresh download links.

Happy Easter, Happy 40th Castlevania anniversary, and enjoy!

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Off Topic / Is there a way to add an anti-bot fuctionality to these forums?

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on April 11, 2026, 06:07:14 AM »

I'm not sure why the site lags so much but I suspect it's the thousands bots costantly digging for information.
While I don't have many posts I have read these discussions for years (I'm a fan since 2013, my first game was Aria) and it's thanks to you guys that I discovered cool games like Odallus and Lecarde Chronicles II.
I think it would be cool if this site could regain a little bit of activity and the lag is the #1 reason it doesn't happen. The Reddit level of discussion is absolutely awful. Every single day bots spam Netflix memes/posts about Alucard's tits for example and it's disgusting. The downvotes system is disgusting. The lack of an archive/sections for discussions is disgusting. 4chan isn't much better, with discussions being raided costantly by bad faith actors and trolls. Everything becomes political and gets weaponized for strange purposes. We need to revive the Dungeon

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by Dark Nemesis on April 09, 2026, 11:59:54 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyZIGR9W-r0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry55L_r_bto

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on April 09, 2026, 04:01:45 PM »

We got more details during the Triple-I showcase initiative.

-Double rapiers, spear and brass knuckles are available as weapons.
-Main way to heal is via rechargeable flasks like Dark Souls/Blasphemous etc.
-The "corrupted french knight" boss is Joan d'Arc. She becomes hostile after the main character reveals herself as a Belmont. Joan genuinely believes that the Belmont clan communed with evil and dark forces.
-The "werewolf" goes by the alias of The Fallen. The mc meets him early in the game and he appears to be as startled as Joan.
-Venice, specifically during the Carnival was the first idea for the setting, then they switched to Paris because they know it better.
-Dracula is going to be in the game and the events that lead to its resurrection are going to be quite unique.
-The team and Taniguchi stated that the story is inspired by Dracula's Curse, being some sort of continuation. The whip gameplay by SC IV, but they wanted to make it feel more "modern". The level design by SOTN. Curse of Darkness has also been mentioned. No mention of the Netflix show whatsover.
-No release date yet

(My theory) It seems like they want to expand Trevor's backstory and how he became the last surviving member of his clan.
Perhaps they want to give Transylvanian people a real reason to fear the Belmonts. Some of Trevor's family/ancestors could have done some seriously heinous acts and tainted the entire clan's reputation during the early 1400s or even earlier (Joan died in 1430). It is possible that The Fallen is a Belmont lost to darkness and left for dead. This also links back to the mc's curse, but why is it manifesting 23 years after CVIII? Is Trevor affected too?

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Off Topic / Re: Music you've been digging lately

« Last post by JR on March 27, 2026, 10:56:37 PM »

Been really liking Bloody Falls lately. They just have such a great groove on a lot of their stuff. There's some cheese (see "Burn the Witch"), but it just adds to their charm for me. Just some really fun songs.