http://www.longplays.org Played by: Tsunao This game WILL wreck shoulder buttons! I think my GBA SP's shoulder button got wrecked from this game. Maybe not, since I had Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (lolsleightspam). I should've put L and R on auto-fire. Said to be the easiest of the Metroidvanias. This is all due to shops (just the limit of items, which is 99) and overpowered spells (it is said that Bible+Bolt wrecks everything. Cross+Wind wrecks the hell out of EVERYTHING! I use it later in the game). This game's physics is WEIRD! Attacking the air = collison damage imminent. Right...details: Another 200% (100% in Castle A and 100% in Castle B) playthrough on Hard Mode. Hard Mode is obtained by completing the game and entering "Hardgame" as name. Since I didn't want to do the darn thing twice, I downloaded a save from GameFAQs that had a clear save and imported the save into VBA. After the point of knowing about 2 Castles, this is when players will either continue playing or stop playing (I guess the common reaction with everyone). This game isn't bad though. Just the castle thing. There will lots of dashing around. As soon as I get the Lizard's Tail, I pretty much go Megaman through the whole game (Slide. Slide. Slide. Slide. Slide. Slide.) I find it faster that way. Plus, I don't want to wreck the 360 bumpers. After getting the Slyph's Feather, I go all over the place dive kicking and sliding (Jump. Jump. Slide. Slide.). Since I am going for 100% in both castles, I have to fight the final boss twice (rather thrice). Then that case, why not show all 3 endings? :3 I didn't do exactly well against Mixam. There will some times where I do a mini-grind (can't pass up on good EXP). This is only done on Skeleton Glass and Jp Bone Pillars. Tricks of the trade: Fist+Ice glitch: Well, if you want to count it as a glitch. With the Fist+Ice, I can get to things I normally can't unless I had a certain item. Examples would be getting one of Dracula's remains unless I have either double jump or Griffon's Wing (this game's Gravity Boots). I also use it to get a Heart Max Up in the Marble Corridor. It is demonstrated there. Also used to get Logoth's Ring. I could've went back to get the Platinum Tip after getting the double jump (it's possible), but I didn't feel like backtracking all the way there. Fun fact: Revenge Armor: the boss before Talos. No one would know its name unless you use Ice+Cross. I totally want to fight Revenge Armor, but too bad it gets pwned by Talos. D: