RagnarRox's video: Why Everyone Was Wrong About Castlevania II: Simon s Quest

Try Rocket Money for free: https://RocketMoney.com/ragnarrox CASTLEVANIA II: SIMON’S QUEST RETROSPECTIVE: Why Everyone* Was Wrong About Simon’s Quest Common Gamer Knowledge: Castlevania is a masterpiece, and Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest is a disgrace of a sequel, a steaming pile of diarrhea dookie farts, and only with Castlevania III, Konami course corrected to make a “proper” sequel. It’s hogwash, and largely the result of the massive influence of early video essayists and YouTube game critics that has invaded and usurped the collective unconscious. Time to talk about Simon’s Quest and how incredibly forward thinking, innovative and trailblazing it really was when it came out in 1987. * The Asterisk in the title: A *lot* of people were actually right about it. Game Journalists at the time and the player base at large really revered this game for what it was. Until the YouTube Hivemind took hold. Castlevania II Retranslation by bisqwit https://bisqwit.iki.fi/cv2fin/ How to Extract ROMs from the Castlevania & Contra Anniversary Collections on Steam https://steamcommunity.com/app/1018020/discussions/0/1629665087674849653/ Romhacking Dot Net Castlevania II Browser Based Patchers https://www.romhacking.net/games/710/ **Support the Channel** http://patreon.com/RagnarRoxShow The “Pre-Sequel”: Why Everyone* Was Wrong About Castlevania 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhUO-B-XmdY Backer-Only Forgotten Gems (Light): The Riddle of Master Lu https://www.patreon.com/posts/forgotten-gems-103096060 Free to watch Bonus Video: RagnarRambles - The Lost Age of Video Rentals: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-video-new-99249781 Chapters 00:00 The Sophomore Slump 04:10 Sponsor: Rocket Money 06:23 Bad Moon Rising 24:12 Sweet Little Lies 38:37 In Search of (Search-) Action 29:50 Interview between Raynal & Hedberg 47:24 RagnarRambles, Credits 50:42 Shoutout Thank Yous __ Script: Michael Saba, Ragnar Ulricson Captions (en): Mira Cox, Ragnar Ulricson US Gamer Interview with Koji Igarashi https://web.archive.org/web/20181001030938/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-wouldnt-have-happened-without-castlevania-2-simons-quest Footage Credits "Vampire Killer" CastleVania Cover | 楓月テツヤ-Tetsuya Kazuki- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRK0p8TvqPY "Bloody tears" CastleVania Cover | 楓月テツヤ-Tetsuya Kazuki- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Q1rXhHL6g World of Longplays: NES Longplay [020] Castlevania Played by: xRavenXP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRcHk8ixyKE NES Longplay [021] Castlevania II - Simon's Quest Played by: xRavenXP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1VNQRQ6wfc PSX Longplay [001] Metal Gear Solid (part 1 of 2) Played by: RickyC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpG9XIfFkE0 PS2 Longplay [131] Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (US) Played by: Spazbo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AA_PiR5-VI PS2 Longplay [001] Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (part 1 of 9) Played By: RickyC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHSH8O4QhlE NES Longplay [040] The Legend of Zelda (1st Quest) Played By: BimmyLee83 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ6hgzzk_o8 NES Longplay [100] Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Part 1 of 2) Played by: Valis77 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY-YryVEXZQ SNES Longplay [022] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Played by: Tsunao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6hjG6MCcZ8 Gintendo stream : Castlevania II: Simon's Quest [Famicom Disk System] | Jeremy Parish | Video Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EliSYPFtNKg