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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 4h

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.

Samurai Warriors Chronicles Official Guidebook laying on top of a wrinkled green screen.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 23h

They made Shadow not hot Sonic Rumble stinks.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 23h

Oooh what's this little cherub in my inbox?

an Email from Steam: "Sonic Rumble is now available on Steam!"

Sonic Rumble's reviews, release date, and developer/publisher on steam. The developer/publisher is SEGA, release date is November 5, 2025, and the important part, the reviews are mostly negative this game is gonna SUCK and that's awesome!

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 1d

Next games planned are:
Super Castlevania IV
Vampire Killer
Rondo of Blood

Past those I'll figure out once we get there, I do want to play all of the Classicvanias, and even a few of the later games like 64, but I also need to get back to Warriors All-Stars soon, so we'll see where the dice lands.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 1d

I think I'll enjoy the Famicom version a lot more, and once I get more familiar it's not impossible that it could become tied, or even above Castlevania 1, but it's definitely not there at the moment. Isn't perfect, but it's a lot more ambitious than 1 with similarly great level design and controls.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 1d

That future run of the US version likely won't be for quite a while, but I do want to at least do a few runs of the much easier JP version soon-ish.
Fantastic game tho, even the NES version, extremely difficult, and way too long for my liking, but probably my 2nd favorite Castlevania so far!

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 1d

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.

The English box art for Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse on the Nintendo Entertainment System. It features the protagonist Trevor Belmont fighting a skeleton alongside Sypha and Grant in the background (Alucard is probably also there but I can't find him, Where's Alucard?).

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 1d

End of the hour normal time normal place everything is normal nothing is different stream on twitch dot tv slash ilaiyayaya I'm fucking terrified of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse what if it was actually called Dracula's Crush and he kissed Simon Belmont that would be awe

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Giant android #4623 mows down thousands.

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CC Kirby @cckirby.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 2d

Umineko plagiarism will be semi-real next stream I love clashing aesthetics!

Blood splatter I ripped from the files of Umineko no Naku Koro Ni because I'm a filthy THIEF with no original ideas who can only steal from peak visual novels!

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 2d

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.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

I know there's 1 more Gameboy game: Castlevania Legends, and also a remake of The Adventure subtitled Rebirth for WiiWare. I'll play those eventually, I've heard mixed things about both, but I am NOT playing 3 Gameboy platformers in a row that would be hell.

Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

Belmont's Revenge is way better, I was exhausted by the 2nd half after playing 2 very mediocre games back-to-back, but it's really not too bad. I'd still consider it about average, but for a Gameboy platformer it could be a lot worse (like Adventure!) I could at least see myself replaying it someday

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge for the Nintendo Gameboy official box art. It shows Christopher Belmont fighting an armor knight outside of what I assume is Dracula's Castle, above a sprawling abyss.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

The Adventure is definitely the worst Castlevania I've played and will likely remain at the bottom. People online act like Simon's Curse is the worst thing ever made, but that one's perfection compared to Adventure.
At least it was only like a 40 minute playthrough.

The official box art of Castlevania: The Adventure for the Nintendo Gameboy. It features Christopher Belmont strutting toward Dracula's castle, along with Dracula himself in the background.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

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.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

I typed this thread 2 days ago but forgot to press send because it went slightly above the character limit. If you ever wonder why my post frequency is so inconsistent, this is why lmao.

The 3 types of soup that describe me btw are cream of mushroom, broccoli cheddar, and reese's puffs cereal

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

"If you see this post 4 female characters you love. People I don't talk about enough edition."

I don't actually talk about my favorite characters too often in general on social media, but I definitely do in my personal life so it still works.

Sonozaki Mion from Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

Not a trend I've seen (nor one I think should become a trend, it would result in so many dumb arguments), but the inverse as well, "5 games I dislike that say just as much about me"!

This is just an excuse to complain about Fire Emblem Warriors, that musou was the most disappointing thing since-

An upside down collage of 5 video games that I personally do not like please do not yell at me for not liking OoT I will cry: Shin Megami Tensei IV, Fire Emblem Warriors, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Tales of Zestiria, Steins;Gate (womp womp, sorry mutual I know who really likes the series Steins;Gate is part of :pensive:)

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

"10 games to get to know me"

Not all of these are necessarily my favorite games, but they display more about my thought processing than any words possibly could.
This was really hard to narrow down btw, I probably should've just cheated and went with 15...

A collage of 10 video games: Donkey Kong Country, Eiyu*Senki - The World Conquest, Tetris 99, Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia, Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru: Episode 7 - Requiem of the Golden Witch, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends, Digimon Masters Online, Fate/Extra, Sonic and the Black Knight.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 3d

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:

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 6d

Castlevania 1 still stands at the top of my opinion, and honestly I think the only Classicvania games (metroidvanias excluded) that have a chance at dethroning it are Rondo of Blood, Dracula's Curse, and Haunted Castle (weird 3rd choice I know, but it looks fun and I think it's neat :3)

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 6d

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.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 6d

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.

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The JP Castlevania Bloodlines cover art (also known as "Vampire Killer" with Eric Lecarde, John Morris, and Elizabeth Bartley posing behind the game title.

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 7d

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!

Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 8d

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)

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Ilaiya 🎭 @ilaiyarotted.com · 7d

I am SO glad I did not stream that lol, it would've been 3 hours of me pulling up a guide every 5 minutes and quoting "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??" each time I got lost

Also 10 minutes ago I learned there's a fan-remake of Simon's Quest and it looks sooo good so I guess I need to play it 1 more time.

a screenshot from Castlevania Chronicles II: Simon's Quest of a giant skeleton holding a mace preparing to drop it onto Simon Belmont, who's standing on a raised platform to the right.

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