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superchunk on 18 June 2012

Interesting. I don't remember a 2nd difficulty level. I have beaten the game though, it was rather difficult. But games back then were difficult unlike modern games.



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kaneada on 18 June 2012
happydolphin said:
Sazzy_D, beating it without using a continue is quite the feat! I'm pretty sure after a while of playing though it I could pull it off, but I know if would be tough. If you can beat normal without a continue, I'm excited to see how well you'll do in the 2nd difficulty mode.

The 2nd difficulty starts when your first game ends. If you look at the stage #, instead of saying "1" it says something like "Stage 19" (not on my Wii atm).

I've beaten the higher difficulty once about 3 years ago. I got the VC version for the Wii. It's tough, but doable.



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kaneada on 18 June 2012
d21lewis said:
Me and my bro used to LOVE Castlevania as kids. We beat Castlevania II, first (it was actually pretty easy). Then, we went back and beat Castlevania I. Then, when Castlevania III came out, we got every ending except the "Trevor by himself" ending.

So, to answer your question: I don't remember at all. I don't even remember there being a second difficulty.


 CVII is a really good adventure, but it is absurdly easy. I've only ever finished CVIII once, though I have beaten akumajo densetsu (CV III jap) several times. Those games being as hard as they were was a misconception from the Japanese developers believing that those games were not hard enough for American audiences so they jacked up the difficulties on CV I and III and also did that with the Ninja Gaiden series (the Japanese versions are much much easier.)



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archbrix on 18 June 2012

Honestly, I never played the game a second time through because after beating the first run I'd had enough! :P

I think it's a pretty difficult game (like Ghosts 'n Goblins) but not ridiculous like, say, R-Type 2.