Kid Dracula (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- A playthrough of Konami's 1990 action-platformer for the Nintendo Famicom, Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun! (悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん!).
As you might have noticed from its original title, this game was a direct spin-off from the Castlevania series. Literally translated, the title means "Demon Castle Special: I'm Dracula-kun!," and Demon Castle Dracula is typically called Castlevania when the games are translated into English. The Game Boy sequel/remix game was released in English under the name, "Kid Dracula."
You can find my video of the Game Boy game here: • Kid Dracula (Game Boy)...
I am playing a fan-translation for this video, so the title screen reflects the logical localization of the title for western audiences. If you are interested in playing the game, you can find information on its translation here: www.romhacking...
Kid Dracula on the Famicom (NES) was announced as part of the line-up for Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection to be released later this month, so I thought I would upload a playthrough for anyone that might be curious about it.
It's a cutesy take on a series that's typically known for it's gothic horror trappings, featuring several Castlevania series' staple characters in super-cute, brightly-colored SD form. Like Parodius and Otomedius are of Gradius, the Kid Dracula titles are parodies of the Castlevania games.
You play as an adorably squat version of Alucard in Kid Dracula in this one, and ultimately have to face off against Garamoth and Death. (Anybody else noting the Symphony of the Night connections here?) Many of the stages and some of the music are adapted from the first three Castlevania games - I thought that the nod to Castlevania III was particularly cool in the first stage's background music. The graphics are fantastic by NES standards, too. There are quite a few effects that look very impressive for the hardware (notice how stage 1 actually fades in during the transition from the intro without cutting to a black screen? Or the size of the boss characters?), and I loved the recreation of the iconic clock tower scene.
I'm extremely curious to see how Konami handles the graphics for the US release. I highly doubt that the first stage's boss will look the same in the upcoming release - even though it's a totally innocent-looking ghost with a manji on his forehead in Japan, I really doubt Americans will view him the same way. So awkward... Haha!
The game feels much different from the standard Castlevania games to play - the sprites are all far larger, the jumps are much floatier (much closer to Mario than Simon or Trevor), and now earn secondary powers through magic learned at the end of each stage instead of sub-weapons with heart ammo. These allow Alucard to shoot mega-buster style fireballs, using homing projectiles, to turn into a bat, or whatever else might suit the challenges the stages present. It all feels smooth and works well within the context of the game, though like I said before, it feels much different from a typical Castlevania adventure. The game is also a bit more forgiving than Castlevania games tend to be, though it does amp up the challenge a fair amount near the end.
I'm very happy to see it finally getting a western release. Kid Dracula was just one among many classic Konami NES titles that never got a release outside of Japan, and it has aged surprisingly well for a nearly 30-year-old NES game.
It's cute, it's fun, and it's well worth giving a chance. Highly recommended!
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When Alucard was a kid and was enjoying life in the castle. Proof: he's standing on day at the beginning of the game. Vlad cannot do that.
Pretty sure this little guy is a non-grown up incarnation of the "What is a man?" guy himself, not Alucard
@@_.-. the game states that Kid Dracula is Dracula's son so it has to be Alucard
@@alucard4490
Except his mom ain't around, and Adrian kinda starting hating his dad after his mom died. It's one of those weird things, like how Galamoth eventually tries again to become the Dark Lord 10,000 years after Dracula is gone, and is allegedly opposed by Kid Dracula, or so I try to make sense of it...
@Mugen Kagemaru
And then there's _Judgment_ to consider...
Good call dude
Kid Dracula - "What is a kid? A miserable little pile of secrets!"
~*tosses a milk glass*~
hah i get the reference
That’s adorable
Have at you!
Ha ha ha ha ah nice 😂
*A miserable little pile of dirty diapers
I like how the first stage music is a happy rendition of "Beginning" from Castlevania III
If I recall correctly, the title of the Stage 1 theme is called "I'm Too Young To Drink Vine! Mwa Ha Ha!"
Just realized it
@@cosmicreaper2023I still don't hear it though. 🙁
39:35 also sounds a lot like Wicked Child! Though in Kid Dracula's case it's probably more like "wicked" as in "super cool." XD
"This game looks really fun, why didn't they localize it?"
(First boss appears)
"...Oh. That's why."
Gameboy version had the same boss and it was localized.
They should've just recolored him blue and made it an Earthbound reference.
@Stephen Thomas Wow, you must be fun at parties.
@@dprototype6431 And you must be right?
@@GregoryWeagle Complete with swastika?
A weird but very fun parody take on the Castlevania series. It is full of gags and personality. Im glad we are getting this game in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, and fully translated as well. Also, that cute Statue of Liberty boss.
What is this Castlevania anniversary collection you speak of?
Don't you know about it?
Do you think this is canon in Captain N cartoon?
My story about this game is that when i played this about 20 years ako as a kid i got the japanese version of it, there is a stage where you have to go to an exam and i cant read japanese...my sister and i manage to take notes of the japanese characters so that we could answer corretly even if we dont understand the question 😂. Our greatest achievement as kids when we finished the game....great memories. The sound and gameplay even today amazes me...considering this is 8bit
The last time I played and finished this was back in 1998 during my late teens in college. Since i played the Japanese version, I had no idea how the in-between bonus games' mechanics, I just pressed the buttons randomly, luckily i had bonus lives. Well seeing this again now in my mid 40's, it's very nostalgic. How i wish I could go back during those times, young, worry free, playing Family Com whole day. So memorable game for me. ❤
I can just imagine Dracula rifing through old photo albums and then there's a picture of Alucard, spiky young boy hair and all, looking dapper in a fitted tux.
I remember having this game on my old famiclone back in the 90s...
Bloody good game - this one. There are plenty of nice things to say about it as well - most enemies are unique to each stage. Each stage also has ton of unique assets. Huge sprites, solid gameplay, well balanced difficulty for the most part.
The art direction is absolutely stellar as well.
You know it's a bad day when the Ku Kux Klan invades Nasferatu's castle
dracula kills the CEO of racism
This comment aged like the first boss
@@PanConQueso001You gotta admit, that's a cute Klansman. ☺
Good times from the past. Used to play this on my small screen TV with antenna issues! Back in 92' or 93' I think....
I heard this was a much more chill, kid friendly Castlevania!
**First boss is a Klansmen with a Swastika on his forehead**
Not. Even. ONCE.
Funny story, Kid Dracula for Game Boy was the first Castlevania game I ever played. Imagine my surprise to learn that the cutesy, skull-faced fellow helping me on my adventures was none other than Death himself.
Tfw you realize that SotN was just Kid Dracula HD edition
With the announcement of its inclusion in the upcoming release of the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, I thought it about time to pull out my playthrough of this fantastic Famicom-exclusive Castlevania parody/spin-off. Don't be put off by the hyper-cute visuals - it's a very good game.
actually i believe its the gameboy version that will be part of that collection
@@krystalfan Here you go: www.polygon.com/2019/4/18/18484715/castlevania-anniversary-collection-release-date-games That article specifically mentions that it's the FC version of the game.
@@krystalfan actually I believe you are illiterate
@@NintendoComplete This game was an unexpected thrill ride for me!
I didn't mind the adorable visuals in this one, but the music is nice, but nothing amazing, though some of the sound effects are a bit annoying, and the gameplay was a neat change of pace from the gameplay from Castlevania 1, 2, & 3.
Of course it's not as good as Castlevania 1-3, but If you are looking for a solid spinoff from the Castlevania games, then this might be the game for you. If you don't care for the cutesy graphics, than I suggest that you play something else.
This is an overall solid parody!
looks dope
I thought this game was gonna be a comfy romp, but it actually gets surprisingly hard near the end.
Intriguing. At first glance, it seems like Konami's answer to Capcom's Mega Man, but this has charm. This screams 1990 NES cartoony platformers.
Bucky O'Haire is definitely Konami's answer to Mega Man
Played this game on Castlevania Anniversary Collection. It's a surprisingly awesome spin-off, with fun levels, gameplay and great music. And thankfully the game isn't too frustrating, nor too easy. There's some rough spots, but a little skill (and some save states) helps.
Fun Fact: This is a PREQUEL to the Game Boy game that we did get.
By the look and sound of this game it was definitely developed by the Tiny Toons developers.
Gosh I been looking for this game for so long.... I didn't remember the name, thought it was just a Castlevenia meme or side-game. I think I was only grade 5. There was a part where you need to understand Japanese in order to progress... I had to ask my house-mate nanny because she can speak Japanese lol. Good childhood memory!
Its really a shame this game didn't release in the states. I feel like it could have become a whole series.
alucard's childhood
I recommend using the bomb attack on the pharaoh boss
You mortals have embarrassing baby photos *sigh* I have this....(Don't tell anyone, but it was fun!!!) To rephrase my Father: "What is a childhood? A embarrassing bunch of secrets!"
Thanks for this!
This game is amazingly fun
19:44 Man, Lady Liberty is hot! Got to get me some of that!!🗽
i played this when i was a kid, and it was reeeeaallllyyy hard for me
I got kid Dracula as a spirit in super smash bros ultimate(though I really wish he was playable!)
ashton brown He has a shadow in Dracula's Castle stage. Derrick from GameXplain did pointed it out.
He's a playable character in the PS1 and Saturn versions of Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius :)
@@NintendoComplete have you played SSBU? It's a very Excellent game.
welp you can play with him on castlevania 3 and psx versions because he is alucard
I don't know, I think I prefer the GB's music. Also, gotta love the happy remixes of the Castlevania music. High class all around.
Getting Castlevania Anniversary Collection just for this!
The space elevator level is mostly hard because of those damn rockets. They come randomly out of nowhere.
The music gives me a Lone Ranger on NES vibe (of course, Satoko Minami composed both games)
Omg I loved that soundtrack. And that game.
@@NintendoComplete agree ;3
Now that's true cuteness
“But be careful, a man with a whip may come to fight you.”
END
- Castlevania Anniversary collection
This game reminds me alot like Megaman.
Just beat it. It’s actually really good
? if u had 99 likes would you care if 1 gave u Thomas down??
screw them they have 2 much
This game was so hard then as a kid, I didn’t get to finish it before whatever happened to the game. Looking through this now, I remember how hard it was to get to the bat turning stage, I think this is where it always ended for me back then, going through the tube trying to get to the top.
That’s stage 7, I never made it to the top, it’s always been heavy on my mind that I want to finish the game, I guess I can via this video.
I keep dying at that stupid drill robot
Sound like the first battle between Alucard and Galamoth and then Symphony of the night
Trying to do the last level with three hearts is so hard! Can't time the robot head right at all.
Even the game is trolling you for performing the Konami Code. You could say that the code has its funny side as well. And I agree. Kid Dracula is an awesome game!
I'm still trying to get over how those rocket platforms in Level 2 look like a tiny bullet train.
Konami always put trains or rails, on their games.
Finally a Castlevania spinoff game with Kirby difficulty
Before Metroidvania, there was Mega Manvania.
I've been playing this on the anniversary collection. Never played this as a kid but having a good time so far. Gives off a SMB3,tiny toon nes vibe.
Kid dracula is a day walker
Lmao that's what my one of my best friends in college used to call his red head girlfriend.
this game remind me of super Mario land the 6 coins .
I thought so too,I reminded me a lot of SMB3
@@NintendoComplete Because how when you go right, the left screen glitches out a little bit?
The adventures of Vlad as a kid.
I am pretty happy with the decision of port this game to new consoles and traslated to english!!!
Funny enough the japanese public is getting the american version of Castlevania 2 instead of the original one.
Cutesy, Creative and great, Konami was the best third party developer for the NES/Famicom, change my mind.
I will proudly buy this in the Castlevania Collection and then I will create fake accounts for buy it again.
Too bad we're not getting the Famicom version of Castlevania III. I remember the 3DS getting the Famicom version of Kid Icarus via it's 3D Classics port.
A vampire that can walk in a broad day light and night underlings
😍😍🤩🤩
As much as I usually resist the urge to go “Squee!” at cute things, this is seriously testing me.
Also, do you think older Alucard would smile or sweat-drop at the sight of this? I’m pretty sure Lord of Shadows dad and son would both be like, “😓 Are you f-ing kidding me?”
Also also, if Kid Drac here is anything like Xellos, does him opening his eyes mean sh-‘s about to get real?
A u t I s m
0:27 Who else actually tried to press start key automatically?
30:00 well that was a lucky jump :D
I just finished this game on the original FC cartridge and boy did I had a rough time for the last 2,5 levels...
So I klnow how it is when you DON'T make that jump ;D
Epic run!!!
I like the little part at the end. LoL
"Made you look" ROFL
Lembrança fantástica
Joguei esse jogo nos anos 90
There was something about this game that kept me mesmerized as a kid. Must have been the groovy soundtrack, haha.
My childhood
I always felt bad for the Baby Ghost when I defeat it. Poor little tyke tried so hard... XD
I guess Grandpa Ghost was exclusive to the Game Boy version. EDIT: OMG, the quiz show "fight"...love it! :D XD
That's a KKK not a ghost.
@@haseo8244 it's a ghost, fuckhead
Honestly this seems more fun than the original Castlevania. I wanna full series of this.
LIL MAN SHOOTS HOT STUFF AT OTHER LIL THINGS
Full series?
They just finished the game. LoL
Looks good with castlevania like stages
I wished it has staitcases instead of ladders in stage 1.
Este juego es muy divertido, lo juegue primero en gameboy y me la pase muy bien tal vez tuvo más encanto en una pequeña pantalla pero verlo así se me hace muy interesante
Fun fact : Kid Dracula and Alucard are ＮＯＴ the same person
This game is in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection. I like it, very fun. And the first level music is fun too.
This game needs a remake set in the main timeline. The plot would be about young Alucard being the lord of his father's castle while Vlad and Lisa traveling around Europe, and stopping Galamoth from taking over the world. At one point, he would be attacked by Sonia Belmont who mistakes him as Dracula, and the two have a battle. Alucard would win and let her go alive, as he had promised to his mother not to harm humans. At the end, Galamoth is defeated, but letting Sonia go breaks the gaps between Alucard and Death who works as his bodyguard. Vlad dislikes this, but Lisa says he had done right.
Plot twist - it is Soma's son in future who took the mantle of Dark Lord, subsequently twisting this role in something FAR LESS SINISTER.
Poor Galamoth could not bear with it and even tried to send his Time Reaper in the past just to prevent Kid Dracula's conception in most radical way possible - erasing Dracula before he reincarnated as Soma
You gotta wonder what the Japanese are smoking, putting a literal Nazi/Klansman in a kid's game about Dracula, especially considering their side in the war and how you'd want to distance yourself from that. At least you defeat it.
A ghost with a manji symbol, people forget the Nazi's stole the symbol and bastardized it for their evil purposes. The first level boss is no Nazi.
A very impressive game, the bosses are huge!
all hail konami for making this game
😭😭😭 Lo tenía un vecino era espectacular y muy difícil
I'm gonna ship Kid Dracula with that little witch enemy.
I got this game cartridge in japanese version, since i can't read Japanese, i didnt know this game title as a kid.
Alucard?
Probably
Why does everyone keep saying this is Alucard? As far as we know this is Dracula as a kid, not his kid right? Genuinely interested if there is more to this backstory since everyone keeps saying that we're playing as baby Alucard.
Drac's dad was not a vampire, Alucard's dad on the other hand is.
The new Castlevania game be looking good, not gonna lie.
Game paling suka / Favorit..
Main waktu SD Thn 1988.. itu juga Cartridge nya tukeran sama saudara..
Setelah di minta kembali / di tukar lagi kasetnya.. Sy merasa sedih 😭😭
So this is how Dracula became the Demon Lord?
Malus embraces his destiny as Prince of Darkness.
Cheers!
I thought it was only my Family Computer or cartridge that crashed on reaching 6:22
Seeing that this an emulated ROM and can't handle 8-bit shows how freaked out the Konami programmers were when they made this game when I was a kid.
Such a good game.
I am just glad to play it in the Castlevania Collection when they edited out the symbols of hatred (I will not say it since it is never good)
if I not rich.... the ad not talking to u...... talking at you
What a good game!
Well this is a Happy Castlevania game(fyi i got on there...switch)
I think Konami might've been making fun of specific sequences/designs from other games around the same time, like ribbing everyone else that was popular at the time. The underwater section of this game had copious amounts of corner-bolted tiles and wavy animated seaweed, both very similar to Super Mario Bros 3. I think the overabundance of the cornerbolt tile in this game might be an exaggeration of how common those platforms appeared in SMB3. That Chinese dragon boss is a replication of the dragon bosses from Ghosts 'N Goblins, just drawn in the style of this game. The chibi statue of liberty quiz "boss" in particular reminds me of a very similar "fight" against a sphinx in Sega's Wonder Boy in Monster World.
Capital of Italia? Definitely Rome!! I should know Facts. I am Italiano Siciliano american ;D
0:19 now it turns out that the NES became the Super nintendo.
Yay Kid Dracula! A cute game, a cute little vampire guy, and he's also in Parodius! Another goofy parody series by Konami.
It's actually a great game! A drastic take from the other Castlevania games, but well worth you time to play.
Also, I have a shiny Gardevoir. Huzzah!
The first boss is a Klansman with a swastika on his hood.
The first boss is a ghost with a Manji symbol on it's head, the Manji a symbol of Buddha.
Not sure which one I played but it’s way different I think game boy this is NES?
The slow down is a bit frustrating at points especially the later stages but all in all a fun game.
Cant tell how this is remotely castlevania but its cute.
Tara Nolte It’s not meant to be completely like it. It’s a spin-off ;)
I remember buying a cart only copy, $25. Sadly the Game Boy version sells for too much.
THAT FIRST BOSS THOUGH-
It's gotta be Alucard right? How else is he walking around in the daylight unless he's half-human?
Was that a swastika on that ghost?
Yeah I think so... but I don't remember that playing back in my childhood xD
@@adagreed7532 its manji, a japanese religious symbol lol
@@user-gd5ug9ug4h ohhh thanks for that ;)
Man this game looks just like Konami’s other series. From charging your shot to getting a new weapon after each boss.
Heck even the damage sprite and being knocked back is an exact copy of it.
Mega man was made by CapCom…
Great game for NES!
Cool
Just beat this. The last stages music sounded like it would be at home in mega man. Not a difficult game but worth playing.
Konami code is also applicable in this game