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Summary

  • Pacifist - Normal Mode
  • Real Kills: 3 - Beat: 1 - Exp : 1768 - Level: 8 - Rooms: 368 - Time Attack Entries: 6
  • Major skip glitch
  • Heavy glitch abuse
  • Heavy luck manipulation
  • Takes intentional damage
  • Uses warps
  • Uses an in-game code
  • Starts from a saved state or SRAM
  • Emulator used: BizHawk (2.10)
  • RealTime:19:56.07 GameTime:18:52(last input) Frames:71558 Re-records:335985
  • Verif Movie For SRAM

About the run

This is a slower version (~1min30) of my most recent sub for pacifist
The route is slightly different. (note: the extra time attack entry is Meet Death)
The main difference reside in getting poison for doing the levelup in colosseum since you have higher HP it is required, the axe armor is also required for stopping the toss since only the blade attack (grounded...) will deal enough damage.
Problem is the only way to get poison is at the librarian with meal ticket, this is why it takes an extra 2 min for the clock rush, worth noting it is so tight timing that you cant do the money glitch yet and forced to do it upon library revisit, also going reverse colosseum (like in the luck mode sub) is only a dozen frame faster so I kept it like this.
I am still submitting this run because it is fairly well optimize and I hope it can be put in playground.
eien86: Claiming for judging.
eien86: Waiting on the author to respond to a question about in-game code use.

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Posted: 2/16/2025 12:33 PM
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TASVideoAgent
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #9534: arukAdo's PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "Pacifist, Normal Mode" in 19:56.08
Posted: 2/16/2025 11:08 PM
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After watching this one and the Luck Mode version, I am more convinced that Luck Mode is way better at handling this category, though because they're both similar after couple minutes, I guess they both fine? Either way, I am still more with Luck Mode version as it felt more enjoyable than this one, I'm voting Meh here.
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Hi arukAdo, I notice you input "AXEARMOR" in the name selection. Per [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196885-castlevania-symphony-of-the-night/cheats], this allows you to start the game with an armor already in the inventory. I am asking because this constitutes the use of an in-game code, which is allowed in certain circumstances, but needs to be properly clarified. Can you explain why you use it and how does that constitute "Normal Mode"?
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The wording with "normal mode" is only to distinct the use of "luck mode", the difference is the starting stats, luck mode start at 25hp and 1mp regardless what you do, normal is stats you get from how you beat prologue; time, damage taken, hearts and what subweapon you have produce slight differences on the stats results. In this run, the axe armor is used to stop the big toss in the colosseum; it is not possible to get toss mid air but only on the ground (because of the increased HP) with the blade master slash attack (where as in the luck mode since lower HP you can simply touch him mid air to get toss), so without stopping your movement you would just get past the doorway, the axe armor provide the only mean to do this. The other consequence (from stats) is it allow to do more wingsmash due to higher mp capacity, it is in the end still slower than just going luck mode ironically. The sram main usage is (like in luck mode) to allow to buy the duplicator, that been sayd I believe "axearmor" can only be input with "replay" (sram) unlike luck mode itself. Despite they have the same kill count, I was under the assumption this could only go in playground, simply because its slower. The previous publication use "normal mode" (and sram)
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