Bloodless Is Joining Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night As A Bonus Playable Character

Neat! I wish I remembered I had this game in October, it would have been fun to play leading up to Halloween.

@Tourtus i did just that. Played bloodstained and darksiders 2 leading up to Halloween.

If she doesn't have blood, how is she alive?

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I'm still salty that I was never able to play with zengetsu. Beating the final boss again to start a save file with a new character is kind of bogus if you ask me.

An incidental midboss vampire being playable postgame just for fun. Kind of reminds me of playable Joachim from Castlevania Lament of Innocence.

Ahh yes, blood umbrella lady with the strangely 90 degree angle boobs. Although the Switch version’s so blurry that it practically counts as censorship.

@NintendoByNature I take it you have never actually played any Castlevania game before? It's the same way in those games.

This is actually really cool. I played a bit with Zangetsu. Will try with Bloodless.
Someday I’ll start a brand new file again and play over but that won’t be for awhile. I recently bought cartridges for Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon so I’m chock full of stellar Metroidvanias at the moment. Haven’t cared much to play Switch recently.

@EarthboundBenjy solid cv:loi reference. Not the best 3d cv game, but solid in its own right.

Happy we get to play as bloodless, she made me feel all funny and i think i liked it

@ChromaticDracula I loved Circle of the Moon. It’s brutally difficult and obtuse, the movement’s stiff and slow and there aren’t enough save points but it’s a good kind of slog. One of my proudest achievements beating that game, after 6 hours of grinding before the final boss. It’s an overdone comparison but it really did remind me of my first playthrough of Dark Souls in that I was constantly on edge in an unfamiliar and dangerous environment while hopelessly muddling through.

Nice, she was a pretty cool character. I need to do another play through with this game anyways.

@NintendoByNature you can play with Zangetsu by default now. I waited a loooong time to pick up a physical version of the game, so I understand it must suck if you wanted to do this at launch.

I haven’t finished this game, need to go back (though I got the worst ending). Still, I love this boss and felt she deserved more backstory. If I recall, she wasn’t even necessary to beat the game... and with a name like Bloodless, I for some reason expected her to be more important to a game called Bloodstained. I’ll settle for playing as her.

Keep forgetting I have this game, every time I get around to it something else comes out. But I have 2 weeks until Hyrule Warriors, so now maybe the time

@Bunkerneath I feel the same way, I've had it since last December and I still haven't finished it.

I might be more likely to use her than Zangetsu. Although there's still plenty to do, unlock and grind as Miriam herself.

I hated this boss. Died dozens of times before being finally able to learn all her patterns and kill her.

Nice. She's probably the most anime of all the bosses in the game so it was a no brainer that we would get to play as her. Glad to see the dev team still adding to this title even during these dark pandemic days.

Seems to play like Peach.
Did they ever fully fix Bloodstained on Switch? Felt like news about updates to performance died out and became "look at the new stuff we're adding".

What is a roadmap update?

I haven't played my copy yet, I will soon enough.

I just got the game this April and I loved it on my switch!! When I finished the released the Zangetsu Mode and I made a whole (second)playthrough!
I am more than ready to get in a third time now with a new Character! Hope they got in a bit of story or a proper ending...

@Egit-kun I havent played thru any of the metroidvania CV games. But, even so, I did beat the game back at launch, so why have to do it again is all im saying.

@Kilamanjaro i picked it up at launch, beat the game at launch. And the when zengetsu update came i went to fire it up only to realize you have to rebeat the final boss again which was a drag. Having not played the game in well over a year at that point, coming in cold would've been impossible.

I'm just saying since i beat the game I'd much rather have that character ready to pick at the menu.

How is the performance these days, is it patched up yet?

@NintendoByNature I can start a new game with Zangetsu and I haven't beaten it. I know what you mean though! Definitely sucks. Development has changed so much since the good ol days of full finished products 😭

@Kilamanjaro huh ok maybe ill check it out again. Something must have changed from the day 1 zengetsu update til now. Thanks for the tip

@nessisonett I agree with you on this — I thought maybe I was a bit biased because it’s the only of the 3 for Gameboy Advance I had, but I always loved it. I liked how the music sort of took on the music from the N64 games. And the voice sounds when attacking and how they echo in the castle is so cool. You also described it perfectly, that feeling of constantly being on there edge in an unfamiliar environment. Dying SUCKS when you have to go back and redo sections but it’s so rewarding.
I do agree with some critics that it was a bit dark on the Advance screen, but I’m currently enjoying the crap out of it on a DS Lite.

If you’ve already beat the game once A new game plus run on normal difficulty only last about 4 hours. Easy peasy.

I’m a big fan of the randomizer runs. I’ve probably done about 10 of them so far. Love this freaking game.

@arrmixer You managed to click on the wrong article, ignore its entire contents and go direct to the comments not realizing you were on the wrong place. xD
lol

@DeathUriel ha! You’re right didn’t noticed I was in this article 😜😂. Thanks!