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The Castle Maps
Castle Entrance
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Basement
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Basement 2: The
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Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab
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Floor 3
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Garden Forgotten by Time
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Floor 2
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House of Sacred Remains
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Basement
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Dark Palace of Waterfalls
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Basement 2
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Ghostly Theater
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Pagoda of the Misty Moon
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To attain the full 100% castle completion, you need to fill in all of the areas' castle maps as seen above. If you want to confirm that you've covered all possible ground, pause the game when you're in a given area and look to the top-right of the screen. If you see the word "Completed" under the total map percentage, you'll know that you've been everywhere. While there's no reward for simply filling in the map, it's always a good idea to cover as much ground as possible--to find all of the orbs, relics, armors, accessories, etc.
The "Boss Rush" Mode
To
unlock this mode, a sort-of side-quest for Leon Belmont, you must finish the
game after defeating all of the game's regular and hidden bosses, which of
course means you must find the elemental bosses and battle the Forgotten One
in the Eternal Prison. If you don't defeat them, the mode will not appear
after you complete the game by defeating Walter and Death. After the credits
roll, you'll have to save your progress onto the memory card.
When you select to play your mission file again and return to the castle's
portal room, there will be a sixth portal right up front that you can enter
into; it will take Leon to the "Boss Rush" mode. What then begins
is a long marathon, successive battles against all of the game's bosses. Unlike
those in the GBA titles, this is an actual part of the game and not a separate
mode, so you'll be taking along all of your items, relics, whips, orbs, fighting
moves and so on, as is. Thus, it's best to pay a visit to Rinaldo beforehand
to stock up on high potions.
The
order is as follows: Flame Elemental, Frost Elemental, Lightning Elemental,
Doppelganger, Doppelganger 2, Undead Parasite, Golem, Succubus, Medusa, Joachim,
Forgotten One, Walter and Death.
This time around, there's almost no time to rest. Once you enter the portal, the battle begins immediately. Once you defeat a boss, it'll drop two potions and four big hearts. If there's something you need to use or equip, the time to do it is now, before you enter the ambient blaze that'll take you to the next boss. When you've defeated the final boss, Death, your best time will be recorded, and you'll be transported back to the castle's portal room. You can save these stats by going to a save room, and you can then go back to play the "Boss Rush" mode to compete against yourself for a better time.
The Boss Rush mode is also accessible to Joachim Armster and Pumpkin, both of which you must first unlock. After destroying all of the game's bosses and then completing the game and saving it, you can return to the portal room to have a go of it with these two. There's only one minor difference for Joachim: Since he can't collect items, the potions received after defeating a boss will automatically restore his energy if he touches them.
This
one can be found in the Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab. On the far right of the second
floor is moving-platform room with two skeleton flowers. Once on the moving
platform, jump across to the first jutting platform you see on the right.
From there, you can use your whip to latch onto poles and pull yourself up
to where a green door blocks the way. Inside is the Flame Elemental. When
you defeat it, it will leave you the Whip of Flames.
Another
is in the Garden Forgotten by Time. When you're deep into the second half
of the area, you'll come to a room with a man-eating plant and a mist. From
here, keep going until you come to a room with another man-eating plant and
two buckbairds. Force the man-eating plant into the northeast corner of the
room and whip it open. Now jump onto its petals and jump straight up to reach
a platform. Once through here, you'll travel to the second floor where the
Thunder Elemental waits. When you've defeated it, the Whip of Lightning is
yours.
In
the Dark Palace of Waterfalls, you can find another such whip. From the beginning
of the area, continue to take every left path available until you come to
a small cave that you must navigate using mostly your ledge-grabbing technique.
Use your whip-latching ability, also, to reach as high up as you can until
you come to a door. Now dive off and try to land on a high stalagmite in the
center of the cave. From here, more platforming action will lead you high
up to where the cave is covered with ice, and a boss lurks in the next room.
Defeat the Frost Elemental to earn the Whip of Ice.
The
basement level of the Castle Entrance holds a locked door that's sealed by
enormous power. In a secret room in the Pagoda of the Misty Moon, you'll find
the Unlock Jewel, which you can use to unlock the door in the basement of
the Entrance. This will open up its second basement, an area called "The
Prison of Eternal Torture." After descending down a long spiral staircase,
you'll come to its secret boss, the Forgotten One, for a three-part battle.
After you defeat this Beezelbub twin, you'll earn the black orb.
To
the left of the Castle Entrance is the hall that takes you to the castle's
portal room--it's the one that also leads to the game's first save room.
In this short hall, there are three windows from which moonlight beams
through. The beam shining through the third such window, near the end
of the hall, is more greenish than the others, and it holds a secret:
If you stand is this green light where it meets the side of the hall's
red carpet, you can duplicate all of the items in your inventory up
to the maximum of nine. To do this, stand in the light and pause the
game; select "Items" and then start moving the cursor up and
down. Each time you do this, the collected item moved unto will increase
by one. This can be done over and over again thereafter and thus save
money. Also, if you've found any precious stones, you can duplicate
them and continuously sell them to Rinaldo to buy the more expensive
items. This trick can also be pulled off in the Pagoda of the Misty
Moon, near the green-light window in the hall before the "VI"
tablet room; and another can be found and utilized in the first room
of the second floor by standing in the rug's circle design. (Credit
to gamefaqs.com.)
