For those wondering how many beasts are ACTUALLY in Magus's Castle

[Iido]

On my most recent playthrough, I decided to keep track of how many monsters you actually face in this dungeon. Ozzie claim there are "100 beasts" in the castle, but in actuality, there are MORE. I counted each and every individual monster fought on each screen. For screens where a monster would infinitely spawn, I just counted 1 of that monster on each screen. I was unsure on whether or not to count the fake Flea and the fake save points in the trap room.

Counting the fake Flea and the 6 fake save point enemies (2 fakes, that split into 3 each, so I counted each one) the total amount of monsters is 117. Even if you took the fake Flea and the fake saves out of the equation, it would still be 110... a fair bit over 100.

And if you count Ozzie, Slash and Flea, it rounds out nicely at 120 total. I don't think Slash and Flea are actually monsters/beasts, but they're still enemies you have to face to get to Magus, so perhaps they should be counted.

This is something I've wondered for years, and attempted to count before, but always lost track at some point... this time around, I kept track in a notepad file, so I don't think I made any mistakes.

[drh]

IIRC the line was a mistranslation during ENG localization.

[Iido]

Ah, wasn't aware it was a mistranslation thing. So they just kept the mistranslation through all the versions for old times' sake? Gotcha, well thanks!