The New Official Castlevania Thread!

[RadiantSvgun]

Arasoi started and ended the first one.

But here, we talk about all things Castlevania, from old to new.

Arasoi the Castlevania master has been MIA, so we'll all have to pitch in our knowledge for each other.

[onReload]

Mmmm well I'll kick it off with questions then, since my knowledge is limited to the usual sources

Has anyone played the arcade game? How is it?

Does anyone claim to have a full collection? It's a big series but not as big as Megaman and others.

Finally, Castlevania Adventure II - do you like it Eastern or Western style? (Cross Boomerang (also in the GBC remake) vs. Holy Water)

[Drag0nsfyre]

I can answer your Q about a full collection. I beleive Arasoi (as mentioned above) has a full one if not, it is damn extensive as seen here http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/multi/collector-protogem.htm

[RadiantSvgun]

Mmmm well I'll kick it off with questions then, since my knowledge is limited to the usual sources

Has anyone played the arcade game? How is it?

Does anyone claim to have a full collection? It's a big series but not as big as Megaman and others.

Finally, Castlevania Adventure II - do you like it Eastern or Western style? (Cross Boomerang (also in the GBC remake) vs. Holy Water)

The arcade game is quarter-stealing hard. The western version, Haunted Castle is much more difficult compared to the Japan's Akumajo Dracula. Give it a try in MAME.

Castlevania Adventure II I didn't like as it moved too slowly.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Arasoi quit collecting and sold most of his collection a while ago.

[bust3dstr8]

How hard is it to find the Haunted Castle PCB? What kinda munny we looking at for it?

[G-Boobie]

How hard is it to find the Haunted Castle PCB? What kinda munny we looking at for it?

I don't think I've ever seen it for sale. Trust me on this, though: you don't want it.

[Haoie]

Does anyone know Mr P, who runs the CV Realm over at VGMuseum, personally? Great site.

[Lucifersam1]

I have seen it on ebay twice in the past few years.. always fetches a high price (over $200 if I remember correctly).


How hard is it to find the Haunted Castle PCB? What kinda munny we looking at for it?

[RadiantSvgun]

How hard is it to find the Haunted Castle PCB? What kinda munny we looking at for it?

I'm not sure if its even JAMMA compatible.

[G-Boobie]

Allow me to bump this thread with an example of Extreme Nerdage. I figure we may as well whip out the 'Ol virtual dongs and see who has the nicest collection.

Hint: It isn't me. Here is the collection(no pics at the moment, sowwy) as of now. All games are US versions unless otherwise specified, and all games are complete unless otherwise noted.

NES:
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simons Quest
Castlevania III: Draculas Curse
Akumajou Dracula-kun (JP import of Kid Dracula)

Gameboy
Castlevania Legends (cart only)
Castlevania Adventure (cart only)

Super NES
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Dracula X

PS1
Castlevania Chronicles
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (both GH and Non-GH)
Akumajou Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight (JP limited ed)

Saturn
Akumajou Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight (JP)

Nintendo 64
Castlevania 64 (cart only)
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness

Gameboy Advance
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

PSP
Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (includes pre-order bonus)

PS2
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Nintendo DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow(non Konami 'the best')
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Includes the pre-order bonus)

Turbo Duo
Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood [JP import]

Xbox 360
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (On the DLC tip, yo)

Random Stuff
'WMD' shirt
Strategy guides for Portrait of Ruin, Curse of Darkness, and Symphony of the Night.


Hows about you guys?

[RadiantSvgun]

Ha, digital dongs. I simply call it collection comparison. You can't buy a new dong as far as I know.

NES
Castlevania- loose
Castlevania II: Simon's quest- loose
Castlevania III- complete

Famicom
Akumajo Dracula
Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin
(both in transit right now)

Super Nintendo
Castlevania IV- complete, mint
Dracula X -complete, mint

Turbo Duo
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood-complete

Game Boy Advance
Circle of the moon- loose
Castlevania Double Pack- brand new

Ps1
Castlevania Symphony of the Night- complete, black label, original owner
Castlevania Chronicles- complete

everything else is complete, non-GH
Ps2
Castlevania Lament of Innocence
Castlevania Curse of Darkness

DS
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow

PSP
Dracula X chronicles with bonus

Strat guides
Curse of Darkness
Lament of Innocence
Dawn of Sorrow

Other:
Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku Wall scroll
Castlevania Chronicles wall scroll

[Drag0nsfyre]

I still need quite a few Castlevania games that are missing from my collection but here is the list atm.

NES
Castlevania (complete)
Castlevania II: Simons Quest (cart only)
Castlevania III: Draculas Curse (cart only)
Akumajou Dracula-kun (cart only)

SNES
Super Castlevania IV (cart/ins.)

DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (non GH)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (still need pre-order bonus)

360
Castlevania SOTN (XBL)

Misc.
Castlevania Curse of the Darkness LE soundtrack sampler
Want to pick up a few of those wallscrolls as well. :)

I will pick up cronicles soon for the PSP

So I'm missing a bunch of stuff still. :( before I started collecing I had SOTN for the PS1 as well as Aria of Sorrow for the GBA so I need to re-aquire those as well as others I'm missing.

Are the 3d ones on the PS2/xbox etc. any good? I have not played any of them yet. I've only played the classic 2d style.
Also, I am seriously trying to find a set of the new Castlevania figures. I never ran across them around here. So if anyone of you have seen them or can get them in your neck of the woods LMK. :D

[Oobgarm]

NES:
Castlevania (boxed)
Castlevania II: Simons Quest (loose)
Castlevania III: Draculas Curse (loose)

Super NES
Super Castlevania IV (complete)
Castlevania: Dracula X (loose)

PS1
Castlevania Chronicles (complete)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Non-GH) (complete)

Nintendo 64
Castlevania 64 (loose)
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (loose)

Gameboy Advance
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (complete)
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (complete)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (complete)

PSP
Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (complete)

PS2
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (complete)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (complete)

Nintendo DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (original print) (complete)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (complete)

Xbox 360
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (lol DLC)

Random Stuff/Pre-order bonuses:
Pre-Order Soundtrack CDs from LoI and CoD
Preorder items from DXC and PoR
Guides for LoI, CoD

[MarkMan]

Arasoi quit collecting and sold most of his collection a while ago.

Oh no!!! :(

Sad to hear that, best of luck to you Arasoi (if you still lurk here) !

[RadiantSvgun]

Oh no!!! :(

Sad to hear that, best of luck to you Arasoi (if you still lurk here) !

For real man, hes the best of all us Castlevania people.

Oobergarm, I didn't realize you were a Castlevania fan!

[Arasoi]

Im still around =)

Sold off most of the collection, didnt make sense to be collecting anything that avidly anymore. I still like the series, though I have mixed feelings about it's direction.

This new fighting game for the Wii is a perfect example of whats, well.. going wrong with the art direction. All of the characters look like they work in a brothel of some kind. Poor Simon Belmont, seriously.

Order of Ecclesia(SP?) looks interesting and I look forward to it. I still think Portrait of Ruin was a nice game despite people bashing it a lot recently. I hope for a change of pace from the typical archetypes of the series in the same way with Ecclesia.

[RadiantSvgun]

Hey hey! There he is! Did you ever sell that Castlevania Vinyl record?

Man, I heard about the fighting game, but I haven't seen anything about it yet.

[Bloodreign]

Heh I have a few of his Castlevania related items now in my collection (mainly 2 games), Arasoi really had quite an impressive collection. If I wouldn't be so darned cash strapped most of them time I would've snagged more. ;)

[onReload]

Im still around =)

Sold off most of the collection, didnt make sense to be collecting anything that avidly anymore. I still like the series, though I have mixed feelings about it's direction.

This new fighting game for the Wii is a perfect example of whats, well.. going wrong with the art direction. All of the characters look like they work in a brothel of some kind. Poor Simon Belmont, seriously.

Order of Ecclesia(SP?) looks interesting and I look forward to it. I still think Portrait of Ruin was a nice game despite people bashing it a lot recently. I hope for a change of pace from the typical archetypes of the series in the same way with Ecclesia.
The concept art has wayyy too effeminate since SotN I think, but then as games got better graphics to work with, the femininity shone through. I think the handhelds (gba & ds) are great, although they're just reworkings of the same game - but when has that made a gamer complain?

People bash on the 3D ones a lot, but personally, I loved Curse of Darkness. I thought the ID system was really interesting, and you could do a lot with it, plus forging weapons was great, more intuitive than in Aria of Sorrow. I filled out the bestiary even -_-, so you can tell I didn't mind grinding a whole lot in that game.

I still haven't heard anything about this fighter, I'll have to go find some stuff.

[RadiantSvgun]

The concept art has wayyy too effeminate since SotN I think, but then as games got better graphics to work with, the femininity shone through. I think the handhelds (gba & ds) are great, although they're just reworkings of the same game - but when has that made a gamer complain?

People bash on the 3D ones a lot, but personally, I loved Curse of Darkness. I thought the ID system was really interesting, and you could do a lot with it, plus forging weapons was great, more intuitive than in Aria of Sorrow. I filled out the bestiary even -_-, so you can tell I didn't mind grinding a whole lot in that game.

I still haven't heard anything about this fighter, I'll have to go find some stuff.

Yeah, I like the old artwork better. The cover of Dracula X on US SNES and PC engine is the best.

[onReload]

Yeah, I like the old artwork better. The cover of Dracula X on US SNES and PC engine is the best.

I hate to sound so cliched, but y'know, can you imagine if Contra came to newer consoles and the main characters had long hair, frilly coats, and fair skin? Why isn't Trevor (oh god, let's not even think about "Ralph") Belmont MANLY anymore?

The guys they draw now don't look like they've held anything but a wine glass.

My apologies for the stereotypes, though I don't see these guys as whipping anything. I don't mean to offend the hundreds of aristocratic lion tamers out there reading this.

I'm excited for OoE (If I may coin that acronym)...Female protagonist, thought IGA didn't like those? Didn't he dismiss Sonia's place in the timeline and all that?

The one screenshot on wiki suggests a totally NEW BOSS SPRITE, thank god. I don't want to see the old ones anymore, even though I do have to say I don't mind fighting some of the regulars. That was another advantage to the 3D games - you could see old bosses and characters in 3D, like Dullahan.

[RadiantSvgun]

I hate to sound so cliched, but y'know, can you imagine if Contra came to newer consoles and the main characters had long hair, frilly coats, and fair skin? Why isn't Trevor (oh god, let's not even think about "Ralph") Belmont MANLY anymore?

The guys they draw now don't look like they've held anything but a wine glass.

Yup. Look at the art now compared to Super Castlevania IV. Actually, I have the same issue with a lot of game art these days. Remember back in the NES days? Art styles like double dragon ruled the box art! Sigh....

Still, Castlevania has managed to keep on track with the gameplay. I didn't like the n64 castlevanias, thats why I don't own them. I do like the Castlevanias on ps2. Lament of innocence is one of my favorite games, if not a little short.

[Oobgarm]

Lament of innocence is one of my favorite games, if not a little short.

Glad to know I'm not alone in thinking the same. Matter of fact, I can that it for rekindling my interest in the series, which waned after IV.

[ShinobiMan]

Ah Castlevania... lover, temptress. She is a beautiful beast. A rainbow run through a sawmill and sprinkled on vampire kittens.

OK, enough alliteration. Who has a favorite Castlevania boss battle? Mine has got to be Frankenstein's Monster in Castlevania 3. It holds nostalgic horror for me. LOL

[RadiantSvgun]

Ha, I'd have to break it down by game.

Castlevania 1- Death and Dr. Frankenstein's monster

Castlevania III- Death, Doppleganger, and the Ghost/3 Gauntlet creature-fest

Castlevania IV- The Ghost Dancers, The 2 headed dragon stuck to a wall, Death had the coolest entrance ever, The Sir Grakul Armor, and Gaibon

Castlevania bloodlines- Its all about facing Elizabeth Bartley on the hardest difficulty.

SOTN- all of them.

Dracula X- Death, and the creature gauntlet.

[G-Boobie]

Castlevania: I'm actually going with the giant bat. Castlevania was one of the first games I ever played on NES, and I remember how impressed I was with it, especially compared to the C64 games I'd been playing.
Castlevania III: Death fer sure

Symphony of the Night: Either Orlock or Galamoth. Special mention goes to the Castlevania III zombies.

Rondo of Blood: Death again. God he's a bitch.

[MarkMan]

I loved the stage 3 boss battle in the original Castlevania!

I really enjoyed the whole final boss battle of Simon's Quest as well...

For Rondo and Rondo's PSP remake, I'd have to say each one was very enjoyable... same with SOTN...

[RadiantSvgun]

Has any of the Castlevania characters had a cameo in another game? Besides Konami-man in SOTN?

[kainemaxwell]

I'm excited for OoE (If I may coin that acronym)...Female protagonist, thought IGA didn't like those? Didn't he dismiss Sonia's place in the timeline and all that?

Yup, which kinda sucks since I kinda liked that aspect to "begin" the CV timeline.

maybe next time i fire up my DC nes rom disc I'll actually try to like Castlevania 2.

[Blitzwing256]

wai wai world 1 and 2 had simon belmont as a playable charecter, in the first one you had to rescue simon from castlevania in one of the levels (then you can play as him)

dreamfighter for the lamecube you can play as simon belmont (and more importantly you can have him fight optimus prime)

[RadiantSvgun]

wai wai world 1 and 2 had simon belmont as a playable charecter, in the first one you had to rescue simon from castlevania in one of the levels (then you can play as him)

dreamfighter for the lamecube you can play as simon belmont (and more importantly you can have him fight optimus prime)

I forgot about those....

[Arasoi]

For more obscurity, look up "Battle Tryst" a semi-rare 3D0 M2 hardware arcade game where Simon and Richter are apparently playable (with odd designs)

[RadiantSvgun]

For more obscurity, look up "Battle Tryst" a semi-rare 3D0 M2 hardware arcade game where Simon and Richter are apparently playable (with odd designs)

Is that even Jamma?

[Arasoi]

I've read about people getting the M2 boards working with Supergun harnesses before, so it must at least be compatible with some tweaks.

[RadiantSvgun]

Wow, I'll have to check Y!J for that.

[Jisho23]

Since we were talking about boss battles I do gotta give props for the first part of the final fight in Portrait of Ruin (fighting Death and Dracula at the same time). Not that is was a particularly well done fight or even that difficult but because the concept fit so well in context with the game.

[DigitalSpace]

Here's the Castlevania games I own.

NES (all cart only)
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

Genesis
Castlevania Bloodlines (cart only)

SNES
Super Castlevania IV (cart only)

PlayStation
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (complete, GH)

Game Boy (both cart only)
The Castlevania Adventure
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

GBA
Castlevania (Classic NES Series) (complete)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (cart only)
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (cart only)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (cart only)

DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (complete, non-Konami's Best)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (complete)

Total: 14

[RadiantSvgun]

We've talked on artwork before, but what is your favorite castlevania art? US/JP? Why?

Also, whats your least favorite?

I really like the old school artwork. US Super Castlevania IV is my favorite. It shows simon as gritty, dirty, mean, all that stuff. There is a lot of action going on in it.

I don't like a lot of the new art, especially harmony on GBA. It makes the characters look like a bunch of pretty boys :(

I dunno, I like the tough guy artwork a lot better.

[RadiantSvgun]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Shin-Richard/100_0144.jpg

More to add to the collection. Anyone know how to pronounce Noroi no Fuuin?

[Arasoi]

no-roy no foo-in? If anyone knows better, correct me though.

Now you have to get the outer plastic holders (and manuals?) for those, and all the Dracula 2 trading cards :D

[RadiantSvgun]

no-roy no foo-in? If anyone knows better, correct me though.

Now you have to get the outer plastic holders (and manuals?) for those, and all the Dracula 2 trading cards :D

Yeah, thats going to be tough. Next on my list is a Akumajo Densestu.

[RadiantSvgun]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-Handbill-Famicom-JP-RARE_W0QQitemZ330252427621QQihZ014QQcategoryZ187QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Wowza, anyone want to give me $100? :D

Ckendal drives a hard bargain, but hes the one who got me the FDS games. Hes a member around here somewhere. Probably on Y!J again, I should ask him to look for Battle Tryst for me.

[ckendal]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-Handbill-Famicom-JP-RARE_W0QQitemZ330252427621QQihZ014QQcategoryZ187QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Wowza, anyone want to give me $100? :D

Ckendal drives a hard bargain, but hes the one who got me the FDS games. Hes a member around here somewhere. Probably on Y!J again, I should ask him to look for Battle Tryst for me.

It sold, to some guy in Italy.

[Tron 2.0]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-Handbill-Famicom-JP-RARE_W0QQitemZ330252427621QQihZ014QQcategoryZ187QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Wowza, anyone want to give me $100? :D

Ckendal drives a hard bargain, but hes the one who got me the FDS games. Hes a member around here somewhere. Probably on Y!J again, I should ask him to look for Battle Tryst for me.
Damn that's alot of for a flyer of,Akumajo Dracula though i've herd the poster for castlevania that konami sold for a time reach's a high amount as well.

Though if you thought that was bad you should see what i payed to get a copy of,Akumajo Dracula II for the FDS.
http://cgi.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290241740566

Sure a loose copy would have been cheap but i prefer my fds games cib.

[ckendal]

Damn that's alot of for a flyer of,Akumajo Dracula though i've herd the poster for castlevania that konami sold for a time reach's a high amount as well.

Though if you thought that was bad you should see what i payed to get a copy of,Akumajo Dracula II for the FDS.
http://cgi.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290241740566

Sure a loose copy would have been cheap but i prefer my fds games cib.

You overpaid and it isn't quite complete. It is missing one of the 7 cards that came randomly with each one. :(

[Tron 2.0]

You overpaid and it isn't quite complete. It is missing one of the 7 cards that came randomly with each one. :(
No card huh well i'm not that picky long as the game has it manual and case,then that's all i need.

Still that's ebay for ya bid snipeing at every turn ;)

[Soma]

I think the disk-writer version is even more difficult to collect though, finding it new is really, really difficult. :(

[ckendal]

I think the disk-writer version is even more difficult to collect though, finding it new is really, really difficult. :(

Finding the disk writer version, new? Impossible. Once those kids took them from those machines there is no way to tell. They aren't sealed, just loose disks from a vending machine with a paper manual. They aren't as uncommon as you think. I've seen plenty in the last 6 months.

[Soma]

Finding the disk writer version, new? Impossible. Once those kids took them from those machines there is no way to tell. They aren't sealed, just loose disks from a vending machine with a paper manual. They aren't as uncommon as you think. I've seen plenty in the last 6 months.

I think not impossible. The paper manual was given to people new and unfolded I think for an extra 100 Yen if you bought the game. I think maybe people could of kept it new after they got it. You could get new disk cards to write a game on to as well and so if you did that you could keep it unused too, the disk card might not be sealed but it can still be new, esp the paper manual and sticker.

[Xian042]

I'm surprised at the lack of the original GameBoy titles in everyones collection.

[RadiantSvgun]

I'm surprised at the lack of the original GameBoy titles in everyones collection.

I just don't like them gameplay-wise.

[RadiantSvgun]

Speaking of the gameboy games, Im surprised that no kind of remake has been done on them. Or a Castlevania Chronicles version of Castlevania III.

[G-Boobie]

I just don't like them gameplay-wise.

Yeah, they're not very good.

[HYB]

I haven't been around in a while. School just started so I'm hoping to be a little more active here.

Sadly my collection hasn't gotten any new games CV wise, been mainly grabbing what I can find in the wild. After November I plan on getting back to buying more CV, still got around 900 eur left but I don't know how much my vg tattoo project will cost.

So how has everyone else been :)?

[RadiantSvgun]

There he is! I was wondering when you show up!

[HYB]

There he is! I was wondering when you show up!

Yeah, here is the female of the group. Sorry if I seem manly XD.

[RadiantSvgun]

Ah, for the record, I used "he" as a general internet term.

I broke down and ordered Kid Dracula on Famicom. Has anyone played it? Good, Bad?

[G-Boobie]

It's fun. Alucard and Galamoth super-deformed? Hard to top that.

Has anyone else been messing with New International Track and Field? There's a bunch of Kick-ass Castlevania cameos and nods in there, including playable Belmont. Simon Belmont vs. Pyramid Head = neat-o.

[HYB]

I feel like kicking myself in the head, missing that AoS artbook auction that ended this morning, it went for pretty cheap.

[RadiantSvgun]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Shin-Richard/100_0224.jpg

Well worth the wait. For all castlevania fans young and old, Kid Dracula is a must-play.

[theChad]

On the subject of Castlevania, there are some fun game genie codes for the one on NES.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/file/578318/25650

I like to play it with ILVEIN. Try it out.

[RadiantSvgun]

For all the Castlevania fans, you owe it to yourselves to play the Famicom versions of the games, including Kid Dracula. Each game has notable differences. The only problem is getting ahold of a Fami+ disk system.

[ShinobiMan]

So did anyone buy Order Of Ecclesia? I love it. It's much better than Portrait Of Ruin but not as good as Dawn Of Sorrow (in my opinion). I just reached Dracula's castle. I must say, this is a pretty large castlevania game. The difficulty is just right too.

[mailman187666]

So did anyone buy Order Of Ecclesia? I love it. It's much better than Portrait Of Ruin but not as good as Dawn Of Sorrow (in my opinion). I just reached Dracula's castle. I must say, this is a pretty large castlevania game. The difficulty is just right too.

I bought it and have been playing it lately, I agree with it being right in the middle of PoR and Dawn of Sorrow. The way they set up the exploration is different, but still holds true to what we have been seeing with the Metroidvania style games. Definately a must own for CV fans.

[HYB]

I bought the konamistyle le pak, so I'm going to have to wait until next week to get it. I'll post pics if anyone wants to see. We in europe have to wait until next year for the release, though many I know have ordered the us one. I just bought another DXC to play and I'm getting tattooed in 3 weeks so I haven't got the money to buy the us version right now. Super excited that it's good though. I wish the japanese version had the option to change the language to english though.

[Arcade_Ness]

Well I can't rank the game yet, since I've only played it a little bit. I was quite surprised to see how difficult the game was. It feels like they made the game like an old Castlevania, which is a good thing. The change in art style is such a welcome change from the anime norm. Speaking of art they did completely new sprites for the enemies, instead of rehashes in previous entries. On top of that we get a female protagnoist(sp?)!
I wouldn't mind a sequel of this.

[HYB]

So yeah, got the konamistyle pak today. I'm not impressed and impressed at the same time. I dunno, I got it for 97 eur w/shipping at the time I bought it and I kinda don't think it was worth the money. This one loses to the DXC one in my opinion. Prices have gone up, play-asia lists this as 93 eur by itself now.

I didn't like the notebook, it's kind of small and lame, but I definitely digged the partly see through plastic poster. Maybe because I like hanging these on my wall. I actually tought it was going to be a small poster, not another huge ass one, and that I got off from the japanese page so I wasn't so sure play-asia's pak would come with one. So a nice surprise.

I got pix if anyone's interested http://irc-galleria.net/archive.php?nick=v%E4rikartta&image_id=92007028 .

[Sotenga]

1: I'm incredibly late for reporting in on a favorite all time boss battle, but I'd like to say that the finale against Dracula in CV3 has always held a nostalgic place in my heart when I finally beat it. I learned later that the Axe does you a world of good, but at least I was able to beat him without it.

2: I'm conflicted with Ecclesia: On the one hand, it's a fantastic game that's currently tied with Portrait of Ruin for "Best Handheld Castlevania." On the other, the "Metroidvania" style is still running a bit thin. On the third, I'd rather Konami keep making CV games like these instead of going in a new direction with Judgment.

3: Speaking of Judgment, has anyone seen Eric Lecarde's new design? Totally revolting. I mean... ARGH! >_<

[HYB]

I hate the designs for Judgement. The art is good and stuff but it just doesn't feel like Castlevania at all, the designs would be kick ass in any other series, just get them out of my CV. I'd either prefer them to be old school or Kojima style. Post-apocalytic CV wtf.

I'm starting to miss Simon's feather boa. Also Alucard no longer looks badass, reminds me paladins from FF rather than the son of Dracula. At least Eric has some sensible clothes, but he reminds me of a 10 year old, and the clothes do remind me of DXC Maria too much.

Carmilla, what were they thinking, seriously. Carmilla has always been one of my favorite characters in the series, and even though she was naked on top of skull before that outfit even puts Ivy to shame. It just does not suit, Carmilla should be a refined sexy lady even when naked.

I could go on for days, seriously.

[LuxKiller65]

Thread, please rise from your grave!

http://ooglewindowblinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/thunder-storm-lightning13.gif

All right, I have to say something otherwise they'll call me a troller. Last year I got so bored that I decided to play Vampire's Kiss again, and although not being particulary motivated, it went so smooth that I found myself in front of Dracula without having lost a single life:

http://g.imagehost.org/0371/vamp-kiss-12-lives640.jpg

Yes, then Dracula killed me...

:-|

[FamicomFreak]

Wow that sucks. I just got Castlevania Dracula X for the PSP. I haven't played it yet since I need to upgrade my psp firmware. I haven't used my psp in about a year....hmm custom firmware help anyone?

[HYB]

I suck at old CV games so I've given up.

I still think that Ecclesia sucks.

And I got myself Legacy of Darkness and some other crap.

How have you been?

[LuxKiller65]

Ah ah ah indeed, the new CVs have calmed our beef; thats why the thread got buried.

[HYB]

I predict that in the next CV it's possible to obtain IGA's underpants as an usable item.

That's how calmed the new games are.