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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2010, 06:59:05 AM »
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It was called the Vampire Killer in Castlevania Bloodlines.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2010, 09:38:09 AM »
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*snip*
Her 3D model was absolutely horrible too. Leon, you have horrible taste.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2010, 10:52:56 AM »
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"Poltergeist King" never was the case, never made official by Konami. So the whip never had an "established origin" prior to IGA.

I'm aware that there never was a poltergeist king. I was just one of those american translations that got stuck in our minds for who-knows how many years.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2010, 02:54:03 PM »
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The Poltergeist King was also included in the Captain N cartoon I believe


but ne way here is another totally kawaii picture of Sara Trantoul!!!!!


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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2010, 11:37:06 PM »
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Sara Trantoul's character art is okay. But she looked way too asian in the game itself. It was not a good translation.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2010, 11:17:10 AM »
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It was called the Vampire Killer in Castlevania Bloodlines.

Absolutely. But the Vampire Killer plot is such a stupid plot !

I prefer the Legends theory, which explains that Belmont's ability is to fight with whips, no a specific whip. Sonia learned to use a whip with her grandfather, it clearly prooves there is not only 1 whip but many whips !

The whip alone isn't the key for fighting the evil forces

--> it's the Belmont's supernatural and strong fighting abilities !


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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2010, 12:44:49 PM »
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Vampire Killer be darned.

It's all about the Hunter's Whip.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2010, 06:35:04 PM »
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Absolutely. But the Vampire Killer plot is such a stupid plot !

I prefer the Legends theory, which explains that Belmont's ability is to fight with whips, no a specific whip. Sonia learned to use a whip with her grandfather, it clearly prooves there is not only 1 whip but many whips !

The whip alone isn't the key for fighting the evil forces

--> it's the Belmont's supernatural and strong fighting abilities !



That actually doesn't prove anything of the sort. It lends no credit to your argument at all really.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2010, 11:11:30 PM »
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It's not like the Belmonts aren't super strong without a whip either.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2010, 12:02:17 AM »
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That actually doesn't prove anything of the sort. It lends no credit to your argument at all really.

Actually I also thought that this was the case. Eversince playing my first CV game back in the late 80's (CV2) I had always assumed that the whip or weapons drew their strength from the wielder (Belmont). But I also believed that the "Mystic whip" also had some form of power all on it's own, but when used by a Belmont, it's power maxed out.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2010, 11:03:13 PM »
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The Vampire Killer? It's a miserable pile of secrets.

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #26 on: September 08, 2010, 07:30:37 AM »
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The Vampire Killer is a magical whip containing the soul of one of the best Ayami Kojima-designed characters in the series

even though that only gets mentioned once since it's a huge retcon.

Not really a huge one. Actually, the backstory of SQ contains a mysterious ghost lady who might very well be Sara.


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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #27 on: September 08, 2010, 07:39:51 AM »
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Heh, funny that you also laid that connection.   

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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2010, 11:03:43 AM »
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A chain whip with magical/alchemical properties that can change it's shape/form. That's how I've always seen it.


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Re: What exactly IS the Vampire Killer?
« Reply #29 on: September 08, 2010, 04:33:46 PM »
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That actually doesn't prove anything of the sort. It lends no credit to your argument at all really.

Yo

How can you explain both Christopher and Soleiyu fight each other with a whip ? Both are using the Vampire Killer, maybe ? What's the hell....

Just play old games, and you'll see that the Belmonts are using many whips during their journeys to Dracula : Chain Whip, Leather Whip, MorningStar, Flame Whip, etc etc....

And the Belmont's main weapon has been called the Mystic Whip so many times...

Belmont's ability is to fight with whips, just think a little more, for one time.

All the Igarashi's LOI' Vampire Killer story is a stupid plot for kids. Definitely.

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