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I remember reading somewhere that not only Maria traversed the castle with him, but SotN's "Maria makes you invincible against Dracula" was canon. And I remember vaguely that IGA himself said that.
Where was it said that the power-up scene is actually canon? As I recall, it was actually fairly difficult to lose against Dracula because he was so easy. ;o
The timeline says they defeated Dracula together, so unless this is a scenario that is not obtainable in the game, I assume, as others have been saying, the scene where Maria powers up Richter is "what happend". Can you rescue Iris, Tera, and Annette while only following a single route (I forgot)? If not, it would make sense that Richter and Maria split up.
You would also assume SOTN's opening sequence is canon since it's recollecting what happened in Rondo. Although Maria's presence does prevent the player from death which is a convenience factor.
Interestingly with the SotN opening that replicates the ending of RoB, it pretty much negates DXC as being canonical since Dracula's third form doesn't appear in the flashback/prologue
Maria quotes that Richter and her defeated Dracula together.Source? Castlevania Judgment dialog VS. Shanoa (in Shanoa's Story Mode).Shanoa: A little girl, in a place like this?Maria: Little...! This "little girl" beat Dracula, ya know.Shanoa: You defeated Dracula?Maria: Yep, it's true. I beat him with Richter. We did it together.Shanoa: If that's true, I ask you grant me a battle.Maria: I, uh... I guess that'd be okay. Well, whenever you're ready.
How not to be a dark lord: the answer to that is a terribly interesting answer that involves an almost Jedi-like adherence to keeping oneself under control and finding ways to be true to yourself in a way that doesn't encourage the worst parts of you to become dangerously exaggerated and instead feeds your better nature. Also, protip: don't fuck with Alchemy or strike up any deals with ancient Japanese Shinigami gods no matter how tempting the deal or how suavely dressed the Shinigami is.
It's far less convoluted and more logical to consider it licensed-but-noncanon fanfiction as a video game, whether Konami regards it as canon or not.