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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Classic Castlevania Threads => Topic started by: Kaneda on October 05, 2014, 04:33:34 PM
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I've never heard anyone ever ask this question before. A whip seems like such an odd choice of weapon. Don't get me wrong, I think it was a brilliant choice in its originality. I just wouldn't expect it when a sword would suffice.
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Either Indiana Jones was all the rage back in 1986 or it was a nod to Doris of the Vampire Hunter D movie (which had come out the year before). Maybe both.
In-universe? Well the whip did come from Rinaldo. Maybe he made it to make Walter suffer as he had suffered.
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I hope I'm not stealing anyone's thunder or anything, but I asked this once...I think it was one of the first threads I started. I got a number of answers that were pretty good if you wanna check it out (http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,6807.0.html)!
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Cool! Thanks, man.
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Funny how the wording of the title is exactly the same as the previous thread.
A good link mentioned there was no longer good, but I did a quick search and found a current one, heh
Is That A Whip? - Robot Chicken (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZ_M0w8xKs#ws)
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Here's another you missed, lol.
Dorkly Bits - Castlevania S&M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMX6N_Rxar8#ws)
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X-D HA! The first one's my favorite of those!
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A sword is a short-range weapon. You need to get dangerously close to the enemy to attack him. A chain-whip could be much more effective, even though hard to use. Also, spinning the whip could keep away hordes of enemies trying to surround you.
Plus, I think Belmonts usually carry a whip AND a sword, even though the games don't allow you to use the sword.
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.giantbomb.com%2Fuploads%2Foriginal%2F0%2F26%2F10212-SimonBelmont.gif&hash=f4c1232c06595d2d134a2fff94ab3d1d) (https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg1.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20101202062819%2Fcastlevania%2Fimages%2F4%2F4a%2FRichter_rob_ad_cropped.jpg&hash=ac1713530ec6af034c307cb1a759ba0b)
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Plus, I think Belmonts usually carry a whip AND a sword, even though the games don't allow you to use the sword.
That they do. However before CV64/LoD I feel that the sword would have represented the player's sub-weapons.
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Funny how the wording of the title is exactly the same as the previous thread.
A good link mentioned there was no longer good, but I did a quick search and found a current one, heh
Is That A Whip? - Robot Chicken (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZ_M0w8xKs#ws)
JCVD as Dracula really works for some reason.
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Why?
a) great gameplay mechanic with more options than a sword (like SCV IV dangle)
b) it's biblical, symbolic of pain and suffering etc. kind of has that stigma to it like the lance of longinus
c) it's original, raw and primal
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Up until I finally got an instruction manual years later, I always assumed the dagger was a sword and referred to it as such. Turns out it's a butterknife.