Topic: With Which Whip Would You Whip?

[X]

I can't remember were I saw it but was the vampire killer going to be a sword at first, but they couldn't make it look good so they went for a whip instead.

I heard this as well. Supposedly a sword was difficult to program for some odd reason so they chose a whip instead. I'm still trying to figure their logic out on that one...

[Guy Belmont]

Well I think when Simon is in  mid whip it looks  a bit like they were trying to get it to look like a sword, but it just would not come out right. And it looks a bit like rubber, so they must have thought ok lets make it a whip like  Indiana Jones, or Vampire Hunter D.

[KaZudra]

TBH LoI's Vampire killer (and CoTM) are potentially the most powerful whips in the entire series.
Ironically, Castlevania rather downplays the full power of a whip, it can generate sonic booms faster than guile on a turbo controller

[Belmontoya]

If you're counting LOS stuff they shadow whip should be on here, eh?

[Lumi Kløvstad]

If you're counting LOS stuff they shadow whip should be on here, eh?

Thing one: it's less useful overall than the Combat Cross (no added mobility or ability to really grapple).
Thing two: only Gabriel Belmont can use it (it's not really something you could "pick up" and use).
Thing three: It's not even really a whip. It's Gabe's blood.

Now I considered including the "Dark Pain" whip Alucard used in Mirror of Fate, but seeing as it's portrayed as being functionally identical to a mass produced Combat Cross (just with extra eeeeeeeeeviiiiiiil included), I elected not to as it would be a redundant entry. It does look fucking sweet though.