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Title: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Nagumo on February 28, 2011, 06:18:24 PM
I bet every old-time Castlevania pondered about this at least once. The Japanese offical guide explains that this attack is actually supposed to be the sixth body part of Dracula that Simon's doesn't know about. Namely his fang(?).

The more you know~!     
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: DarkPrinceAlucard on February 28, 2011, 06:25:36 PM
Thanks for the info. ;)
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Thunderbrand on February 28, 2011, 06:32:03 PM
I bet every old-time Castlevania pondered about this at least once. The Japanese offical guide explains that this attack is actually supposed to be the sixth body part of Dracula that Simon's doesn't know about. Namely his fang(?).

The more you know~!    

I actually never pondered it to be honest---but a fang makes more sense than a fingernail. I always thought it was strange that the nail was one of the body parts you had to find. A fang would've been much cooler.
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Dremn on February 28, 2011, 07:38:51 PM
I didn't even know Dracula could actually attack in Simon's Quest.
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Gunlord on February 28, 2011, 08:46:20 PM
Neither did I. Man, its been a while since I've played u_u
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: crisis on February 28, 2011, 09:57:29 PM
@Nagumo-baby: thnx for the info nagumomo. but how can Juste locate the body parts if Simon destroyed them??


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Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Wallachia on February 28, 2011, 10:15:20 PM
Oh yes, I see.. they ARE giant bloody fangs:
Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest - Dracula Fight - See how quick you can die on him (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XFPROUvFYU#)
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Successor The Cruel on February 28, 2011, 10:34:03 PM
@but how can Juste locate the body parts if Simon destroyed them??

Seeing as how Dracula regenerates, it's likely that his body parts regenerate.  Perhaps they arrive before he fully resurrects.  Why they'd be scattered all over his castle in Harmony of Dissonance instead of in one spot is anyone's guess, though.  I'm sure the reasoning behind it is that it makes for a better game : T
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: thernz on February 28, 2011, 11:46:24 PM
I guess you could say EVIL!Maxim dropped them. Also being a ninja, he put them in super secret places.
That fang thing in Simon's Quest is neat though. Pretty abstract but I guess it makes sense given the limitations, or at least probably reasoning to make for a better game.
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: A-Yty on February 28, 2011, 11:53:11 PM
By official Japanese guide do you mean the manual?
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: X on March 01, 2011, 12:19:14 AM
I always assumed that they were boomerang-shaped fireballs.

-X
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: danceofgold on March 01, 2011, 12:45:49 AM
Cool, although I never notice what Dracula uses in Simon's quest because he just stands there getting hit.
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Nagumo on March 01, 2011, 07:37:06 AM
By official Japanese guide do you mean the manual?

It's from a rare strategy guide called Friday Special - Dracula 2: Noroi no Fuuin.

Oh yes, I see.. they ARE giant bloody fangs:

I guess that would make sense for a guy who's ribs look like shields.     
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Grim_Creeper on March 03, 2011, 05:40:34 AM
I paused the screen and looked at it with a magnifying glass.

It looks like a scythe but I think its a single large curved fang, probably about the size of a sword. In short, rather deadly, sharp, and fast flying. Simons final battle suddenly became a whole heck of a heap lot more epic.
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: thernz on March 03, 2011, 06:13:06 AM
cranky old dracula is tossing his loose teeth at simon
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Wallachia on March 03, 2011, 06:22:15 AM
cranky old dracula is tossing his loose teeth at simon

this and, the post previous to it, are gold. Laughed out loud :)
Title: Re: News flash! The reason why Dracula attacks with scythes in Simon's Quest!
Post by: Grim_Creeper on March 03, 2011, 09:38:27 PM
Did you get a mental image of a super nerdy looking Rick Moranis type guy pausing the game's screen and looking at it with two giant coke-bottle glasses and two huge magnifying glasses attached to a helmet? Thats sorta the image I was going for.