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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: uzo on October 03, 2012, 06:22:26 PM
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I don't know if this has ever been posted before. I certainly don't remember it. I stumbled upon it in a Youtube trap. Regardless, it is quite interesting.
Game Theory: Castlevania, Dracula Spectacula (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDGCnw3qu98#)
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You didnt knew Game Theory? Its very cool, we translate it in our blog :)
Anyway thanks since I dont have seem all episodes.
EDIT: Im really impressed with the result of this video.
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Pretty cool. There were a lot of points I never really considered.
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Aria of Sorrow is the most historically accurate Castlevania game.
Vlad the Impaler was totally a silver-haired Japanese high school student from the future.
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Count Dracula wasn't a real person, so historical accuracy is kind of moot. Mixing Dracula with Vlad Tepes is a pretty new concept. From what I understand, when Stoker was creating the character he was going to call him Count Wampyr- then he discovered Vlad in some source material and used it as window dressing for the character.
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How its a new concept if they did it since the beggining?
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That was an awesome share, thanks!
Also further proof for the CV64 master race. 8) (j/k!)
A lot of interesting points made during the video, I also like the Morris shout out at the end of the video, very cool. Also Belmont Conspiracy seems accurate too, I mean just check out Juese Belmont! ;)
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An extremely solid argument that video was. I liked very much. The discrepancies of the original novel and CV64/LoD are something I've never considered until now. Well Done!
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How its a new concept if they did it since the beggining?
I guess what I mean is identifying Dracula as actually being Vlad instead of just using the name (other than both being Romanian nobles, there's not that much in common- Vlad was a Wallachian and the Count is a Transylvanian Szekely). 20 years ago identifying Dracula as the historic Vlad the Impaler probably seemed novel, but it's almost become a cliche unto itself.
On top of that, I think it's a little problematic giving a character like Dracula a solid origin story. Maybe the character WAS Vlad, maybe he was just an itinerant vampire looking for a castle and liked the idea of being called "Son of the Dragon/Devil". In the west we definitely have an overbearing need to know where something comes from, but I like the idea of Dracula having mysterious origins.
Although if Dracula IS supposed to be Vlad, that certainly throws an interesting light on his niece being Elizabeth Bartley/Bathory.
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That was awesome. Thanks!
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Ok, so that was completely interesting and I love the fact that someone else loves to delve into the theories of Castlevania lore, as convoluted as it all is, and come out with some fascinating concepts.
But that Judgement clip of Maria staring at Sypha's boobs? I'm fairly certain he stole that from my Castlevania 25th anniversary review done early that month last year. No lie. It took me forever to get the timing right on the clip. Just saying.
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But that Judgement clip of Maria staring at Sypha's boobs? I'm fairly certain he stole that from my Castlevania 25th anniversary review done early that month last year. No lie. It took me forever to get the timing right on the clip. Just saying.
+1
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But that Judgement clip of Maria staring at Sypha's boobs? I'm fairly certain he stole that from my Castlevania 25th anniversary review done early that month last year. No lie. It took me forever to get the timing right on the clip. Just saying.
Well, everyone can use a emulator or a DVD recorder to do that, but you can be right.
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But that Judgement clip of Maria staring at Sypha's boobs? I'm fairly certain he stole that from my Castlevania 25th anniversary review done early that month last year. No lie. It took me forever to get the timing right on the clip. Just saying.
It's readily available, and not hard to find honestly; CastleVania Judgement Maria's Story (Boobies) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYTPWAavALg#)
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It's readily available, and not hard to find honestly; CastleVania Judgement Maria's Story (Boobies) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYTPWAavALg#)
I remember for a while that was the #1 or #2 search result on youtube for "Castlevania"
While we're posting classics everyone remember this one? Re: CASTLEVANIA 2: SIMON's QUEST by the Angry Nintendo Nerd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbto1neHWQA#) I was always surprised that guy never got bigger in the whole "internet reviewer" scene after this.
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I remember for a while that was the #1 or #2 search result on youtube for "Castlevania"
While we're posting classics everyone remember this one? Re: CASTLEVANIA 2: SIMON's QUEST by the Angry Nintendo Nerd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbto1neHWQA#) I was always surprised that guy never got bigger in the whole "internet reviewer" scene after this.
That was a pretty sweet response review. Watched some of his other stuff and found them enjoyable. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Ratty, its pretty funny :)
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Kid Dracula ,
Definitly
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Kid Dracula ,
Definitly
Famicom or Gameboy?
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I remember for a while that was the #1 or #2 search result on youtube for "Castlevania"
While we're posting classics everyone remember this one? Re: CASTLEVANIA 2: SIMON's QUEST by the Angry Nintendo Nerd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbto1neHWQA#) I was always surprised that guy never got bigger in the whole "internet reviewer" scene after this.
AVGN is pretty darn "big", I'd say... He even just recently finished filming an Angry Videogame Nerd movie.
You've probably been following his Youtube, not his website, cinemassacre.com
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Gotta love when there is some Castlevania64/Legacy of Darkness love around. :D
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Famicom or Gameboy?
*Famicom
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AVGN is pretty darn "big", I'd say... He even just recently finished filming an Angry Videogame Nerd movie.
You've probably been following his Youtube, not his website, cinemassacre.com
You missed the "Re:" and didn't follow the link I take it? Lol, that's not the AVGN, but a response video to his Simon's Quest review he got years ago.
Gotta love when there is some Castlevania64/Legacy of Darkness love around. :D
Agreed. :)
Here's another old but amusing Castlevania related video I just remembered, though it requires a small bit of explanation. Retsupurae is where two guys from Something Awful* make fun of bad Let's Plays by talking over them MST3K style.
They've also made fun of some terrible reviews which were made in the 1990s by George Wood for local TV and posted to youtube by Navgtr.
Wood's review of SOTN, in which he gives the controls a "C" (notice that he gives Tomb Raider 2's controls an A) and says there's "Nothing to set it apart from previous Dracula outings" is among the reviews Retsupurae'd.
George Wood also said that Goldeneye was terrible. But he's probably most remembered for his Laura Croft game idea.
Profanity warning
Great Video Game Idea! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0lzbCK9f8#)
Symphony of the Night was disappointingly enjoyable (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vhGSm0rfw#)
*Including Slowbeef, who is credited with making the first video with "Let's Play" in the name. Though probably not the first "Let's Play" style video. "Let's Play" had previously been the name used on Something Awful for pictorial walkthroughs.
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I think those two had a hell of a time making fun of the dude who didn't know what he was reviewing. :)
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LMAO thats hilarious haha.
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How its a new concept if they did it since the beggining?
Is there any accuracy needed when it comes to fiction?
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No, however some accuracy is good to a certain degree, but definately doesn't have to be 100% (for instance, people saying Dracula absolutely MUST be the Vlad III from the history books :rollseyes:)
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The only thing that can be historically accurate about a fictional idea is that the idea was acknowledged as being fiction.
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Kid Dracula ,
Definitly
It's me or younger Alucard in this pics is similar Kid Dracula ?
(http://imageshack.us/a/img5/6091/598995105.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/5/598995105.jpg/)
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It's me or younger Alucard in this pics is similar Kid Dracula ?
(http://imageshack.us/a/img5/6091/598995105.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/5/598995105.jpg/)
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What game is THAT from? :o
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What game is THAT from? :o
Monster Retsuden ORECA BATTLE
http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Retsuden_ORECA_BATTLE (http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Retsuden_ORECA_BATTLE)
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(for instance, people saying Dracula absolutely MUST be the Vlad III from the history books :rollseyes:)
Why can't Dracula be Vlad III? The two are virtually synonymous now and the Character Dracula was based off of Vlad III and not just in the given title 'Dracula' either. While they did start off as being separate entities, they both have the same origins and that is the real life Vlad Tepes and both are now coming back together. Besides, Vlad was far more brutal then Bram Stoker's fictional character ever was. By combining the real life Vlad with Dracula we get a worthy badass villain for the Belmont family imo 8)
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There's nothing wrong with using Vlad III, but God forbid they (Konami, whoever) take some creative liberties and deviate from history a little bit [or a lot], then it's OMG THEY MESSED UP DRACULA AGHH
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Monster Retsuden ORECA BATTLE
http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Retsuden_ORECA_BATTLE (http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Retsuden_ORECA_BATTLE)
Hahaha!!! That is hilarious. I'm not not a huge fan of Pokemon, but this could inspire one to do a special hack for one of those. Aluca -> Alucard -> Dracula LOL!
There's nothing wrong with using Vlad III, but God forbid they (Konami, whoever) take some creative liberties and deviate from history a little bit [or a lot], then it's OMG THEY MESSED UP DRACULA AGHH
I kind of agree, except that I have no faith in any large organization taking "creative liberties" with anything and not fucking it up somehow.
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That's pretty cool.
But the whole dragon shape thing was looked at ... wrong imo.
I believe the bible, at least the translated one, had Satan as a 7 headed dragon? or something like that, and I think that's where they were going with it. Instead of a literal dragon, I think they were going for the ultimate demon.