Castlevania Dungeon Forums
The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: theANdROId on April 06, 2014, 11:50:49 AM
-
Seeing a question and answer in the Trivia (http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,6847.0.html) topic reminded me of some of the "little" details in Castlevania games -- though they're not really important, or maybe not even necessary for the plot of the game -- they just add to the greatness of the games! Things like:
- The fact that the clock in SotN chimes 13 times
- The life of the bird that nests under the Outer Wall in SotN
There are tons to name I'm sure. What are some of your favorite "little things"?
-
the confessional in symphony
the "warp room" in haunted castle
all the throwbacks/easter eggs from the classics that are in harmony
the changing weather patterns in symphony
the "load rooms" in all the metroidvanias (sans harmony & circle)
the paintings in lament
maxim's Stellar Sword in portrait
changing into cat form in ecclesia, then watching all the cat demons follow you around
just to name a few
-
I don't remember all of these...I'm gonna have to go back and check them out!
-
The pooping ghost in PoR
Seeing the details change between the two castles in HoD, like the bloody decapitated statue in Entrance B and the angel statues growing demonic wings and facing away from the cross they're carrying in Sky Walkway B.
Seeing the bust of Dracula at the top of the pile of junk in Hammer's shop in Dawn of Sorrow.
The realistic portrait of Mathias in the throne room in Dawn's Julius mode.
-
alucard falling asleep if u sit too long in a chair, and the fairy familiar getting mad when she falls off his shoulder when you suddenly get up
literally seeing soma's breath in dawn
"soul of christopher" in harmony
leon belmont sprite in portrait
walking with the lifeless corpses that lead up to legion in aria
dracula watching in the background in rondo
rubber ducky in the bathhouse in aria
succubus titties
jailed demons banging on their bars in the background in symphony
giant floor piano in dawn
astarte charming jonathan in portrait
jester falling in love with charlotte in portrait
zombie maid vacuuming jonathan's ass/charlotte's skirt
simon belmont boss rush in harmony
peeping eye in marble gallery in symphony
st germain outfit for aeon in judgment
guitar weapon in curse
yoko appropriately adjusting her skirt whenever she crouches in dawn
terror bear in dawn
different capes/shields in symphony
deleted 5th ending in symphony where maria turns into a monster & both she & richiter are killed
-
That painting you could jump into in COD
The Telescope showing the ferryman/ fish/ nothing in SOTN
Running outside of the castle in SOTN
The reflections off the mirrors in DOS (which actually become useful later on)
The van in the forgotten city which when Soma jumps on, bounces causing snow to fall off
Familiars talking to Alucard in SOTN
Juste, Lydie and Maxime reminding me of Leon, Sara, Mathias/ Trevor, Sypha, Grant (HOD)
Sumperjumping under the master Librarian in SOTN
The second Tower with the Gold Skeleton on COD
Secret areas in LOI (elemental whips)
That massive mouth which only lets you inside when you backdash in AOS
The painting of Vlad Tepes in OOE/ ROB
The carvings of faces which can be read both ways just before the throneroom in SOTN (near where the sword of dawn is located)
The Lizardman you can not hit/kill in N64 titles (I always felt bad for him :/)
The fact that you emerge on the hands of the clocktower in LOD
Having to kill the legion in 5 parts to attain the Legion soul in AOS
Getting the black book and turning into a Demon with Juste (HOD)
Player Albus saying "Optical shot" where as AI Albus says "Vertical shot" in OOE
The black and white checkered floor in the Richter Belmont fight in POR
The invisible man in OOE... He reminds me of Q from Third Strike :)
-
-the lanterns that light up by themselves in SCV4's final stretch (seen again in SOTN and AOS)
-POR's Skeleton Bartender
-I forgot what time exactly, but Charlie Vincent actually going to sleep in CV64
-those spooky window shadows in HOD's Castle B, seen whenever the lightning strikes
-Alucard casting no reflection in DOS
-Charlotte's broomstick double jump
-Fake Sypha reviving Fake Trevor as a zombie
-Owl Knight mourning for his pet Owl if the latter is killed first
-Alucard's random gargoyle form when petrified
-Blade/Red Smasher's thrown sword, when defeated, actually hurting you on OOE's Hard Mode
-random 8-bit sprites for Simon and Trevor during POR's Greatest Five
-
-Seeing the castle crumble while the lone warrior stand from afar.
- the name of Belmont, which rings with honor, purity, and fits perfectly for the greatest clan of vampire hunters. 8)
- the lightning strikes in SOTN and HOD
- climbing the stairs to the throne room
- bloody zombie shriek
- bloody tear statue in Chronicles
- the vampire killer whip
- Maxim's laugh as he runs out the skeleton room.
- finding odd foods/potions like ice cream/cheese
- the axe armor that is smashed by Talos in Harmony of Dissonance.
-
the bloody painting with moving eyes in DoS
the konami man, bell and crown items hidden somewhere
persephone's actions when you use the vacuum on her
wall meat
norio wakamoto and all the other japanese voice actors
-
The "Power of Sire" item in SotN creating a brief image of a medieval woodcut of Vlad Dracula when used.
The names of locations in Simon's Quest referencing real places and/or people connected to the Dracula mythos. "Vrad Cemetary," "Brams Mansion," etc.
The accurate birth and death dates for Dracula listed on the tombstone at the end of Simon's Quest.
The somewhat accurate depiction of demons from the Goetia, such as "Buer" appearing as a lion's head in a wheel formation in AoS.
The appearance of impaled corpses here and there decorating the Castle in various CV games, notably the N64 games, and the prevalence of traps intended to impale you in the last two stages of CV Adventure.
And this one, I have no way of confirming as to whether or not it was on purpose, but, the name "Simon" was the name of the protagonist who destroys Dracula in the 1970 Hammer Studios film "Scars of Dracula."
-
dracula watching in the background in rondo
IGA thought that this was Dracula too, but it was only a guesstimate on his part when asked the question. I took a good look at this in a blown up image of the original Rondo game. Turns out it's not Dracula at all but a broken piece of wooden scaffolding with a cloth piece attached to it.
-
Simeon also supposedly helped Jesus carry the cross.. Biblical reference maybe?
-
persephone's actions when you use the vacuum on her
wall meat
Oh lawd, I've heard it called many things but this is a first :D
Also,
- CVII's Dracula being modeled after Count Magnus Lee's first dramatic appearance in Vampire Hunter D
- Seeing Nosferatu frozen in ice in Castlevania Chronicles
- Richter slamming his hand on Simon's map of Castlevania in Rondo's opening
- Seeing areas from both CV1 and SCIV in Chronicles
-
The likeness off the goddess on the stained glass window that blows out revealing the moon behind it in chronicles.
The "harpie" (that looks like lucifer) that enters the room before revealing itself as Dracula in haunted castle.
The symbolism throughout the entire game in LOI.
Death and how they never manage to screw him up no matter how bad the game is.
The way they just say "to go north" in Simons quest. Being afraid to mention the place by name was just great.
-
the bat familiar falling in love when alucard is in bat form, then a ?? appearing over its head when he transforms back
the fountain turning from water to blood in olrox's quarters
the demon that we never see but is crushed to death & its blood fills up the passageway in harmony
seeing the name "david cox" in the symphony of the night credits
the eclipse from 1999 and 2035 actually linking up with real life
bloody handprints following you across the wall in portrait
latin names for each attack/spell in ecclesia
alucard cracking his back when he comes to a sudden halt near a ledge
rusty sword only working 50% of the time in symphony
dracula falling in love with little witch in akumajo dracula arcade (reference to tokimeki memorial)
st germain being based off the real st germain myth
seeing the leftover worms crawl away from the cerberus chase in portrait
bigfoot in dawn
homonculus gasping for air & drowning after u cut off its circulation in dawn
all individual enemy deaths in symphony
discovering unused data for playable hammer in dawn
putting the symphony disc in a cd player & hearing alucard telling u "this is a playstation black disc"
learning that several dungeon members that will rename nameless cried after beating mirror of fate
chainsaw wielding demons in ecclesia
processing draculas rib
learning that dave cox always thought dracula was wearing a mask in the classics
succubus turning into yoko in dawn
gabrian belmont screaming ENOUGH TALK HAVE AT YOU
alternate character designs for alucard in santa lilio sangre
putting the judgment cd in a disc player & hearing the simon vs trevor rap battle
exploiting galamoth with richiter in symphony
olrox still trying to attack even when he's a skeleton
picard saying carmilla will cry bloody tears before this night is over
hellfire soul in dawn
having aria plugged in with dawn in the original ds creates a chibi mina doll appear in the shop
alucard casting no reflection in dawn
alucard remembering trevors 8-bit sprite in symphony
updated/balanced maria mode in DXC
dracula resembling bela lugosi in portrait
dracula finally walking around in ecclesia
random shop merchant locations in harmony
seeing a trapped mouse in the floorboards in the outer wall in symphony
skeletons turning into ghosts in haunted castle
shanoa lifting her hair to reveal her sexy tattoo on her back
DSS system based off of roman mythology in circle
quincy morris being belmont related
hammer is actually hairless julius & vice-versa
konami completely ignoring the 25th anniversary
-
konami completely ignoring the 25th anniversary
Yeah. And I wonder if there will ever be a 30th anniversary...
Back on topic,
All those food sprites and the funny descriptions they sometimes have.
-
I could easily echo many of the same things others have mentioned!
- In relation to foods, one of the little things I like is how you have to catch the peanut in SotN!
- In the 64 games, I like that they included the statue of Mary crying teardrops of blood...that then becomes an enemy!
- The brief reference to the CV bat, that is eaten by Balore in AoS
- Many of the background details mentioned, such as the corpses on pikes, rats in the ceiling in SotN, and prisoners rattling their cell bars.
- The storm blowing the curtains and rattling the windows (I'm pretty sure in the start of SotN, and maybe in another game too?)
- "Puzzle" type sequences, such as:
- - a few in HoD where you beat the giant knights backwards into stuff
- - the gears that open the secret room in the SotN clock tower
- - the hammer game in either AoS or DoS (where you have to ring the bell!)
- - the platform you ride in AoS, where you have to press the d-pad to get through
- - getting the Pneuma glyph in OoE
And though it maybe isn't a "little detail", but I really like learning of new secrets and shortcuts, like the secret elevator in the outer wall of SotN (you can access the same room later after you get the mist form). However, that's the only secret/shortcut thing I can remember at the moment.
-
How about the MUSIC BOX stage in LoS1. The song it played once you had all the song parts was VAMPIRE KILLER.
(it's a same that was the only real classic CV song in the LoS saga aside from the WATERFALLS OF AGHARTHA).
-
How about the MUSIC BOX stage in LoS1. The song it played once you had all the song parts was VAMPIRE KILLER.
(it's a same that was the only real classic CV song in the LoS saga aside from the WATERFALLS OF AGHARTHA).
And Nothing To Lose. As well as that atmospheric piece from the very first stage of SCIV.
little things-
Breakable candles and shit in LoS1's castle. Made me smile.
Also, those small nods to old characters, often times smaller ones. i recall a dead knight speaking to his wife "Iris"
-
(http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cvx68/screens/stage1-1.gif)
dat painting
also speaking of huge paintings the pieces of wall coming down in chronicles/x68000 hallway leading to the death fight revealing it's in fact a painted wall and not an actual landscape
then there's the basrelief portraying some kind of dragon beast in the pillar bones room in the clocktower (x68000 again) which does actually exists but cannot made my mind on where i saw it
-
I don't have a screenshot, but in PoR in the room right outside of where you fight Dracula, there is a statue or something in the background that appears to of a woman her child (a baby). And while thats something on its own, I wouldn't be surprised if the woman and child depicted were Lisa and an infant Alucard.
-
I don't have a screenshot, but in PoR in the room right outside of where you fight Dracula, there is a statue or something in the background that appears to of a woman her child (a baby). And while thats something on its own, I wouldn't be surprised if the woman and child depicted were Lisa and an infant Alucard.
This one. before the fight starts.
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin Final Boss Dracula and Death - No Damage&Subweapons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwPFQqT4Sr4#)
Hmmm, I suppose it is Lisa and Alucard.
-
Hmmm, I suppose it is Lisa and Alucard.
I always though (I am pretty sure) that the image outside the Dracula`s room is a description of the book of Revelation chapter 12 verses 1 to 4 (in the Bible). And lets remember is not the first time that a passage of the Bible is "cited" in a CV game (Matthew 16:26 I believe...).
EDIT: Another "little thing" is the same image, but without the heads in the secret room (upper room), with a scyte slash in it (I am sure that it was Death`s scyte).
-
Yes, that was the one. I also never said it was of Lisa and an infant Alucard. I only said that it could be and wouldn't be surprised if it was. That's all.
-
Yes, that was the one. I also never said it was of Lisa and an infant Alucard. I only said that it could be and wouldn't be surprised if it was. That's all.
My mistake, then, your statement was correct. Maybe is the fact that I love to read the book of Revelation as a child, so when I see that image in PoR, I recognize from the book.
-
Since I've been playing LoS, a few little things I've noticed are:
- Sometimes, if you dodge into an enemy it makes them stumble and fall over.
- When you throw a goblin (after lighting it's grenades), it runs around in a panic X-D
-
In LoS1, if you toss daggers with shadow magic, they are fireballs.
Similarly, in LoS2, shadow daggers + chaos = fireball.
-
suddenly getting swarmed by a gang of bats at random in los1/los2
alternate richiter outfit in symphony
pumpkin innocent devil in curse
getting the boots item that increases alucards height in symphony
discovering the maoi head in dawn/cv1
defeating Dracula with pies and paper airplanes in portrait
trading items with strangers from the shop in portrait
playing endurance round with strangers via wifi connection in portrait
Jorge singing "I am the wind" to me at new years eve 2008
the fleshy organic-looking throne room in ecclesia
the forgotton one battle in lament being similar to the beezlebub battle in symphony
mirror of fate ending with bat flying away from castles destruction with simon looking on being an homage to cvadventures ending of virtually the same thing
seeing the corpse of the Cerberus in symphony
the secret room full of all the chairs you collected in curse
-
I always though (I am pretty sure) that the image outside the Dracula`s room is a description of the book of Revelation chapter 12 verses 1 to 4 (in the Bible). And lets remember is not the first time that a passage of the Bible is "cited" in a CV game (Matthew 16:26 I believe...).
EDIT: Another "little thing" is the same image, but without the heads in the secret room (upper room), with a scyte slash in it (I am sure that it was Death`s scyte).
Except if you read those verses they don't match the statue exactly. Given the woman child and Dragon before the Throne room I'd say it is Lisa
-
Except if you read those verses they don't match the statue exactly. Given the woman child and Dragon before the Throne room I'd say it is Lisa
Well, the image that I see have a woman, a child, a dragon and some stars. The cited verses mention that three characters, and that the dragon wiped the third part of the stars in heaven. I know that is not very exact with the ingame image, but as I said, reading that part of the Bible and then see it in the game, to me is imposible to not make a comparission... The only ones who knows what it means for real, is the PoR programers :P...
-
Jorge singing "I am the wind" to me at new years eve 2008
Did Jorge lose a bet?
-Juste's room decorating skills.
-
Omg crisis u r a lucky man ;_;
-
Well, the image that I see have a woman, a child, a dragon and some stars. The cited verses mention that three characters, and that the dragon wiped the third part of the stars in heaven. I know that is not very exact with the ingame image, but as I said, reading that part of the Bible and then see it in the game, to me is imposible to not make a comparission... The only ones who knows what it means for real, is the PoR programers :P...
The woman actually looks like Lisa though, who according to the Japanese manual is "A wan like the Virgin Mary"
Okay, maybe that's not supposed to be taken literally, but while we're on the biblical train,
if anything it's an allusion to Dracula's pact with Satan, added to the fact his true demonic form is that of a Dragon.