Topic: Maria's role in SotN

[Sonic_Reaper]

Good points.

All that aside this isn't going to happen, so it's wishful thinking (on your part anyway).  Seems overly cliche regardless of who is captured and sacrificed.

[Kale]

You don't need to reiterate her powers in another game. But I can agree that it did leave her exhuasted, however, she is stil "god-like" in the Castlevania Universe. She's kind of like Storm from Xmen, god like powers, but she can't use it endlessly like Wolverine or Cyclops.

[Thomas Belmont]

Wtf!? When the hell did Maria all of a sudden become "god-like?"

[Super Waffle]

You don't need to reiterate her powers in another game. But I can agree that it did leave her exhuasted, however, she is stil "god-like" in the Castlevania Universe. She's kind of like Storm from Xmen, god like powers, but she can't use it endlessly like Wolverine or Cyclops.

I, er, just finished explaining how Maria is a non-element by the time SotN rolls around and everything falls on Alucard.

[RichterX]

She is like Storm from X-men? That just means she sucks! Horrible analogy IMO.

[Kale]

In Reply To #20

^If you think so, but Storm is super powerful.

[darkwzrd4]

The version of Maria mentioned in this topic is the god-like one playable in NitM.  I don't think that she could be sacrificed due to the fact that she would have to be captured first and only Death or the controlled Richter would be capable of that and it wouldn't be easy for them.  Besides, why sacrifice her when she is that powerful?  If Shaft could control Richter, why not control Maria too, if she is that powerful.  She would be a better "guardian" than a sacrifice.  Plus, unless I'm mistaken, the offering only requires a virgin girl to be killed. So a ordinary girl from a village would do.

[Long John Silver]

in rondo times. in sotn times that won't work, the window of opportunity is gone already, next one being in 100 years. to resurrect drac now would require much more than a simple random human sacrifice.

[CVfan13]

Umm... Waffle.... where did you get that Maria poster? If you tell me exactly where I can get it, thy sins shall have been repented for.

[Super Waffle]

The source image is from here.  To make it a poster, I upscaled the picture in Photoshop and uploaded it to a store that you can pay to have them print and ship posters in whatever size you want to you.

I don't remember what I used any more, but I'm sure you can find a similar service by Googling "online poster creator" or something.  There's also Blockposters, which I used for my Twilight Princess poster.  It's free by itself, but it can still cost you a heap of your own photo ink depending on how big you want it.

[A n t r a x x]

Maria's too tough to be captured.

Who's to say Maria didn't soften up the castle before Alucard came onto the scene? Maybe she cleared the rooms for him.

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #26

Of course. How else would Alucard have absolutely no trouble?

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #26

Of course. How else would Alucard have absolutely no trouble?

Better yet, how would he have survived? No one, I mean NO ONE can take on the demon castle, except for Maria.

[A n t r a x x]

Well maybe that would explain the lack of difficulty in SotN.

 

[erimocard]

In Reply To #29

Yeah, the REAL bosses were all dead, so Drac had only time to set up some normal enemies with slightly better stats. When you come to inverted castle, the bosses get much bigger and stronger.