Topic: What the hell IS Castlevania anyway?

[Profbeanburrito]

I never thought that the castle in LoI was actually Castlevania. I just figured it was Walter's.

I thought that when Mathias becomes Dracula thats when Castlevania was created as well

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #31

But...when Leon enters the Castle, "Castlevania" appears on the screen. Why wouldn't it have been Castlevania, anyway?

[Mobius]

And why the bloody Mary's hairy virgin crotch would even the Japanese themselves have named the friggin' game "Castlevania" anyway?

[Profbeanburrito]

In Reply To #31

But...when Leon enters the Castle, "Castlevania" appears on the screen. Why wouldn't it have been Castlevania, anyway?

Because the titles been established already and I just figured they were showing the title of the game, sort of like if your watching a movie and after it gets through an intro it shows the title on the screen. Same deal.

Its been a pretty long time since I've played it though, so I don't really remember how its shown or anything.

And why the bloody Mary's hairy virgin crotch would even the Japanese themselves have named the friggin' game "Castlevania" anyway?

I'm not part of the development team so I don't know!
I could understand where you're coming from if the game was about the creation of Castlevania, but it isn't. There is never any mention of it being the same castle, so I just figured it was a different one, since it doesn't belong to Dracula.

[paletteswapmonster]

Because the titles been established already and I just figured they were showing the title of the game, sort of like if your watching a movie and after it gets through an intro it shows the title on the screen. Same deal.

Its been a pretty long time since I've played it though, so I don't really remember how its shown or anything.

It's shown in plain white text. It's the same castle.

I'm not part of the development team so I don't know!
I could understand where you're coming from if the game was about the creation of Castlevania, but it isn't. There is never any mention of it being the same castle, so I just figured it was a different one, since it doesn't belong to Dracula.

It does belong to Dracula. Walter had the Crimson Stone, and that's what let him rule the castle, until Mathias took it. It then became his castle. You shouldn't even need all of that story-telling to be able to realize that it's the same castle, to be honest. It's all common sense.

[Eternal_Sunset]

In Reply To #35
First, LOI should not be mistaken as the first Castlevania, it is merely what many might call a 'prequel'.

[Long John Silver]

It does belong to Dracula. Walter had the Crimson Stone, and that's what let him rule the castle, until Mathias took it. It then became his castle. You shouldn't even need all of that story-telling to be able to realize that it's the same castle, to be honest. It's all common sense.

no he didn't, walter only had the ebony stone. mathias always had the crimson one.

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #37

I always get confused with the stones. >.<  The Ebony Stone let the castle stay in eternal night, so...

[cecil-kain]

Well well...

[Profbeanburrito]

IMO the Castlevania series is now defined by the mood --the experience of adventuring within a melancholy but sometimes beautiful world.

[Nazrath]

But it didn't happen, so it doesn't count.

Which also explains why Soma is a fool! To run from one's destiny is the plight of a miscreant, especially when 'twouldst open such amazing opportunities...

[silvermoonlight]

In other words the Castlevania experience is in its Music --not in its gameplay.

I think you really hit the nail on the head.
Castlevania is so much more than just a Belmont, a castle, and Dracula. If you go by those rubrics, Non-Dracula characters like Walter and Brauner would technically remove LOI and POR from the series (although I can't say I'm sorry to see them go).
I think there is definitely something about the mood-- something that isn't usually replicated in other games.

[Nazrath]

The crimson and ebony stones (until LOI) never existed in the CV universe...

What if the red stone in HoD is a chip of the Crimson stone???

Obvious prattle, but imagine the consequences...