Topic: Belmont gets NO respect.

[Clara E. Leet]

Sonia and Christopher. Christopher for the reasons stated above, and Sonia because while the storyline that she came up with may have been an excuse to score a quick buck on Konami's part, the idea of a female Belmont is pretty cool and they should have at least reworked her story rather than being lazy and throwing it aside completely.

[X]

I'd have to say that Sonia got screwed the most. IGA literally Martyred her just so he could put in his own personal Castlevania origin that he could live with.

-X

[Alutwon]

Juste, Leon, and Chris. i can't decide because all 3 had to go through almost killing(or did in Leon's case) someone close to them. Sure Leon had to slay his wife but it was for revenge and it would be helping someone, in other words their was a reason for it. But Juste just was going to kill his friend because Maxim was part of Dracula and Belmont's can't have that. No comment of Chris because i never played his games.

[crims0nf0rtune]

I don't really care about Sonia since she never really existed. The most unsung Belmont, imo, is Christopher.  They should remake his games, but better versions where you don't walk the pace of a snail.

[Alutwon]

Never existed? according to Iga's time line yes but thats a little harsh to say she never existed. Besides that once Iga parts with the series : I'm sure someone will retcon his games too.

O yea and wheres Juese Belmont on the list?

[Battler Ushiromiya]

In Reply To #20

Juste's up there, though he's probably one of the ones who got it better off...

[Soldjermon]

yeah, that's really sad. poor Belmonts.. I think the ones who have the worst off, is Julius and Richter.
reasons why
reason#1( for Julius ): why would Julius get amnesia, right after he killed off Dracula for good, in 1999? maybe it's because that some person wanted him to forget everything about the past and his own bloodline? that's really sad. I would think he should have kept his memories, so he'll remember his own past, before 2035 came along.
reason#2( for Richter ): man, I guess something must have happened, between the 4 years, after he first killed Dracula that time. of course Shaft possessed him and controlled him like a puppet, but how did he possess him? that's the question.

now, I got the worst off Belmonts out, how about the best off? that's simple. it's Juste and Simon.
reasons why
reason#1( for Juste ): even though that Juste is Simon's grandson(ironic, isn't it?), at least that everyone is still alive, if you get the best ending. and that creepy merchant disappears without a whim, after the castle(s) is destroyed. >.>
reason#2( for Simon ): maybe different outfits is good, so you won't get your clothes all stinky, from wearing them day in and day out without washing them; especially, when he changes his hair color too, because he's trying to find his own style to keep. ;3

so, there you have it. X3 those are my opinions, and I'm sticking by them.

- Soldjermon

[crisis]

why would Julius get amnesia, right after he killed off Dracula for good, in 1999? maybe it's because that some person wanted him to forget everything about the past and his own bloodline? that's really sad. I would think he should have kept his memories, so he'll remember his own past, before 2035 came along.

What's even worse is that since he wasn't alone during the battle, his "friends" didn't even help him recover said memories! What the hell were Alucard Belnades & Hakuba doing. What exactly is the agency Alucard belongs to? And why change his name to Genya anyway.

Yeah Alucard is a real mystery to all cv.

[True Sorrow]

Never existed? according to Iga's time line yes but thats a little harsh to say she never existed. Besides that once Iga parts with the series : I'm sure someone will retcon his games too.

Ugh, Iga haters |: [
But seriously, it was retconned because it didn't make any sense and really screwed up the timeline. Its placement in the timeline negated CVIII, since that would be a resurrection, and full resurrections don't happen but once every 100 years. Alucard was also barely born by that point, let alone ready to have a child with a vampire hunter (errr). The whole Sonia - Alucard thing is also really badly done from the start
Also, why would he kill her to keep her from fighting Dracula? It doesn't make any sense :| I hate it when that stuff is done...
Her design is also awful. People say Iga's sexist for retconning her, but it's extremely obvious that she was put in the game, and designed the way she is, only for sex appeal, i.e. to sell more copies of the game via boobs. Doesn't that seem sexist to you?

Personally, I don't feel Sonia's underrated, but rather overrated: There's always some fans out there trying to justify her, when there's really no justification aside from "she's a woman lulz"

[Battler Ushiromiya]

In Reply To #24

She kinda did the whole Item Crash thing before Richter ever did... :/

[Alutwon]

In Reply To #24

I completely agree with you it's just we can always count it as an alternate. Also I don't hate Iga infact he has actually kept the series consistently high quality.

[uzo]

I'd have to say that Sonia got screwed the most. IGA literally Martyred her just so he could put in his own personal Castlevania origin that he could live with.

-X

Sonia's story was not consistent with the original timeline to begin with. IGA actually FIXED the inconsistencies timeline by removing Legends. Lament does not contradict any part of the original timeline.

[Alutwon]

In Reply To #27

Well in one of the manuals for cv3 it says the ghost king gave trevor the whip. 

[True Sorrow]

In Reply To #24

She kinda did the whole Item Crash thing before Richter ever did... :/

...ummm, what?

No seriously, what?

Aside from the fact that she didn't even have item crashes, saying that gameplay elements make a storyline worthy is just ridiculous.

And Strider, it's good to know that you weren't saying that Iga wasn't taking care of the series, but I must admit the following sentence does kinda give off the wrong image:

Besides that once Iga parts with the series : I'm sure someone will retcon his games too.

It sounds kind of like a bitter KCEK or Legends fanboy/girl saying that the retcon was a bad decision

[crisis]

Well in one of the manuals for cv3 it says the ghost king gave trevor the whip.