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Which Dracula is your favorite??
« on: November 23, 2009, 11:49:28 PM »
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 I'm not talking in terms of the battle, I mean art wise. In terms of his icon, or official art, which Dracula do you think looks the best. I've always liked the Castlevania Chronicles Dracula, as well as Symphony and Circle of the Moon.
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Re: Which Dracula is your favorite??
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2009, 05:07:09 AM »
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Interesting question. First off, I've never been a big fan of the numerous SotN/post-SotN bulky Draculas with long gray hair and beards. Looks like a crusty fuddy-duddy. That design and its variants are used the most, but I'd like something sleeker and more noble-looking.

Actually, now that I look back, Dracula XX's design on the SNES pretty much nails the general look I'd like, a look that is rarely seen in the series these days:
http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cv5/offart/offart9.jpg
http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cv5/offart/offart5.jpg

As an aside, while too young probably, I still find the original Rondo design appealing, too: http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cv-rob/offart/rob-offart2.jpg
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Re: Which Dracula is your favorite??
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2009, 07:04:30 PM »
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I always really liked Chronicles Dracula and those with dark hair and a somewhat "young" look. A Dracula that hasn't seemed to age just seems a bit more powerful to me. It becomes more clear that with his powers, he can defy time's control.
I also agree with RichterB. Some of the Grey-haired Dracula's sometimes look a bit generic.
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Re: Which Dracula is your favorite??
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 02:33:24 AM »
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This is hard to answer, so many cool designs.
I think the best is probably the Sotn or CoD designs. But, I also love the DXC art too. Any of the Kojima designs take the cake really. And while Judgment may have the worst artwork in CV history, I do like Dracula in that for some reason
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Re: Which Dracula is your favorite??
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2009, 02:46:08 AM »
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We already had a Favorite Dracula thread, but a gain, my vote is this boy

Masaki captured the essence of Dracula's Icon, modern, good-loking, but at the same time, frightening, and certainly, EVIL!, Kojima's Dracula is pussy, ver pussy.  :)

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Re: Which Dracula is your favorite??
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2009, 04:09:54 AM »
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Masaki captured the essence of Dracula's Icon, modern, good-loking, but at the same time, frightening, and certainly, EVIL!, Kojima's Dracula is pussy, very pussy.  :)

You make a good point, actually. Some of Kojima's Dracula artwork focuses on a more refined, aristocratic arrogance, rather than what he truly is. It would be easy to forget his monstrous qualities if all we had was Kojima's contributions. There DOES seem to be a general trend among some CV's to steer away from the menacing, demonic Dracula.
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Re: Which Dracula is your favorite??
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2009, 02:44:53 PM »
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We already had a Favorite Dracula thread, but a gain, my vote is this boy

Masaki captured the essence of Dracula's Icon, modern, good-loking, but at the same time, frightening, and certainly, EVIL!, Kojima's Dracula is pussy, ver pussy.  :)

Yeah, this is my favorite too.
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