Topic: Castlevania references

[darkwzrd4]

This is another reference from R+V manga

http://www.onemanga.com/Rosario-Vampire_II/31/21-22/

Not only are the using the name Alucard, but this creature looks a lot like Dracula's form during the battle between him and Alucard at the end of SotN.

[Omegasigma]

not only that,  a single vampire that tried to destroy all of humanity, but was defeated by 3 other "heroes" according to the chapters, its obvious that R+V's creators or writes are fans of the series, or at least its very safe to assume :p

Pyuu to Fuku:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQDyKdZZg40

[Pemburu Vampir]

Someone on GameFAQs posted this:

http://i28.tinypic.com/241ulhi.jpg

It was from Jeanne D'Arc, a strategy game for the PSP.

[Omegasigma]

I actually saw this, and forgot to post it, lol

[Abnormal Freak]

Yeah, putting this in the fan section is a bit odd to me.

Anyway, in the Hellsing manga, in the English version at least, in volume 8, there's a chapter entitled "Castle Vania 1".



(All the other chapter titles are references to other video games as well.)

In volume 9, the first chapter is simply titled, "Castle Vania". No obvious Castlevania references in the series beyond that (that I can think of), unless you wanna count the name Alucard, which could have come from either Dracula's Curse or Symphony of the Night, but could also have come from the 1943 film Son of Dracula or any other source that uses that name.

Let's not forget The Castlevania Dungeon's own Weirdness Section, which compiles a lot of references. I seem to recall it mentioning the character Sex Machine from the movie From Dusk Till Dawn, but maybe it was taken down because it's not quite an obvious, clear-cut reference, though the movie features vampires, and Sex Machine has a whip.

(Some light whip-action at around 5:30 of this vid, and of course here; he doesn't really use the whip much, if I recall correctly.)

There's an electronic/remix artist who performs under the name Le Castle Vania. One of the logos actually has the "Vania" part edited from the original NES logo.



There's this particular load screen in 3D Dot Game Heroes:



There are probably more Castlevania references in the game I haven't got to yet. This game is constantly referencing and paying homage to old school video games and sometimes more current games. I fear most of the references go over my head (there are probably a lot pertaining to RPGs, which I've never had much experience with). I would have never gotten the joke about "From Cave" if my brother hadn't been watching me play when I got there. He's played Demon's Souls, and told me how it was developed by From Software, and pointed out all the references to the game in the cave. Pretty funny. :D

[Kale]

3d dot one is pretty freakin awesome.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I just purchased 3D Dot Game Heroes a few days ago.
That game is chock full of old game references, the art featured above immediately clicked with me, but there's stuff from other games, such as:
"It's dangerous to go alone!  Take this."
and
"Message from Dr. (I forget his name but it's a reference to Dr.Light from MegaMan games)!
Dash boots completed!  Get your weapons ready."

[Abnormal Freak]

"Message from Dr. (I forget his name but it's a reference to Dr.Light from MegaMan games)!
Dash boots completed!  Get your weapons ready."

What I particularly like about this reference is, if you have the text set to normal (that is, not everything is capitalized), this whole message is in all caps. Makes it more authentic and exciting, heh.

Edit:

Here's something pretty interesting:



Logo from the Dungeons & Dragons campaign, Ravenloft. I wonder if they had Castlevania in mind when they designed the logo and some of the artwork.

[Omegasigma]

Super mario blue twilight Dx, stage 8, wait till about 1/3 in till the reference takes place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-z7JDT3-Zo

wildarms 5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jynLt0UTVXk

[Sindra]

Been mentioned elsewhere before, but Baumer's "The Belmont Curse" is a definite reference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v94dAWfdkQ


Not to mention catchy.

[Aridale]

No its the other way around with Ravenloft

[Kingshango]

It's probably just a coincidence but in the movie "From dusk till dawn" there is a guy in the bar full of vampires killing them with a whip. Everytime I see that I think "Hey it's kinda like Castlevania."

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Yeah that's Sex Machine.
Too bad he ends up turned, later on.

[Aridale]

yeah Sex Machine is the man!

[Abnormal Freak]

Correction: TOM SAVINI is the man! That guy is great in everything he's involved with, ha ha. Either as an actor or a special effects guy. Love his cameo in the Dawn of the Dead remake.