Topic: Hey dudes, remember this?

[Super Waffle]

It has recently occurred to me that, rather than going about the overcomplicated task of trying to seduce his son to the Dark Side while hanging out in an upside-down hidden castle in another dimension and relying a dead sorcerer who had already failed him twice, Count Dracula should have just ordered one of his pals to capture Maria and use her as a virgin sacrifice to bring himself back to living immediately after she stumbled into the castle looking for Richter.

Now, I know what you're thinking. "oh noez, Hulkster! You can't kill her off so quickly! That would ruin a perfectly good Belmont off-shoot storyline and a boss battle in the Saturn and PSP ports of SOTN!" But hear me out.

Think about it. The adult Maria Renard, lying helpless and unconscious atop Dracula's coffin. The only thing covering her nude form is a thin pale blanket pulled up to her collarbone. The Succubus watches nearby holding Maria's folded green dress, after being the one left to prepare her body for the sacrifice. Shaft's ghost leads the ceremony and, in the ultimate act of irony, Bad Richter is the one to plunge the knife into her. Her final blood-curdling scream as her blood empties onto the coffin echo through the castle, and the new form of Dracula is born into the living world. Hearing this, Alucard spends the remainder of the game in a near-invincible hotblooded rage as he takes brutal revenge on all of his father's minions and finally the Dark King himself for the poor girl's murder.

It would be epic.

Well, does it ring any bells?

(btw I still think it's a cool idea)

[Oralox]

I like that maria, but there is a problem with her. I don't like it that she doesn't have cleavage.

[Volt]

I like that maria, but there is a problem with her. I don't like it that she doesn't have cleavage.

HA HA HA HA
that's certainly a problem isn't it, but really when exactly did maria get depicted as a cute girl that actually smiles, the most I got out of her was with mild subtle flirtings with Alucard. but that's it.

and yeah, you gotta add a cleavage cause that's just creepy

[X]

It has recently occurred to me that, rather than going about the overcomplicated task of trying to seduce his son to the Dark Side while hanging out in an upside-down hidden castle in another dimension and relying a dead sorcerer who had already failed him twice, Count Dracula should have just ordered one of his pals to capture Maria and use her as a virgin sacrifice to bring himself back to living immediately after she stumbled into the castle looking for Richter.

Now, I know what you're thinking. "oh noez, Hulkster! You can't kill her off so quickly! That would ruin a perfectly good Belmont off-shoot storyline and a boss battle in the Saturn and PSP ports of SOTN!" But hear me out.

Think about it. The adult Maria Renard, lying helpless and unconscious atop Dracula's coffin. The only thing covering her nude form is a thin pale blanket pulled up to her collarbone. The Succubus watches nearby holding Maria's folded green dress, after being the one left to prepare her body for the sacrifice. Shaft's ghost leads the ceremony and, in the ultimate act of irony, Bad Richter is the one to plunge the knife into her. Her final blood-curdling scream as her blood empties onto the coffin echo through the castle, and the new form of Dracula is born into the living world. Hearing this, Alucard spends the remainder of the game in a near-invincible hotblooded rage as he takes brutal revenge on all of his father's minions and finally the Dark King himself for the poor girl's murder.

It would be epic.

This definitly adds a much heavyer weight to the bad ending senario. I think it would've complimented the game nicely. But yeah, Maria's lack of properly defined clevage shows a sense of un-realisticness in the portrait. Although the artist could've done this intentionally as it is his/her picture.

-X

[Super Waffle]

I like that maria, but there is a problem with her. I don't like it that she doesn't have cleavage.

I wanted to post that one Maria cow spell fanart as a sarcastic reply, but I can't find it.

[Thomas Belmont]

"Hearing this, Alucard spends the remainder of the game in a near-invincible hotblooded rage as he takes brutal revenge on all of his father's minions and finally the Dark King himself for the poor girl's murder."




Why would Alucard be upset about Maria's death at that point in time? He wouldn't have met her yet.

[Super Waffle]

uhhh... telepathic sympathy.

It's there.  SOTN just didn't talk about it much.