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Pick fron the three different artworks

Symphony of the Night Maria
16 (66.7%)
Dracula X Chronicles Maria
5 (20.8%)
Harmony of Despair Maria
3 (12.5%)

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Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« on: January 24, 2011, 03:24:10 AM »
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Maria Renard is my favorite vampire huntress in the series because of the fact that she fights by using animals. Anyways Ayami Kojima has had three different takes on her character design, and I thought it'd be fun to vote for and discuss which one we think is the best. Here are pictures too:



Adult Maria as she appears in Symphony of the Night. She's no longer a kid and has taken to wearing revealing clothing (a little too revealing for a girl in the 1700's...). She no longer uses her pet doves, but instead uses an owl.



Child Maria as she appears in The Dracula X Chronicles, which is a remake of Rondo of Blood. Her wardrobe has been altered from the original game and she now wears pants instead of a dress and seems to resemble her Symphony of the Night counterpart more closely.



Child Maria as she appears in the multi-player game Harmony of Despair. Unlike The Dracula X Chronicles, she looks exactly like she did in the original Rondo of Blood but with more detail.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2011, 03:34:23 AM »
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Adult Maria is the best.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2011, 04:22:44 AM »
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For RoB I'd have to say the second pic of child Maria (Her HD art). It is almost identicle to her anime Rondo counterpart and much better then Ayami Kojima first attempt for the DXC art.

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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2011, 04:56:28 AM »
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Adult is the best, but her long flowing hair young one second. I don't like the tom boy look much.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2011, 06:25:06 AM »
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2011, 11:01:38 AM »
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I'm not really too crazy about Adult Maria's look, she looks like she should be passing out candycanes to children standing in line at the mall to sit in Santa's lap.

DXC Maria is my favorite. Her outfit looks original and makes her look more like a tomboy, which kind of fits the whole animal lover thing.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 12:08:28 PM »
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2011, 05:44:03 PM »
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DXC Maria is my favorite. Her outfit looks original and makes her look more like a tomboy, which kind of fits the whole animal lover thing.

Kinda like the character Elly May from the HillBillys huh?

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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2011, 06:25:05 PM »
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Adult Maria. Guess maybe it's nostalgia...I always loved her, ever since I played SoTN way back when. ;_;
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2011, 06:27:35 PM »
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Adult and DXC Maria for me.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2011, 06:36:44 PM »
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Maria's CastlevaniaHD art represents the sprite pretty damn well, so it's my favoe.
I still like the original more, but it's very very well done.
Adult Maria from SotN is second best.  DXC Maria gives me nightmares.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2011, 07:23:20 PM »
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All three are good for their respective games, but I like the art for HD the most.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2011, 07:26:34 PM »
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Adult Maria obviously lol.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2011, 07:43:32 PM »
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Adult Maria.
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Re: Which Maria by Ayami Kojima is the best?
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2011, 04:11:44 AM »
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Adult Maria, the second best would be HD Maria.
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