Topic: Anyone agree that Castlevania: SotN has the most creative monsters?

[Pentagram-cracker]

I've been playing a lot of Symphony of the Night on my PSP now that I beat The Dracula X Chronicles, and I'm very amazed at the amount of originality when it comes to the various enemies in the game. Not only do they look really cool, but many have interesting backstories and connections to mythology I have never even heard of untill I looked them up on the internet.

The only thing that dissapoints me is that even though they re-did the script and voice acting, and added Maria as an unlockable playable character, they still didn't give the enemies their original names from the Japanese version of the game. Some of the new names I can live with, like the Salem Witch and Skelerang, but anyone who's even slightly familar with H.P. Lovecraft can tell that the Cthulu and Devil had their names switched.

But other then that, I have to say SotN has the best monsters of any video games because they're the most creative and original.

[Mooning Freddy]

Not to mention original bosses.



That's 3 thumbs up for Beezlebub, whose name "Lord of the flies" has been literally interpreted in Castlevania!   
Beezlebub was originally a derogatory name the Hebrews gave to the Mesopotamian god Baal (master), hinting at the fact that he's a false god.



Could somebody tell me WTF is THAT? 

[Oralox]

Could somebody tell me WTF is THAT?  

You have to be high on crack to figure that one out

[Pentagram-cracker]

Actually that female monster with the snakes and wolf head legs is Scylla, a sea monster in Greek Mythology. And yeah I agree that they have some really creative bosses too!

My favorite is the Succubus, I think this was the first game she was really introduced into, but I'm not sure.

[crisis]

I think we're all aware of your raging e-boner for Succubus by now, GreySun369  



it's funny that not even the creators know what this is


noobs don't understand this reference


i thought it was very weird & unique how this creature just "disappears" when you kill it

lets not forget "schmoo"


First time I saw the Fire Demon limbering towards me I got a lil freaked out

[Pentagram-cracker]

I think we're all aware of your raging e-boner for Succubus by now, GreySun369  

Actually I got bored with her, now I'm more obsessed with Carmilla. Mmmhmm nothing is hotter then a naked vampire chick on a floating skull like a santanic version of a bubbledance.  

Edit: All kidding aside, I guess I do obsess on the succubus a lot and I apologize. There are other monsters I like in Symphony of the Night. I especially think it's cool that many of them are named after demons and monsters in greek mythology.

[Munchy]

Actually that female monster with the snakes and wolf head legs is Scylla, a sea monster in Greek Mythology. And yeah I agree that they have some really creative bosses too!

My favorite is the Succubus, I think this was the first game she was really introduced into, but I'm not sure.

Actually, Scylla's physical makeup is inspired by Sin from Paradise Lost. She is described as having wolves and serpents on the bottom half of her body after being raped by Death. No joke.

Death and Sin are actually Satan's offspring in that poem. Scylla is mentioned elsewhere too (I think as a body of water in Hell or something), which might be why their names were conflated.

[Pentagram-cracker]

Oh I didn't know that... well the way Scylla was described in Greek Mythology was very similar to that appearance. So that might be another reason for the confusion. Here's a wikipedia page about Scylla.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla

[Munchy]

Huh... so I guess it's more Milton's own spin on the idea. Interesting.

[Dremn]

Oh, most definitely. The bestiary was incredibly impressive and diverse.

[darkwzrd4]

Oh I agree that SotN has the most creative monsters.  I mean look at the frozen halfs.  There transvestites!!!  You don't see that in any of the other games.

[uzo]

There transvestites!!!  You don't see that in any of the other games.

Is that so?

[X]

Ha Ha! Ah good ol' poison. Iwould also agree with SotN's collection of bosses and minor enemies. But through all of the IGA games that have come afterwards, some of these baddies are wearing very thin... and not in a good way. 

-X

[Gunlord]

Galamoth was also pretty interesting, even though he's actually a myth reference IIRC, he sure looked pretty cool in SoTN.

[Profbeanburrito]

One thing I really liked in SotN was the Wizard of Oz style villians, the Scarecrow, the Tinman and the Lion. I always liked to assume maybe the Schmoo had something to do with flying monkeys or something Oz related, just cause they're in the same location, but I thought that was an interesting idea and I'd like to see that come back again, but with more.