Topic: What if LoS retconned LoI?

[crisis]

Had Konami/MercurySteam announced that LoS would be replacing Lament as the true canon origin story for the series, would that have been a good or bad thing?


i'm dying to know what you think

[Alutwon]

As the story is right now heck no. If they changed a few story points in LoS and had another game that leads into Dracula Curse then yea I could see it. It would only make sense if they explained why the Belmont's don't know the real reason they fight Dracula. Something like "Hey Dracula's your great great great......great grandfather" wouldn't be forgotten.

[Dremn]

It's better off as a separate timeline.

[X]

Neither LoS or LoI does any real justice to the CV cannon. They both messed up Dracs origins.

-X

[cecil-kain]

Neither LoS or LoI does any real justice to the CV cannon. They both messed up Dracs origins.

-X

This.

[Chernabogue]

It'd be cool, but with all previously seen characters (Carmilla, Cornell, Brauner, etc.), I don't think it could happen.

[Munchy]

It wouldn't because it's not part of the official canon anyway.

Buuuuuut if it did, I guess it'd be only slightly more sense-making than what LoI does. Though LoS is still rife with nonsensical and random betrayals and wife-killings, it builds up to what happens with a better sense of foreshadowing. Honestly I'd have left it at Dracula being Vlad Dracula III and nothing else; as cool as he is, I'd like more backstory around the Castle. Much as I flat-out despised parts of LoS, the little bits of info about the castle were awesome.

[Lisa Fahrenheit]

Neither LoS or LoI does any real justice to the CV cannon. They both messed up Dracs origins.

-X

Agreed, so so much.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Neither LoS or LoI does any real justice to the CV cannon. They both messed up Dracs origins.

-X

But atleast LOI kept the Belmont's seperate from Dracula and did not make some lame story twist where a Belmont become Dracula himself so in my honest opinion LOI is definitely the lesser of 2 evils here.

So to answer the topic question no.

It should stay seperate from the canon now and forever.

[Flame]

I liked the idea of Dracula and the Belmont family basically being ex friends. I didnt mind the origin at all.

but LoS, wow, that would not fit into the current timeline. At all.

[darkwzrd4]

I liked the idea of Dracula and the Belmont family basically being ex friends. I didnt mind the origin at all.

but LoS, wow, that would not fit into the current timeline. At all.

This.  Definitely.  Besides, if I may use a literary term, Leon and Mathias are foils of each other.  Both are in similar circumstances by the end of the game in that they both lost someone they loved, but they act differently.  Mathias blames God and abandons humanity where as Leon doesn't and the fact that his bloodline continues seems to indicate that he moved on with his life, fell in love with someone else, and had children.  Much better origin of Dracula versus Belmont that LoS so far.

[Heuss]

The story of a warrior angry with God for the loss of his beloved

Dracula (1992) Intro

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.

Curse? the dracula's love.

 

[Successor The Cruel]

I think introducing Lords of Shadow into the actual canon and having it overwrite Lament of Innocence is probably one of the worst things the series could do from a story standpoint.

[Heuss]

I think introducing Lords of Shadow into the actual canon and having it overwrite Lament of Innocence is probably one of the worst things the series could do from a story standpoint.

IGA overwrite Castlevania Legends.

[Successor The Cruel]

Yes, Iga overwrite Castlevania Legends.  

I don't have a huge problem with Legends as a video game, as many people do, but that story is freaking weird.  Intertwining the Belmonts with Dracula is never a good idea, in my opinion, even if it's just an implication.