Topic: What if Castlevania V got announced ?

[Flame]

Rondo is called Dracula X because it's the tenth game in the franchise. (excluding the Kid Dracula games) And Symphony is the direct follow up to Dracula X. Why would they call it 5?

Not to mention, again, there was never really a numbering system in Japan.

[uzo]

Wasn't SOTN at some point of development called "Castleania 5"?

An American (I believe) game magazine had published a preview article on SNES Dracula X, which it had said was Castlevania 5. Whether this was a tentative USA release title, or just a fabrication/presumption by this journalist, I don't know. In the end the game released with Dracula X in the USA, and Dracula XX in Japan, with no number associated with it. It would have been the fifth main stream console release for this franchise however, so the confusion is fairly well understood if it was such.

[Dremn]

I thought SotN was originally the Bloodletting?

[beingthehero]

That was an entirely different game. Only some sprite animations were recycled for SotN.

[Sumac]

An American (I believe) game magazine had published a preview article on SNES Dracula X, which it had said was Castlevania 5.

Thanks for clearing this up.

[X]

An American (I believe) game magazine had published a preview article on SNES Dracula X, which it had said was Castlevania 5.

Except that the SNES Dracula X came out a year after Bloodlines and I'd always thought that Bloodlines was Castlevania 5.

[TheouAegis]

Castlevania
Vampire Killer
Castlevania II
Haunted Castle
Castlevania Adventure
Castlevania III
Belmont's Revenge
Super Castlevania IV
Akumajou Dracula
Rondo Of Blood

Yup, if you ignore Kid Dracula, then that's the most logical explanation. The XX is only for the SNES version and denotes that it's not the original Dracula X (aka Rondo Of Blood). Bloodlines then came after Rondo, so it would be Castlevania XI technically. SOTN would be Castlevania XII. And the honor of unlucky 13th title goes to Castlevania Legends. 

[VladCT]

Now that you've mentioned it, why didn't they call the SNES version Dracula X' instead? It is a derivative of the original Dracula X, and the extra X would imply that it's completely superior to the original, when it was in fact a stripped-down version.

[Flame]

Now that you've mentioned it, why didn't they call the SNES version Dracula X' instead? It is a derivative of the original Dracula X, and the extra X would imply that it's completely superior to the original, when it was in fact a stripped-down version.

Because Rondo is already "Dracula X" in japan.

It's Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo.

it would be confusing if they released ANOTHER "Akumajo Dracula X" so instead they just got creative and named it XX instead. (So would the chronicles remake technically be XXX?)

[VladCT]

Do note that there's a dash symbol in the title to denote that it's a derivative. I got the idea from K''s name and the fact that while he has very little in common with Kyo, he's still essentially Kyo's derivative (not an exact clone, but a person altered with Kyo's DNA) in the KoF series.

[uzo]

The dash as derivative is common in Japanese it seems. Even the alternate stages in Rondo are named Level 5' Level 2' etc for example.

Perhaps even Megaman Legends ("Rockman DASH" in japan) is a pun title on this.

[Flame]

Isnt Dash an acronym for Digouter's Adventure Story in Halcyon Days?

although it would make sense if it was a pun on that regardless.

[Claimh Solais]

Uhm... I was under the impression that Rondo in Japan was called Dracula X because it was the tenth game in the Akumajou Dracula series.

So a potential Castlevania V at this point would have a redundant title, wouldn't it?

1. Castlevania/Akumajou Dracula
2. Vampire Killer/Akumajou Dracula
3. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest/Dracula II: Noroi no Fuin
4. Haunted Castle/Akumajou Dracula
5. Castlevania: The Adventure/Dracula Densetsu
6. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse/Akumajou Densetsu
7. Super Castlevania IV/Akumajou Dracula
8. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge/Dracula Densetsu II
9. Akumajou Dracula X68000 (released later as Chronicles on PSone)
10. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood/Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo

While a majority of those are remakes, and it still stands that Rondo was the tenth game in the series, thus leading to the X, which is (as you all know) Roman numeral for ten.

[Flame]

Yeah thats why it was X.

though for the US, since it didnt HAVE that- since Vampire killer was only JP and EU, and X68000 game didnt come out here till Chronicles-  the X title probably ended up sounding more like "YEAH ADDING X ONTO THINGS IS COOL, LIKE MEGA MAN X"

for the US, Dracula X would have been... the 8th game?

not to mention the US followed it's own numbering system for em.

[Claimh Solais]

Yeah thats why it was X.

though for the US, since it didnt HAVE that- since Vampire killer was only JP and EU, and X68000 game didnt come out here till Chronicles-  the X title probably ended up sounding more like "YEAH ADDING X ONTO THINGS IS COOL, LIKE MEGA MAN X"

for the US, Dracula X would have been... the 8th game?

not to mention the US followed it's own numbering system for em.

Yeah, I see you already pointed this out before I did. I completely missed the second page here.