Topic: so i hear there is a way...

[son_the_vampire]

after talking to a few people, i hear that there is a way to actually unlock a broken version of Maria on SotN!?!  i find it hard to believe but i would like to know if there is any truth to this... and how to go about using her!

[Ratty]

after talking to a few people, i hear that there is a way to actually unlock a broken version of Maria on SotN!?!  i find it hard to believe but i would like to know if there is any truth to this... and how to go about using her!

So far as I know in SOTN Maria is only playble in the PSP version included with the Castlevania X Chronicles, and the Japan-exclusive Sega Saturn versions of the game.

[X]

Can you contact these people you've heard it from and validate it's source? I'd be very interested in trying this trick out.

[Dark Nemesis]

So far as I know in SOTN Maria is only playble in the PSP version included with the Castlevania X Chronicles, and the Japan-exclusive Sega Saturn versions of the game.

Castlevania X Chronicles has Maria as playable, but she is different from her sega saturn version. She is much weaker and with the new dialogs\voice overs, nothing else new is there. No sega saturn content.

 As for Maria being playable on SotN, i don't believe that it is possible, since people who have hacked the game's sprites, they have stated that her sprite movement sheet is incomplete.

[crisis]

hey did you guys know that there's also a hidden 5th ending where Maria gets corrupted & transforms into a monster, then Shaft transforms then Alucard sacrifices both Maria & Richiter

crazy talk huh?

[Dark Nemesis]

That is an unfinished ending, since the game came out rushed out, like the rest of them. Thanks Konami for ruining Castlevania games.

[beingthehero]

I heard you can capture Mew in SotN

[Super Waffle]

hey did you guys know that there's also a hidden 5th ending where Maria gets corrupted

[Ratty]

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Castlevania X Chronicles has Maria as playable, but she is different from her sega saturn version. She is much weaker and with the new dialogs\voice overs, nothing else new is there. No sega saturn content.

 As for Maria being playable on SotN, i don't believe that it is possible, since people who have hacked the game's sprites, they have stated that her sprite movement sheet is incomplete.

Yep. Anyone wanting to play as Maria would do best to obtain a copy of either of those versions, if you've already got a PSP that's definitely the cheaper option. My copy of SOTN on the Saturn cost me more than the Saturn itself! Not to mention the price of the action replay plus region unlocking memory card.

[Dark Nemesis]

Yep. Anyone wanting to play as Maria would do best to obtain a copy of either of those versions, if you've already got a PSP that's definitely the cheaper option. My copy of SOTN on the Saturn cost me more than the Saturn itself! Not to mention the price of the action replay plus region unlocking memory card.

I've got my Saturn SotN copy new for 40$.

[Ratty]

I've got my Saturn SotN copy new for 40$.

Sweet deal. Mine costed more than that and the manual was a little crinkly, but the disc appears never used. The best Castlevania specific deal I've gotten was all of the GBA games mint in the boxes in bubble wrap (they look like they were just taken out of shrinkwrap) for about $13 apiece. Or it might be when I got boxed copies of both N64 games for $30, then the manual for Legacy for $4 and the guide for like $15. Not bad at all when I consider I've seen a complete copy of LoD with the guide sell for over $100.

[TheCruelAngel]

Is this like how there's a way to save Aerith in FFVII or have Sephiroth join your party?

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[Dark Nemesis]

Sweet deal. Mine costed more than that and the manual was a little crinkly, but the disc appears never used. The best Castlevania specific deal I've gotten was all of the GBA games mint in the boxes in bubble wrap (they look like they were just taken out of shrinkwrap) for about $13 apiece. Or it might be when I got boxed copies of both N64 games for $30, then the manual for Legacy for $4 and the guide for like $15. Not bad at all when I consider I've seen a complete copy of LoD with the guide sell for over $100.

I've got Castlevania 64 factory sealed for 8$ and Castlevania classics for GBA factory sealed for 6$.
Here is a picture of them:

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[Ratty]

I've got Castlevania 64 factory sealed for 8$ and Castlevania classics for GBA factory sealed for 6$.
Here is a picture of them:

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Schweet. Only other really notable deal on Castlevania I've got was Rondo of Blood for about half the asking price.

Is this like how there's a way to save Aerith in FFVII or have Sephiroth join your party?

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AKA, stuff kids make up on the playground pre-internet to impress other kids

Eh I'd say it's more a case of some kids hearing about playable Maria back in the day and/or seeing screenshots from the Saturn version, then it just morphed from there the way rumors do. I think it's hard for people today (especially people who either weren't born or were adults at the time) to grasp how nebulous and uncertain information was back in the day, especially for kids and their interests.

[crisis]

Oh yeah? Well I had the opportunity to acquire a factory sealed SotN Tiger handheld, as well as a factory sealed Simon's Quest Tiger Wristwatch, for $24.99 each. Here are a couple of photographs for confirmation:

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