Topic: The title "Castlevania"

[Abnormal Freak]

The various translations of the Japanese title are soggy cheesebread. I like the name Castlevania as it's unique and holds it own. Seriously, when pitting Castlevania against Devil's Castle Dracula, are we really going to prefer the latter?

[Kaneda]

I'd take the translation Demon Castle Dracula over Devil's Castle Dracula. The latter doesn't really have any flow to it as an English title.

[Abnormal Freak]

And the former does? My point is, all the translations sound far more ridiculous than Castlevania.

[Dremn]

I like it, it's very video gamey. It's perfectly reflective of the era it was born in.

[crisis]

tbh the title "demon castle dracula" would be cool for an ongoing manga...

[Super Waffle]

I could have sworn they namedrop Castlevania in one of the cutscenes in the N64 game.

[Abnormal Freak]

It's in the opening narration of CV64 if I recall.

[Nagumo]

Every instant of "Castlevania" being used as an actual place name, it's because the localization team put it there. Castlevania is fine as a title, but the English versions pretending it's an actual place is pretty dumb.     

[SiFi270]

"Demon's Castle Dracula" is too literal. "Dracula's Demonic Castle" would work better, but Nintendo probably would have had an issue with that.

Would "Dracula's Castle" be too bland?

[whipsmemory]

Every instant of "Castlevania" being used as an actual place name, it's because the localization team put it there. Castlevania is fine as a title, but the English versions pretending it's an actual place is pretty dumb.   

Why dumb? Castles have names (Segovia's Alcazar, Bran Castle, Castle Sant'Angelo..). Demon Castle Dracula sounds way dumber to me, but tastes are tastes.

[AxeLord]

I know that Drac's castle is referred to as Castlevania in the Curse of Darkness manga. I'm also pretty sure that the castle was called that elsewhere, too...

[Inccubus]

If I were going to re-localize the whole series these would be the titles.

Vampire Killer: Lament of Innocence
Dracula: Prelude of Darkness (CVL with a heavy rewrite and no direct confrontation with Dracula)
Legend of Castlevania (CV3)
Legend of Castlevania II (CVCoD)
Castlevania: Legend of Dracula (CVtA)
Castlevania: Legend of Dracula II (CV2BR)
Castlevania: The Demon Castle (CV1)
Castlevania: Curse of Dracula (CV2SQ)
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania X: Nocturne in the Moonlight
Dracula: Circle of the Moon (rewritten to not be a weird gaiden and tie in to OoE) <- I swear I'm totally gonna make this hack.
Dracula: Order of Ecclesia
Dracula: The Un-dead (rewrite of the book CV style)
Dracula: Bloodlines
Dracula: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

[theplottwist]

If I were going to re-localize the whole series these would be the titles.

How I'd do it:

Castlevania: Damn You Collision Damage!
Castlevania II: Everybody is a Liar
Castlevania III: WTF What do You Mean She's a Girl?

Castlevania: Alucard is Now a Belmont

Castlevania: Back to Whipping Like Crap
Castlevania: Shield Rod is All You Need

Castlevania: Dracula Finally Learns How to Walk

Castlevania: Belmont? Morris it is yupidedoo!
Castlevania: We Give You Two Characters to Control, but You'll Use Only One Anyway

Castlevania: DRACULA IS NOW JAPANESE LOL
Castlevania: Dracula is still japanese, and flamboyant dude is the final boss

And the gaiden games:

Castlevania: Yu Gi Oh!
Castlevania: Is She Trevor's Mom or Not, Dammit?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[theplottwist]

Some more titles:

Castlevania: How Does It Feel to Play as a Snail?
Castlevania: Imma Spank This Brat!

Super Castlevania IV: You Like This Whip? Cool, cuz' We're Never Using This Again in Years lol

Castlevania: Copypasta Galore

Castlevania: Pokémon
Castlevania: This Prequel Exists to Fix Symphony's Bullshit

Castlevania: Fake Dracula Has Pointy Forehead