Topic: CR Pachinko Akumajō Dracula Announced

[Reinhart77]

heh, what if this game actually did take place in the Lords of Shadow universe?  we never did get to see an LoS take on Richter Belmont.  mostly joking, but an interesting thought. 

[Nagumo]

Nah, Richter is just holding a cross in that one pic and the other is his chain whip.

[Claimh Solais]

Yeah but there's other tell-tale signs "I'm going to obsessively watch you from the shadows like a standard supervillain" Gabriel should have picked up on so he wouldn't even need to know Trevor's last name, and I added those while I was raging out and editing the post.

In all fairness, Gabe was watching from the shadows when he already came back as Alucard. During Act III, Trevor and Gabriel were never in the same cutscene until they confronted each other at the end of the game.

And Trevor openly states that he's going to restore his family's legacy in his story mode, even if he never specifies that family is the Belmonts.

Gabriel's killed hundreds of people at this point. Trevor saying Gabriel's very existence "bringing shame upon his family" could mean any number of things. What if Trevor was the son of some warrior who swore to kill Dracula and instead died to him? Or something like that.

Gabriel also states, "I have no interest in getting to know my victims. I don't know your mother, boy."

The worst part of it is that entire game is based around the premise that Gabriel has an all-powerful magic mirror that he can use at any given time to discover all the secrets of the universe, except that it never bothered telling him "Hey dumbfuck, you're trying to kill your own son" until Trevor was already dying.

You got me, here. Why the hell is Gabe gonna keep that all-seeing mirror and never... well, use it? I wonder how much of LoS' story could've been resolved a lot earlier if he just used the damn thing.

AND WHY THE HELL DOES HE EVEN MAKE TREVOR CHANGE HIS NAME TO ALUCARD? There's no rhyme or reason behind it. At all. It's literally just something Konami awkwardly threw into the game to make it seem more like SotN.

That goes along with the whole "Gabriel doesn't know Trevor's name" deal. All purely speculation, but Gabriel didn't know Trevor's name upon making his grave. And as Gabriel was known as Dracula by the populace, and Trevor had the opposite views from Gabe, he called him Alucard. Again, purely speculation.

Also, what hints that Gabriel doesn't know Trevor's name is his line, "I say that because I see you hold one of Gandolfi's weapons in your hand. In your desperation, it seems the Brotherhood has deceived you. Yet I would know the name of a warrior who wields such a weapon."

I know this sounds like a lot of "defending bad writing", but we speculate things on the vague and sometimes bad writing of the original series all the time, so it's not really wrong to do it here.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Actually Nagumo, if you think about it, a combat cross would make sense. Remember the vague plot device prophecy about how "a Belmont must not touch the whip until 1999"? Well, you think they just stopped vampire hunting? Hell no. They'd pick up the next best thing.

They'd pick up a Combat Cross.

Possibly named "Undead Killer" if my headcanon involving Portrait of Ruin is anything to go by.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Since Nagumo mentioned this a few pages back, here's a link for those who want to play the original CV pachislot on mobile for both android and ios. You have to pay for it though. The ios one is priced at ¥1,600.

http://www.kpenet.jp/mobile/sp_appli/sp_ad1.html

[Nagumo]

Oh, right. Here's my guide on how to buy it. You have to use VPN, though.

http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,7776.msg172877.html#msg172877

[Kamirine]

Thanks!  Gonna buy it on the iOS version.  Nagumo: do I still need to download that stuff from the play store to get it work ala iOS? 

By the way: So does anyone think Konami will lend out Castlevania like they may be doing to Momotaro Dentetsu to Nintendo?

[Belmontoya]

MOF is mess.

Anyways... Does anyone know of a way to play these pachinko games? Any hope of emulation or something?

[Nagumo]

Thanks!  Gonna buy it on the iOS version.  Nagumo: do I still need to download that stuff from the play store to get it work ala iOS? 

It might be more easier for people who use iOS to get it, actually. This article will probably help:

http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-change-app-store-country-or-region-in-ios-7-on-iphone-and-ipad/

However, you would be unable to buy it with a credit card (but you can with Paypal).

Let me know if you get and I'll explain the menu options and how to play.

Anyways... Does anyone know of a way to play these pachinko games? Any hope of emulation or something?

You can play the first one on an Android (version 2.3.3 or higher)  or iOS device (version 5.0 or higher) for around $12.

[coinilius]

It's too bad that they never released mobile phone versions of the other Castlevania Pachislot games - it would be good to be able to check them out more (even if they are mainly just an excuse for 'boooobs!')

[EstebanT]

edit:
My apologies. ONE other person noticed it.

That's what I thought. Foo.

But in all seriousness. I love the Dracula X Maria getting a decent 3D version. And combat cross Richter is so damn awesome. Richter has always used a chain, so a regular whip would be lame.
Why waste this on "Erotic Violence". What a joke.

[Super Waffle]

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11427229/1/Changing-of-the-Guard

I probably deserve some kind of award for this.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

>watches trailer
>cries
>stabs self with rusty knife
>doesn't die yet

fuck

[Oniros]

Watching this makes me so happy Bloodstained is a thing. Imagine our despair if this were the first CV news we got post LoS 2.

[Inccubus]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but... fuck Konami.