The Castlevania & Street Fighter trivia page

Just gonna have some fun here, and if you know the answer, shout it out, and then it’s your turn. I’ll start us off:
In Japan, the black boxer we know as Balrog’s name was changed from M. Bison when Street Fighter II: The World Warrior was released in the United States. Why was his name changed?

Capcom of America changed the name becuase M. Bison was to close to Mike Tison.

Question:
What is Akuma’s real name in Japanese?

Gouki

Who is the creator of the Castlevania series?

Koji Igarashi

Where did Blanka get his name and why is he green?

this is gonna be a pure all out guess with no background knowledge whatsoever.

blanka sounds like blanca which is the femenine version of blanco which is spanish for white. since his origins are brazilian i think it makes sense cause they speak portugese over there i think and they’re word for white is prolly just that, blanka.

as to why he is green. i’m gonna guess the horrible SF live action movie was right and he was some experiment.

let me know if i’m close. :p

my question is….

why do ken and ryu have similar fighting styles?

Ken and Ryu have the same fighting style because they were both trained by the same master, Gouken. They were trained in Shotokan karate, and the art of hadou by Dhalsim, according to Street Fighter II V. My question is:
What does Akuma mean in Japanese? Oh, and we’re not getting enough Castlevania questions so: Who fought Prince Dracula in 1476?

I thank Akuma means ‘strong demon’. Aku is ‘evil’ or ‘demon’.

Who where the original Street Fighter charicters (in the game)?

Close enough, Solid8bit. Akuma means Devil in Japanese. The Original Street Fighters from Street Fighter II: The World Warrior were as follows:
Ryu
Chun-Li
E. Honda
Guile
Ken
Blanka
Zangief
Dhalsim
and the four Shadowlaw bosses:
Balrog (originally M. Bison)
Vega (originally Balrog)
Sagat (never changed)
M. Bison (originally Vega)
But can you answer my question about who defeated Dracula in 1476?

The right answer to Solid6bit’s question (about Street Fighter, not Street Fighter II) is Ryu and Ken (the playable characters) and Lee, Geki, Gen, Birdie, Retsu, Mike, Eagle, Joe, Adon and Sagat (as the enemy characters).

Trevor Belmont was the first to destroy Dracula in 1476 during the event of Castlevania 3 (easily one of the best in the classic series) on the Nes. Aided on his task by such characters like Alucard and Sypha Belnades.

Question: What Street Fighter project is Capcom creating as a PC exclusive?

I’ll take a stab at it. Street Fighter Anniversary Collection? I thought Solid was talking about SFII. Here’s one for you: Name two boxers in the Street Fighter series.

i was kinda hoping someone would correct me on my blanka guess but i suppose that means i actually got it right? :p cool. 😀

as for the last question. no clue. but i’ll guess anyway and say sf4? :p

You were on the right track with Blanka’s name. Blanka was once extremely pale and was once known as the hombre blanco (white man) and adapted the blanco into his name Blanka. His green skin color is attributed to his constant use of chlorophyll from plants to better blend in with the jungle environment, a color change that eventually became permanent.
As for the answer to the question……… Balrog is one of ’em…….and the other….. I don’t know <sad>.

I was not aware of that information about Blanka. Where did you learn this? I’d like to know, so that I might see this source. I’m not doubting it, I’m just really curious. As for the second boxer, he’s Dudley from the Street Fighter III series. Next question: Who was Sagat’s pupil? Hynad, what is this exclusive Street Fighter project for the pc, since no one seems to know?

The answer to my ignored question is: Street Fighter Online – Mouse Generation.

Noobs.

😛

Interesting. Might suck, though, having to use a keyboard or mouse.

My friend found a sort of walkthrough of Street Fighter, telling about every character, story lines, who fights who, fighting styles, things like that. I think he found it on Game FAQ. You can just Google Blanka or go to the Wikipeida or whatever.

What character is the new Street Fighter movie (2009) focing on?

Chun Li… Portrayed by Lana Lang herself… Kristen Kreuk.

Their actually going to make a live action movie? Doesn’t sound like a good idea after the first one Hollywood did. That totally sucked. And who was Sagat’s pupil?

You guys forgot to ask a question.

Didn’t you catch my question, Solid? I asked anyone if they knew who Sagat’s Pupil was?
Hint: His name has already been mentioned on this thread.

The answer is Adon.

Question: On what arcade board is Street Fighter IV running?

I don’t do arcades so I don’t know.
For the fourth time.
Who was Sagat’s Pupil?

I already answered that question.

ADON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Upon closer inspection, I see that you did…Good job, buddy. Don’t know the answer about the arcade release. Who was the only female Belmont to supposedly fight Dracula?

Anybody care to take a guess?

Probably from Castlevania Legends.

Sonia Belmont.

Damn straight. Your turn.

If you won’t take your turn than I will (hope you don’t mind).
How many people can use the Hadoken and who are they?

finally! something i might know. :p

3? ken, ryu and PROBABLY (cause i’m not familiar at at all with anything past sfII turbo) akuma.

oh wait. i forgot whoever that girl is that looks like ryu. prolly his sister or some crap. 4 then? :p

i won’t ask a q cause i think i’m wrong.

Four: Ken, Ryu, Akuma, and Sakura.

Question: on many Castlevania games did Richter appear in?

You were right Tact and so are you Hynad. Ryu, Ken, Akuma and Sakura, who is not Ryu’s sister. She is just a girl that likes Ryu and self taught herself Ryu’s fighting style.

Richter Belmont appeared in five Castlevania games:
Akumajo Dracula X: Rondo Of Blood or Chibi no Rondo
Castlevania Dracula X: Vampire’s Kiss
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night or Nocturne In The Moonlight
Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin or Gallery Of Labyrinth
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles or Akumajo Dracula X Chronicle
Very good, then.
Who cost Sagat the use of his eye? When Sagat killed this man, who was the son of this man, who swore vengeance for his father’s death?

i didn’t know there was backstory to sagat’s eye and there being a son. i’m going to take a wild guess and say….

e.honda. idk why. i know nothing of him to begin with, and he’s relitively young i suppose, (not old like dhalsim) so if anyone is going to be a vengeful son i’d guess him)

not posting Q cause i think i’m wrong.

I’m gonna post a question because MET II’s was too fucking involved for me.

This is a true or false: Blanka became a green beast with orange hair who can generate electricity because he smoke too much Jamaican weed and BECAME his high.

Hint – if you say false, you’re wrong.

I take it you obviously don’t have the answer, so you made something up about drugs…wonderful. Perhaps someone else can answer the question regarding Sagat and the loss of his eye. Oh, and…false.

Sagat lost his eye against the father of Dan, Go Hibiki.

Question: Where exacly was Evil Ryu first introduced?

Swami0586, go take your retarded stuff elsewhere.

I’m gonna post a retarded question because I’m too fucking ignorant about these 2 games to possibly participate in this trivia.

Fixed

Blah blah blah, personally I look at it this way.

What’s worse, me knowing the basic of the basic of the games or you guys knowing every snippet and detail? I say the latter. But whatevs I’ll leave you two alone to compare e-peens now.

Blah blah blah, personally I look at it this way.

What’s worse, me knowing the basic of the basic of the games or you guys knowing every snippet and detail? I say the latter. But whatevs I’ll leave you two alone to compare e-peens now.

Yes, of course. The best thing in life is to know as few things as possible. :rolleyes:

But thank you for leaving at last! (that wasn’t soon enough!)
Now we won’t have to endure your retardedness forced into our sight here.

Eh? You’re basing how good your life is on video game knowledge?

lolwut?

Yes, because obviously, the only thing I know in life revolve aroung games.

Do you sometime talk about stuff you actually KNOW?

Or are you always being the whiny ignorant you are today?

When have I been "whiny"?

Also, the context of the current conversation is referring to Castlevania and Street Fighter. If you can’t follow that train of thought, sorry. I’ll be more specific next time.

Also I can tell this is upsetting you, since you spell like shit when you’re aggrevated. Remember Hynad, it’s just an internet forum. :rolleyes:

When have I been "whiny"?

Re-read yourself.

Also, the context of the current conversation is referring to Castlevania and Street Fighter. If you can’t follow that train of thought, sorry. I’ll be more specific next time.
It obviously is. But you pointed out that it is worse to know more than know less. Which is completely stupid to say. No matter what the subject. I made the comment about knowing more in life (there are many subject of knowledge there) to show how silly your claim was. Then you jumped to the conclusion that I based the idea of a good life on video game knowledge.

Maybe you should try to follow the train a bit more closely.

Also I can tell this is upsetting you, since you spell like shit when you’re aggrevated. Remember Hynad, it’s just an internet forum. :rolleyes:

It is just the internet. But that gives you no reason to jump in a fun thread like this and fill it with moronic garbage like you just did.

There are plenty of other threads that serve this purpose. Why would you think your idiocies are welcome everywhere?

Fun? How is this fun?

As for knowledge, uh, this is an internet forum. That means I can take my time responding. That means if I so choose, I can google Castlevania and Street Fighter and have the complete knowledge required for this "fun" trivia thread.

Seriously, Hynad, remove your head from your ass. I can’t tell where you begin or end.

What happened to the part where you talked about leaving the place?

You’re a complete waste of bandwidth. And every subsequent comment you make further proves it.

Can we get back to the purpose of this page?

Question: Where exacly was Evil Ryu first introduced?

Evil Ryu was introduced in the Street Fighter Zero manga. In the game Evil Ryu was in Street Fighter Alpha 3 (I think). I wasn’t sure which ansewer you were looking for Hynad, so I gave you both.

Who is the kid that trains under Ken?

The answer I wanted was the manga. But as far as video games are concerned, he first appeared in Street Fighter Alpha 2.

Answer: Sean Matsuda, from Street Fighter III, is Ken’s student.

Question: What character in the Castlevania series sacrifices own life to create the legendary weapon known as the Vampire Killer?

What happened to the part where you talked about leaving the place?

You’re a complete waste of bandwidth. And every subsequent comment you make further proves it.

You can’t "waste" an unlimited source. Seriously, head out of your ass, please.

Don’t know answer <sad>

Swami0586, if your not going to play the trivia game, then go away.

The answer I wanted was the manga. But as far as video games are concerned, he first appeared in Street Fighter Alpha 2.

Answer: Sean Matsuda, from Street Fighter III, is Ken’s student.

Question: What character in the Castlevania series sacrifices own life to create the legendary weapon known as the Vampire Killer?

Answer: Sara

Question: Ken’s Last Name, Where does he reside

Answer- Ken Masters is from the USA

Question- What kind of fighting styles does M. Bison use and what is the name of his organization?

Bison uses Psycho Power, and I think that may be the name of his style, but I’m not totally sure. The name of the organization is Shadowlaw. Can anyone name the six characters from Final Fight that made their way into the Street Fighter Zero series and Street Fighter III series? (One is not a playable character).

answer: Guy, Maki, Rolento, Cody, Sodom, for the last person its between haggar and Poison? im leaning more to poison cause i know she doesnt fight and is not a playable character? But i did miss sum street fighter games and i doent know if Hagger actually Fights?

Question: Name All The Main Characters in the Castlevania Series, Belmonts?

Guy, Cody, Rolento, Sodom, from Street Fighter Zero series, and Hugo and Poison from Street Fighter III, Poison not a playable character. As for your Castlevania question:
Leon Belmont 1094
Sonia Belmont 1450
Trevor C. Belmont 1476 and 1479
Christopher Belmont 1576 and 1591
Soleiyu Belmont 1591
Simon Belmont 1691 and 1698
Juste Belmont 1748
Richter Belmont 1792 and 1797
Julius Belmont 1999, 2035 and 2036
This does not include the Baldwin, Schneider, or Morris branches.

Guy, Cody, Rolento, Sodom, from Street Fighter Zero series, and Hugo and Poison from Street Fighter III, Poison not a playable character.

Damn i missed it by one, u didnt post a question?

Okay, then. Finally someone who just goes back and forth with this.
Who fights in the discipline of Muay Thai? There are two.

Sagat and Adon, i Believe?

Question: Dan is a parody character from which Art of fighting Character?

Swami, as lame as you think this thread is I don’t really see why you have to go out of your way to bother the people who are posting here? obviously they are having some fun with it.

I think the answer to Allen’s question Ryo. I’m not sure so I won’t ask a question.

I’m not sure either, never played Art Of Fighting. Heard of it, though. Guess you can ask a question, now since he’s not here. I’ll go first:
Who was Juste Belmont’s Best friend?

I think the answer to Allen’s question Ryo. I’m not sure so I won’t ask a question.

To Solid8bit answer was Robert.

and to met II

Maxim, i think im not good with the castlevania question? but i have a friend that talks about it?
but im probably wrong on this answer

Question: Who is Sakura’s Rival?

You were correct, Allen. Juste Belmont’s best friend is, indeed Maxim Kischine. Sakura’s rival is Karin, though I’m not sure of her last name.
Who is the character on my avatar?

Damn i guess i lost.
but judging on the picture he’s from the nes era of the games?
i may be wrong.

hahaha! i lose

Looks kind of like Simon, but i can’t be sure.

It is Trevor C. Belmont, destroyed Dracula in 1476, and aided a man named Hector three years later. He fought alongside three others in 1476 who were after Dracula. They were Grant Danasty, whose family was killed by Dracula, Sypha Belnades, who is a Vampire Hunter, and Alucard Tepes, son of Dracula, who despises his father.
From the Street Fighter Alpha Series, who are Gen’s grandsons, which appear in the Street Fighter III series?

yun and Yang? dats my only guess.
cause i know that gen raised them, but
i thought they were lee’s grandsons? I
may have my faqs wrong, correct me
if im wrong

Very good, you are correct. Go ahead and ask the next one.

Question: Fei Long is a master of what fighting Style?

my guess is the one bruce lee founded. i think jeet kune do. i read bruce lee’s wiki one time and saw the movie based on his life a long time ago where i think they also mentioned it. and since they modeled fei long after him. those are my guesses.

next question incase i’m right…um…

this prolly won’t be written anywhere but if you’ve played the games you might understand what i’m asking.

even though ken and ryu know the same fighting style, what would be their "specialization" for each person? basically, what does ken appear to be better at than ryu, and vice versa. (should be easy if you’ve played them and stuff ;p)

my guess is the one bruce lee founded. i think jeet kune do. i read bruce lee’s wiki one time and saw the movie based on his life a long time ago where i think they also mentioned it. and since they modeled fei long after him. those are my guesses.

He is modeled after him but, is fighting style is hitenryu kung fu.
good answer though.

next question incase i’m right…um…

this prolly won’t be written anywhere but if you’ve played the games you might understand what i’m asking.

even though ken and ryu know the same fighting style, what would be their "specialization" for each person? basically, what does ken appear to be better at than ryu, and vice versa. (should be easy if you’ve played them and stuff ;p)

Answer: My guess is Ken is good with his Feet, and is good at the Shinryuken. And Ryu is good with his fist and good with his Hadouken.
Thats my guess, correct me if im wrong

Question: Haggar from final fight didnt make it to the street fighters (even though in his profile it says he was a street fighter, but was never in one) cuase he was replaced (well kinda) by which street fighter?

I’ll take the really obvious ( and probably wrong ) approach and say Zangief. Big sweaty, half-naked men with facial hair and piledrivers, it can’t be a coincidence. I still wish Capcom went ahead with their 3D crossover fighter with Hagger. 🙁

Sun and Steel. That an Iron Maiden reference?

Forget I said anything.

Hi Hynad

wtf does that even mean

Hi mesalgear

Why the hell should you care?

just asking

any new threads made

aha! don’t know what that was for.
What does Ken refer to Guile and his buddies as in Street Fighter II Victory?

I’ll take the really obvious ( and probably wrong ) approach and say Zangief. Big sweaty, half-naked men with facial hair and piledrivers, it can’t be a coincidence. I still wish Capcom went ahead with their 3D crossover fighter with Hagger. 🙁

Thats rite

What does Ken refer to Guile and his buddies as in Street Fighter II Victory?

i think im ganna pass on dat one i dnt know it,
anybody else?

Sun and Steel. That an Iron Maiden reference?Indeed it is, a mighty song!

As for the Street Fighter V question; I don’t have a clue, I’d been warned off watching it by several friends.

i used to rent every video of SF IIV back when i was first getting into anime. saw nearly all except the last few eps. recently bought the complete dvd box set. and yet… for some reason. can’t answer the question. lol

dogs? most everyone always instults military folk/police as dogs. FMA did it and a bunch of other movies/anime/films whatever. so that’s my guess haha.

Alright, then, the answer is "Military Meatheads". After Guile completely destroys Ryu at the bar in San Francisco, he notices Ken sitting at the bar, and asks him why he didn’t help his friend while he was getting his ass kicked. Ken answers "We follow a code. We only fight when it’s one on one. Not gang up like you military meatheads!" Oh yes, and Sun and Steel, you really should see the series if you are a Street Fighter fan. It’s absolutely incredible. I don’t know why your friends didn’t care for it, but myself and many others agree that it’s an amazing Manga film…"Sunlight, falling on your steel Death in life is your ideal Life is like a wheel." Iron Maiden is by far my favorite band.
Okay, next question:
Which Belmont’s son fell under Dracula’s curse and was rescued by his father?

Which Belmont’s son fell under Dracula’s curse and was rescued by his father?

im ganna have ta say Simon? im taking a guess.

I have a sneaking suspicion that it was Christopher Belmonts’ son that was the one.

Sun And Steel, you are correct. Christopher rescued his son Soleiyu from Dracula’s clutches. This happened on the Gameboy title, Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge. You ask the next question, Steel.

I don’t know if Sun & Steel is coming back, and its been about 24 hours, so if no one cares I will as a question to get thinks rollen again (If Sun&Steel does return with a question then you can ignore this).

Question. Who is the name of the singer who sung the ending theme "I Am the Wind" from Symphony of the Night? (hint- she also sung the Metal Gear Solid 3- Snake Eater theme)

Question. Who is the name of the singer who sung the ending theme "I Am the Wind" from Symphony of the Night? (hint- she also sung the Metal Gear Solid 3- Snake Eater theme)

Answer:Cynthia H, i forgot her last name, i memer cause the snake eater theme is bad ass

Question:Vega, is frm wat country? (ignore if Steel comes back)

Your right Allen her name is Cynthia Harrell. Good Job.
and Vega is form Spain

Forgot to ask a qusetion…………

Who killed Gouken, why, and where were his students when this happend.

Gouken was killed by his brother Gouki, or Akuma. As for the whereabouts of his pupils, even I don’t know that.

Your answer is good enough MET. Gouken was killed by his brother Gouki. Ken got there just after the battle ended, saw his dead master and went to find Gouki but was beaten by him………..umm… I just realized I also don’t know where Ryu was……..
You can ask the question.

Alright, then…who was the master of Gouken and Gouki?

Answer:Goutetsu???

Question:How many Street Fighter II Remakes were their???
(Ignore if my answer was wrong)

Goutetsu is the correct answer, Allen. I’m going to guess there were nine Street Fighter II versions in all, not positive, though.

Yup thats rite, Ask the next question

At what point in Street Fighter II Victory does Ken finally release his ki and perform the Hadou-Shoryuken? Who is he fighting?

Isn’t it when Ken is locked in Bison’s base and chained to a table. He uses the Hadou-Shoryuken to escape. The then has to fight Ryu (who is under Bison’s control)

……………..didn’t know that the ‘V’ in Street Fighter II V stood for ‘Victory’……….Sweet.

Well now you know. You remember the movie well, Solid, but if you think hard, there was a fight in which Ken unleashed his Hadou-Shoryuken to defeat his opponent. Hint: this was probably Ken’s second toughest battle in the series.

Well then, I think that that would be the fight with Vega.

I don’t think he busted out the hadou-shoryuken on that fight?
Well I don’t know maybe???

Yes, If I remember right, Ken KO’ed Vega with a Shoryuken.

Who was the only female Belmont to supposedly fight Dracula?

Sonia Belmont?

In regards to that old question, you are right discodan it was Sonia Belmont. Solid, your right, it was the fight with Vega, in which Ken first used his ki to perform the Hadou-Shoryuken. Your turn, Solid.

oops,

top of 2nd page…. sorry.

Good thread though

Thanks, disco, I made it in hopes for good fun. My favorite series by far are Castlevania and Street Fighter. New rule: anyone can ask a question at anytime, but let’s try to remain organized about it, huh?

OK,
Why was Ken sent to Japan as a kid and where did he go?

Ken was sent by his father to Japan to train under a Shotokan Karate master called Gouken, who was training Ryu as well.
What does Dan Hibiki called his self-founded discipline, and what does it mean?

Dan uses a mix of Ansatsuken and Muay Thai. I don’t remember the name of it but what ever it is it means ‘Strongest Style’.

Saikyo ryuu

Allen got the first part of the question right. Saikyo. Solid got the second part, The Strongest style. But how did you know about the mixture of Ansatsuken and Muay Thai. I guess you should both ask a question.

!

Like i sayed before

My friend found a sort of walkthrough of Street Fighter, telling about every character, story lines, who fights who, fighting styles, things like that.
Plus I have done a hole lot of resurch in to the Street Fighter universe.

Allen you got the discipline name so you can go ahead and ask the question.

thank you solid, though i don’t know much about street fighter and castlevania
hahaha i know enough to where i can defend myself, thats why my questions
are easy. Now King of Fighters, i know more about that…

Question:Besides Akuma, who else has a dragon rush like (I think thats what its called?) special???

Evil Ryu

But it is called "The Raging Demon" (Shun Goku Satsu).

What is the first game in which Akuma appeared and how could you fight against him?

This was Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The player had to get perfect victories throughout the entire game, not one bit of damage. Twas an incredible feat to achieve, at least for me. Hynad, I don’t know how secure you are, but would you answer me something? Just how old is the person I reply to now. You seem like your well spoken. English major, perhaps? I don’t like to be referred to as ‘acting like a moron’.

Let’s just say that I’m older than you and that my pointing at your behavior in the Batman thread was only an advice. Prak is a friend of mine, and if you stick to this forum for a while, you’ll realise that it is rather pointless to argue with him over such trivialities.

As for my english… it is funny you’d say something like that. English isn’t my natural language, and all I’ve learned I did so during high school (and maybe some during my later college years) and through experience (via music, movies, and conversations like this one here).

Now to get back on topic, you answered right, so it’s your turn to ask a question.

Evil Ryu

But it is called "The Raging Demon" (Shun Goku Satsu).

What is the first game in which Akuma appeared and how could you fight against him?

You forgot the Sakura does it too

Sakura uses it in Rival Schools (great PSOne Game, btw), which is not cannon to the Street Fighter mythos.

The move has also been referred to as the Instant Hell Murder. Lp, Lp, forward, Lk, Hp. Where did Ryu get his red headband?

The red headband was a gift from Ken.
What happend to Chun-Li’s farther?

Murdered by Bison in the games. Murdered by Cammy, who works indirectly for Bison in Street Fighter II V.

This was Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The player had to get perfect victories throughout the entire game, not one bit of damage. Twas an incredible feat to achieve, at least for me.

holy crap i dind’t know that! wtf. that is impossible! >.< i gotta try that just to see it. lol

loads up ssfII rom

Great. Your turn MET.

Hynad; Regarding Sakura and the Raging Demon: Have you ever played Street Fighter EX3? Sakura does have a smaller, less devastating version of that move, I’m sure of it. Someone should look it up.
Question:
In Street Fighter II Victory, who are Ryu and Ken unknowingly facing in the temple in India?

Question:
In Street Fighter II Victory, who are Ryu and Ken unknowingly facing in the temple in India?

Dalshim???

They are fighting themselfs. As in, Ken is fighting Ryu and vice versa. They don’t realize they are fighting each other, they are in an illusion were they think they are against people they have fought before. I think Ruy is ‘fighting’ Sagat and ken is ‘fighting’…………….. well, I don’t remember that one………. ha!

damn you guys have good memories. then again, it’s been about 10 years since i last saw it. wasn’t ken fighting guile maybe?

They are fighting themselfs. As in, Ken is fighting Ryu and vice versa. They don’t realize they are fighting each other, they are in an illusion were they think they are against people they have fought before. I think Ruy is ‘fighting’ Sagat and ken is ‘fighting’…………….. well, I don’t remember that one………. ha!

oh sorry, i didnt read it good, I think it was, Ryu vs. Guile, Ken vs….. damn i
forgot, ….Im guessing Vega but I think I’m wrong.

Ryu sees Guile when he is fighting the statue like warrior. Ken sees…damn, even I’m stumped. At this point in the show, had Ryu even encountered Sagat in prison yet? I can’t remember if Ryu went to jail first, or went to India first. Either way, your turn, Solid.

Ok then, according to Street Fighter Alpha 3 were did Rose come from?

Rose is fought in Italy, but I’m not sure if that means it is her homeland.
Here’s a good one: Who is Rose supposedly a sibling to?

I had read in a Street Fighter comic that Rose and Bison are the same ‘person’. In order to achive ultimate Psycho Power, Bison had to get rid of all of his ‘good side’. Rose was created from Bison’s good energy. Is this the answer you were looking for MET?

That’s an amazing revelation if that’s the truth, but I had learned that Rose was Bison’s sister. Close enough, so go for it.

I am not totally sure if the comic is canon the story or not. I’t may have also said that in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Whatever.
This one might be eazy but it is all that I can think of at this time.
Who has/had the code name ‘Kiler Bee’?

I am not totally sure if the comic is canon the story or not. I’t may have also said that in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Whatever.
This one might be eazy but it is all that I can think of at this time.
Who has/had the code name ‘Kiler Bee’?

Im totally wrong but ill guess… because i’ve been out of this thread for a while
is it Cammy?

Perhaps Birdie?

Allen got it right (cool picture by the way. Cecil rules!). Cammy was called Killer Bee while she was under Bison’s control.
Go for it Allen!

Allen got it right (cool picture by the way. Cecil rules!). Cammy was called Killer Bee while she was under Bison’s control.
Go for it Allen!

Thanks, man!

Question: Street Fighter IV (timeline), is after which Street Fighter game?

(sorry i have no Castlevania Question)

Thanks, man!

Question: Street Fighter IV (timeline), is after which Street Fighter game?

(sorry i have no Castlevania Question)

Street Fighter II

It’s in between II, and III.

You got it right phantom rider your turn to ask the Question.

Question: What was Gouken (Ken and Ryu’s Sensei) originally called in the U.S?

That’s a good question, I have no idea. Anyone else?

It wasnt Dhalsim right?

or yoga?

I wanted to say Shen long, or something
i know it had Shen somewere around his name?

But wasnt that a April fools joke or something?

Sheng-Long just means Dragon Punch. Your thinking of Gouken and Gouki’s sensei, Goutetsu. He’s sometimes referred to as Sheng-Long. Sheng-Long was actually created by the staff of a video game magazine as a joke. They made him into a full fledged character. The words Sheng Long could be seen in a victory quote by Ryu in the Street Fighter II series. "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance." Everyone thought that he was referring to his master, but the truth is, he’s talking about his Dragon Punch, the Shoryuken.

Correct.

These were the picture pranks.

Street Fighter II ()
Street Fighter III ()

Though he really would have made a cool character, a pretty powerful one too, I think. Who is Dracula’s eternal confidant?

Though he really would have made a cool character, a pretty powerful one too, I think. Who is Dracula’s eterenal confidant?

I think it’s Death but I am not sure.

If I am correct then here is my question.

In the Saturn port of Symphony of the Night what is the name of the song that plays in the inverted Cursed Prison, an area exclusive to the Saturn version?

EDIT: It also plays in the beginning if you play as Maria.

You were correct, Trekkies, but I don’t have a clue about differences between the Playstation and Saturn versions of SOTN. Truth be told, I beat SOTN for the first time over the holiday break after I got the Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) for christmas, which features SOTN, and the original Japanese Dracula X, Rondo Of Blood.

I haven’t played the Saturn verson.
So Met, you changed you picture for Trevor to Ken. Why the change? It is a pretty sweet pic.

Well the main differences are:

Maria and Richter are playable from the start.
2 new areas added to the castle, the Cursed Prison and the Underground Garden
Maria plays very differently from her PSP counterpart, she is actually quite overpowered, if I remember correctly she can kill almost any boss in 2 hits.
New music for the 2 new areas
New Items
Some technical issues from PS1 to Saturn Porting.

Well, I guess you ask the question Trekkie.

Well since you all seem to be having trouble with it here is a video clip of the Saturn version and the music:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uT092HbpoJM

Solid, I figured I didn’t want to have the same old avatar all the time, though its a cool pic of my favorite Belmont. Just the same, my favorite Street Fighter is Ken. Always been. I’m taking it, based on your avatar, your a Zelda fan.

Yes, I am a Zelda fan but that is just the ‘tip of the iceberg’. I picked a shield cause it also repersents sides of my personality. If it wasn’t for the shield as my avatar it would have a cool looking picture of Akuma’s ‘Heaven’ symbol. The shield is a nice classic pictuce of game that I love.

Even after I posted a video you guys can’t figure out what it’s a remix of?

I’m waiting for solid8bit and met II to answer because i dont know much about Castlevania…

I know that song, but not too sure of the title. Is it "Bloody Tears"?

I know that song, but not too sure of the title. Is it "Bloody Tears"?

No it’s not Bloody Tears, any Castlevania fan should recognize it immediately at about 40 seconds into the video.

O, I think I know it….. It sounds like a remix of……………GRRRRRRRRR!! I don’t know the name of the song. I do reconize the song just can’t remember where I have hurd it before. I am pretty sure it is a remix of that song. GRRR!

But it is a remix of the Town theme from Simon’s Quest, right?

Its a remix of Vampire Killer

Alright, you made it. I couldn’t answer because like I told you, my sound doesn’t work. If your right, Jessie, you ask the next question. Unless your quite sure of yourself. Naturally, I would have been able to guess it right off the bat, because I’ve heard all the soundtracks. So if your positive, go ahead and think of something to ask.

I hope im right, here is the question anyway should be easy enough name 5 primary weapons from castlevania.

i’ll take a guess with this. :p

whip, sword, axe, uh….do those secondary ones count? holy water throwing knives? no wait. you said primary. >.<

daggers…and…. spears/polearms?

Yep thats good enough, your turn Tact.

wow. can’t believe i got it right. :p

ok uh………………………………………… ……(each dot represents like 10 mintues of me drawing blanks)

…>.<

omg i suck at this it’s insane. ooh! i got one. lol (kinda lame but whatev)

how do you get diffrent colored costumes in any SF game? :p

Ahh…trick question. You can’t get different colors in all Street Fighter games. That only started after the World Warrior.

Yes Jessie, you were right. It is a Remix of Vampire Killer, the music from the First Stage of the first Castlevania game.

As for your question tact, if its anything like the SNES version of Turbo, then I am going to say you press start instead of A when selecting your character.

If I am right here is my question:

Name the 3 different 16-bit home consoles that Street Fighter 2 was released on, any verison of Street Fighter 2 counts.

Well I know that SNES and Genesis had to be two of them, because I had SF2 games for both. Could it be Sega Saturn?

Im goin to say Snes, Genesis and TurboGrafx

Jessie is correct. The Saturn was a 32 bit console, not a 16 bit one. The PC Engine (TG16) version wasn’t released outside of Japan so not many people even know of it’s existence.

If you wanna see it in action here is a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Sjnjamk2E

Im up again. "What year is Dawn of Sorrow set"

It takes place in the future, 2036 (iirc). Correct?

Correct ShmupFighter.

Okay. Another not-so-hard Castlevania question.

In SOTN, which sword raises your ATT the most?

Is it the Alucard Sword?

Indeed, it must be the Alucard sword, not to be confused with the feux Alucart sword. Originally, I was thinking the Damascus, but you reminded me of the Alucard sword. There’s also a shield, and some other armor.

Of course it’s the Alucard sword. Duh!! lol

Ok. Looks like it’s my turn.
Were did Twelve and Necro (SFIII) come from?

Parts unknown?

Russia!

Maybe I should restate my question- Who made Twelve and Necro? I’m sure you have relized that they are not human.

Some sort of organization. Did Twelve and Necro have anything to do with Q?

I don’t know the whole story, but I do know that both of them have something to do with a "G Project", which had something to do with Urien and a Dr. Kure. That’s all I know.

You got it ShmupFighter. Twelve and Necro are with the Illuminati organization, which Gill is the leader of. Twelve and Necro were created my experments done by Illuminati, Gill, and his brother Urien- the G Project.
………..um……. I don’t really know anything about Q.
Anyway, you got it Shmup.

Alright then. Here goes a SF question.

Who is Yun and Yang’s father?

Answer:"Lee"
(i think i answered this question before?)

correct

Pass, i got nothing at the moment, feel free to ask the question…

In Street Fighter Alpha 2, who’s stage does Mike Haggar (from Final Fight) appear in the background in.
Hint- Haggar is seen choking someone with a headlock.

Can’t say, but there’s also a stage in SF Alpha 3 in which you can see Hugo from the SF3 series. Incidentally, Hugo, who went by Andor then, was in the Final Fight series as a mini-mini boss type. SF Alpha 2 was the only one of the Alpha series I have not played.

He’s in Cody and/or Guys stage.

Correct

Sorry pass again

This is going to be a easy one but right now it’s all I got.
How often does Dracula come back to life?

Usually, I believe, every century or a hundred years, same thing.

So………do you have a question for us Met.

Indeed. What sort of ninja is Guy?

Bushin.

Kiva, you are correct. Your up.

Yun, and Yang are the grandson’s of which character?

Gen from the Street Fighter Alpha series.

Bingo.

You’re up MET II.

Tiger is to Sagat as Jaguar is to….?

……um…………

Adon.

Excellent work, Kiva. Solid, you didn’t seem to understand the reference. Remember that when Sagat uses a special move, he uses the term tiger. When Adon uses his special moves, he says Jaguar. I think it has something to do with their rank and titles in the art of Muay Thai. Anyway, Kiva, go for it.

What Street Fighter game was released in 1990 for the NES?

Street Fighter 2010

Correct. Jessie, you’re up.

How many stages in Castleania III Dracula’s Curse on the Nes

Quite a few. There are multiple paths the player can take. Let me take a stab at it…23?

Nope less.

Just a random guess………..19

Less again.

Gen is Yun and Yang’s grandfather?? I don’t know about that one. Source please.

I know for a fact that Lee, father of Yun and Yang, was a friend of Gen’s. So how can that make him the grandfather?

Fifteen levels. Is that right?

Your right MET II.

Awesome, sorry for keeping everyone in the dark for a couple days. Question:
Who authored this quote?:
"Your flesh is soft. My fists are invincible. Realize your agony."

Balrog?

Sounds like it could be from Castlevaina, is it something Dracula would say?

No, it’s something from Alpha 3.

"Your flesh is soft. My fists are invincible. Realize your agony."

If I may be allowed…I believe that one is from Sagat.

Rosencrantz
"A new Challenger Appears"

If your right you go next, man.

not trivia but why was the movie not about Ryu, it would of been much better

not trivia but why was the movie not about Ryu, it would of been much better

What movie are you talking about?

He’s talking about the live-action film, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile. The whole film was terrible, and didn’t even follow the game’s storyline. Ken had short hair, Ryu actually looked Japanese, Bison was gangly old man named Raul Julia, Blanka was created in a lab…by Dhalsim, a scientist, apparently, T. Hawk’s a little tiny army man, Dee Jay works for Shadaloo, and has a terrible haircut, Balrog actually goes around everywhere with his boxing gloves (corny), and he’s a good guy, Blanka was Charlie before he was transformed, Vega actually looked like a Spaniard (very cheesy looking), Sagat was no taller than Vega, Cammy works with Guile, Zangief also works for Shadaloo, Honda works in the back of a news van, the news reporter he works with is Chun-Li, and Chun-Li’s cameraman is Balrog. As you can see, Hollywood really f**ked things up. What kind of a storyline do you call that?

Rosencrantz, you are correct, by the way. Its your go. Your username…that a Hamlet reference?

Oh, that movie. That thing was so horrorable that I could not watch the whole thing. I hope that this next movie will follow the story of Street Fighter. Hollywool has a way of ruining movies based off of video games.

"A New Challenger Appears" – hoho…my wretched ego inflates!

MET II – indeed it is a Hamlet reference, though, and I must confess with a tint of a Onimusha reference as well, as not only it’s my favorite Shakespearian work but I also enjoyed the references made in the game and liked most of the characters associated with them.

But enough of that…on with the show!

OK, this is a Castlevania quiz of sorts, not really good at these things so I’m putting this one as a charade:
"I live for fame, fortune and black magic. Infanticide is something that doesn’t bother me that much. Fate relegated me to an obscure title. Who am I?"

Vlad Tepes?

Someone say something. We wouldn’t want my creation to die off, now would we? Hm? Would we?

Someone say something. We wouldn’t want my creation to die off, now would we? Hm? Would we?

No. I won’t let this die! This thing is fun.
I have no clue what the answer to Rosencrantz question is. Sence no one has conformed you answer, Met, your the only one that gave it a shot. I say you go.

Ooops….

So sorry for leaving all out in the cold like that. My bad. I apologize.

In regarding to MET II’s answer – sorry, but it is not the correct one.

Anyway, if you all feel like moving on with it, I’ll give the answer and "pass the torch". I’m starting to get the impression I was a bit too extreme on my Castlevania fandom.

Again, my apologies.

I’ll guess again: Death?
Perhaps Shaft? I don’t remember that quote. I’ve played and beaten most of the Castlevania games except for the Nintendo 64 titles, and Legends for Gameboy.
If I didn’t get it on either of those guesses than please tell me, I’m quite interested in all things Castlevania.

MET II, in respect to your persistance and Castlevania fandom, I add that you have one aspect correct – it is from Castlevania 64.

Everyone was havin such Street Fighter trivia fun, I’m getting the feeling I spoiled all with my obscure Castlevania fandom…

Oh no, of course not, I very much love Castlevania. Its a passion. Could the character be Actrise, whom I just read about on Wikipedia?

You are correct sir. It is Actrise indeed.

She is a deranged stage actress turned witch who sold her soul in exchange for eternal fame and beauty. To that end, she has performed 100 ritual sacrifices of children, including her own, hence why "infanticide is something that doesn’t bother her that much".
And the obscure title bit, well, you figured that one out by yourself.

http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Actrise her entry on the Castlevania Wikia sheds more light on some of her "activities".

I chose Actrise as I think she’s a good design (though historically incorrect) and somewhat memorable villain that unfortunately got to be on a infamous entry in the series.

Anyway, as said, you have guessed correctly. Needless to say, it is your turn.

Here is another Castlevania question:
Who are Death’s two subbordinates?

If I’m not mistaken, Slogra and Gaibon.

Correct, Rosencrantz, your up.

OK, here’s a Street Fighter question so that the other series isn’t neglected.

The 12 Dolls, Shadaloo’s Elite Guard, besides wardrobe, all share a common theme – what is it?

On a side note, I’m starting to notice the difficulty isn’t answering questions, but making them up…

On a side note, I’m starting to notice the difficulty isn’t answering questions, but making them up…
Right! LOL!!

I think that all of the Dolls are females.

Damn…you got me there solid8bit.
I edited my post to mention the question wasn’t about their clothing. Guess I should have mentioned the gender as well…

Anyway, to speed things up, I’ll leave a significant clue – the "common theme" is in their names.

they all end with Y or I

Caignazzo, I don’t just mean the 3 playable characters in SFA3. Cammy does not count as part of the Elite Squad (notice her uniform is of a different color).

Enero
F???vrier
M???rz
Aprile
Satsuki
Juni
Juli
Santamu
Jianyu
Xiayu
Noembelu
Decapre

What’s the common trait here?

names of the Months

You are correct sir. The stage is yours.

Skip, I got nothing

I’ll go, I suppose. What two fighting disciplines does Vega utilize?

I think he ueses some kind of Ninjutsu and bull fightng techniques………………………..maybe…… ………?

Zipota & Savate aswell as Ninjitsu

Ahh, very good. Ninjitsu, of course. Zipota & Savate…if that means Spanish cage fighting, then you are correct.

Of Corse!!!! CAGE FIGHTING!!!!!! :eggsweat:

Yes, Solid, but I believe you are also right about the bull fighting techniques. I’m sure he does utilize those techniques. You must remember when Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li encounter Vega in Street Fighter II V. Indeed, he is a bullfighter in that series.

There was a guy in Street Fighter the Movie called Blade he was in another capcom game and went by another name.
Question is what name did he go by and what was the name of the game.

It took a little research, but I got it. Blade’s real name is Gunloc, and he was apparently a wrestler on the game Saturday Night Slam Masters. Interestingly enough, he has nothing to do with Street Fighter, though, in the movie, he is supposed to Guile’s brother. Anyway, is that the answer you were looking for?

Its sure is.

Awesome. Interesting bit of information that was. Without further ado:
Who did Remy say goodbye to in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike?

His ice-encased (and I assume, dead) sister.

Way to go, Rosencrantz. Your turn.

Much obliged, sir.

OK, this one might be kinda mean. O:]

The new Street Fighter IV character, El Fuerte, besides being a luchador, has another occupation. What is it?

http://www.jeuxactu.com/images-fiches-street-fighter-iv-9793-4-14-1-15.html there’s a hint in one of these screens!

He’s a cook

You are correct. Though from what I hear, poor El Fuerte is somewhat deluded in his kitchen ambitions…

Anyway, tis’ your turn.

Aha! Is he a chef or a cook? I actually remember the screenshot of him holding a frying pan when I was checking out a site a few days ago…oops! Looks like Jessie beat me to it. Dang ‘it ‘ol boy…good eye, Jessie.

MET II, from the info I gathered he is just a cook and apparently a very bad one at that.
If the loketest reports are true, most of his quotes are related to cooking, in his intro (where he’s seen holding a frying pan) he shouts "Super dynamic cooking time!" and one of his win quotes is something along the lines of "And remember, tortillas are made with CORN!"
Anyway, with all that goofyness running amok, El Fuerte is shaping up to be Street Fighter IV’s joke character, though quite the competent fighter if once again the reports are to be trusted.

In Symphony of the Night what is the black sword thats strong against holy.

Great question. I actually had to go and research this. Of corse, by ‘research’ I mean I went to find and dig out SotN, and look through every thing ’till I found IT.
The dark sword that is strong against holy- Mormegil.

Correct. Your go solid8bit.

Dhalsim uses what kind of fighting style and what is his special technique(s)?

Yoga, which is what he uses to stretch his appendages, flames, fire, and teleportation.

You got it!
YOGA FIREEEE!!!!!!!!

Nice to see your Yoga spirit, Solid. I have a question similar to Jessie’s last one? In Portrait Of Ruin, what is the Black whip which is strong against Holy Power?

Is this one too difficult?

I’ll give a shot at it.
After a little research, and I’m not sure on this, but I’d say the answer is Jet Black Whip.

Rosencrantz, that was the answer I was looking for. Correct. Ask away.

OK, here goes another Castlevania one.
In the game’s bestiary, an enemy is described as:
"A woman of irresistible beauty.
No man can defy her will."

Who is this enemy?

I believe this demon-woman’s name began with an A. I know she was on Portrait of Ruin, and she was inside of the first pyramid. Some sort of Egyptian type goddess. She casts spells on you. And no, I didn’t have to look this up. I remember almost all the Castlevania demons. Let me try and guess…Anastasia? Something along those lines?

OK, here goes another Castlevania one.
In the game’s bestiary, an enemy is described as:
"A woman of irresistible beauty.
No man can defy her will."

Who is this enemy?

Not the succubus, is it?

MET II, you got it right on who the character is. I didn’t mention the game in fear of making the riddle a total give-away.
You didn’t point out her name (Astarte) but you guessed who I meant, so no point in stalling the thread. Your move, sir.

kairithepaladin, as mentioned before, it is not the succubus, but a one-time boss enemy, Astarte.
The description is important because she has the ability of casting a spell that makes the male playable character attack the female playable character.

A witch indeed. Here’s a good one: What was different about the Werewolf you fight in Portrait of Ruin, compared to all the other Castlevania Werewolf bosses?

The Werewolf in Portrait of Ruin stands on two legs, in stead of four.

Actually…its always stood on two legs. It still did in Portrait of Ruin, except for when it ran. There was another obvious detail I was thinking of. The Werewolf was in Rondo Of Blood, Symphony Of The Night, Circle Of The Moon, Vampire’s Kiss, Aria Of Sorrow, Dawn Of Sorrow. It always had the same appearance. Red streak of hair down the back, dark fur with a sort of bluish hue. Portrait Of Ruin’s Werewolf had brown fur. There’s one more more obvious difference.

This is my final hint regarding this question: There is a really big difference.

Well, for starters the werewolf of PoR is huge compared to his previous incarnations. I mean the thing rips out light posts and then throws them at you like javelins! Also the Werewolf of PoR is a completely new sprite design as opposed to being the reused sprite from Rondo of Blood.

Right, exactly. Its much bigger. That was the answer I was looking for. I think, all in all, that Werewolf looks much more ferocious than the previous ones. Well, its your turn to ask a question.

OK, I don’t know if this was asked already because I haven’t had a chance to look over the entire thread, but here goes:

What are the inspirations behind the Vampiric bosses Camilla, Count Orlox, and Elizabeth Bartley?

If I’m correct, Elizabeth Bartley was a sort of alias for queen Elizabeth Bathory, who bathed in the blood of countless young virgins. Sometimes referred to as Countess Dracula. It would seem that Count Orlox is a reference to Count Orlock, the Vampire in Nosferatu.

WOW…….you really know your…………………………….stuff

Thank you. The one about Orlox…looked it up on wiki.

Camilla – Carmilla, a vampiress from a gothic novella named after her. Literature character, likely based on Erzs???bet B???thory.
Count Orlox – Count Orlock, the vampire in "Nosferatu". Movie character slightly adapted from Bram Stoker’s "Dracula".
Elizabeth Bartley – Erzs???bet B???thory, the "Blood Countess". Historical figure.

Sorry…had to toss my 2 cents on this matter, too many characters of my liking. *really likes Castlevania sub-villains*

MET you got the first two and Rosencrantz got the last one. So, I don’t know how you guys are going to settle on who does the next trivia question.

Rosencrantz, be my guest and go ahead.

MET II – thank you, sir. You are a scholar and a gentleman.

A simple Street Fighter one: who are the "Shitennou"?

Shitennou. I believe that translates to " Four Heavenly Lords or Four Heavenly Kings." anyway, the only thing I see that could match that refrence is the three subcommanders of Shadowloo, Balrog, Vega, and Sagat, and thier Leader himself, M. Bison.

Lord Brimstone you are correct, sir.
Incidentally, and the question had that in mind, the Four Heavenly Kings just got their official confirmation on Street Fighter IV.

Really? All four of them? This promises to be most interesting. Though, I should warn all of you not to put all your hadoukens in one basket. Who knows how the game might turn out. Perhaps I should have a little more faith in Capcom.

www.capcom.co.jp/sf4 they’re on the official site

The graphics have improved since the initial screens and the gameplay seems solid and entertaining.
The thing I’m really hoping for the most are improvements on the basic moves for the classic characters (I hope Sagat’s crouch and air kicks aren’t the exact same animation, for instances) and a couple of cool new lady fighters (Ono said he wanted to balance genders in the roster).
There’s also words of exclusive characters for the home versions. Toss in the likes of Urien, Dudley, Ibuki, Rose, Elena, Rolento, Gen or Q and this game could be a winner!

Your up, Lord Brimstone

OK then. this one will be kind of easy for you history buffs out there. In Castlevania, Lament of Innocence, Dracula is portrayed as a brilliant tactician for a company of knights under the command of Leon Belmont. What company of knights did Vladislav Dracula (aka the real life Dracula) actually belong to?

I’m not sure about the name of the knights. But they must’ve been Wallachian, or Transylvanian. Vlad was a Wallachian prince.

If I’m not mistaken, the "Societas Draconis", aka the "Order of the Dragon".

I don’t remember if there was a explicit mention of the order Leon and Mathias belonged to in Lament of Innocence though.

Lord Brimstone, have you forgotten us, the people?

uh sorry. I haven’t forgotten you guys. My Internet connection has been down for two days due to the remodeling being done at my house. I have since relocated my router and I’m back on-line.

Anyway, Rosencrantz, you are correct. It is indeed, the Order of the Dragon. Also, it’s interesting to note, that the Order is where his father, Vlad II, received his last name of Dracul, or Dragon. Dracula, roughly means "son of the Dragon.
In Castlevania LoI, I don’t believe they mentioned what order Leon and Mathias belonged to though the only real order that existed around the game’s time-line is the Order of St. John, also known as the Knights Hospitaller. It would explain why Leon and Mathias were away in the crusades when Mathias’ wife died but it doesn’t explain why Leon would have his own territory since the Knight’s Hospitaller was based in Jerusalem at the time. Another possiblity is that Leon’s company is a nod to the Order of Saint George, a well known order that the Societas Draconis based themselves off of, but the Knights of St. George wouldn’t be established for well over a century after Leon’s timeline. Another interesting tidbit is if you look up Mathias’ name, you will find out he is a real person with a very strong connection to Vlad.
again, sorry for the delay.

Well it wasn’t your fault, so anyway, Rosencrantz, your up.

Lord Brimstone, first of all, welcome back to the internets, sir.
Interesting tidbit on the connection between the historical Dracula and Mathia Cronqvist.
It’s stuff like this that really makes me respect the amount of work that is put in some games, and the Castlevania franchise has always been a cornucopia of references….much to my nerdy bliss, I should admit.

Anyway, here goes a silly, simple Castlevania one:
What is the Castlevania equivalent for these two lovely little ladies?

EDIT REDUX: new url. lessee if this works…
Much obliged for your help Kneg!

(Tried to fix your tags. Couldn’t. Sorry ;; )

ah, as much as I like to, I’m going to let someone else answer this one since I answered the last two that wasn’t one of my own questions.

The answer to my ignored question is: Street Fighter Online – Mouse Generation.

Noobs.

😛

i was going to answer dat

@Rosencratz dats the two girls from Castlevania: POR Stella and Loretta

A Capcom Question for yall In Cap vs Snk 2 or (EO) there are are 2 iori’s which one would have the name Crazy Iori

That would be Riot of the Blood Iori, I believe. It is also known as Orochi Iori. The form was originally shown in King of Fighters 97. (A.K.A. the Orochi saga)

I’m quite sure nightzero was correct. With the multi-colored eyes, that can only be an equivalent, visually to Brauner’s ‘claimed’, brainwashed daughters. Biologically, they are Eric Lecarde’s daughters. Not trying to take your credit, nightzero, just thought I would elaborate a little more. Sorry.

Indeed nightzero is correct.
MET II, to elaborate even further (because I’m just that much of a jolly geek…), one might claim those two characters from Rozen Maiden are the visual inspiration for Stella and Loretta. Besides heterochromia, like S&L, they are also twins, share a similar pseudo Victorian/Gothic Lolita fashion sense and are also similar in the way they engage in battle (one focused on magical attacks and the other on physical combat).
There was also the neverending stream of "desu" jokes when S&L were revealed, but that’s a whole different subject…

Anyway, pardon my assumption that anybody would care for something so trivial. Carry on, gentlemen!

On the contrary, dear boy. Your tidbits quite fascinate me and are welcome anytime on my thread, Rosencrantz.

On the contrary, dear boy. Your tidbits quite fascinate me and are welcome anytime on my thread, Rosencrantz.

I agree. I don’t know much about Castlevania (most of my insain random knowage is with series such as Metal Gear, Legend of Zelda, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, and Metroid) so I like to hear facts like that. Keep it up!

Uh, it’s been a while. Has the last answer been revealed yet? I would like to know if my answer is correct or not.

That would be Riot of the Blood Iori, I believe. It is also known as Orochi Iori. The form was originally shown in King of Fighters 97. (A.K.A. the Orochi saga)

Yeah thats right….

Very well then, I will do a simple Street fighter word association question. I give you a character quote that is said after beating the pulp out of your opponent, and you tell me which fighter said it.

Here is the quote:
"Go Home and be a family man!"

The answer is Guile. That particular quote was from the Street Fighter II series.

Correct. You’re up.

Who is rumored to be the father of Trevor Belmont?

Ignore post

IDK the father of Trevor………………
but on a side note, sence this is also about SF, have you guys heard the Street Fighter II Rap. LOL Check it out
http://www.filefactory.com/file/aa08f8/

Well if we are still counting Castlevania Legends as part of the official timeline, (since apprently after castlevania LoI, Konami doesn’t count it anymore) I would have to guess Alucard. Mainly because Sonia Belmont was supposed to be the mother of Trevor and She and Alucard had a thing going on for a while.

Yes, that’s correct. But just because Legends never happened, doesn’t mean that those two aren’t still his parents, right? And yes, Solid, I have heard the rap. Is it the one where the fellow says, "Better watch out cause I’m a Street Fighter"? And then in the middle, it goes into Ken’s stage music?

Well the main reason it’s not reconised by Konami anymore is the fact that Sonia was supposed to be the first Belmont, however, that got retconned in Castlevania Lament of Inocence. Anyway, trying to come up with a question right now..

Alright, then. Think hard.

OK it took me a while but I had to do a lot of thinking and research on this one. OK it’s a Castlevania one. As everyone knows Dracula has usually been the Principle antagonist of the Castlevania series, however a few of his cronies has managed to find a moment in the limelight as well.

The question is this: Excluding Aria and Dawn of Sorrow, What are the Sub-bosses from the Castlevania games that have also been final bosses?
I excluded the Sorrow games Mainly because those Final bosses had never appeared as sub-bosses.

Death, for one, was the final boss on Lament of Innocence. Keeping in mind, I’ve never played Legends, or either of the N64 titles, that’s all I can think of, but I do think that the Dracula fought in the original gameboy titles (Castlevania Adventure and Castlevania Adventure II: Belmont’s revenge) looked an awful lot like death, as well as the Final Boss on Simon’s Quest, who they claim is Dracula. I suppose it must be, considering it took six of Dracula’s remains to create it. Who else would it be?

How about Dracula in SotN. You battled him at the begining and he is also the final boss. I don’t know this would count (no pun intended) as a sub boss because it is the ending of Rondo of Blood and you are playing as Richter.

Close but not quite. Death is one of them but he isn’t the only one…. Also, Dracula is not one of them either though that is a very clever guess on your part Solid.
I’ll give you a hint: The other one is from SotN. Wait, that’s two hints. Oh well.

I’m going to throw a random, though relatively educated, guess here. If I happen to be correct, Lord Brimstone, you are very very mean, sir.

Galamoth

He’s a boss in SotN and, I think, is the final boss in "Akumajou Dracula Special: Boku Dracula-kun" for the Nintendo Famicom.

Yes, I am very mean, and yes you are correct. http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd263/justiceira33/emoticones-diable-evil-003.gif
Also, just to let you know that Akumajou Dracula Special was also released on the Game Boy here in the states as Kid Dracula, so it’s not a totally unknown game here in the states, it just very obscure.

But the truth is, Kid Dracula really wasn’t related to the Castlevania story in any way, or so I’ve heard.

Ah, But when I said which castlevania sub-bosses had also been final bosses, I didn’t say castlevania final bosses. I.E. it was a trick question which I’ll admit I should have worded better. also there are some similarities to Kid Dracula and Alucard but nothing that is stated as canon as you had pointed out Met, but keep this in mind: Galamoth in SotN was an optional boss and it was not required by the game to defeat him. So it is likely that his appearance was an homage to the Kid Dracula games. Konami has done this in the past, so I wouldn’t put it over them to do this.

Edit: so who’s up now? I also swear not to do any more trivia questions like that since it seemed to have caused some problems

That’s quite alright, Master, you can ask whatever you choose on my thread, just so long as it is related to the thread topic.

Well once agin you and Rosencrantz both got the question right. So I guess it’s another toss up then?

Well, I guess the proper thing is for me to pass the torch on this one, as MET II kindly did before.

Thank you, Rosencrantz. Name five or more pairs in SF EX3 which can perform "Meteor Tag Combos".

I suppose no one has an answer for this one?

Well, since no one has provided an answer, I’ll take a shot at it.
I admit I had to look it up on a FAQ though…

Pullum + Darun
Ken + Ryu
Chi wo fuuin wo hokareta Hokuto + Kairi
Nanase + Hokuto
Sakura + Ryu
Jack + Vulcano Rosso
Guile + Chun-Li
Blanka + Dhalsim
M. Bison + Vega
Zangief + Darun

To be honest, I have no clue.

Rosencrantz has answered all of them. Your up.

A Street Fighter question: recently, two new characters were officially announced in Street Fighter IV. Who are they?

You don’t mean the Luchador, the woman, the big blonde guy and the other one whose hasn’t been seen yet, do you? Your talking about two more characters to make a total of six new characters?

You don’t mean the Luchador,

his name is EL FUERTE (the strong.. damn you capcom, first you make a "mexican" look like an indian, now you couldnt come up with a better name for a wrestler??????)

Well recently they announced three Fei-Long, Dan and a new character called Seth. here the scans

Am i right?

Well, I came up with that question just to see how updated people were on this whole SFIV biz…

Firebrand-X, you are parcially correct regarding Seth. Dan and Fei-Long are rumored to appear on the console version.
The other character is Rufus. he appeared on a loketest, but only now he was officially announced.

Anyway, no point in stalling this any further, I’ll take Firebrand-X’s as correct. Your move, sir!

And for the curious…
http://www.capcom.co.jp/sf4/ac1.html
http://www.jeux-france.com/news27703_street-fighter-iv-le-boss.html

Seth seems to be the "bridge" between SFII and SFIII, bearing in mind his undeniable resemblance to Gill/Urien.

Oh, Ok i don’t if this is already ask but i will give it a try
true or false
The Dolls from Street Fighter Alpha 3 are named after the months of the year, in their home country’s language. And if true named them.

It was I think the Answer was:
Enero
F???vrier
M???rz
Aprile
Satsuki
Juni
Juli
Santamu
Jianyu
Xiayu
Noembelu
Decapre

And was answered by Rosencrantz
Sorry i have no question to ask but since Rosen
answered it before he/she should have the next
question. or anybody else?

yes those are the dolls and apparently M.Bison had sex with them…. sry i just had to bring that up oh and i have a question for yall. For Ken And Alex’s Stage in StreetFighter 3: 3rd strike (JPN Arcade Version) what is their stage’s song name (its my favorite song too….)

The answer is Jazzy NYC 99. I have that ost. Alot of nice tracks on there, inluding Crazy Chili Dog (Urien), You Blow My Mind (Dudley), Killing Moon (Akuma/Gouki), The Circuit (Hugo), and Psyche-Out (Gill).

Hey everyone, I’m back. I went to the beach for a vacation. Just thought I would say that I have returned. SUNBURN!!!!!!!!!

In symphony of the night (castlevania), What do you need in order to get the holy glasses and where do you need to go?

When I first played the game it took me a while to find the glasses. You have to go to Maria and she gives you the Holy Glasses, and as as for where she is……… I don’t remember the location..but it is somewere in the top right of the castle………. I think you have to go through all thoes spikes and have to turn into mist get through a gate. Or maybe it is the clock room.

In symphony of the night (castlevania), What do you need in order to get the holy glasses and where do you need to go?

you need the silver and gold rings to open the floor in the clock room of the marble gallery.
it is the very center of the castle.
inside, youll fight maria for the glasses.
in the US psx version, you didnt need to fight her.

you need the silver and gold rings to open the floor in the clock room of the marble gallery.
it is the very center of the castle.
inside, youll fight maria for the glasses.
in the US psx version, you didnt need to fight her.

Thats right, now I remember! You had to equip the rings in the clock room! I must have been thinking of some other time where you meet Maria.

CATASTROPHE, will you be presenting us with a question, or shall you pass?

i pass.
same reason with the RE trivia:
my questions are unanswerable

Hmm. I wouldn’t mind putting that to the test one of these days CATASTROPHE. I like a good challenge.
Anyways, does anyone else got a question they would like to ask or should I ask one?

Brimstone, you go ahead and ask a question. Give us…a ‘challenge’, eh? Also, to everyone who participates in this thread, feel free to share any information about upcoming Street Fighter or Castlevania titles, even if it’s only trivial, or rumor based. Anyway, Brimstone, your up.

Ok. Another Castlevania question from me. How many
playable characters in the Castlevania games are female
and what are thier names? This includes secret playable
characters as well.

castlevania 3: sylpha belnades -second favorite after grant dannasty.
castlevania legends: sonia belmont – i wonder how she would look with kojima’s art style?
castlevania rondo of blood: maria renard
castlevania symphony: maria renard
castlevania 64: carrie fernandez
castlevania legacy of darkness: carrie fernandez
castlevania dawn of sorrow: yoko belnades AND soma cruz ( in early stages of development, he was gonna be a girl).
castlevania portrait of ruin: charlotte aulin

and i think thats about it.

Appy-polly-logies, but I cannot repel the nerdyness, so if I may add to CATASTROPHE’s answer:
Castlevania – Portrait of Ruin: Stella and Loretta / Maria
Castlevania – Order of Ecclesia: Shanoa

‘Tis just for completion’s sake, so I won’t dare take any credit for the answer, of course. *bows out*

Appy-polly-logies, but I cannot repel the nerdyness, so if I may add to CATASTROPHE’s answer:
Castlevania – Portrait of Ruin: Stella and Loretta / Maria
Castlevania – Order of Ecclesia: Shanoa

‘Tis just for completion’s sake, so I won’t dare take any credit for the answer, of course. *bows out*

you know? i feel like a complete IDIOT!
after that post, i was watching the upcoming eclessia, and never crossed my mind that i didnt put it in the answer!

Well once again I had my question answered by two posters. CATASTROPHE got the bulk of the question right while Rosencrantz filled in the blanks.

Note: I had forgotten that Soma was originally planed as a woman.
Something you might find interesting along those lines is that
in Castlevania Resurrection, the planned but ultimately scrapped
Sega Dreamcast game was going to have Sonia Belmont as one of
the Main Protagonists.

Well once again I had my question answered by two posters. CATASTROPHE got the bulk of the question right while Rosencrantz filled in the blanks.

Note: I had forgotten that Soma was originally planed as a woman.
Something you might find interesting along those lines is that
in Castlevania Resurrection, the planned but ultimately scrapped
Sega Dreamcast game was going to have Sonia Belmont as one of
the Main Protagonists.

yep, had that in mind, but as the game was cancelled, didnt put it.
also, victor (second character) looked a lot like tim curry, was he modeled after tim? if the game had voices, would victor be played by tim?
that would have make it my favorite castlevania EVER.
even if it had reviews of -10.

Yes, that model looked incredibly like Tim Curry, no doubt. So, I haven’t heard of this upcoming Castlevania title. Who would do the honors of filling me in?

i have the trailer somewhere, give me 4 minutes and ill post it.

here it is:
http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/dracula_ds3/

Sooooo…………. whos up?

CATASTROPHE, I believe.

CATASTROPHE, I believe.

as always, i pass.
not because of "the reason", but because right now im quite relaxed and come up with a good question.

You are not being fair, CATASTROPHE, sir. Do honor us with a question when you see fit. Like Lord Magister, and many others, the challenge would be appreciated.
Anyway, if you gentlemen don’t mind, I got a very silly Castlevania one.

This is from the private records of conversation between a Castlevania monster and his therapist:
"I keep having this strange dream where I am standing in a corner of a small empty room and, all of a sudden, this little guy walks in. We just stand there quietly staring at each other, like cowboys before a showdown, for like 2 seconds, than all of a sudden the guy pulls out two cards, starts glowing and rund up to me. Then the little bastard starts punching me in the balls!!! Son of a bi**h punches in the nuts til I catch on fire!!!
Then I die, everything goes black…but like 5 seconds later, there I am, alive again, standing in that same corner….and there’s that little bastard again, and he does it again! He runs up to me, punches the daylights out of my balls til I catch on fire!!!
And again, and again, and again…it happens like 50 times, the pain is unbearable! Death by excessive genital violence relived endlessly!
Strangely, and this is the really bizarre part…he’ll stop and I die for good, but only when I drop this huge magenta card out of my ass!!! I mean…what the hell?!!? I swear to you Doc, I stopped drinking the Holy Water!"

Yeah, this is pretty stupid, but I’m pretty bored.
Anyway, the question is: who is the little bastard that keeps tormenting the poor Castlevania monster?

Neither Fleamen or Rippers use cards, as far as I know. I suppose I’ll have to look at a list of the creatures.

Rosencratz jus give us an answer cuz im clueless

at first i was gonna say olrox, but then i read about the card things, and its probably something from circle of the moon (which i havent played completely).

then i lold for the rest of the post.
good job on the dramatization!

I kind of figured it might be from either circle of the moon or portrait of ruin. If it is from CotM, it will be difficult to pinpiont the monster since this game had a lot of pallette swaping clone baddies.

Oh yes, in particular, the elemental demons, do you remember?

The Sewers in Circle of the Moon really creeped me out, what with those Witches and all. They were disturbing.

Actually, I was kind of thinking of one of those Mimic creatures from Harmony Of Dissonance, but they have no cards.

Hey everyone!
Sorry for leaving you out in the blue like that…
CATASTROPHE got it right on the game, it is from Circle of the Moon.

Seems I wasn’t eloquent enough in my question. The question is not about the monster, but about the player character.

"Who is the little bastard that keeps tormenting the poor Castlevania monster?"

I swear I’ll give a perfectly reasonable explanation for this folly!

So you’re talking about Nathan Graves then? I know the salamander
card allows you to strike with fire damage, but I’m not familiar with
with one that allows you to go fisticuffs as you are using the
Vampire Killer whip primely

You are correct Lord Magister. It is Nathan Graves.

OK, on with the explanation:
"the guy pulls out two cards, starts glowing" – DSS activation
"the little bastard starts punching me in the balls!!!" – Mars+Thunderbird allows Nathan to attack with martial arts
"punches in the nuts" – the enemy in question is the Arch Demon, by my experience, crouching next to him and using the mentioned card combination is the fastest method to kill him
"til I catch on fire" – the enemy’s death animation (applies to most enemies in CotM, truth be told…)
"but like 5 seconds later, there I am, alive again, standing in that same corner….and there’s that little bastard again, and he does it again!" – Nathan exits and re-enters the room
"And again, and again, and again…it happens like 50 times" – hunting for rare drops
"but only when I drop this huge magenta card out of my ass!!!" – the Arch Demon’s rare drop, the Apollo Card

http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/cotm/enemy2b.htm the Arch Demon (and every other enemy…), if anyone’s curious

And that’s it. Here’s hoping everything seems more logical now.
I came up with this idea because recently I’ve been playing Castlevania games (the DS ones and now the GBA ones). Currently I’m playing CotM and this whole scenario kinda popped up in my head while I was hunting for the Apollo Card.
On a side note, despite the graphics and lack of essential stuff like a Bestiary list, CotM is perhaps my favorite Castlevania title.
All original enemy sprites, good challenge, epic boss battles (Adramelech, Camilla and Dracula), DSS system offers lots of variety, having to beat the items and equipment out of enemies makes the level grinding less tedious, great castle design (yeah, it’s repetitive but at least there’s no ridiculous stuff like nursery rooms…I’m looking at you Dawn of Sorrow!), the soundtrack rocks and Nathan is like the manliest Castlevania hero ever! He whips bears and tackles boulders!

Anyway, on with the show. Carry on gentlemen!

I understand now. I suppose it is Lord Magister’s turn now. Well thought, Rosencrantz.

OK, it took me a while but I got one. Street fighter this time:
What game was originally going to be the Sequel to
Street Fighter?

OK, it took me a while but I got one. Street fighter this time:
What game was originally going to be the Sequel to
Street Fighter?

Super Street Fighter II Ultra Special Alpha Turbo Plus Hyper Fighting Extreme EX Advance: The Collectors Edition

ah Incorrect.

Perhaps I should ask a different question?

ah Incorrect.

Perhaps I should ask a different question?

This dosn’t seem like a hard question ..(?)…………..I just don’t know what it is.

OK This question has been out for a while now so I will give
some hints.

1: It was to be the sequel to the original street fighter game,
not street fighter 2.

2: Characters from the game have shown up in later street fighter
games.

3: The game has the same amount of selectable characters as
the first Fatal Fury game.

It’s Final Fight.

Guy, the blond fellow whos name escapes me, and Hagar make three and a few of the series characters appear in later SFs. At least I think.

That is Correct!

The Blonde guy is named Cody BTW. The original name
tossed around for this game was Street Fighter ’89. However,
Capcom felt that turning the Street Fighter sequel from
One on One to a Beat em up, was too radical and decided to
make it a stand alone game and created Street fighter 2,
and the rest is history.

It should be noted that some of the connection from Final fight
and Street fighter still remained as Haggar was a Former
"Street Fighter" as described by the games storyline, even though
he has yet to appear in any Street Fighter Game as a playable
character.

Great. If that means I’m free to put forth a question, then here is something simple:

In Castlevania: SOTN, which bosses do NOT attack Alucard with a fire-based attack?

I’m going to say Slogra( spear wielding bird skeleton), Karasuman, the Succubus, Scylla Wyrm, and the main body called Scylla, Cereberus (don’t think he has any fire-based attacks), Granfalloon (Legion), not sure if you consider any of Richter’s attacks fire based, what with the Holy Water and Grand Cruz attacks, Darkwing Bat, The Creature (think he uses thunder based attacks), Akmodan, Medusa, Fake Trevor, Fake Grant, not sure about Fake Sypha’s powers, Beelzebub, Doppelganger, Death and maybe Shaft.

also i dont remember galamoth using fire attacks.

well, it takes me 5 seconds to kill him so i could be wrong

I’m going to say Slogra( spear wielding bird skeleton), Karasuman, the Succubus, Scylla Wyrm, and the main body called Scylla, Cereberus (don’t think he has any fire-based attacks), Granfalloon (Legion), not sure if you consider any of Richter’s attacks fire based, what with the Holy Water and Grand Cruz attacks, Darkwing Bat, The Creature (think he uses thunder based attacks), Akmodan, Medusa, Fake Trevor, Fake Grant, not sure about Fake Sypha’s powers, Beelzebub, Doppelganger, Death and maybe Shaft.

I am constantly impressed with you Castlevania knowage Met. Very impressive

also i dont remember galamoth using fire attacks.

well, it takes me 5 seconds to kill him so i could be wrong

What!? How do you beat Galamoth that quickly?!? I have the most trouble fighting him. I thought that he was more challenging than Dracula.

What!? How do you beat Galamoth that quickly?!? I have the most trouble fighting him. I thought that he was more challenging than Dracula.

shield rod + alucarD shield = one death galamoth in 5 seconds

I’m going to say Slogra( spear wielding bird skeleton), Karasuman, the Succubus, Scylla Wyrm, and the main body called Scylla, Cereberus (don’t think he has any fire-based attacks), Granfalloon (Legion), not sure if you consider any of Richter’s attacks fire based, what with the Holy Water and Grand Cruz attacks, Darkwing Bat, The Creature (think he uses thunder based attacks), Akmodan, Medusa, Fake Trevor, Fake Grant, not sure about Fake Sypha’s powers, Beelzebub, Doppelganger, Death and maybe Shaft.

Good guesses, but there are a few fire-users in that list. Should I be giving hints at this point?

shield rod + alucarD shield = one death galamoth in 5 seconds

Shield Rod + Alucard Shield = Death in 8 (or fewer) seconds for nearly anything in the game, incidentally. It’s the cheapest way to kill every remaining boss once you obtain the necessary items. I always thought it very unbalanced since it instantly eliminates the need for skill on the PC’s part. Probably a bit handy when chaining for rare drops though.

This is a little off topic, it’s not a question of a answer to what ever the current question, but is is about Castlevania.
A Castlevania fighter?!?
http://gonintendo.com/?p=47669

solid8bit, indeed there’s a Castlevania themed fighter in the works. Castlevania Judgment. It’s part of Konami’s E3 line-up and a official trailer was already released.
Characters show so far are:
Simon Belmont
Dracula
Alucard
Maria Renard

Characters confirmed but not shown are:
Shanoa (Order of Ecclesia)
Cornell (Legacy of Darkness)
Trevor Belmont (CV3)
Sypha Belnades (CV3)
Grant Dinesti (CV3)
Camilla (Rondo of Blood, Circle of the Moon)

Now for a little rant on the title…
I love Castlevania and I love fighting games, so in theory I should be overjoyed with this game…alas, tis’ not so.
The graphics have great quality for a Wii game but in my very humble opinion, the character designs (by Takeshi Obata, of Death Note fame) are nothing short of atrocious.
For once, I just loathe (regardless of game) these designs that just make no sense at all and second, I don’t see the point of having a fighting game with some of my favorite characters in gaming if they don’t even remotely resemble the designs I like so much.
Anyway, it’s a 3D fighter, so I’m hoping for alternate costumes depcting their "classic" designs.
*end rant mode*

So, regardless of any disliking, any particular characters our resident Castlevania fans would like to see in this game?
I’m already (theoretically) glad for Shanoa and Camilla.
Others I’d like to see:
Nathan Graves (Circle of the Moon)
Julius Belmont (Sorrow titles)
Stella Lecarde (Portrait of Ruin)
Elizabeth Bartley (Bloodlines)
Graham Jones (Aria of Sorrow)
Actrise (Legacy of Darkness)

i have yet no reason to say i can loathe this upcoming game.
character designs are "whatever" to me.
dracula looks like cervantes (from soul calibur)
also, because its a 3d fighting game, i will definetely get it, as it my favorite type of fighter.

on my personal list, they are:
sonya belmont
yoko belnades (hey, would be LOL to make sonya and sypha fight)
hammer
the master librarian! (THEY MUST PUT HIM!)
and carrie fernandez

So it’s been quite a long while and no one’s got it. I guess no one will.

Here’s a different question:

In how many Castlevania games has Alucard been featured?

Castlevania Legends
Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse
Symphony of the Night
Aria of Sorrow
Dawn of Sorrow
And now Castlevania Judgement

I think that’s it.

Pretty good guesses, I think you’ve got it. Must say that that Castlevania Fighter poses a very new take on the game. Could be interesting, but it could also be quite a flop. Well at least I can rest easy, knowing my favorite character will be included: Trevor.

what about kid dracula? its supposed to be alucard. (just for completion purposes)

I thought of including that one, but is that really a Castlevania?

Castlevania Legends
Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse
Symphony of the Night
Aria of Sorrow
Dawn of Sorrow
And now Castlevania Judgement

I think that’s it.

Yeah, that’s pretty much it. It’s yours.

Allow me to continue:

Which home video company put out Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie?

and for CV:

In what game was Simon’s Theme introduced?

Allow me to continue:

Which home video company put out Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie?

and for CV:

In what game was Simon’s Theme introduced?

on the castlevania one :
IIRC, super castlevania 4.

No doubt about it Catastrophe, it was Super Castlevania IV. Theme of Simon. Track number four on Dracula Best Volume 2 Disc One, an album which has the complete Super Castlevania IV ost. Disc two has the Gameboy titles, Castlevania Adventure, and Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge. Did you know, that in Japan, Super Castlevania IV was considered merely an updated retelling of the original Castlevania for NES?

not only in japan.
back when it was released here, several gaming magazines treated it more as a remake than a new version, though it has far too many differences (and that hole "simon was ressurected" thingy helped on that).

Indeed. Since you are no doubt correct on this matter, why not ask a question, instead of having to wait for the go? We both know your right anyway.

someone still needs to answer the other question.

I think it was Manga Entertainment that released Street Fighter 2 The Animated Movie

I think your correct, so it’s your turn.

Oy oy, gentlemen! I was rather saddened to see our ever popular topic being bounced to unglorious page 2…so here’s a nice pretext to bounce it back up:

Akuma/Gouki officially confirmed for Street Fighter IV!

http://www.capcom.co.jp/sf4/
http://www.capcom-fc.com/sf4/2008/08/post_53.html
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=gXIDkSdhxi4

Of course this was very much guaranteed from the beginning but still worth a peek as this incarnation of the master of the fist is quite awe-inspiring. Gotta love that red aura effect…
This game is looking more and more awesome with every new video.

Well, it seems like the person that was supposed to ask the next question has dissapeared. So should we just do a random number drawing or something to find out who gets to ask the next trivia question?

i choose the number 3.

Conserning Street Fighter IV, I saw a SF IV short anime. Check it out. I hents that Gouken could be in the game.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35814.html

As for who goes next

i choose the number 3.
3 is a good number. lol

http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/dracula_wii/

3 more characters announced for Castlevania Judgment.
– Aeon, whom you might recall from the critically-acclaimed "Castlevania – Polka of Despair"
– Eric Lecarde, completely destroying the whole point of his character development to a ???ber-badass in Portrait of Ruin
– Death, as you would see it in "Bleach"

WARNING: once you see these designs, you CAN’T unsee them!

Now as for actually good stuff, Order of Ecclesia is set for a US release on October 21st.

And on the Street Fighter side of things, a new character for the Arcade SFIV will be announced.
EDIT: it’s Gouken.

More on our favorite series will likely be unveiled on the TGS 2008, running from October 9th to 12th.

Cheers!

Ahhh, Obata. Those look like great designs for a new Kingdom Hearts maybe..

Ah Bleach nothing! This is the same art Designer that did Deathnote!!!

Simon….

and Light.

Simon Looks like Light Yagami. Hell, they even have similar Hair styles!
What the hell!? Where is Ayami Kojima? I have now lost all hope for this game. They might as well call this thing Deathnote: Symphony of the Light or something along those lines.

And on the Street Fighter side of things, a new character for the Arcade SFIV will be announced.
EDIT: it’s Gouken.

More on our favorite series will likely be unveiled on the TGS 2008, running from October 9th to 12th.

Cheers!

If I remember right, Akuma killed Gouken, right?

Ah Bleach nothing! This is the same art Designer that did Deathnote!!!

Simon….

and Light.

Simon Looks like Light Yagami. Hell, they even have similar Hair styles!
What the hell!? Where is Ayami Kojima? I have now lost all hope for this game. They might as well call this thing Deathnote: Symphony of the Light or something along those lines.

Yeah, the artist took a lot of liberties with the characters. They’re almost unrecognizable now, I think. But maybe it can still be a decent fighter if not a good Castlevania. I’ve only ever seen one video with actual fighting so far so I’m still hopeful it won’t suck totally.

Howdy gentlemen…just stopped by to let know, those uninformed on the matter of course, that everybody’s favorite brawling highschool girl has been confirmed for the home versions of Street Fighter IV.
http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen29219_street-fighter-iv-screenshots-of-sakura.html

And Order of Ecclesia has a new revamped site, with an ever-growing gallery and character sections.
www.konami.jp/gs/game/dracula_ds3

And Castlevania Judgment…well, I’m not even touching that with a 10 foot pole. My apologies.
Alas, I am standing by my claim of Death having a Bleach-esque design, based on purely aesthetic aspects and not of any ignorance regarding Obata’s work.

Cheers!

BTW, shouldn’t someone be asking a trivia question right about now?

Also: Obata. Yeah I should have realized what you meant in your post DoomJockey. My Deathnote comment seems to be redundant now. my apologies.

Hello again, gentlemen…seems the great forces of the cosmos felt like teaching little old me a lesson in humility. With that said, I’m "touching" Castlevania Judgment…
New characters confirmed and I have to admit these look pretty cool!

Shanoa
http://imepita.jp/20081008/800810

Golem and Carmilla
http://imepita.jp/20081008/821701

And if nobody minds, I’ll post a question, a Street Fighter one to counter-balance all the CV.
From the classic 8 World Warriors, one has a grab technique named after a childish act – who is the character and what is the move?

ill skip the question to comment on the info:
im expecting some nice /34/ on this version of camilla and shanoa in 24 hours or less.
and over 8000 BAD /34/s.

and lol at golem, he looks more like "the creature" from SOTN.

Now now, CATASTROPHE, sir, don’t you be evoking Rule 34 in front of the young and impressionable…

*looks around, doesn’t see anyone* Yeah, I’m wantsing me some good Carmilla 34 too.

EDIT: 3 new characters added to the official site. Artwork and screens.
http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/dracula_wii/

Looking at it better, Carmilla’s weapon of choice seems rather peculiar to say the least.
Anyway, with that stupid outfit and other two quite apparent reasons, she could be in Soul Calibur IV…

Pardon the double posting, but I just wanted to let you gentlemen know that Trevor Belmont’s Judgment incarnation has been revealed.
While not a fan of the character (I do think he was pretty cool in Curse of Darkness though), his new design doesn’t seem as extravagant as the other characters.

http://www.chapelofresonance.com/forum/index.php/topic,1997.1260.html

Scroll below for Trev and profiles of the rest of the cast.

Also…GALAMOTH? WTF?

WOW ^_^

At least he doesn’t look like a male dancer. Interestingly, he looks more how I’d have pictured a younger Julius Belmont. Square jaw and all.

I wonder why so many characters have all those straps? So strappy.

the art designer is obssesed with straps, belts, etc.

Strappy.

Ahem. Anyway, Ecclesia came out a bit ago. Anyone got it? Enjoying it?

Also I’ll throw out an answer since we’ve been so off-topic… uhh Zangief’s head bite? Kids bite heads when they throw tantrums, right?

doomjockey,
good point there, though it’s not the correct answer.
Since the trivial pursuit is somewhat neglected as of lately, might as well give the answer anyway: Dhalsim and the Yoga Noogie.

Regarding Ecclesia, haven’t played it but the major feedback is that it’s probably the best post-Symphony Castlevania game and suddenly everybody started jumping on a "Portrait of Ruin sucked" bandwagon.
And because I couldn’t resist, already spoiled the hell out of the game, courtesy of YouTube. There’s a full walkthrough being posted and someone already posted videos of every boss fight, with killer strats to boot.

On a final note, the world needs more Laura. Lots of Laura.

i dont need more laura.
you can prbably guess why.

yesterday i was at magic mountain and saw a trailer fro judgement.
man i cried in shame.

however, thats just for what i saw.
until i play it, i will not say its good or bad.

And here’s some SF related news to spice things up!
Screens of Fei Long and Dan:
http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=49304117sa5.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=80316414tb1.jpg
http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=55764407th3.jpg
http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=36644195dl4.jpg

Hardly the returning characters I’d like to see in this latest iteration of the World Warriors, but oh well! the more the merrier, I guess…

And on the CV side of things, new screens of Carmilla, Golem and Trevor.
http://www.jeuxactu.com/article-33369-des-images-pour-castlevania-judgment.html

Once again, I apologize for the double post but I bring great news for SF fans!
High resolution screens of Dan, Fei-long, CAMMY and a big surprise…one of my favorite characters in the Alpha series and a Street Fighter 1 veteran.
He’s one of the characters I wished were in the game, but never thought it would happen…
See for yourselves, gentlemen.
http://www.gamed.nl/view/50309

I recently found some game play of Akuma. The Raging Demon looks so cool.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41094.html

I recently found some game play of Akuma. The Raging Demon looks so cool.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41094.html

jesus!

And the news just won’t stop popping up…this time for Castlevania.
The last three characters in Judgment have been revealed thus completing the default roster (no word of hidden characters as of yet, though…).
Grant – Voldo + Jack (Power Stone) + Obata’s usual crap = WTF?
Sypha – token virginal blondie + generic mmorpg outfit = meh…
Cornell – werewolf + ninja + wolverine + knight = AWESOME!

http://kotaku.com/5076153/castlevania-judgments-final-three-revealed

And a relatively positive hands-on preview on the game
http://wii.ign.com/articles/926/926941p1.html

On a merely technical point, I do think this game is looking quite better with every new batch of screens. The new aqueduct stage looks incredible.

cornell, eh?
so fuck you igarashi, both castlevania 64 are canon, like it or not.

BTW, shouldn’t someone be asking a trivia question right about now?

I think we ran out LOL

I’ll shoot out an easy one:

Can you name at least 5 items which spring from Tolkien’s lore in SOTN?

cornell, eh?
so fuck you igarashi, both castlevania 64 are canon, like it or not.

Well, the fact they are playing around with Time and space, I doubt that this game is going to be considered canon for the main Castlevania story arc. This just seems to scream out "Castlevania fanboy/fangirl game".

Still, Cornell as a playable character is a strange choice to say the least. I mean, if they are going into their non-canon games for characters, why not choose Nathan Graves or Sonia Belmont instead? I guess they needed someone to fill in the obligatory Lycanthrope character slot for these Darkstalker type fighting games.

well, if they randomly picked golem (who looks more like frankenstein), they could easily pick up a random enemy garou.

but the way i see it they are picking characters from the major CV games, not counting if the games are canon or not. the first CV for 64 was the first major effort to bring CV to 3d, and their best attempt at the moment, the two ps2 games are horrible.
SOTN, is considered one of the CV to date, while the permanent title of best CV ever is and always will be dracula’s curse.

so it would be:

light yagami: because its obligatory to put the man who was born with the franchise.
near: because bloodlines was the first CV to not feature a belmont (or simon, really) as the protagonist.
carmilla: reason above, plus shes hot (and i dont like her for that)
franken-golem: an enemy that appears in most CV
a shinigami: even if dracula is not the final boss or even a boss altogether, death has always been a boss.
trevor: protagonist of THE best cv in history.
sypha and VOLDO (you know who): same reason as above
alucard: same reason above plus protagonist of the second best CV: sotn.
dracula: need i say anything?
misa: co-protagonist of the third CV ever: dracula X.
cornell: scrapped protagonist (then reincorporated) of the first ever attempt at a castlevania in 3d, though i would have chosen carrie with her annette costume over him.
who else am i missing?

I’ll shoot out an easy one:

Can you name at least 5 items which spring from Tolkien’s lore in SOTN?

Ring of Varda
Fist of Tulkas
Mormegil
Hador and
Nauglamir (sp)

As for Cornell, he’s cannon, and not such a horrible choice. A protagonist who’s also a monster? c’mon! Yeah, I would rather a Soma or other choice, but seeing as what has been done to some many character designs, I’m glade some characters didn’t show up.

Gawd! They are trying so hard to rip Soul Calibur that it pisses me off. Why do people in the game creation areas believe that every male in the fighting world must look like some S&M androgynous rip-off!

Gawd! They are trying so hard to rip Soul Calibur that it pisses me off. Why do people in the game creation areas believe that every male in the fighting world must look like some S&M androgynous rip-off!

the fact its a SC rip-off is the reason i like and want this game.
what i do dislike is the death note artstyle of the characters

If the gameplay comes anywhere near Soul Calibur, that’s a great start and all the other features (sub-weapons, items) are just pleasant extras. Anyway, just saw Grant DaNasty up on the official page (http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/dracula_wii/)…did he become a mummy at some point? Or is this a rendition of his zombie version in SOTN…?

Also Neo, you are correctly correct.

what i do dislike is the death note artstyle of the charactersWell, Takeshi Obata is the illustrator of both Death Note and Castlevania Judgement, so…

Still, the game art doesn’t look Castlevanish at all (there was no need to change the character designs), and the playable roster also leaves a lot to be desired.

By the way, both Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon are canon (and, by extension, so are Nathan, Hugh Baldwin, Cornell, Carrie, Henry and the rest of the cast from those games). The only game that has been left out of the official canon is Castlevania Legends (Sonia Belmont included). Also, take into account that both N64 games only count as one (C:LoD expands and overrides Castlevania 64).

Well, Takeshi Obata is the illustrator of both Death Note and Castlevania Judgement, so…

Still, the game art doesn’t look Castlevanish at all (there was no need to change the character designs), and the playable roster also leaves a lot to be desired.

By the way, both Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon are canon (and, by extension, so are Nathan, Hugh Baldwin, Cornell, Carrie, Henry and the rest of the cast from those games). The only game that has been left out of the official canon is Castlevania Legends (Sonia Belmont included). Also, take into account that both N64 games only count as one (C:LoD expands and overrides Castlevania 64)

point 1: i knew that, dur

point 2: agree, should have sticked with ayami`s artstyle.
point 2.1: half agree, dont really mind what characters are there as long as they are all play different.

point 3: i liked legends so much. to me its canon, fuck igarashi, he didnt make the game and therefore he doesnt have the right to say its not canon.
not my fault if he couldnt pass level 1.
point 3.1: however, castlevania had elements that were not included in LOD, and among fans they are treated differently.

Indeed. But, storywise, they only count as one. 😉

Well, Takeshi Obata is the illustrator of both Death Note and Castlevania Judgement, so…

Still, the game art doesn’t look Castlevanish at all (there was no need to change the character designs), and the playable roster also leaves a lot to be desired.

By the way, both Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon are canon (and, by extension, so are Nathan, Hugh Baldwin, Cornell, Carrie, Henry and the rest of the cast from those games). The only game that has been left out of the official canon is Castlevania Legends (Sonia Belmont included). Also, take into account that both N64 games only count as one (C:LoD expands and overrides Castlevania 64).

I have to admit i went and checked Wiki, along with a few other fan sites. Most people seems not to accept Castlevania 64 as cannon. From what i have heard it was a sucky game.

I think that crappy is not the correct word. It’s more precise to say that is was incomplete. 😉

of course they dont accept cv64 as cannon.
becuase its not a cannon.

Kill the punner!! =P

I love Castlevania 64, always have.

im playing CV right now.
i love carrie in her pink costume so damn much. shame it isnt included in LOD

:3

of course they dont accept cv64 as cannon.
becuase its not a cannon.
Wrong. The storyline is canon:

The game itself may be not "totally canon" per se, but that’s because (except for a few details here and there) it was overriden by CV:LoD, in the same way the original SFII was overriden by SSFIIT.

In other words:

CV64’s storyline is contained in CV:LoD
CV:LoD is canon
So, CV64 is canon

Wrong. The storyline is canon:

cv64 is no canNon.

learn to goddamn read before posting

First of all:
-A cannon is a gun
-Canon (derived from the greek noun κανών, kanon, meaning "rule" or "measure") is often used as a standard of measurement. Thus, a canonic text is a single authoritative edition for a given work.

Back on topic, again, as a I previously said (twice), is not that CV64 was left out of the storyline: it simply got updated (or more correctly, properly finished) into CV:LoD.

The most recent timeline, distributed with preordered versions of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, includes the 1999 Castlevania as well as CV:LoD (althought it does not describe the games’ plot).

This year (2008), Legacy of Darkness has been confirmed by KCET as part of the timeline; Cornell (with a backstory that makes reference to his sister Ada and his previous appearance in Legacy of Darkness) makes an appearance as one of the fighters in Castlevania Judgment.

The only games that has been left out of the official canon are CV:Legends and CV:OoS (this last one being considered a side story).

First of all:
-A cannon is a gun
-Canon (derived from the greek noun κανών, kanon, meaning "rule" or "measure") is often used as a standard of measurement. Thus, a canonic text is a single authoritative edition for a given work.

MY HADES…

are you really that stupid?
would you care to READ THE POSTS ABOVE SO IT CAN FINALLY GET INTO YOUR HEAD?

here, ill clue your clueless ass for brain:

I have to admit i went and checked Wiki, along with a few other fan sites. Most people seems not to accept Castlevania 64 as cannon. From what i have heard it was a sucky game.

of course they dont accept cv64 as cannon.
becuase its not a cannon.

Hello gentlemen, long time no see!
It has been rumored for a long time, but it finally got reliable confirmation.
Everyone’s favorite Lisa-Lisa homaging Italian seer has been confirmed for Street Fighter IV!

Regardless of liking the character or not, bearing in mind her looks and moves, a faithful 3D transition is a major achievement just by itself and perhaps a first stepping stone for a possible 3D Darkstalkers game.

And on a CV note, just started playing Order of Ecclesia, and it’s pretty much what everyone says – awesome and difficult.

Hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Tis I! The master of this castle! Returned, have I, to engage in more trivia. Old computer was shit, I tell you. Christmas brought about a new one, so here I am.

Hello gentlemen, long time no see!
It has been rumored for a long time, but it finally got reliable confirmation.
Everyone’s favorite Lisa-Lisa homaging Italian seer has been confirmed for Street Fighter IV!

so this ultra faithful 3d adaptation is from a 404 erroe?
wow, im definetely getting sf4 now.
i have never played with a 404 error, much less ultra detailed HD 3d model of it.

Hey Met! Welcome back! Good to see you have returned. There hasn’t been a trivia question in a while so I’ll just post one to get the ball rolling again.

Which Castlevania boss is described in game as a "Giant Enemy Crab"?

I know the one. This one was dwelling inside the lighthouse on Order of Ecclesia. Had to look up the name, though. Brachyura.

Yep. That’s the one. I laughed so hard when I got the medal for beating him without taking damage and there , written in digital letters was the now infamous "Giant enemy crab" line originally made famous by the PS3 demo showing of Genji at E3 when it first came out.

"Now, I’m going to hit his weak point with this spiked elevator for massive damage."

Anyway Met, you’re up.

Ha! That’s rich. Alright, thinking…here we are! In Castlevania Order Of Ecclesia, which of the bgm tracks was originally in Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (1990)?

Hmm. Well I have a sneaking suspicion that there is more than one of these tracks, but the one I can think off the top of my head is "Riddle". In OoE, they use it for the two special stages that you unlock while in Dracula’s castle.

Speaking of those two stages, I find the training hall not nearly so bad when compared to the insanity inducing frustration that is the Large Cavern. Urghh! I prefer traps and puzzles over rooms and rooms filled with nigh impossible to deal with enemies if you don’t resort to massive level gaining or cheese tactics.

P.S. If Konami ever decides to do a remake of a castlevania again, I hope they do it with Castlevania 3. The game is awesome and deserving, and besides, they need to show Trevor some love after what they put him through in Curse of Darkness and Castlevania Judgement.

Just a little bump here. With the shrine down for over a week some of the threads that were current at the time are being lost due to inactivity and getting buried.

On a side note, I just a chance to listen to the music for Castlevania Judgment and I must say, at least they got the music part right.

Just a little bump here. With the shrine down for over a week some of the threads that were current at the time are being lost due to inactivity and getting buried.

On a side note, I just a chance to listen to the music for Castlevania Judgment and I must say, at least they got the music part right.

Is the game THAT bad? (Will end up buying it at some point for completion of series purposes but wondering if it’s not as god awful as I have read )

I’m not saying the game’s god awful. It’s a ok game in my opinion. Unfortunately while the game controls are OK, the camera angle seems to be a fixed point and does not shift with your character, which can be a killer to 3D fighting games. It reminds me of Battle arena toshinden if you know and have played that game before. The Music as I said is awesome, the voices are….. meh, like most castlevania games with Dialog. The graphics are decent though it looks just slightly better to the PS2 games. so they are a bit on the outdated side if you care about that kind of stuff.

The one major problem that most Castlevania Die-hards have with this game is the art style. Takeshi Obata of Death-note fame was the art director of Judgment and to say that he took liberties on how each of the characters look is a understatement. Simon looks like a red haired version of Light, Maria look pretty much Like Misa Misa, Eric Lecarde is a 16 year old (!?) boy in a suit and wield the spear of Longinus from Evangelion, Trevor is missing a eye, etc. Oddly enough the only one that comes close to their original concept art is Cornell and I give that one up to luck since in his original design in castlevania 64, he wore armor, which they later scraped.

Now while I am not a big hater of artwork in castlevania that’s not done by Ayami Kojima, since I grew up on the castlevania games before she was around, but the whole look of this game doesn’t not seem to have a castlevania feel at all which is really sad since you can tell they put some effort into this game and it had the potential to be really good.

If you want to play it, don’t let my opinions stop you as I am a castlevania completionist myself. Just be prepared for the changes and try not to let it get to you too much.

I have heard the same things, Brimstone, especially about the angles and controls. I think I will take a listen to the bgm, see if its worth putting on an mp3 player. Well, you’d like to ask the next question, you answered mine correctly. Go ahead.

As a sidenote, I would love to see a remake of Castlevania III Dracula’s Curse. A game with a huge castle and surrounding levels; you know, the Mad Forest and the Catacombs and such. Trevor is, indeed deserving of better than he has gotten. My favorite Belmont, hands down.

OK there was a rift in time that caused the last 10 days to disappear. As such I remember this thread last ending on a pass so I have come up with a interesting Castlevania trivia question for you guys.

Who was the first female music composer for the Castlevania series?

How did that happen? Last thing I remember was asking a question to Rosencrantz. About Castlevania scum, you know? Why is it all of our posts since the third of March are gone? Anyone have an answer? In regards to your question, I can’t say that I know any Castlevania music composers aside from Michiru Yamane, so I wouldn’t know. I just listen to it. Most incredible game music I’ve ever lent my ears to.

The treads were lost when the server was changed so they have been swallowed by the void. Unfortunately, I don”t know what your question was so I can’t really help you.

And in response to your answer, that would be incorrect. While Michiru is probably the most well known of the female music composers for Castlevania for obvious reasons, she was not the first. If no one gets the answer by Sunday, I’ll just relent and give the answer and let someone else ask a question because I have a feeling this is going to be a hard one.

I had to relook this one up, but I recall reading about her before and thinking to myself that madam was something of a looker – Kinuyo Yamashita
http://www.myspace.com/kinuyoyamashita

As for our unfortunate time rift…don’t look at me. Aeon did it.

Lord, she composed the music from the original Castlevania, then? And she’s from New Jersey. Just a state over from me. I’m not sure I’ve mentioned it but I am a Pennsylvania native. Still there. But anyway, Rosencrantz, I was asking you about those people you called ‘the scum of Castlevania fandom.’ You remember, the ones who like Circle of the Moon and Symphony of the Night? I was just curious about why they are considered such. Chances are, I will probably agree.

Yep, Rosencrantz is correct. She did do the music for the original Castlevania game. I don’t understand why Castlevania CotM fans are considered "scum" since the game was really good Imo and the music is some of the best I’ve heard on a GBA.

Perhaps "scum" was too harsh a term, but indeed they are somewhat ostracized because most are labelled as quite fervorous in defending their game as "best in the series".
In SotN’s case, this is obvious, as the game was revolutionary and redefined the series, so it has a powerful fanbase.
Regarding CotM, it is very well regarded by a somewhat "hardcore" fanbase who see the game’s difficulty as a glorious revivalism of oldschool Castlevania. Most people criticize CotM by said difficulty, and very unjustly, by it’s technical shortcomings. Unjustly, as it is a first generation GBA title.
Personally, CotM is one of my favorite CVs, if not my favorite. Despite it’s simple visuals, it is fun, has epic boss battles, the soundtrack is perhaps one of the best in the series (the few original themes are great), the extra modes are genuinely fun even though they are all status variations, the castle has a lot to explore and you gotta get every piece of equipment out of monsters (this IMO is great as it excludes merchant shenanigans, makes the game more challenging and leveling up less "forced"). The atmosphere is also great thanks to the castle’s tremendous size and the lack of allies makes for a constant state of desolation. My only criticism towards CotM that isn’t about technical aspects, is that it lacks a bestiary.
Of course, this whole thing has to be taken "cum grano salis", as this is the internet we are talking about after all. So, for every fanbase, there will likely be a "counter-fanbase" with the pure intent of, well…just being jerks.

But I digress…
If Dracula asked his famous "What is a man?" question to one of his followers, the answer would be "A dirty self-centered mongrel".
So I ask: who is the follower of the Dark Lord who defined humans as "dirty self-centered mongrels"?

You know I also appreciate that desolation in Castlevania titles…Going it alone, so to speak. Something about it makes for more suspense, I believe. Many good points, though Rosencrantz. The only follower of Dracula I can imagine saying such a thing would be either Death or Shaft. I have never heard that used in a CV game. At least not that I can recall.

Tis’ not the correct answer, I’m afraid. It is neither Death or Shaft BUT *hint hint* it is a villain, that at least by name, is a recurring presence as well.

Having to guess based on personality, I would have to say the Succubus.

It is not the Succubus BUT it is a lady servant of Dracula.
Not intending to delay this "ad nauseaum", so feel free to toss a last shot at it or just disregard this whole sillyness.

Might you be referring to Medusa?

Not that cursed lady either.
Well, I won’t allow this foul beast of a question hanging perpetually – Die question! You don’t belong in this world!

In all truth, I thought this one would be simple, after the long pro-CotM speech.
Yeah, now you know why people can’t stand CotM fans, the fanatically obsessed bastards…

Actually I figured Carmilla did actually say that but I find it weird that she would say it, especially in CotM, since earlier in the game she didn’t seem to have any problems with humans and actually believed that the Resurrection of Dracula would be in their best interests since he is a embodiment of darkness and she believes that evil and darkness is the true nature of man as she explained to Nathan, hence why there always seems to be some groups of humans in the series that want to bring Dracula back from the grave.

How’s that for obsessed? of course I’m just a big castlevania historian in general and I have no one true favorite castlevania game.

Ah yes, good show ol boy. Ask another, Rosencrantz.

Alrighty then…here’s one regarding the World Warriors, who must have been feeling very neglected as of lately.
That and I’m need of a change in my modus operandi. I’m starting to get the feeling everything I ask is about obscure Castlevania female sub-villains…

Anyway…
Street Fighter IV seems to be a festival for M. Bison’s, the series’ villain, substitute bodies. Name 3 characters in the roster that have served or were intended, directly or indirectly, to serve that purpose.

Oh god, THIS question. Haha. It’s been a while since I played those Street fighter Alpha games which seem to have a more in-depth story to them. anyway the Three I know of is Rose, Cammy, and Ryu.

Your answer is correct, sir.
I should have asked for the four of them, as I originally had the new boss character, Seth, in consideration but Ryu is equally as correct.
Well, your move!

I didn’t even realise that Seth was a canidate. then again, I haven’t played SF4 much to my dissapointment since it’s a badass game from what I’ve seen.

Anyway question: Another SF one. In her various game appearances Sakura has been able to pull off two moves that typically Gouki/Akuma is known for. (yes I am aware of "evil Ryu’ Kairi, and Gouken. hence the typically notation)
Name both attacks.

""Demon Rush"" (Super finish) and… I cant quite remember the other one.
Is it the one where she like slide teleports and stuff?

disregard if i’m wrong

Shun Goku Satsu or Demon rush/Instant Hell Murder is correct and I just confirmed that yes, In Marvel vs. Capcom 2 she can do the Ashura Senkuu (slide Teleport) just like Akuma. I would have also accepted Zankuu Hadouken which is Akuma’s diagonal Hadouken preformed in the air. Wait, I just realized that the Ashura Senkuu isn’t really a attack per se. oh well. I already given away the answers. Besides, figuring out those moves is a challenge in and of itself. I didn’t even know about Sakura being able to preform the Teleport move. Error in your Favor Allen. You’re up.

Kind of hard since I am no Street fighter or Castlevania buff, but here it goes.

On a Magazine was a Street Fighter II April fools joke, What character was said to be unlockable, and how?

simple, couldn’t think of anything.

Perhaps I am confusing matters, but I believe you’re refering to Sheng Long. Confusing, because I don’t think he was stated to be unlockable, but foughtable after certain ludicrous amounts of criteria were met:
– playing the game with Ryu
– making it to the final battle with M. Bison without suffering any damage
– prolonging the battle with M. Bison for 10 consecutive rounds without neither of them taking damage, thus ending every round in a draw.

Interestingly, the joke was repeated, in a relatively convincing manner, for SFIII.
It seemed Capcom themselves were doing it again for SFIV, but they took pity on their fans and actually included Gouken.

On a unrelated note, judging by your sig Asamiya, I assume you’re a fan of the NESTS characters from KoF.
I don’t know if you’ve seen these already, but coincidentally, I just stumbled across png rips of (most) of the game’s character select and win artworks.
Just gonna leave the links here in case you or anyone might be interested:
http://www.mugenchina.org/dzbbs/viewthread.php?tid=25351&extra=page%3D1
http://www.mugenguild.com/anjel/2k2umport.rar

Correct and thanks for the links.
Also I change my signature every
couple days (KoF related).

Alrighty then, tis’ be the time of the World Warriors. Here’s another SF related question.
Even though street fighting is a very time consuming occupation, one World Warrior manages to juggle international head busting with the complicated tasks of regular work and single parenting. Question is: who?

Did Ken and Eliza divorce? If so, he could be the candidtate. I think I remember hearing that they split up. Am I correct, because I can’t really think of any other fighters with children aside from Guile, though he’s married.

Tis’ not Ken, I’m afraid. As you took notice, not Guile as well.
Also to exclude are Dhalsim and Chun-li (I’m under the impression she adopted the girl kidnapped by Urien in the end of SFIII).

The only one I can think of is that new girl from street fighter 4, Crimson Viper. It’s mentioned somewhere that she has a daughter but no info on her being married, which given her profession, she probably is not. And by the by, I don’t think I would consider being a spy "regular work".

Well, it brings food to her table. Indeed our single parenting Street Fighter is Maya, or Crimson Viper, as we know her.
Her profile states her daughter in her "likes" and the "Ties that Bind" animated movie shows her daughter, named Lauren, if I’m not mistaken.
At any rate, you know you’ll eat those goddamned vegetables when your mother can give you a 10.000 volt slap!
Your turn, Sir.

Unfortunately, I’ve not had the opportunity to play it since our XBox 360 has been giving us the red rings of death.

Ugh. I haven’t haven’t been able to come up with any sort of question since most of my time lately has been taken up by home improvements. I’ll let someone else ask the question then. sorry about the wait.

Here is a decent one: Which tracks from Aria and Dawn of Sorrow were taken from the arcade game, Haunted Castle?

Here comes a new challenger!

Heart of Fire(originally Don’t Wait Until Night) and Underground Melodies(originally Basement Melody). Can I mention how much I hate that game(Haunted Castle)? I hate it almost as much as Death in Castlevania 1.

Also, I hate being a nitpicker, but I took the time to read this thread from start to finish and noticed two glaring errors. Treat me as you will for the corrections.:D

1. Bison’s style is actually Ler Drit, as described back in the days of SF2(before all the history of his psycho power came out and whatnot, I’m sure).
2. The boss enemies from SOTN who do not use fire-based attacks are: Slogra, Death, Beelzebub, Galamoth, Scylla Wyrm, Scylla, Doppleganger, Creature, Richter, Dracula, Granfaloon, Darkwing Bat, Akmodan II, Karasuman, Succubus, Fake Trevor and Fake Grant.

*blows out long breath* Okay, permit me, if you will, to pose my CV question: There was a sword in SOTN that, despite it’s stats, was the strongest sword in the game. Which one was it?

Hint 1: It’s NOT the Crissaegrim.
Hint 2: You could get it in the first castle only.
Hint 3: Read it’s description!

Though I do not have the answer to your question, permit me to welcome you aboard, ChazA4.
This is a thread of scholars and gentlemen, so I believe your corrective intervention can only be humbly and graciously accepted.
And nothing wrong with nitpicking, as long as it’s in the service of knowledge, trivial or pointless as it may be…

Agreed.

*chuckle* My thanks for making me feel welcome, sirs. My brain is full of such useful(less?) tidbits, even beyond Castlevania and Street Fighter.

As for the question, have I perhaps made too broad a question? Or has no one had the time to look and/or research it? If so, I would be more than willing to step down. Just say the word.:)

No, nothing wrong with the question. Things more obscure have been asked.
Personally, I’m not providing an answer for two reasons. Firstly, in a somewhat embarrassing confession from a CV fan, I never played SotN, so an answer by me would be more of a display of information scavenging skills than of actual knowledge and secondly, even if I did knew, perhaps a greater challenge than answering questions is making them up. A challenge that at the moment I’m not prepared for.
But, IMO, if you feel your question is going unanswered for too long, just pose a new one.

Sorry that it’s been a while but I’ve been taking care of some much needed upkeep to my house and personal projects. Anyway, I believe the sword you are talking about Chaz is the Sword Familiar. You find it in a secret Room in Orlox’s chambers. It starts off as a familiar that floats around and attacks enemies, but if you level it up to its maximum level, it becomes a equipable sword that as stated can be considered the strongest sword in the game. There’s a lot of people that stand by the Crissaegrim as being the strongest sword, but it is not my place to argue that debate but to solve mysteries and trivia questions.

Also Welcome to the fold ChazA4.

Thanks, LB. And that might very well be true(your answer), although it wasn’t the one I was looking for. So, I’ll just provide the answer and move on to another question.

The answer I was looking for is the Holy Sword you get from Vandal Swords in the Clock Tower. The description reads, "Sword with a cross hilt; strong vs. undead". I don’t think there are too many denizens of Castlevania that don’t fit that description, honestly. Surprisingly, I was able to take out Olrox and Death in a handful of strikes each, and I think it was even strong against Dracula(though I’m not 100% sure on that).

Anyway, the next question: in the Udon SF comics, when did Sakura first use the Hadoken?

I am unsure what Udon is. I have never read these. I just know the games. I suppose that is also rather embarrassing for one who claims to be a Street Fighter fan, so you aren’t alone, Rosencrantz.

OK I am resurrecting this after a fashion because I was wondering what information you guys had on the new Castlevania Arcade game. It appears to be a rail shooter of some kind. any other info?

From the little I know, indeed it is something of a rail shooter but instead of a lightgun, the player has a lightwhip of sorts. At any rate, I imagine the gameplay experience will vary depending on the character chosen. They’re just generic archtypes but seem significantly different – good ol’ whippin’ vampire hunter, lady gunner (for the classic rail shooter experience, I assume) and a witch.
The japanese site pretty much spoils everything in terms of levels and boss battles – http://www.konami.jp/products/dracula_ac/info.html
Other than that, I’m afraid I don’t have much info.

On a side, I ask if our new challenger ChazA4 could honor us with a different question. We’ve been quite the negligent hosts, most certainly not on purpose, but quite negligent nonetheless.

OK, you know what? This tread has been too fun to just let die, so in lieu of no one being able to answer those last questions and there hasn’t been any new questions asked I will put up a Castlevania question.

Which song from Castlevania 2: Simon’s quest actually had its US debut on the notorious Arcade game Haunted Castle first?

Good show!
Kudos for bringing this baby back to the surface, Lord Brimstone.
I’ll seize the opportunity and will bump it every now and then with news of the series’.

Regarding your question, I would say (more with knowledge of HC than CV2) Bloody Tears.

correct. You’re up.

Here’s a simple SF question – name two related characters in the series who are named after byblical characters who are related as well.

It is I, MET II under a new guise. You see: Mark Edward, and instead of Tomlinson I just changed it to Belmont. The 2 because I have my father’s name. Though, I have never learned of a Street Fighter named Cain, the first thing that comes to mind in regards to your question are the brothers, Cain and Abel. Abel, I know of, naturally.
P.S.
for all those new to this place or more recent than not, I am the creator of this thread

Welcome back to the foil, sir!
Regarding your answer, indeed you are right on both accounts – the existence of Abel and the non-existence of a Cain in the SF universe.
Well, I won’t be picky here, so to celebrate the return of the creator I shall accept your answer.
Just allow me to leave the full answer – Abel and Seth.
Yes, Seth was Adam and Eve’s third son and the SFIV plot points out there must be a strong connection between the amnesiac brawler and S.I.N.’s CEO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=004n-TZkfRo check out the cutscene between these two and you’ll notice a very obvious semblance that wasn’t that obvious in the first place.

It is very curious, Rosencrantz. I even see a slight resemblance in their facial features. I had forgotten about Seth, the allegged replacement of Abel after his death at Cain’s hands. What is the name of the weapon that this ‘Gabriel’ uses in the upcoming Castlevania title, ‘Lords of Shadow’?

Personally,and at the risk of sounding like I’m taking crazy pills here, I would go as far to say that they have the exact same face.
Now for some really insane conspiracy theories, Abel could be:
a) the "original" from which Seth and his "brothers" were cloned
b) a clone himself who escaped before being modified
And as far as ties to characters in III, he could be:
a) Remy’s father (french and with connections with Guile/Charlie)
b) Q (amnesiac who witnessed Shadaloo’s fall)
c) both

But I digress…
Regarding your question, had to check some info on this (truth be told I haven’t really been following on this title) but I think he uses a whip named "The Combat Cross".
On a side note, the game seems quite bizarre but I like the unsettling, nightmarish atmosphere they’re going for. I mean, nothing forbids CV from being a action game in a eerie setting. CV64 sort of had that and I think it was one aspect of the game that was genuinely well accomplished.

Yes, I like how it is turning out, as well. You are correct. Combat Cross it is. Well, your turn again.

OK, here’s another simple SF question – even though it’s a country very popular in fighting games, only now it has it’s representative among the World Warriors.
So, which country is this that just made it’s "debut" in the SF franchise?

Correction. I believe it is Korea. in this case south Korea.

Correct. Incidentally Juri Han is also the first TKD practioner in the SF universe. Well, your turn, Sir.

OK. Four of Maria Renard’s animal sub-weapons in Rondo of Blood have ties to a specific folklore. Name the folklore and the 4 animals tied to it.

Name the animals is all I can do: 1. Serpent/Dragon 2. Red Bird (becomes a Phoenix) 3. Turtle 4. Cat (Becomes a White Tiger)

Name the animals is all I can do: 1. Serpent/Dragon 2. Red Bird (becomes a Phoenix) 3. Turtle 4. Cat (Becomes a White Tiger)

Close enough since you got basically the right idea with animals and their colors being important. They are called the Shishin among other names in Japan, and S??? Sh???u in China. They are known as the four guardians of the four compass directions. Basically, four celestial beasts guarding the four cardinal directions.

Black Turtle guards the North Direction
White Tiger guards the West Direction
Red Bird or Phoenix guards the South Direction
Blue/Green Dragon guards the East Direction.

Supposedly Maria is the only one of her bloodline that can summon the 4 celestial beasts too. it is also rumored that they removed a portion of SotN that actually touched on that subject and was a somewhat important part of the story.

Anyway MEB 2, you are up. A funny note about the four celestial beasts. In japan they were supplemented by the SHITENNŌ or four heavenly kings. sound familiar?

Uh MEB2? where are you? you won so it’s your turn. have you abandoned us?

Bumping our beloved topic with BIG news – another part of the internetical SSFIV prophecy has become true!

Also, on the top right corner of the second scan, note that Guy is parrying a kunai. As far as I know, there is only one character in the SF universe who likes to toss those things…

I hate to bump a topic with a question as mundane as this but it has been stuck on my head since I played Castlevania HoD on the GBA. Granted, I could ask in Gfaqs about it but I believe I got a better shot here.

My question is; what can you tell me about the boss Legion? his design is quite fortunate and an effective allegory to his biblical bases. What I mean, did the artist who conceived it receive any influence from other graphical artists like W. Blake or Bosch?
Also, Rosencrantz, your mugshot kicks ass. Is that the best(in terms of pixels, definition, size) available?

First of all welcome and no need to feel upset about bumping the topic. As the topic creator Mark Edward Belmont 2 stated before, it’s a topic for fans of the series, so any relevant questions or discussions are always welcome.
Also, I should add there’s nothing mundane about your question.

Now regarding our pal Corpseball, while I can’t say for certain what was the influence behind it’s design, it’s clear the series as a whole draws inspiration from several artistic (and other) sources, from the mythological references in enemies and weapons to Michiru Yamane’s music that bears many similarities to the works of classical composers.

Worthy of note is that Legion in it’s "debut on SotN" is named "Granfaloon" in the English version, a made-up word by norwegian writer Kurt Vonnegut that means something along the lines of "a meaningless association of proud people". That could be an explanation for the shell design but I think they just played with the biblical source as it’s named "Legion" in the original version and stayed as such in future appearances.

The reference you made regarding Blake and Bosch is quite interesting. I could say there’s definitely some Blake-inspired or at least reminescent imagery in the CV universe, such as Brauner’s "art attacks" (though his Apocalypse "magnum opus" is clearly a mock of Picasso’s Guernica), the architecture in some parts of Dracula’s castle and of course, Legion itself.
On a side note, I’d really love to see The Ghost of a Flea make it’s way into CV…

As for Bosch’s art, personally I think it’s too chaotic, nightmarish and symbolic and as such I don’t really see much of it in CV’s imagery. Even the Chaos Realm segments in some games are too symmetric and the displays of torment (like the Scarecrow enemy or some stage "decorations") are usually very soft compared to Bosch that clearly depicts agonizing suffering.

Regarding my choice of avatar, it’s a gamerip I did while trying to get all the in-game artworks. It was done in a 100% screen resolution so it’s on the best resolution available. I think all the ingame arts are available on sprite rip centered websites.

Anyway, I hoped this little rant served of any assistance.

And here’s some fresh SSFIV news while I’m at it: new screens on the game’s official blog show 3 new stages – India, Korea and Africa.
http://www.capcom.co.jp/blog/sf4/nakky_blog/2009/12/11_412.html

Quite actually; you see right now I’m "researching" Internet Subculture, and as I pointed out in another forums; I believe the figure of Legion is the one that best matches the principle of anonymity on the Internet. What I wanted to see was if there was a work of a classical author which matched the description of Legion and have something to work with through Aesthetics and the History of Art in order to relate it to the hegelian Geist. I didn’t know about that "Grandfaloon" though, that’s something I will have to look up.

I respect the Castlevania’s Art direction enough as to base my philosophical perspectives upon their Imaginery. Maybe because I grew up with videogames.

Finally; I do agree with your points of Blake and Bosch; Blake is often of a more graphical nature than the surrealism of Bosch(effective allegories? Maybe but certainly not material to be assimilated fast and easily) but what I had on mind when I said Bosch was really Goya. But still way too allegorical for a sprite monster.

PS: A stab at a trivia question: in a recent Castlevania game; there was a monster of two visages;one a beautiful half-woman the other a hideous monster. Said monster was based on(but not really) on a German variation of a Greek legend. It was often ignored since it went down in one or two hits and it’s death animation was nothing special. Can you name it?

Ah I know this one. I believe you speak of Lorelei. She was a beautiful maiden that out of despair over her cheating lover,threw herself into the river and drowned herself. When she died, she transformed into a Siren and is said that you can hear her song along the rocks somewhere around Sankt Goarshausen, Germany along the Rhine river. Her song lures sailors to thier deaths. Apparently her legend is based of of a echoing rock located at St Goar. Buit yeah she was a body of a woman on top of the face of a angler fish which I guess that makes since give how perverted and drunk Sailors can get. thank goodness Shanoa is a woman.

Yup, that’s the one. The Greek part was about how the sirens tried to lure Odysseus and his men by singing the Ancient Knowledge. Some say that Odysseus returned quite mad because he was the only one who heard it. It is an interesting link between insanity and genius in the Greek culture but I derail.

Also Rosencrantz, I think that maybe the troll qualifies as some sort of Ghost of a Flea… the humanoid form with scales, the golden color and the fact that you see one you are pretty much screwed. But he has no blood sucking ability and the flea is no associated with thunder…but I think it’s the same design.

Since we seem to be on a very interesting trend, allow me to continue it with this Castlevania question. In the various games it seems that Dracula has employed a lot of demons and devils in his army o’ evil. Some of these are actually demons listed in the Ars Goetia (lesser key of Solomon) that could be summoned by magicians to perform certain tasks and impart certain abilities. (that’s probably the concept behind Soma’s power of dominance) Name these demons.

(note you don’t have to mention the games they are in since some of the have been repeat performers.)

A new year and still no answer?
Oh, well…might as well take a stab at it.
Malphas, Belial, Eligos (Eligor?), Buer, Vassago…that’s all I can think of.

I’ll drop my question in a day or two so someone (Lord_Brimstone?) will be able to verify my answer.

Huh….nothing yet.
Well, I might as well put something here.
Very well:

The Castlevania series has, regardless of its starting point, always had the hero enter the titular castle to face off against the Lord of Darkness near the end.
With that said, how many canonical CV games DID NOT feature this "creature of Chaos" and what are they?

sorry I’ve been sick not to mention extremely busy. btw you missed Decarabia, Stolas, and Porcel from dawn of sorrow, Amdusias from curse of darkness, Gaap from lament of innocence, Bael and Bifron from aria of sorrow and Adramelech from circle of the moon but too much time has past to really say anything about it now. I also had forgotten how many of those demons where in these games.

As for your question it’s tricky. The one I know for sure is Dawn of Sorrow which the castle that you wander in is a replica of Dracula’s Castle. (don’t ask me where Celia and her Cult found blueprints to Castlevania since it bloody keep changing after every incarnation.) The possible second is Circle of the Moon (Igarashi keeps changing his mind on whether this one is canon or not) The castle is actually a Austrian Castle ruled by Camilla. As of Portrait of Ruin, the game is listed on the official timeline. anyways my guess is 2.

Edit: Excuse me 3. Technically the Castle in lament of innocence was Walter’s Castle and not Dracula’s even though it says castlevania as soon as you get up to the castle.

Nicely done, and I hope you’re feeling better!
I don’t recall the Celia’s base in Dawn ever being referred to as a duplicate of Dracula’s Castle, just that the area was her cult’s headquarters and such. I wouldn’t put it past this obsessed fanatic to model it after witness accounts of the Castle, though.
As for Circle’s…right again.
Walter’s Castle also makes the list possibly out of a technicality, as I don’t believe it was ever stated that his castle was a product of Chaos nor is it ever mentioned (to my memory) that HIS castle was part of the deal regarding the Crimson Stone in his possession.
Speaking of which, what sets Walter apart from Dracula would probably be their motivation. While Walter very much had as much power as Dracula, he never truly used it to its fullest (as Drac demonstrated time and again in future games, though it did help that he had Death at his side), and only really attacked nearby villages to satisfy his own desires (and in the case of Rinaldo, "good sport" to kill time, no pun intended).

That’s just my opinion, though.

Your turn! 😀

Yeah it did seem to me that Walter was just out there to enjoy himself as he stated to Leon in their first meeting at the pagoda. He pretty much kidnapped Leon’s betrothed, Sara, to lure Leon to his castle, just because he was told of Leon’s strength and skill and thought he would be excellent sport for him. Not exactly world conquering behavior if you ask me.

As for my question, it’s kind of a follow up to egxtreme’s question. We already weeded out which official time-line games did not have dracula’s castle in it, but which one of the Castlevania games that did have Drac’s castle did not feature it as the final stage/location?

hmm… kind of quiet around here. Perhaps I should ask a easier question?

Just a wild guess, but I’m almost sure this doesn’t quite count…is it Aria of Sorrow?

No, I’m afraid that isn’t the answer. It’s a game that has dracula’s castle as an area but it isn’t the final area of the game

im gonna take a wild guess and say CV legends, though i may be confusing it with another CV, its been ages since i played a 2d CV game aside from 4.

Lord Brimstone,
I would say that the answer to your question would be Castlevania Bloodlines. The game’s first stage was the ruins of Castle Dracula but the final stage was the Castle Proserpina in England.

Lord Brimstone,
I would say that the answer to your question would be Castlevania Bloodlines. The game’s first stage was the ruins of Castle Dracula but the final stage was the Castle Proserpina in England.

That’s indeed the answer I’m looking for. Your turn.

A simple SF-themed question:
What’s the name of the high-tech hardware "installed" in Juri Han’s eye?

Feng Shui Engine?

You are correct, Sir. Your turn.

On a side note, Castlevania Lord of Shadows is staying very true to it’s name, as it’s been ages since we got any real info.

Heh, heh…secrecy. 😀
Let’s go with something easy. Sort of.
Guile had it in for Bison due to the "death" of Charlie Nash since SF2, but who has it out for Guile?
Bear in mind that M. Bison could honestly care less about anyone’s problems other than his own, so he doesn’t count.

Nothing yet, huh?
I guess I’ve been keeping everyone in d dark, so I’ll give you a hint:
It’s a non-canon series. 😛

Doctrine Dark From the Street Fighter EX series. The Guy that looks like a Nazi with a gas mask on.

That is correct.
I didn’t want to throw out the hint because it was a dead giveaway.
For the record, that wasn’t a typo; I was practically giving away the answer above. 🙁
Oh, well. Your turn!

A Castlevania question. What was the first castlevania game to have shops/merchants with purchasable items?

Vampire Killer for MSX

Very good. Your turn.

A Hard one!

What was the most famous band of the bassist & arranger of the Dracula Battle Perfect Selection albums?

Naoto Shibata PROJECT?

No. Naoto Shibata project was the name of the musicians that performed the dracula battle albums, and Naoto Shibata was the Main arranger and the bassist of the band i,m mentioning…The band is named A****M

It’s probably been posted before in this thread but it’s too long to look through.

Have you seen the Angry Video Game nerds video on the series? his review of Simons Quest is particularly entertaining.

Peace.

No. Naoto Shibata project was the name of the musicians that performed the dracula battle albums, and Naoto Shibata was the Main arranger and the bassist of the band i,m mentioning…The band is named A****M

Anthem 🙂

Haha, correct!!

Your turn

Sonia Belmont!

Hey, it’s me again. The creator of this thread. I’ve had to change my name again, but it should be recognizable. So, somebody continue the questioning.

Sorry i forgot i answered the question jajaja

well an easy one:

Which character from Super Streer Fighter II Turbo is banned from US tournaments?

My assumption and guess would be Akuma.

Correct!!

Your turn:

Ok here’s a somewhat tricky Castlevania question since it treads slightly outside of Castlevania’s boundaries. What Konami game outside of the Castlevania (and the beatmania/pop’n music/DDR music games) series has a Castlevania song as one of its music tracks?

Contra: Hard Corps

The song is Vampire Killer.

You certainly know your stuff. Your turn.

Ok, How many games did Simon Belmont appear outside the Castlevania series?

I suppose they would be Konami games, correct?

Yes and no.

I’m baffled.

What i meant is they are games from Konami where Simon appeared and a game from another company where he also appeared. Name all of them.

The only two that I know of(and I’m expecting to NOT win, so consider this a freebie to anyone else who knows the rest of the answer) is DreamMix TV World Fighters, Konami’s answer to Smash Brothers and International Track and Field.

You are right, those are two of the games where Simon appeared, but DreamMix TV World Fighters was made by Hudson, Konami was only a co-producer.

Hint: there are 5 more games.

Five more? I was totally unaware of these titles.

Me too, but i found them just by luck.

This one took a little effort, but I surprised that I only missed about four of these.
In any case, here is the list of confirmed cameo appearance from Simon Belmont:

Pop n’ Music 15 Adventure
Evolution Skating
New International Track and Field
Konami Wai Wai World
Wai Wai World 2
Konami WaiWai Sokoban
DreamMix TV: World Fighters
Ganbare Goemon 2
Battle Tryst
Hai no Majutsushi

I’m glad this question was brought up, because I was surprised to find the other CV characters (beyond Alucard, Dracula, and Simon) appearing outside of the series.
There’s Richter, Maria (DXC ver.)…hell, even Shanoa and LEON seemed to have made it beyond their initial debut titles!
I only wish these games were also released outside of Japan…*sigh*

So, should that cover it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPmb0F00YPE

Also you found more than i did :billymays:

Yeah. I’m kinda surprised myself! XD
Well, I guess it’s my turn.

Richard Newman, Yasunori Kato, Gerald Rivers, and Norio Wakamoto…
What do they all have in common?

My god these questions are getting complicated! Any way the thing they have in common is M. Bison (Vega in Japan) Richard Newman was the voice of M. Bison in the cartoon show (Delicious!) Yasunori Kato is a fictional character that has an out fit that makes him look a lot like Bison, Gerald Rivers is the voice for Bison in Street fighter 4 and Norio Wakamoto is the Voice of Bison for the Japanese side of Street fighter 4. Also of note that Norio is also the Japanese voice actor of Dracula from Symphony of the night onward and Yasunori Kato is compared to the D man.

That’s right!
Throwing Raul Julia in there would’ve been a dead giveaway, and after stumbling on Yasunori Kato (who pulls off the look MUCH BETTER than Bison himself!), I threw him in as something of a "curve ball".
Well, the floor is yours.

Hmm. I really can’t think of anything to be honest. I’m going to have to pass this once.

Well…dang. Guess I’ll have to take it again.
*catches torch*

The Castlevania series usually consists of one or two characters fending off the forces of darkness, often by means of a "divine weapon" or two.
That being said, how many playable characters in the series’ chronology, canon or otherwise, HAS NOT wielded the trademark vampiric bane, the Vampire Killer and who are they?

While you’re at it, feel free to describe their personal method of demonic extermination because, honestly, I don’t think most of the fanbase can accept anyone being capable of taking down the Prince of Darkness without the freakin’ whip.
Not that it’s a problem, of course. 😀

Okay, I’m gonna have some iffy characters in here.

First off, we have the unnamed protagonist from Haunted Castle(still suspected by some to be Simon Belmont). He used a mace, which upgraded to a sword.
Alucard, who used a Ball of Destruction, or spells and various handheld weapons(blades, knuckles, etc).
Soma Cruz, who followed Alucard’s footsteps and used various weapons, though his ‘spells’ were derived from monster souls.
Eric Lecarde, who used the Alcarde Spear.
Carrie Fernandez, who used her family’s magical powers.
Sypha Belnades, Carrie’s ancestor, who also used magic and a staff.
Grant Dynasty, with his trusty dagger
Cornell, the werewolf warrior who had his lycan powers to fight Dracula.
Henry, who amusingly used a holy six shooter.
Maria Renard, who used animals to attack.
Hector, Dracula’s former Devil Forgemaster, who also used various weapons,
And finally, Shanoa, yet another hunter who used a variety of weapons, along with Glyph based spells.

I don’t THINK I missed anyone. And egxtreme, I find it amusing that the fanbase can’t accept anything OTHER than the Vampire Killer actually defeating Dracula, because I bet a lot of them were the same people who wondered, before LoI: "How can a WHIP kill a vampire?!?"

Okay, I’m gonna have some iffy characters in here.

First off, we have the unnamed protagonist from Haunted Castle(still suspected by some to be Simon Belmont). He used a mace, which upgraded to a sword.
Alucard, who used a Ball of Destruction, or spells and various handheld weapons(blades, knuckles, etc).
Soma Cruz, who followed Alucard’s footsteps and used various weapons, though his ‘spells’ were derived from monster souls.
Eric Lecarde, who used the Alcarde Spear.
Carrie Fernandez, who used her family’s magical powers.
Sypha Belnades, Carrie’s ancestor, who also used magic and a staff.
Grant Dynasty, with his trusty dagger
Cornell, the werewolf warrior who had his lycan powers to fight Dracula.
Henry, who amusingly used a holy six shooter.
Maria Renard, who used animals to attack.
Hector, Dracula’s former Devil Forgemaster, who also used various weapons,
And finally, Shanoa, yet another hunter who used a variety of weapons, along with Glyph based spells.

I don’t THINK I missed anyone. And egxtreme, I find it amusing that the fanbase can’t accept anything OTHER than the Vampire Killer actually defeating Dracula, because I bet a lot of them were the same people who wondered, before LoI: "How can a WHIP kill a vampire?!?"

Actually there are a few that you missed, mainly because the characters are really obscure, except for two cases,

First of we have Joachim Armster who was a boss character in Lament of innocence but could be unlocked. he uses a ring of swords that float around him to attack.

second from the same game we have the even more obscure Pumkin who uses a different whip than the vampire killer yet it is stronger. go figure.

The third is Charlotte Aulin from Portrait of Ruin who uses spells and magical spell books to attack with you can switch between her and Jonathan Norris.

Fourth and fifth also from portrait is the sisters Stella and Loretta. one uses Magic, the other uses a sword.

sixth is Yoko Belnades from Dawn of Sorrow. She fights pretty much like her ancestor Sypha.

The seventh and final character I can think of is that exception to the obscure secret character/ secondary character rule. The man in question is Nathan Graves from Circle of the Moon. Yes he does wield a whip but it is not the Vampire Killer. It is called the Hunter’s whip and series creator Igarashi has stated that the two whips are different.

also if we are getting really technical you can also count Gabriel Belmont from the upcoming castlevania game into the mix since his whip is called the Combat Cross.

Hope this helps you out chaz.

Believe it or not Brimstone, I did think of a lot of those people. I tended to stay away from bonus characters because my list was already getting long, but I feel really stupid that I forgot Charlotte.

Pumpkin Head however, DOES have the Vampire Killer. Check out his equips if you ever play LoI again.

I wondered about Nathan myself. Must have missed mention of him using the Hunter’s Whip (though to be honest, I have yet to beat it…damn hard game).

Correct! Great job you two!
Well, since you both provided the answers, I’ll leave it up to you guys to decide who gets to ask the next question.
And…GO!

Its been almost 2 years since last post on this thread, but it isn’t dead. Okay, who were Carmilla’s two vampire generals, and which Castlevania titles were their names taken from?

I love this thread. Glad to see its resurrection

Olrox (or Orlox) had his first appearance in SotN

and Brauner came from Portrait of Ruin

I will pass on asking a question (I’m no good with coming up with Trivia).

Good job with that Neo. You are correct. That game completely screwed the whole storyline. Not sure if anyone else noticed, but the credits all featured Hispanic names, not Japanese. I thought it was odd, considering it’s a Konami title. Of course, it wasn’t directed by Igarashi, but whoever the Metal Gear director was.

Hideo Kojima (creator, director and producer of the Metal Gear franchise) was involved in the title as an advisor, as was his team, Kojima Productions, but he wasn’t the director. For the most part the game was done by Spanish developers MercurySteam and directed by Enric ???lvarez – that’s why the credits feature so much Hispanic games. Konami just published the game, they didn’t developed it.

Right, I just find it so crappy that they relied on a whole new team, when they had something good already, albeit the 3d titles prior weren’t big hits. Iga should have stayed on, while using Mercury Stream. The storyline was thrown all out of whack. Too many inconsistencies now.

Indeed, which is further bolstered by the fact that the game was originally announced just as Lords of Shadow, with no connection to the Castlevania series mentioned. That was something they came out with when already well into development.

Since I’m here, I might as well carry on the trivia.
We have seen Dracula move around the battlefield in a pillar of light or as a swarm of bats, but there are at least four instances where he used BOTH at the same time. Can you name these games?
Just to clarify, these games have to feature Dracula teleporting in a pillar of light WITH bats. Not one or the other; they must occur at the same time.

And to bring the trivia back into Street Fighter territory, here’s another question:
Balrog’s original stage had a sign in the background at the center of the stage. Aside from the obvious reference to a certain Las Vegas landmark, what else is significant about this sign?

CV – Dracula teleports converted in bats inside a pillar of light in these games
X68000/Chronicles
Harmony of Dissonance
Portrait of Ruin
Order of Ecclesia

SF – In Balrog’s SFII stage, under the Golden Nugget sign it says "NIN-NIN". This is a reference to Akira Nishitani, one of the main designers/planners for Street Fighter and Final Fight, who went by the pseudonym of NIN NIN. Additionally, NIN is also the default high score name in SFII.

CV – An easy one: Among Castlevania lore, there are two groups of "things" commonly referred to as "the original five". Name both groups.

SF – Besides the Hadou moves (Hadouken, Shoryuken, Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, their Super Move variants and the Shun Goku Satsu), Akuma shares another special move with certain fighters. What move is it and who are these fighters? Hint: One of these fighters had the move before Akuma did.

That is correct, though most of the images I’ve seen has the Golden Nugget sign read "NIN-NIN HALL", but it’s all the same.

I’m a little stumped with both of your questions, but I’m going to try and take a stab at them.

I’m not too familiar with the term "Original Five" as far as Castlevania is concerned, but if I had to guess, it would have something to do with the following:

A.) The Original Five subweapons: Holy Water, Cross/Boomerang(?), Knife, Axe, and Stopwatch.

B.) The Greatest Five, a move used in Portrait of Ruin that summoned the spirits of the "greatest five" Belmonts: Leon, Trevor, Simon, Juste, and Richter. Personally, I prefer another "Original Five" who wielded the Vampire Killer whip according to their game release dates before the series’ canon was either revised or retconned: Simon, Trevor, Christopher, Richter, and Sonia. John Morris from CV: Bloodlines would be part of that list, but since he isn’t a Belmont by blood, I tend to exclude him.

As for the SF question, the only other move that Akuma shared with another character was the "teleport-type" move, something that Dhalsim had in later installments of Street Fighter II, but just prior to Akuma’s debut in Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Unlike the Hadou moves, the teleport is different for nearly every character in terms of its visual execution; the only similarities is the nature of the move (move from point-A to point-B faster than what is normally possible).

– For the Castlevania trivia, The Original Five universally refers to the five original subweapons, as well as to the Greatest Five (Vampire Killer’s five Belmont users) among certain circles.

– For the Street Fighter trivia, there were two possible answers: the Teleport is one, indeed, shared with Dhalsim (who got it first), M. Bison and Evil Ryu. The other is the Hyakki Shuu, shared with Cammy (she got it first, under the name Hooligan Combination), Juni and, recently, Gouken.

Congrats, you got ’em good!

P.S. Sorry if the questions weren’t clear enough. I was going to write them better, but my ISP has been failing all weekk long and I was unable to. If I don’t reply after a while, it’s for that very same reason.