Castlevania "This or That" Thread [Off-Topic]

OK, so in some of my other Unions, we play a game called "This or That".  As the first person, I'll post two related, yet different things.  The next person has to choose one of the options I put forth and post their own set of two related, yet different things.  I'll start.

Simon Belmont or Trevor Belmont?

Simon Belmont

Castlevania LoI or Castlevania CoD

(is this how it's played?)

Yeah, that's totally it. And I pick Lament. Feels more like Castlevania to have a Belmont in charge instead of as a supporting character.

Heart of Fire: Castlevania version or Aria of Sorrow version?

Aria of Sorrow. Better art style and those seals in Dawn were just plain annoying.

Multiple characters in Castlevania III or Dawn of Sorrow?

Aria. I didn't want to give up my hard earned souls for better weapons in Dawn. In fact, I finished Dawn entirely with an measly Axe.

Castlevania Adventure or Castlevania 64?

Symphony for the PSX.  The Saturn version, while it had extras, was rushed and buggy, not to mention in Japanese.

Richter's item crashes in Symphony: Hydro Storm or Holy Cross?

dawn of sorrow

soma cruz or dimitri

2D Castlevanias, but that's a close call.  They've both had incredible and horrible games.

Composers: Kukeiha Club (CV1,SCV4) or Michiru Yamane (SotN, CoD)?

Michiru Yamane (SotN, CoD)

I feel SotN has the best music in the series to date.

Classic NES Castlevanias (CV 1,2,3) or Prettier GBA Castlevanias (CotM, HoD, AoS)?

The Soul System.

I still liked the cards, it's just that some of them were a complete pain to collect (not exactly saying the souls aren't!)

Dracula or Death?

Death. Always got a kick out of killing something that is supposed to be the incarnation of an end to life.

Crimson Stone or Ebony Stone?

What a great one...  I don't know if I would have much use for the Ebony Stone and an area enveloped in endless night.  However, that would be insanely cool.  It might work better for me if I were already a vampire.  I would pick the Crimson Stone, unless I have to be somewhat powerful to use it.  I might become a vampire anyway just to reap all the powerful benefits of the Crimson Stone.  :twisted:

Alucart's Armor (Luck +30) or Alucard's Armor?

The Belmonts.  Same reason I preferred LoI to CoD.

Richter Belmont in Rondo of Blood or Symphony of the Night?

Skillful Alucard from Symphony of the Night

Although I've never played Dawn of Sorrow, I have played through Dracula's Curse and the limited Alucard in that is not nearly as fun as the skillful Alucard from SotN.

Dracula from Castlevania or Castlevania III? Also I would like someone else's opinion on the previous question since I have not played DoS.

Dracula from the original Castlevania. I prefer the teleport & 3 fireball attack as it makes him seem more familar to the rest of the series.

Sub-Weapon modifiers: Magic books (HoD) or Magic orbs (LoI)?

I thought the Magic books were interesting, but I really enjoyed the orbs from Lament.  I loved so many of the attack combinations you could come up with.  Some of my favorite combonations could be made with the Holy Water and various orbs.  I also enjoyed how the orbs changed Pumpkin's sub-weapon.

Red crystals (CV64, CV: LoD) to power sub-weapons or the classic Hearts to power them instead?

Hearts, but I'm a more of an old-school guy to begin with. A key example would be my opinion that Castlevania should be about the Belmonts and no one else (though Belnades as supporting/secondary characters is good too). BTW, Castlevania Bloodlines had crystals too.

Upgradable whip or equipable items?

Yes, Bloodlines did have crystals.  In the game they were red, but appeared blue in the HUD and Password screens.  Something I've always found interesting is how they were one of the items that form passwords on Bloodlines and white jewels are the means of saving on the N64 Castlevanias.

This is a hard one to pick for me.  Upgrades for whips are nice, but I like it even better when the upgrades aren't temporary.  As long as you don't die, in games like Bloodlines or Legacy of Darkness, you don't have to worry about loosing the power-ups--but that can be easier said than done.  I like the upgrades you can choose to equip like in Harmony of Dissonance, where different stones can be fitted for different things.  Or Lament of Innocence's different whips.  I guess you could also say the cards in Circle of the Moon are also in this category.  I guess you could say I'm more of a fan of items you can equip, even if they are weapons other than whips.

Death's Scythe as synthesized by Soma (DoS) or forged by Hector (CoD)?

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Not a single post on this poor board in two days...

**Steps in as Maverick RockmanSRD, infected with the Sigma Virus**

I prefer the one Hector creates.  It's just so awesome.  I could sit there and watch it for hours.  Using it is cool, too.  The only thing I hate about it is trying to get Death's Pulse so I can make the blasted thing.

Castlevanias set in the future, or set in the past?

**Maverick RockmanSRD exits**

Can't really respond to this without more info on it. Does anyone have a link to what he changed in the time line, and the comments your refering to?

His Wikipedia entry gives a little info on it. The part I'm clamoring about most is the rumor that Castlevania Legends was removed because "a woman cannot be a main Castlevania hero(ine)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Igarashi

His Wikipedia entry gives a little info on it. The part I'm clamoring about most is the rumor that Castlevania Legends was removed because "a woman cannot be a main Castlevania hero(ine)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Igarashi

venus577

Are you kidding me?! Thats completely ridiculous. Was it confirmed that he said it or just a rumor?

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His Wikipedia entry gives a little info on it. The part I'm clamoring about most is the rumor that Castlevania Legends was removed because "a woman cannot be a main Castlevania hero(ine)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Igarashi

jacobs1282

Are you kidding me?! Thats completely ridiculous. Was it confirmed that he said it or just a rumor?

LOL sorry to confuse people, I knew the time-line was officially changed, I was talking about the Legends comment, but anyway I don't think they should have messed with the time-line, but I guess they had their reasons.

Sorry wasn't prepared for this so...

Castlevania SotN, playing as Alucard or Richter?

Personally I think playing as Richter added a little more challenge to the game (if you didn't use the dagger item crash thing)

Trevor, again because I'm a Belmont fan.

Preferred non-Alucard companion in Castlevania III: Grant or Sypha?

A difficult choice.  Hector is the star, but Trevor is Curse's resident Belmont. In the end, I pick Hector.

Skeletons on motorcycles or the crazy gardener with a shotgun in one hand and chainsaw in place of the other?  Ahhh, Castlevania 64 and your madness....

The motorcycle skeletons were nice, but I actually enjoyed getting chased by the Franken-gardener.  It would have felt strange playing as the character that started out as Cohler/Corler/Coller... probably one of the farthest things from the Castlevania "formula".

Would you prefer a Castlevania game to give you consequences for taking too long to reach the Castle Keep or spending too much in the shop, like in CV64 and Legacy of Darkness...  Or would you rather be able to take as long and spend as much as you like, free of any changes in the game?

I'm pretty torn up on this one.  Castlevania on the NES was my first exposure to the series, which is pretty huge.  Super Castlevania 4 was one of the first games I saw on SNES that wowed me because of the graphics.  There was depth to the backgrounds, everything just looked great.  Also, I remember I could occupy myself for 10 minutes at a time by spinning the whip.  I just never seemed to get over how awesome it was that they let you whip in any direction you wanted to.

Medusa as a boss or flying around in the form of Medusa heads?

Depends. If it's the Medusa boss like we got in Symphony that actually is a Medusa, then I pick the boss. But if it's the giant Medusa head boss ala Lament, then I pick the flying heads.

Flea men or Medusa heads?

Death. Even though the Castlevania story is about the Belmont Clan vs. Dracula, he isn't in every Castlevania game. Death is, and is so high and mighty even when his battle is a joke.

I'm restating my prior question since the previous poster didn't answer it.
Flea men or Medusa heads?