Show Castlevania or Game Castlevania?
I kind of hope we get both through the use of skins, but I think the default characters will be from the show since they have more to work with lore wise.
As Survivor the frontrunners I could see are Trevor, Simon, Richter, or Alucard depending on the circumstances, but I have a feeling they'll pick between Trevor or Simon for a classic Belmont.
What do you think? It'd be funny if we both the dark edgy show Dracula and the goofy Game version screaming "WHAT IS A MAN?" whenever he gets in chase.
Personally, I just hope a map gets altered in someway to get Castlevania elements. Shattered Square could use an update now that there's just an objectively cooler version of it being added soon (hopefully without any infinites)
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I would prefer to stick to the source material of the games. I didn't care for the show.
The roadmap shows no map for the Castlevania update, which sucked all hype for the chapter out of me.
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I personally loved the show, though it was very removed the main series in tone and story so I get wanting to stick to the games. In terms of power design, I hope Dracula gets his classic fireballs, among his other iconic abilities. He'll probably get the negation ward Vecna did, regardless of which version they include.
It really does suck that there's no map, it still feels like a weird decision that Vecna got an original magic Castle made just for him but the series literally named after it's iconic magic Castle couldn't get one.
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It is ridiculous that a Castlevania chapter is not going to include the castle. Good thing I learned long ago to not get my hopes up.
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Matheiu Cote confirmed on Slasher Radio that they are working with Konami, it's video game Castlevania.
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Look at the trailer. The castle in the background is the game castle. Not that lame building from the show. And games have far more lore and depth than the show btw (collectively) , you can spend some time on the wiki , there is a lot of fun reads there. The show started great but plunged into a deranged fever dream of Warren Ellis that no longer had anything to do with the franchise. The sequel with Richter went light years further from the source material than the first series.
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I'd bet they pick Alucard, and if they want to shove a female survivor out of nowhere, Maria too. Simon and Richter are too anime looking for the game, while they can sell Alucard as the "edgy brooding" vampire and give him vampire themed perks. I know the game has outrageous silly stuff already like Alice in Wonderland skins but i think someone dressed in the anime or conan the barbarian suits Simon/Richter have would be a little bit too much.
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I haven't seen the new show tbh, just the old one. I quite liked it for what it was, but it wasn't anywhere near what the games were going for storywise.
I know there's a bunch of lore in the old games, I'm quite well versed in the series, it's just that you can watch the Castlevania show and you get four seasons and a sequel for story entirely. The classic Castlevania games have a lot of lore, but when you play the games themselves? Well, it isn't exactly Shakespeare. There are a bunch of meme lines from the games, so I guess it's like RE in that regard. The Gameboy Advance and DS games were also good storywise, but aside from them, the Castlevania series is more known for it's gameplay, aesthetic, oneliners, music, than it is the actual lore.
Just to clarify, I don't think the fact we're getting the game versions is bad, this is still a completely badass inclusion, I just have my preferences.
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I think the default characters will be from the show since they have more to work with lore wise.
oh no no no… they do not.
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Definitive, I feel like we'll definitely be getting Simon or Alucard then. Maybe even a Soma legendary? Think abouuuuut it.
Hopefully Netflix throws BHVR a bone with some new content, it'd be neat to get the show Dracula with different voice lines alongside the OG Vamp.
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Judging from the recent other collabs with CV. My guess would be that
Survivor is likely Maria Renard. A Belmont or Alucard might be a stretch in de powering them because any one of them would be stronger than any survivor. But possibly wrong.
Dracula's main appearance would definitely be SoTNs version. Legendary skin could be something like from CoD or DXC / PoR.
Chase music might be Nothing to Lose or Outta time or if god does exist and loves us then it's bloody tears.
And since Matt gave such a strong reaction about a map for CV makes me feel like we might get either a "reskin" of a map to suit CV, a surprise new map, or maps incorporating the castle in the background or something. Maybe even somehow part of his power kit.
Other collabs stuck with SoTN and Rondo of Blood stuff. Maria is a skin in Rising V so that's why I think she is a survivor. She's also not nearly as strong as the others (though she's no slouch).
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I'd be fine with Maria, but I honestly think they'll pick a Belmont or Alucard. They've depowered a lot of strong characters in the past. Ash had to ditch his boomstick and chainsaw, Cheryl can't kill God, Alan Wake can't be God, Chris can't 1v1 a boulder, there's a 300 year old elf that plays the exact same as the glasses nerd that gets murdered in half the CGI cinematics. I honestly feel like the devs wouldn't even think twice before putting a Belmont in the fog.
That map reaction from Mcote is definitely telling. He could've just said there's no map, but he didn't. Who knows? Maybe we'll get a surprise. That would really complete this crossover. I won't hold out any hope, but there's something there in terms of speculation.
Definitely true that most other collabs go for SotN and Rondo, but this isn't most collabs, is it? DbD tends to go for the most iconic options available, except for Jigsaw who was simply incompatible with the concept of the Trials as a whole. I think they'll aim for the top of the list when it comes to icons.
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The show was awful (if I'm being nice).
The games are great.
Let's stick to the games.
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