History VideoGame / CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia

* EvilElevator: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in the fight with Brachyura, where an elevator [[BenevolentArchetechure with spikes on its underside]] is what finishes it off.

* EvilElevator: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]].

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Barlowe upon the reveal. It's also heavily implied that he was like this all along, and that his betraying Sharona was due to his insanity, as, during his TeleportSpam attack, he says, with each punch, "HOW DARE YOU...! EVER FORGET...! WHO RAISED YOU...! YOU...! STUPID DISCIPLE!!"]]

* PuzzleBoss: [[WallMaster Wallman]]. How do you defeat a demon that keeps hiding in the walls, throwing VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}-style explosives at you, and has a ''limitless'' supply of healing items? [[spoiler:Absorb the glyph that allows him to enter walls... ''[[TeleFrag while he's still in one]]''. Alternatively, you can absorb the glyph ''before'' he enters the wall, which will leave him [[HoistByHisOwnPetard unable to escape the explosives that he's tossed into the room.]] Either way, cue CrowningMomentOfFunny.]]
** Or, alternately, HighOctaneNightmareFuel. [[spoiler:You also have to go through [[{{Squick}} that wall.]]]]

* MetroidVania: Obviously, but it really comes to a head when you play this game [[spoiler:on Hard with a cap set at Level 1]]. It becomes almost like ''LegendOfZelda'' with how desperate you become for Health and Mana upgrades.

** The "Grave Digger" enemy looks a lot like [[ProfessionalWrestling The Undertaker]], and another enemy, the Mad Butcher, is [[TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] in all but name. Oh yeah, a cannibal killer with a chainsaw [[AnachronismStew in 19th century Europe]].

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning/IncendiaryExponent: [[spoiler:Albus]] can do spinning jump kicks ''that are on fire.''

* [=~Everything's Better With Spinning~=]/IncendiaryExponent: [[spoiler:Albus]] can do spinning jump kicks ''that are on fire.''
* [=~Everything's Cuter With Kittens~=]: There are cats you can rescue and take back to the village. When you meet them at the village, you can [[VideogameCrueltyPotential attack them]], play with them using the stylus, or use the catgirl transformation glyph to talk to them. You even have to save one as part of a villager quest.

* BloodMagic: The Glyph Union with all three Dominus glyphs. It does 9999 damage to all enemies on the screen, but automatically kills you.

* CastFromHitPoints: The Dominus glyphs. The two attack glyphs (Dominus Hatred/Anger) decrease your HP by 1/6 its maximum per use, and Dominus Agony costs 66 HP every second it's active (and also increases your Strength, Constitution, Intelligence and Mind stats by 66 each while it's active).

* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Barlowe]]. He's the last boss before you go to [[spoiler: Dracula's Castle]], you fight him after you find out about [[spoiler:Albus' motives and the true nature of Dominus]] and he has his own battle theme music.
* ColossusClimb: The battle with Eligor. Albus can kind of cheat with his teleporting though, and if Shanoa takes time to get the Redire glyph from Training Hall before fighting him, she can use it to quickly get to his weakpoint as well. Both characters might have some trouble actually taking him down without destroying the crossbows on his flanks though.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Dominus [[CastFromHP uses your life force to cast it.]] Needless to say, equipping all three Dominus glyphs is a bad idea [[spoiler:unless necessary.]]

** [[spoiler:This is also the most likely reason for Barlowe's FaceHeelTurn - he was possessed by Dracula, kind of like how Richter Belmont was possessed by Shaft.]]
*** Probably not given [[spoiler:Dracula asks Shanoa if she was the one who freed him. Barlowe was simply DrunkOnTheDarkSide, or simply AxCrazy.]]
*** On the other hand, we have [[spoiler: Albus, who is possessed by Dracula after being consumed by Dominus. He briefly regains control to tell Shanoa to run, before Dracula takes over and launches into his BossBanter and the battle itself.]]

* FanService[=/=]{{Stripperiffic}}: Shanoa has to wear a SexyBacklessOutfit as she must expose her back for glyph absorption.

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Shanoa is mostly spell-based compared to the mostly warrior-styled ''{{Castlevania}}'' heroes. She starts off with horrible attack power and what might be the least useful (if [[AwesomeButImpractical cool looking]]) backdash in the series. By the end she can be so [[GameBreaker brokenly loaded]], the game expects you to [[spoiler:take down the [[FinalBoss final boss]] as part of the timed boss rush mode.]]

*** In a sense, the game pretty much forces you to actively use spells because the physical stats are only two of the many that cover attack damage. You can still get them stronger by maxing out their attributes but it is much easier to spam Nitesco to max out light damage than it is to run up close to the enemy to whack them in the face.

* MoreDakka: [[spoiler: Albus fires that gun of his REALLY fast in Albus Mode.]] Made even more awesome by the fact that this game takes place in the early 1800s and that the first semi-automatic firearm wasn't introduced until 1885.

* NoDamageRun: Get through a boss fight with no damage and you get a [[BraggingRightsReward medal]]. Hey, another use for the Death Ring!

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: This time around the {{Chupacabra}} hang out near Dracula's quarters and it turns out a [[spoiler:[[ChineseVampire Jiang]] [[BonusBoss Shi]] moved in to the [[BonusDungeon cave next door]]]], creating an oddly multicultural vampire gathering.

* PowerWalk: [[spoiler: Dracula.]]

** Or, alternately, HighOctaneNightmareFuel. [[spoiler: You also have to go through [[{{Squick}} that wall.]]]]

** RareRandomDrop: Of course, some drops won't be as easily gotten as others. Merman meat, only gettable with a 6 star chance from a merman-unrelated enemy (Lorelei), is quite the offender as you need it for better potions. About chest drops, those only available in the brutal Large Cavern can be quite frustrating too.

** ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' again, mostly recycled from ''[[CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]]''. [[TinMan Axe-wielding tin robots]], [[ScaryScarecrows impaled-corpse scarecrows]] and... [[CowardlyLion Cat]] [[CatGirl Girls]], [[SubvertedTrope Oh My!]]

** Dracula phrase, ''"I'll bring the life out from you"'', is very similar to Astharot's from SoulCalibur.

* StealthPun / BilingualBonus: One enemy is a former human that was a victim of an Une attack. It's name? Chosen Une.[[hottip:*: Une is french for "one"]]

* NiceHat: All of [[RetiredBadass Daniela]]'s quest rewards are nice hats. The Boss Rush mode has the most earnable treasures yet (11) and they are all headgear. The nicest hat is probably Laura taking [[PimpedOutDress all the jewels]] you've brought her to make the Royal Crown. Hey, man, you have a lot of... [[MitchHedberg cranial accessories]].

[[caption-width-right:300:[[SexyBack Her face is up there.]]]]

* FanService[=/=]{{Stripperiffic}}: Shanoa has a magic-powered SexyBack. It is exposed as it is required for glyph absorption.

* SexyBack: Shanoa wears a backless dress, which is [[JustifiedTrope necessary]] because she absorbs [[InstantRunes Glyphs]] through a large and intricate tattoo on her back. ...For an EmotionlessGirl, she sure does lift up her hair sensually.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: The Monastery's theme "Chapel Hidden In Smoke" is very similar to the [[CastleInTheSky Castle In The Sky]]'s ending theme "Kimi wo Nosete".

* PuzzleBoss: [[WallMaster Wallman]]. How do you defeat a demon that keeps hiding in the walls, throwing {{Bomberman}}-style explosives at you, and has a ''limitless'' supply of healing items? [[spoiler:Absorb the glyph that allows him to enter walls... ''[[TeleFrag while he's still in one]]''. Alternatively, you can absorb the glyph ''before'' he enters the wall, which will leave him [[HoistByHisOwnPetard unable to escape the explosives that he's tossed into the room.]] Either way, cue CrowningMomentOfFunny.]]

* ShoutOut: Goliath is basically a boss-monster-ified [[FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]], even reenacting his dying pose. Which makes him another classic [[ShonenJump Jump]] villain like [[JoJosBizarreAdventure Zephyr]] to [[CaptainErsatz appear]] in the series.

* RandomlyDrops: Quite a few less instances than the previous installments, leaving most of the enemy encyclopedia entries looking rather bare. This is mostly because of the chests placed around levels that give random items and replenish themselves whenever you leave the stage they're in.

** The requisite {{Gradius}} shout out occurs when one of the bosses summons [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Moai heads]] as [[TemporaryPlatform temporary platforms]]. Don't destroy them or you won't survive the [[KillItWithWater waterfall]] attack.

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Barlowe upon the reveal. It's also heavily implied that he was like this all along, and that his betraying Sharona was due to his insanity, as, during his TeleportSpam attack, he says, with each punch, "HOW DARE YOU...! EVER FORGET...! WHO RAISED YOU...! YOU...! STUPID DISCIPLE!!"]

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Barlowe upon the reveal. It's also heavily implied that he was like this all along, and that his betraying Sharona was due to his insanity, as, during his TeleportSpam attack, he says, with each punch, "HOW DARE YOU...! EVER FORGET...! WHO RAISED YOU...! YOU...! STUPID DISCIPLE!!"]

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Barlowe upon the reveal. It's also heavily implied that he was like this all along, and that his betraying Sharona was due to his insanity, as, during his TeleportSpam attack, he says, with each punch, "HOW DARE YOU...! EVER FORGET...! WHO RAISED YOU...! YOU...! STUPID DISCIPLE!!")

*** Probably not given [[spoiler:Dracula asks Shanoa if she was the one who freed him. Barlowe was simply DrunkOnTheDarkSide.]]

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Go to Hell." Bye-bye, Brachyura.

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