History Headscratchers / Castlevania

** He's a dhampire, not a vampire, so it makes sense he has only ''some'' of the symptoms.

** Also, they have no major investment in the battles. It's generally a OneManArmy vs. Army thing, so it isn't really war. Food is generally plentiful, as the castle doesn't go on burning crusades against crops. No disease is particularly associated. On the other hand, when the Castle appears, it ''does'' kill a lot of people, and the Belmont Of The Era ''does'' massacre the inhabitants en masse, plus, Dracula managed to cheat Death out of his due for almost a millenia. Death has motivation and a stake in the matter, the others don't.

*** At first. Circle of the Moon was put back in the timeline as a GaidenGame. That wasn't the reason for it's removal anyway.

* In the first game, how do I use my subitem when ducking if I'm not using a keyboard?

* Similarly, why doesn't Mathias as Dracula, just destroy the Vampire Killer whip? There's no given explanation that he can't. In fact if you think about it...shouldn't Dracula consider Sara as his greatest threat or sworn enemy. Sara as the Vampire Killer whip can allow anyone to use her, by either proving your worthy, or by being inherited. Proof you don't need the Belmonts to wield her.

*** He's just trying to put the scare into you. He's a poseur. I haven't kept up but the only time I know of when Dracula said anything about his "true form" was at the end of ''Symphony'', and there he was being completely full of shit as always: you can tell he's just making that thing out of his cape. I mean, he's sitting right there in the middle in the same form he was in before. As for the giant blue...thing he ordinarily turns into, in the same game he announces the transformation by shouting "GRANT ME POWEEEEER!" (It's a little garbled so I can understand if anyone missed that). So in other words, the blue thing is what happens when the Devil tries to bail his sorry ass out of trouble for him yet again.

* I've been playing some Portrait of Ruin lately and was playing through the boss rush with Richter and Maria, and does it strike anyone else as profoundly messed up that they sent a 12 year old girl armed only with birds and cats to fight against the forces of Dracula (which inclues Werewolves, Frankensteins monsters, dragons, giants, undead dinosaurs and a ''giant balls of human corpses''). Am I the only one who imagines Maria may have needed some therapy after all that crap (or even a stay at an asylum, if I may be so bold).

** As far as we can tell, it was sent back to change the timeline in its boss's favor. This is typically done by going back to a point and doing things that will make things turn out differently. It could easily have come from approximately ten thousand years after the change point.

** The worst part is, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot I think a Castlevania fighting game is a good idea]], and I like powerstone-style gameplay all right, but the unrecognizable characters and sloppy gameplay make me want to cry. I halfway want IGA to do a Judgement 2 so he can attempt an AuthorsSavingThrow and put the Judgement series on the right track. (Honestly, I don't mind the story. Fighting games can have nice stories, but thats not the point.)

** I didn't notice Judgment in Game Stop for the longest time despite it being there, because everytime I passed by it, I thought it was some Death Note title. I only recently figured out it was the long-maligned Judgment and took a look at the back...and couldn't recognize even ONE of the characters in the small portrait bubbles. And I've been playing the series since the '80s, so I should be able to recognize at least half, if not all of the characters, anime-stylization or not (fan-hate aside, when looking at Dawn of Sorrow's art, you could tell that Soma was Soma, Hammer was Hammer, etc.)

* ''Judgment'' - is - well...WHY? The FIGHTAN GAEMS!!!!11 plot reads like poor fanfiction, Carmilla is suddenly Elisabeth Bathory in a thong, Sypha's a stereotypical ice queen, Grant's design is a near-lift from that of Faust VIII, Maria's an airhead Pettanko, Trevor's an insecure ego-case, and Simon is Light Yagami. Was IGA drunk when he greenlighted it? It wouldn't irritate me so much if it were done WELL. However, it's not. The Zelda team's graphics run CIRCLES around ''Judgment'''s - plastic Uncanny Valley Maria, shudder.

*** That doesn't make as much sense, as [[spoiler: the Belmonts are destined to remain ''out'' of the fighting against Drac until 1999, as stated in ''Portrait of Ruin''.]] In fact, [[spoiler: this is precisely why Richter vanished off the face of the planet after the events of ''Symphony of the Night''.]] It's possible that the events of ''Order of Ecclesia'' [[spoiler: inspired the villagers to start training for when they ''do'' get back in the game,]] but I doubt that [[spoiler: they would actively pursue their ancestral duties before it's time, especially when the Vampire Killer whip's been passed off to a branch family (specifically, the Morrises) to take over their duties until the prophesied time.]]

** In regards to the chapel, back when I first played Symphony, I just took it in stride - Vlad Tepes was a religious man, so even after becoming the Dark Lord, it didn't seem too off - trappings from his former life. Now that he's Matthias, though, it's a bit weirder...maybe he's doing it to mock God? After all, having a church just so that all your demons can tramp through it all the time sounds like a good way to try and tweak the big guy.

** I had a WMG about that...I assume Chaos controls how Castlevania manifests, and Dracula really has little control over the details. Hence why the castle has elements that don't fit or even help the heros. It is a "Creature of Chaos" after all.

* In ''Aria Of Sorrow'', Soma Cruz is the childhood friend of Mina Hakuba who lived in a Japanese shrine all her life...and a foreign exchange student. Is this one of those [[Main/ButNotTooForeign "born in Japan but grew up somewhere else"]] deals? Oh, Japan.

** It is generally assumed that the Belmont Family was tainted and unable to wield the whip, and they wouldn't be purged of the taint until, fortuitously, 1999.

** Yes, though according to CV, Quincey Morris had a son, when there's no indication that he did in the novel. The US manual for Bloodlines says that John Morris saw Quincey die after helping to kill Dracula, though this is probably not canon since John would have been a toddler at the time, and thus probably would not have been brought along. And, of course, the Morris family being related to the Belmonts is something the games made up.

** CastlevaniaBloodlines [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove could certainly use a remake]] to help tie the two together better. Perhaps with flashbacks to key events in the novel?

** ''Judgment'' tries to justify it with its near-fetishistic use of the word "house", suggesting that not every Belmont begets the next one. This is an imperfect solution, considering the lack of multiple Belmonts per generation (aside from ''Order of Shadows'', which no one played) and the argument that Sypha ''did'' beget the later Belnadeses. Not to mention just what causes the Schneiders and Morrises and whoever else to branch out.

** Well, I'm not sure if [=PoR's=] Boss Rush has any sort of storyline to legitimize her being there, but in Rondo of Blood/Dracula X Chronicles, she wasn't ''sent''; when you rescue her as Richter, she basically tells you "I'm going to help you save Annette, and if you disagree, expect a seiryu up your ass! :D". So when it comes down to it, any therapy she ends up needing is kind of her fault in the first place.

*** The PSP Dracula X Chronicles Drac calls his third form his true form. An odd case, since it's entirely optional, and his second form is a greater transformation. In his third form, he looks basically the same as his un-transformed self but with his cape becoming wings.

*** Certainly there are plenty of female characters throughout the series. None of them are Belmonts however, because no woman could ever be a true Belmont. (Then again, in Dracula X, Maria is way, way stronger than Richter, so there you go.)

** Well, hacking into [[CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair Harmony of Despair's]] sound files reveals that, besides Richter and Simon being possible DLC, Hammer might be making the cut in a future DLC release. [[HopeSpot We can only hope he gets through this time, because that would be awesome!]]

* VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight. The inverted castle. As in, how exactly did it appear randomly out of the clouds? Why is there a second castle? Why is it upside down? Is this EVER explained ingame? At least HarmonyOfDissonance's second castle is a reflection, and the two castles are sort of the extension of Maxim's will, so it gets a handwave. I know I'm asking for logic in a Castlevania game, but, you know, there is no plot justification for the inverted castle, especially the fact it's UPSIDE DOWN.

* I don't get why keeping the Vampire Killer out of Belmont hands for a couple centuries or so would be necessary to allow whatever happened in 1999 to happen. Why would the family avoiding fighting Dracula make any difference?

*** As of ''Castlevania Chronicles'', Simon had long red hair. As of ''Symphony of the Night'', Alucard is white haired. Get an anime artist to draw them and odds are that they will resemble anime characters with similar designs. Obata didn't say "let's redesign Simon so he looks exactly like Light". He was given a character with a very similar hairstyle, and the result was a similar look.

** CastlevaniaBloodlines [[NeedsMoreLove could certainly use a remake]] to help tie the two together better. Perhaps with flashbacks to key events in the novel?

*** Bear in mind that most of Castlevania games takes place in medieval. It was only natural back then that men were doing all the physical work. So, no, it wouldn't be realistic

* In Lords Of Shadow, why does [[spoiler: Zobek need Gabriel to kill Marie?]]

* In Lords Of Shadow, if [[spoiler: Zobek was under Satan's control, why did he kill Baba Yaga?]]

* What is a man?

**** Dracula looks like Gankutsuou-via-''MirrorMask'' - which would be cool if it were intentional.

* SymphonyOfTheNight. The inverted castle. As in, how exactly did it appear randomly out of the clouds? Why is there a second castle? Why is it upside down? Is this EVER explained ingame? At least HarmonyOfDissonance's second castle is a reflection, and the two castles are sort of the extension of Maxim's will, so it gets a handwave. I know I'm asking for logic in a Castlevania game, but, you know, there is no plot justification for the inverted castle, especially the fact it's UPSIDE DOWN.

*** As of ''Castlevania Chronicles'', Simon had long red hair. As of ''Symphony of the Night'', Alucard has white hair. Get an anime artist to draw them and odds are that they will resemble anime characters with similar designs. Obata didn't say "let's redesign Simon so he looks exactly like Light". He was given a character with a very similar hairstyle, and the result was a similar look.

*** As of ''Castlevania Chronicles'', Simon had long red hair. As of ''Symphony of the Night'', Alucard was a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy. Get an anime artist to draw them and odds are that they will resemble anime characters with similar designs. Obata didn't say "let's redesign Simon so he looks exactly like Light". He was given a character with a very similar hairstyle, and the result was a similar look.

* Few players complained when Maria did some behind-the-scenes investigation to figure out the truth behind the castle's return before Alucard killed the wrong perpetrator. Or when Leon's vampirized love interest Sara sacrificed herself to provide him with the means to defeat the one responsible for her suffering. Or when Julia intervened on a psychological level to ensure that Hector's quest for revenge wouldn't consume him. Or when Mina provided the emotional anchor necessary for Soma to not succumb to his innate dark nature. Or when Charlotte accompanied Jonathan to help him cope with his insecurities and lack of expertise with his signature weapon. So why is it that when Albus, in a game released after all of the above, risked his sanity and sacrificed his soul to find a way for Shanoa to use Dominus without it costing her anything more than it had already taken from her, ''that'' is used as evidence of IGA's inherent sexism? Granted, there may be the implication that he doesn't believe a woman could do the job alone, but doesn't his body of work strongly suggest that he doesn't believe ''anyone'' could do the job alone, and that men and women supporting each other is a good thing regardless of who takes the lead?