I blame Ayami

Warrior of the Dark Moon · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: I blame Ayami

I blame her. Why? Because she made having a trenchcoat pretty much a prerequisite for being a Castlevania Hero. Let's look at this:

Richter SOTN and DXC
Leon
Trevor CoD
Julius Belmont
Soma Cruz
Jonathan Morris
Desmond Belmont (YES. I BRING HIM UP.)

Granted, not all of these are her designs, but having a trenchcoat is the standard now. Personally, I like Alucard's billowy cape. It's so much cooler.

Nathan Graves? His outfit was awesome. Reinhardt Schneider had the cool "biker/rebel" thing going in CV64. Richter's Rondo of Blood outfit continues to be swanked out, Simon's Chronicles look was BADASS, and Hector's outfit was the most awesomely designed outfit a protagonist in CV has ever had.

There can be an awesome character design without a trenchcoat. Konami needs to stop "appealing to teh phat youth" and putting trenchcoats on their leads, and START soming up with something original again. Ayami designed Hector. She can do it. I know she can.
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Nightmare · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject:

I don't think trenchcoats are "appealing to the phat youth". Personally, I like all the trenchcoat designs. Desmond shouldn't even be accounted for.

If you think about it, an Alucard-like costume for a Belmont would be pretty inappropriate and stupid.

Besides, trenchcoats are just the same as the short armour of the past (like Successor says in his IGA article). Every Belmont has them, except they're more dignified. I believe there's enough variety with the trenchcoats so that they aren't boring or repetitive.

Esperenza Grace · Chieftain Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 166

Armor like Henry Oldrey's should come back. Also, Hector's fit was awesome.
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Dimitri Chenov · Awesome Contributer Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 32

Trenchcoats would logically be a hindrance in a demon castle. It would be too easy for something to grab onto it.

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Lady Corrington · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

I'd love to see an Indy-style jacket pop up!
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Nightmare · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

You're just saying that because you're a 64 fanboy.

DoctaMario · Chieftain Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 109

I really wouldn't mind a complete overhaul on the Castlevania team. When you have constant members working on the games, there's a certain sameness that they share, and I doubt anyone would argue with me on the fact that the games since Symphony have had that sameness.

Part of what made a lot of the older games so different from each other was the constantly shifting team members.
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