From: belpowerslave@ev1.net   
      
   > > Have ya'll seen this? I mean, have you seen this!? They've taken John   
   > > from Bloodlines, made him into Richter, and even gave him the same   
   > > dumb-bitch sidekick/second playable character. Man, what happened? Was   
   > > Bloodlines just too good to actually do a real sequel for, they needed   
   > > to use their "Castlevania-X" template *again*? Fucking Konami...   
   > >   
   > > Bel   
   >   
   > It looks like they went for the Super Metroid-Vania approach again.   
   > I'm not seeing much of Chi No Rondo in there, aside from the girl with   
   > the magic (were they on screen simultaneously in the PCE CD game?).   
      
   Well, by the "Castlevania X template" I was referring to just the   
   characters, you know your typical girl-ish looking guy and then some cutesy   
   anime girl with a 13 year old's voice who constantly screams. ;)  I just   
   don't understand A) Why the guy with the Lance isn't back and playable, and   
   B) Why they are doing, yet again, another fucking SotN-like title.   
      
   >  It   
   > also looks like they've managed to push the DS further than I've seen   
   > it go so far.  Having not finished Dawn of Sorrow yet, I will probably   
   > not pick this one up unless it has some direct link in storyline to   
   > Bloodlines.   
      
   With it having John back in it, I'm guessing it'll have some links to   
   Bloodlines, though if I had to guess, they'll probably just erase everything   
   that happened in it.   
      
   > Now that we all know the characters aren't related in   
   > anything but name, I kind of doubt I'm going to have any of my   
   > expectations met storyline wise.  Too man Japanese games and cartoons   
   > are doing this weird thing with kids, magic, and collection/RPG   
   > elements.  It just doesn't click with me, and it feels like propaganda   
   > when I watch it.  ;)   
   >   
      
   The Castlevania series has never really been real big on continuity, in fact   
   sometimes they tend to just forget certain games even happened. About the   
   best you'll get are either some random character from an older game either   
   being kinda talked about, or actually being playable...and that's about it.   
      
   Bel   
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