Thanks so much for putting this together, it's been quite a fun read. Some random thoughts:
1. Was not prepared for bishonen cutscene Dracula (at least the first angle of him)
2. Rochter's ending music has a real RPG kinda vibe, doesn't really fit in with the other music. nice tho.
3. Maria's ending...10/10. I wish more videogame protagonists would call out villains when they start with the dissembling, it's always a joy. Like, no Richter wanting to marry your girlfriend and be a cool hero is actually pretty different from kidnapping and murder, don't overthink this!
This made me realize I missed a cutscene mid-game, because it only plays one time between stage 5 and 6. (Like most of the cutscenes in this game, you can never see it again.) The cutscene in question is actually Drac's first onscreen appearance, and he talks to Annette a bit about how he's gonna eat her before he leaves to do, I dunno, other Dracula stuff.
Fun irrelevant trivia is that on the JP side Drac is played by Hiroya Ishimaru, the original voice of Mazinger Z's Koji Kabuto. He has a very youthful voice to match his face in the original. (In fact it's hard not to hear Koji when he speaks.) I'd speculate this was intentional, to go with the idea that he's just been resurrected. Obviously SOTN completely discards this for an older-looking Dracula, and they cast Norio Wakamoto (Chiyo's dad, Johnny, King Britannia) to top it off.
shoutouts to pop the top wada
Thanks so much for putting this together, it's been quite a fun read. Some random thoughts:
1. Was not prepared for bishonen cutscene Dracula (at least the first angle of him)
2. Rochter's ending music has a real RPG kinda vibe, doesn't really fit in with the other music. nice tho.
3. Maria's ending...10/10. I wish more videogame protagonists would call out villains when they start with the dissembling, it's always a joy. Like, no Richter wanting to marry your girlfriend and be a cool hero is actually pretty different from kidnapping and murder, don't overthink this!
This made me realize I missed a cutscene mid-game, because it only plays one time between stage 5 and 6. (Like most of the cutscenes in this game, you can never see it again.) The cutscene in question is actually Drac's first onscreen appearance, and he talks to Annette a bit about how he's gonna eat her before he leaves to do, I dunno, other Dracula stuff.
Fun irrelevant trivia is that on the JP side Drac is played by Hiroya Ishimaru, the original voice of Mazinger Z's Koji Kabuto. He has a very youthful voice to match his face in the original. (In fact it's hard not to hear Koji when he speaks.) I'd speculate this was intentional, to go with the idea that he's just been resurrected. Obviously SOTN completely discards this for an older-looking Dracula, and they cast Norio Wakamoto (Chiyo's dad, Johnny, King Britannia) to top it off.