/vr/ - Retro Games

1993 was probably the pinnacle of shonen hype. They were just reflecting what was popular.

>>9605642
People lap up his shitgame because they love bishonen characters. Who came up with it is a smart man

>Start Sotn
>Richters portrait when speaking with Dracula doesn't even match.
I always thought it was weird.

Because someone thought it was a genuinely good idea. This is peak Richter design, anyone that prefers the long-hair fop version is wrong.

The executable file for the game I pirated like a decade ago was named Blue Ryu vs Darkstalkers

It was the first Castlevania game to advance the timeline since Simon's Quest. They probably wanted a fresh, new look for this "Dracula X" era. Also >>9605647 .

Shame that Richter never got to star in a sequel to Rondo, though. He got kinda shafted when The Bloodletting was cancelled.

I just hate the shitty jump animation he has.

>>9605642
Richter has the best player sprites.

>>9605684
I like the bishounen design, I'm a sucker for Kojima's art overall, but the Rondo/Dracula X look is just immortal to me.

>>9605642
Kiddy pandering. CV died after 4

>>9605881
Cool faggy character. Looks like he sucks cock and not afraid of anything

>>9605881
I'll admit the design looks good but I still prefer hot blooded battle-maniac Richter. It makes for good variety compared to the rest of the Belmont clan too.

>>9605642
it was me, barry. i was the one who went back in 30 years solely to make richter belmont a ryu clone, because i knew that it would trigger your autism enough to make a thread about it.

>>9605642
Back in the day, I remember prefering the Kojima version a lot over this one. Nowadays, I think both are nice

>>9605676
This.

>>9605903
I'm glad you found a character you can truly connect with.

>>9605918
True. Actually, it's a shame we never got a Kojima interpretation of Rondo style Richter, wearing that kind of getup, and with the short hair and bandana.

It WAS a good idea.

why are they speaking german in a romanian orthodox ottoman vassal?

>>9605881
where's the clean cut gentleman we see in the cutscenes?

>>9606246
>it's a shame we never got a Kojima interpretation of Rondo style Richter
She drew him for Harmony of Despair and Grimoire of Souls I think.

>>9605716
It wasn't though. There's Christopher Belmont's GB games.

>>9606246
>>9606560

That's correct. Here's Harmony of Despair Richter.

>>9605647

Not to mention other Konami-games and more on PC-Engine were going in with the anime aesthetic at the time

Also can we talk about Maria Renard? She sticks out even more as the quintessential 90s' anime heroine, at least SOTN got her back on gothic horror style

>>9605647
/thread and forever

>>9606505
>the fun reason
a german father at the time the games took place is recounting these tales to his children so as to scare them into obeying him
>the real reason
it's a cooler sounding language than romanian

>>9606572
I meant chronologically, as Christopher's games were prequels to Simon's era.

>>9606560
>>9606576
Oh fuck! Nice!

>>9606753
Wallachian doesn't sound that bad.

>>9605676
Yeah, I get it that they changed the art style but his hair wasn't even short anymore

>>9605676
Neither does Dracula's if you look closely enough. That's Rondo Dracula there, not Symphony Dracula. Richter's portrait only matches when you meet him briefly in the Colisseum, and Dracula's portrait only matches during the true final boss battle. Richter is a bit weirder because unlike every other character he has TWO portraits - Normal and Shafted - which would've been a simple fix it they'd used both designs there, so that makes me think the Rondo sprites were placeholders that they simply didn't have time to redraw like the pause menu.

>>9605642
Konami thought.

>>9605642
I mean, to be fair it worked, didn't it? All of the other Belmonts literally look the same. The only other ones you can remember are Trevor and Simon most likely. And Trevor most recently because of the Netflix anime. Richter Belmont is pretty much the only Belmont other than Simon that players can remember.

>>9605642
Better than the 3D remake designs. Richter and Maria were supposedly redesigned there because of limitations with realistic headband and dress physics but those firmly belong in the dustbin of gaming history. I kinda like Richter's Symphony artwork though, shame that design hardly got utilized.
>>9607002
>so that makes me think the Rondo sprites were placeholders that they simply didn't have time to redraw like the pause menu.
I assume you mean the Richter sprites past the intro, but would it be too much to give the Rondo scene its own set of younger portraits too?

>>9606583
Maria in Rondo is pure concentrated genius

>>9606757
I thought he was Simons great grandson

>>9606583
Animevania was peak soul

>>9607319
Christopher was always intended to be Simon's ancestor. He's explicitly name-dropped in the original Japanese manual as the Belmont that destroyed Dracula many years ago. Supposedly (not -100%- confirmed last I checked but anecdotally), the reason Trevor's name is Ralph C. in Japan is because it's a remnant of when Castlevania III was going to detail Christopher's story, but then a Game Boy game beat them to it and they could no longer do that reveal. I think the question of whether The Adventure or III took place first was put off for a while until Konami started sharing the series timeline publicly, and they decided on III being first and I guess implied that Christopher took after Ralph/Trevor's middle name.

>>9607395
That was Trevor's original name. Evidenced by his "C" initial. Both games were being developed at the same time but took different directions, with Trevor being renamed Ralph C. and the protagonist of Adventure remaining Christopher.

>>9607395
>>9608903
I really need to stop replying after reading 1 sentence, you just said all that. Kek
Can't remember where, maybe official timeline stuff but I'm pretty sure Christopher/Soleil are Simons descendants. I'll have to take a look at the manuals and see if there's any info in there

>descendants are all twinks

>>9608912
>descendants are twinks
simon we played chronicles

>>9607395
I was wrong. Christopher is after Trevor, before Simon

>>9605642
Because it's readable from the sprite you barmy git.

>>9608912
>weird barbarian cosplay on the 1600's

>>9605642
some (N)Iga