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monochromatictoad · 6 months

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Ok, kinda back on my theory. Quick warning for Animal Death and Blood.

So in LoS2, Gabriel has three (technically four if you want to count the decrepit form) new forms. Mist, Rats, and, what his title is under, a Dragon.

Now, there are some inconsistencies as far as how Gabriel transforms. The mist is with his blood, but that's not the form with these inconsistencies. The Rat form is. Now, I have read sources that claim that Gabriel turns into the plague of rats. However, I believe more in the side that states that he takes over the rats and forces his consciousness into them. Especially when you watch it in game. You see him take over the rat in the cutscene and anytime a rat is killed, you see him hop to a different rat. You also see it when you unlock the ability and watch the sketched out animation as well!

However, the rat form is not what I wanted to focus on. The thing I want to focus on is that, Gabriel does not have the actual ability to shapeshift, outside of the mist form, that he uses to take over certain creatures. We also know that Gabriel's blood is incredibly toxic and that next to nothing can survive it, outside of his Actual flesh and blood son. While we don't see this with the Rats, we see it with the Golgoth Guards.

Let me also hit you with, there is No living Dragon in LoS! No where in the trilogy do you find a living dragon. You find bones in the Great Deku tree

And you face the Draco Lich, which is the creation from the Necromancers.

But those aren't Living Dragons. So where does this form come from?

Answer: Walter Bernhard.

Proof? The puzzle scene where you meet the Toymaker. Walter tricks the Toymaker into working for him and keeps him there by summoning a demon to enchant the Toymaker and take his freewill away. Now, what does this have to do with Gabriel's dragon form? Take a look at how the demon is shown via the puppets of the play

See that dragon-like creature to the right? That is the demon in question. Now, where have we heard of a demon that takes over entities and takes their freewill? The Castle. In the castle sections of the game, we fight Gabriel's minions who have been taken over by the castle. Hell, we see Gabriel almost get enchanted by the castle using the image of Carmilla! There's a whole bad ending cutscenes if you do choose Carmilla!

We also know that the Castle is dependent on Gabriel for its own survival. If it has no lord, it cannot survive in the human realm. But we also know that, although the game states otherwise about its sentience, the Castle is blood bonded to Gabriel, clearly not above exploiting Gabriel at his most vulnerable moments.

Let's list down what we know.

The Castle's true form is a dragon-like creature, though it manifests as a puddle of blood, which makes me wonder if the true form of this creature takes a lot of energy to manifest in the human realm

It can control other beings, stripping them from their freewill.

It feeds from the Lord as well as the inhabitants of the castle.

Now, if we take the whole 'it takes too much energy to properly manifest in the human realm', who do we know that does have limitless energy? Who is incapable of controlling and using the dragon form at will? What do we need in order to summon the dragon form?

Gabriel has limitless energy.

Gabriel does not seem to be able to summon and use the dragon form at will. (If you look at the trailer, it shows Gabriel needing to drink before being capable of using the form)

The Dragon Talisman, which we get from either the Chupacabra store or pieces of it from various drops from enemies.

This also is the reason Gabriel can force his consciousness into those he possesses. This power comes from the Castle. So if Gabriel killed the sentience of the castle, that must mean he lost this ability by severing himself from the Castle's clutches.

But we don't see that in the post game. Now, this could just be because it would've been a pain programming the dragon form, only to lose it by the end of the game, especially since you get freedom to go wherever you want post-credits. However, I like to see this as Gabriel's inability to fully let go of the Castle. In fact, it doesn't stop taking over and throwing your minions at you when you're in the castle portions. Again, this is probably just programming.

Just wanted to get my theory out there.

#toad talks Castlevania #akumajou dracula #castlevania los #Gabriel Belmont #los dracula #just some stuff i wanted to get out.#tw animal death #tw blood

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toadsoup · 6 years

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I can’t believe luigi is dead

#super smash bros #super smash bros ultimate #luigi #castlevania #ssb5 #nintendo #ssbu #super smash brothers #video games #toad talks

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evanwhosjusthere · 4 years

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Wishful Thinking: The Nintendo Cinematic Universe Part 1

The Nintendo Cinematic Universe. This an idea/joke/meme that has been thrown around ever since Nintendo in 2016 announced their plan to make movies based off their IP’s again. They have recently joined forces with Illumination Entertainment to create the upcoming Mario movie. Since then I've been thinking about how Nintendo could truly capitalize on this idea. With video game adaptations slightly getting better and better each year (with stuff like Castlevania, Detective Pikachu, Sonic Boom TV Show, etc.), I think this idea while somewhat far fetched could still be somewhat possible. Let’s talk about my crazy idea for a Nintendo Cinematic Universe.

The Main Idea:

Take a look at this diagram:

Very similar to the MCU we will split up the films into phases. The theme of Phase 1 is “Recognizable”. If Nintendo is gonna jump start this universe, they need to bring out the big guns. Their most recognizable IP’s.

Super Mario Bros.

The first confirmed movie, the Super Mario Bros. Movie has become shrouded in mystery in terms of what the plot could be. Could it follow the tried and true of the mainline games? Or could it break expectations and take inspiration from the spin-offs like the RPG’s? With a tentative release date of 2022 we will have to wait. There are currently rumors that the story could be based of the Super Mario Adventures comics. With Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri producing, the film could be a potential hit. But again certain parts of this movie’s creative side are still unknown.

The Legend of Zelda

I’m pretty certain after the Mario movie is successful, a Zelda movie is around the corner. Though a Zelda movie done by the Illumination team would be well.... odd. Since Illumination isn’t currently known for fantasy storylines or anything with a serious tone, really. But Universal Pictures also owns Dreamworks. Which I think could do good for the Zelda IP. In turns of the target demo for a Zelda movie I think it could appeal towards pre-teens to teenagers compared to the Mario movie which would appeal to all ages but more specifically kids. The plot? Well the tried and true Zelda formula. Though I would like it if Zelda could have more of a prominent role like she does in Spirit Tracks and Breath Of The Wild.

Super Mario Bros. 2

Let’s say if the Zelda movie isn’t as successful as both Nintendo and Universal hoped. Well, another Mario movie! You have to follow up the first installment of the NCU. The plot? Uhhhh.... go NUTS! If I were to write this movie it focus on Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Toad going on some sort of adventure. Basically up the ante from the previous film. And when I say Super Mario Bros. 2, I mean the sequel to the first movie not the video game.

Metroid

This is the big one. People have been clamoring for a Metroid movie for decades at this point. There was one in development in the early to mid-2000s but nothing came of it. When you get down to it, Metroid’s themes and setting are ripe for a film adaptation. The plot could tackle Samus’s origin and her journey to become the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter. Or the story could take place when Samus is already well established in her career, but we get flashbacks to her past. A Metroid film could go in many directions. And with Nintendo confirming in 2016 that these adaptations are primarily going to be animated, it wouldn’t be shackled to the potential limitations of live-action. A Metroid film in terms of demographic would primarily be aimed at a teenager to adult audience. Quite risky for an animated film of this type. Will an animated Metroid film make a profit?

Donkey Kong Country

Ok, this would be interesting to see. Rounding out phase 1 of the NCU would be the leader of the bunch and the first member of the DK crew, Donkey Kong. Now DK as a character would be interesting to see carry a leading role in a movie. Let alone have a speaking part. But I think the misadventures of the DK crew would be fun enough to see as a standalone film. Think Puss and Boots or Hobbs and Shaw. DK and the gang going up against the Kremlins and King K. Rool would be a rip-snorting time. Plus, who wouldn’t want to hear the songs of the DKC trilogy performed by an live orchestra?

Honorable Mention/Phanpy in the room

Where’s Pokemon?

This is an interesting question. Since currently Game Freak is in bed with Legendary Pictures to produce live-action Pokemon movies in the future after the success of Detective Pikachu. I highly doubt Game Freak would let two kinds western Pokemon movies run at the same time. What i’m saying is would Game Freak allow Illumination or Dreamworks to work on CG Pokemon movies when Legendary is making their own live-action movies? I honestly wouldn’t know. But hey, Sony and Marvel are completely okay with there being two types of Spider-Man universes going on at the same time. Who’s to say Game Freak/Nintendo wouldn’t do the same?

In Conclusion:

The primary goal of the first phase of the NCU is to make Nintendo a well known name in the film space very similar to what Marvel did with it’s phase 1. If phase 1 is a success, what lies in store for phase 2? Stay tuned to find out!

*This is all fun speculation and theory. A majority of what I have written here hasn’t been confirmed to happen or is going to happen. This is just fun wishful thinking.

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bigloquatthoughts · 3 years

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Thoughts While I Watch The Nintendo Direct A Day Late

Thoughts on the Nintendo Direct: Yoko Toro is an interesting person, that card game looks interesting but Y wouldn’t I just play Talisman? Cool to see more isometric RPGS on switch.

Hyrule Warriors is fun! Age of Calamity is where I really fell in love with the musou formula again - I played a LOT of DW Empires 5, so taking over a map / doing stuff on a map before combat is fun. The silly weapons like the broom etc also make this really fun. I’ll gladly play more of this. the new scientist warrior looks sick! Who asked for Chocobo GP? This looks like Garfield Racing re-skinned and with better physics maybe. When they said Chocoboooooo! I was hoping for a Chocobo’s Dungeon. My buddy Ted got that game with his PS1 and we though it was soooo cool, especially after playing Azure Dreams on Gameboy.

Thanks for telling us when we can see the new Smash Fighter which is probably more Sword boy / Sword gorl why won’t you put any interesting fighters in this game I am moving to Smash Bros CatDog Edition. Kirby washing up on an island is the most unlikely thing for a being who summons giant warp stars to fly through the universe on but okay. this looks INCREDIBLE. Kirby + Nier vibes with the busted up environment. what bums me out is that we saw the same enemy like, 10 times in the first 10 seconds of that one area. The giant snakes / fish are cool, but lets see some more variation maybe 3D Kirby boss fights look pretty freaking fun! 3D Kirby looks pretty great. It will suffer from Kirby things and also be fun. I will play it.

Hey, don’t worry. We’ll tell you some things about Animal Crossing in October. Not now - but in October. U will have content in November. Just hold on pls, be on the lookout for all ur rotten turnips in ur house

Lets move on, to more stuff second free update for Mario golf, which I would LOVE to play but can’t afford rn. I played it at my neighbors the other day and it’s pretty damn good. new courses and seeing little ninji run around will be very fun. Cool, kid Disney game. Dope. Old Republic for Switch looks great! Dying Light 2: Mirrors Edge edition. Oh, we can play with other people? That seems fun. Do we scavenge together? The Control cloud game demo felt okay on my wifi, but IDK about these cloud games as something worth getting on the switch when PC’s are a thing?

Triangle strategy looks dumb, Disgea does that shit better now right? Metroid Dread looks really cool, excited to run from big robot and make Samus Very Strong Hopefully u get to crawl around as big robot at some point in the game. Love the lore dump we get. Dude, Chozo were here! That’s sick!

Many people have been using switch online… Oh, giving out their old roms gathering dust for “free,” with their current sub was too generous for Nintendo I suppose. New plan for N64 games seem sick - the playing together online thing is very cool. Starting library is standard but nothing too exciting. Very excited to see how the emulation handles these games in relation to how they behaved on the console, as all the cool sped running shit we see in these sorts of older games vary depending on the version of the game.

I’m more excited about the Genesis line up than I am about the N64 one, save those two games I don’t recognize. We get Castlevania, a Contra, some puyo, Beatem ups, and playing this version of Gunstar Heroes might sell more of the other one. Expansion Pack is a name.

Notice how Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon and Comix Zone are not on these lists? They are too afraid to give us the best of what both platforms have to offer and it’s a shame.

WIRELESS CONTROLLERS FOR $60 EACH? ARE THEY BLUETOOTH SO I CAN USE THEM WITH OTHER STUFF? WTF

I was just talking to my friends about the Shadowrun Isometric RPGs last night! Cool. Castlevania collection looks dope. Button mapping is huuuuge for me. Love that. An Almighty Classic Returns: Actraiser - even the SNES game was hella off my radar, this looks dope. I’m down to side scroll and then town build. Deltarune + Homestuck are games that I really really want to play but my depression is such that I just sit and stare at the starting screen and nothing happens. One day I will consume Toby’s works and be better for it. But until then, I’ll just be excited for my friends and listen to the baller soundtrack. god dammit I love that dog.

new story of seasons looks cool but Natsume is dead, no hope left cept for Stardew #doomer NAMCO Hamster - yes. Rune Factory 5 might be good on the switch. The 3DS versions were sooooo sloooowwwww for me. I’ve heard really good things about the franchise as a whole though. MARIO movie thoughts: THIS CASTING IS GREAT EXCEPT FOR CHRIS PRATT WTF. WHY IS HIMBO WHO HATES GAYS MY MARIO?

CHARLIE DAY AS LUIGI WAS WRITTEN IN THE FUCKING STARS EXCEPT HIS SHORTER THAN FUCKIN CHRIS PRATT, HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU MESS THIS UP. CHARLIE DAY AS MARIO AND CHRIS PRATT AS LUIGI BECAUSE HE BUSTS GHOSTS WHICH IS SUPER THEOLOGICAL ANYWAY GOD DAMN DUDE. THIS ISN’T THAT HARD.

KEEGAN MICHAEL KEY AS FUCKIN TOAD MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD. I AM SO EXCITED FOR THAT.

JACK BLACK AS BOWSER - WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER MARIO BUT ANYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES IS GOLD.

Movie is saved by Seth Rogan, I bet you 1 full bitcoin that DK saves this fuckin movie.

FRED ARMISEN AS CRANKY KONG IS ACTUALLY PERFECT. He is a real life hipster Cranky Kong and I love it. Dude playing Kamek looks familiar? Who is that

After seeing Wreck it Ralph, doesn’t Mario sound more like a Kenneth the Page than a Starlord? IDK man. Boomers are weird. Splatoon 3 looks cool, bummer it’s still 4v4 but whatever. the story mode for 1 and 2 were great aside from the difficulty spikes. stoked.

THE WAY THAT BAYONETTA IS REVEALED IS ONE PUNCH MAN TIER COMEDY.

Also, ya’ll spoiled it for us with the capcom font.

WAIT A GLOVED HAND PUNCHED, NOT A DEMON HAND? YOOOOO MOMMYYYYYYY THIS HAIR.

YOOO BUTTERFLY SHIT HELL YEAH

THERE IS MY BIG HAIR DEMON YES OH SHIT WE GET TO MEGA ZORD FIGHT WITH OUR DEMON?! THIS IS FUCKIN SICK

OH DIFFERENT DEMONS TO FIGHT WITH THIS IS SICK. THIS IS HOW I WANT POKEMON TO PLAY. 100% NOT JOKING. BAYONETTA: GODZILLA EDITION

HOLY SHIT THAT IS TIGHT

UHHHH IS DANTE GONNA BE IN THIS

WHO IS THAT BOI WITH THE SWORD

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Alright. There have been better directs, Christmas line up is looking p weak so far. Hopefully they can give us some bangers for holiday.

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rosesmusicandaloeveraplants · 3 years

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nintendo direct spoilers

yo monster hunter sunbreak i see you, pretty epic looking

mario party! hell yea (better maps my beloved) wait YOOOOO CLASSIC MAPS

battle royale but mario party

finally proper mario party online upon launch

rpg? yo music bopping, interesting concept as well (DND + cards but on switch lol)

"become a hero or a disaster of a human being" - mood

ok different branches of skills developing nice

hyrule warriors expansion? ok more lore i see

robbie's voice what???? :sob:

the trailer looks sick, especially that one glass shards pause frames

CHOCOBO!!! wait racing game :0

SMASH SMASH SMASH OMG wait i have to wait until 10/5 to see the new character? you know what it's worth it and i'm hoping it's a banger of an ending for the game's dlc

SPLATOON? IS IT SPLATOON wait there are birbs

this is not splatoon is it

WAIT IT'S KIRBY OMG POYO 3D GAME LETSFUCKINGGO

DESERTED ISLAND MOMENT THE MUSIC IS SO CUTE

the coins sound like mario sound effects

waddle dee :D

wait these are new bosses what

that's cool :D

WAIT BREWSTER? why would they show the museum

HOLY SHIT

OH MY FUCKING GOD

THE MUSIC

THERE'S ANOTHER DIRECT IN OCTOBER FOR IT

BREWSTER OMG BELOVED

mario golf moment

yo more characters :D WAIT NINJI THAT'S CUTE

new courses neato

WAIT DISNEY GAME? oh i thought it was kingdom hearts D:

wait isn't that star wars game also announced for the ps5 or something?

zombie apocalypse moment, cool

yo triangle strategy? they gonna give it a real title yet? (the demo was really cool)

that's a really nice line

wait camera angle fix hell yea

oh march cool

METROID DREAD

it's now a horror game now, other robots be creepy

wait more info :eyes:

wait the robots turned sides holy shit (infection or hacked i suppose?)

website moment :flushed:

new nso plan? emulators added?? WAIT NINTENDO 64 EMULATOR ON THE SWITCH

SEGA GENESIS GAMES AS WELL

*screams incoherently*

lmao vaporwave backgroud for genesis games

i see the other games for the future

WAIT OG BUT SWITCH COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS?

Castlevania collection :0

more art!

actraiser, nice :D (the touch of renaissance is really fitting, rebirth, ha get it)

new content :flushed:

DELTARUNE! (annoying dog of course <3)

the music beloved, is that violin i hear?

just saw shin megami tensei epic

MIYAMOTO??? WAIT THEY'RE GENUINELY MAKING A MARIO MOVIE

oh it's animated thank goodness

HOLIDAYS 2022?? yo!!!

THE CHRIS PRATT THING WASN'T A SHITPOST FUCK

mario talks?

JACK BLACK AS BOWSER! I'm sold

Toad? comic relief again ig (hopefully sounds like a dying rabbit)

donkey kong? ok

surprise cameo nice

ok that's a lot more other characters than i'd thought would be in a mario related movie

SPLATOON

wait the launchers and music are cool

wait are they genuinely going with the boy band route (it sounds like it from the music)

the new stages look so cool

the hair styles

nani? octos

wait the missions look so sick what, more uncovering what happened to humans in that universe i guess

there's a lot to look at huh

snow? omg the little fishlign

mammals return? what's the fuzzy thing?

squid researcher omegalol

new city oh chaos (like the result of the final splatfest of splatoon2)

is that a new weapon i see

i wonder who they'll set as the playable

omg he tried to do a 3

last one!! botw2? prayge

sadge it is not

GODZILLA? wait what is this

BAYONETTA 3

HOLY SHIT OK I'LL TAKE IT

she's so confident holy shit, i'm charmed

the magic looks so cool :0

wait who the hell was that

thank you nintendo

#i am meme-ing in a positive way #very long post if you click the read more

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tokiro07 · 7 years

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With the apparent success of the Netflix Castlevania series, I really hope that a Mario cartoon/anime won’t be too far behind

And by Mario cartoon, I don’t mean the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, I mean an actual adaptation of the plot of the games

Obviously there isn’t a ton to go on, but I think it could be done something like this:

Episode 1 opens with Bowser pining over Princess Peach for whatever reason (either his kingdom is failing and he needs her political power to save it or he needs a mother for his Koopalings or he just really likes her and doesn’t know what to do with that information) so he plots on how to win her affections. Kamek offers a plan to kidnap Peach.

Cut to Princess Peach, talking with Toadsworth about a pest problem in the plumbing of the castle and discussing the men hired for the job. The two have a disagreement about whether they seem reliable, only to be interrupted by Bowser’s invasion. Peach and Toadsworth are kidnapped as several Toads are turned into bricks.

Cut to Mario and Luigi fighting Spinies and other enemies in the sewers beneath the castle. They have a jovial, normal conversation as they easily dispatch of the pests, eventually talking about Princess Peach and how they feel about her. As they emerge from the sewers to let Peach know how it went, they find the castle in tatters from the invasion. A lone surviving Toad explains the situation, and the Mario Brothers decide to save Peach (although Luigi is hesitant at first.

At first the brothers try to simply go straight to Bowser’s castle, but they realize that the road is not only very long, but very dangerous as well. Luigi suggests sneaking in through the plumbing as a joke, but Mario concedes that it’s a brilliant idea, so they go through a pipe to get to the sewers. They find some enemies down below, and after fighting through them, arrive at a set of pipes. They choose the one they think may lead them closest to their destination and come out near a castle.

They infiltrate the castle and battle Bowser, who turns out to be a Spiny in a magic disguise. They check the dungeon to find Toadsworth, who informs them that the princess is in another castle.

#super mario #ideas

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twinncam · 7 years

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Name: silver Nicknames: scran, silverino Gender: male Star sign: taurus Height: 178cm Sexual Orientation: pan Hogwarts house: slytherin Favourite colour(s): burgundy, gold, purple, salmon, teal Favourite animal(s): frogs and toads.. and cats.. and birds Average hours of sleep: around 9 or 10. i sleep like the dead and thankfully i haven’t had early starts since i left high school Cat or dog person: cat Favorite fictional characters: link, GLaDOS, rival silver, james (team rocket), joseph joestar, dio brando, kishibe rohan, alucard (castlevania) Number of blankets I sleep with: just a duvet? if it’s really cold in winter i’ll put an extra blanket on too Favourite band/singer(s): django django, daft punk, kasabian, beastie boys, yes, black sabbath, pet shop boys .. there’s probably more Dream Trip: a road trip in america with friends, or just visiting japan Dream job: something i like doing, and something i feel is actually useful in some way. and that pays well ofc When the blog was created: uhhh..... i joined tumblr in like 2012 i think but i don’t remember if this is my original blog or not Current number of followers: 544 When did your blog reach its peak: i’m.... not sure What made you decide to make a tumblr: my friend at the time talked me into it

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derpyrider · 7 years

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Adi Shankar planning R-rated Power Rangers cartoon

Originally this was going to be a reply to a post on Rangerboard under my Riderkid name but as I kept writing, I realized this would work better as an actual article. Be prepared. I get brutal. also thanks to DukeNukem 2417 for the original post I replied to.

Part of me just wanted that little toad to fade into obscurity with Dragonball Evolution and the rash of Anime live action movie in the mid 2000s but it seems he's back... again...

I love what you wrote BTW. It's actually what I would have wrote to say why this guys is completely insane! The problem with getting something 'Dark' and 'Adult' and anything like that is that you can't without weighing the risks.

With a series like Power Rangers in America, the risk isn't worth the reward. In Japan, merchandise at least is good enough that a risk for a 13 episode series was good for Kamen Rider Amazons and it did well enough that merchandise was commissioned, sold, made a profit, led to them bringing the series to Amazon over here and greenlighting a second season.

Power Rangers relies on merchandise and even if he got the series on Netflix or Hulu, It's gonna be an SFX nightmare without the budget to back it up. Shows like Amazons and the Netflix Marvel shows don't have heavy effects budgets and are well written enough and marketable enough that they made money back fast either through merchandise rights, Bandai's work with Toei, Amazon's Prime service or Netflix's service plans.

With an R rating, this would tank toy sales. It's now a year after the release of Batman V Superman and my local stores can't give the toys away. the prices on them keep lowering and lowering to the point that figures are 3 dollars and vehicles are getting removed for Kong Skull Island Merchandise.

R ratings are basically death sentences to some toys and an R rating to a toy line that's basically always been a Hard G bordering PG for over 20 years would basically be a death sentence.

The way Shankar is saying it, he plans on this being some sort of animated series and although that sounds like a way to make it cheaper, does that sound like a good idea?

Think about TV series like Spaceballs, Allen Gregory and more that decided to go animated. They went with the cheapest, sloppiest animation studios they could get away with and it showed. Cheap stilted animation, horrible flash animation, uncanny valley doll eyes. Stuff of nightmares.

And now onto part... What am I on? 3? 8? 4? Let’s say 4. On where Mr. Shankar will cut corners.

Voice acting.

Now obviously he won’t get the original cast from the first season seeing as some have left the industry, 1 would kick his ass and another is dead but in this day and age that isn’t a problem. Quality voice actors are available that can sound like the originals.

Now, take what I just said about the animation and post it here.

All you are probably asking why I’m so negative about this? Why am I being so rude to a guy I’ve never met? Why I would get this riled up?

This son of a bitch is in charge of Castlevania. He shoud be focusing on Castlevania right now. Not something he has no right talking about.

#power rangers #Sentai #Kamen Rider #David #Geimaku #Phillips #We #Need #To #Talk #Movies #Film #Castl;evania #castle #Vania #castlevania #amazons #netflix #amazon

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xb-squaredx · 5 years

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Gaming in 2018: The Good and Bad

2017 is largely considered an awesome year for video games as a whole. Plenty of fantastic titles and the impressive debut of the Nintendo Switch certainly meant that 2018 had a LOT to live up to. This past year has certainly been interesting in a great many ways; some of it’s good, some of it’s bad and a lot of it is just…business as usual. As the year is winding down, let’s take a look at some of the notable releases and happenings in the video game scene. Take it away!

The year starts off fairly strong, the first few months having a fair amount of quality titles, some even potential “Game of the Year” candidates. Both Monster Hunter: World and Dragon Ball FighterZ released not only to high acclaim and sales, but on the same day no less! A wide variety of games from several different franchises and genres dot the calendar. Co-op adventure games like A Way Out in March, the return of God of War in April competing with Nintendo’s odd Labo line of potentially over-priced cardboard and the controversial Detroit: Become Human in May. The summer saw a slew of releases, from a new entry in the Mario Tennis series with Aces, Octopath Traveler in July, and Spider-Man on the PS4 in September. The last three months see a sudden explosion of hotly-anticipated titles from some mega-franchises. Everything from Assassin’s Creed to Call of Duty to Pokemon and Super Smash Bros. sees a release, not to mention Red Dead Redemption 2 right at the end of October. Just looking at things generally, there’s a good spread, but let’s look at things more in-depth.

Fighting games had quite a few releases this year, though sadly I’d say most of them were considered underwhelming for one reason or another. Another entry in the Dissidia series was absolutely crushed by FighterZ and Monster Hunter to kick the year off, while niche fighting games like Blade Strangers, Fighting EX Layer, SNK Heroines and BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle were met with mixed reception overall. The anime crowd also got a 3D Brawler based on the My Hero Academia license…that launched the same day in the West as Red Dead Redemption 2 so…ouch. The year does see a bit of a rebound with titles like SoulCalibur VI and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate being fairly well-received. It’s nice to see the fighting game genre continue onward, and at the very least I’m glad to see attempts at innovating or just new ideas being thrown out, but they can’t all be winners.

Unfortunately, I’d say there were also a fair few stinkers released this year, or games that just failed to capture much of an audience. February saw a double-whammy of Dynasty Warriors 9 and Metal Gear Survive, two games that are largely viewed as massive step backs from their previous entries. Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Sushi Striker and Just Cause 4 released and were quickly forgotten by the general public. You have some games that received at least SOME coverage and potential success, like Ubisoft’s toys-to-life Starlink game likely being the closest thing we’ll get to a new Star Fox game for quite a while (on the Switch version at least), and a fair number of indies came out this year too, or in some cases, came to consoles and boosted visibility. Hollow Knight came out last year on Steam, but is now out on everything and that thing sold like crazy on Switch at the very least. Then you have things like Dead Cells or The Messenger, Celeste and Guacamelee 2 that also received rave reviews. While last year we had Crash Bandicoot’s remakes and Sonic Mania appealing to nostalgia, this year we saw Spyro get his turn at a remake trilogy, as well as Mega Man 11 and an 8-bit, classic-Castlevania styled throwback in the form of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. All that said, let’s talk the big dogs.

Nintendo didn’t have nearly as many heavy-hitters in comparison to last year, though honestly I think it’d be hard to top that line-up anyway. The Switch’s library has ballooned since last year, a lot of that coming from ports, with that trend likely continuing into next year as well. The third party support is certainly welcome and fills out the Switch’s catalogue, though there’s an awful lot of first-party Wii U ports too. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, the Captain Toad game, as well as the first two Bayonetta games and Hyrule Warriors graced the system. Even the 3DS seems like it’s getting the shaft in terms of huge titles. Outside of a “greatest hits” of microgames with WarioWare Gold, there was a Luigi’s Mansion remake/port and…I guess Yo-Kai Watch still exists, so there’s that? The 3DS is clearly slowly being phased out, so as long as it still prints money, we’ll be seeing these strange remakes and ports…like…Kirby’s Epic Yarn coming next year…for some reason. As far as NEW titles, entries like Kirby: Star Allies and Mario Tennis Aces can be considered somewhat lacking, but it’s balanced out by a return to form for the Mario Party series, a great third-party exclusive in Octopath Traveler, a well-received DLC expansion/pseudo-sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and, of course, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Actually, I’d say that tips them back over into pretty darn good overall.

Sony did pretty well this year, though honestly they only saw TWO major exclusive releases. However, both God of War and Spider-Man, despite having uncreative names, are clear “Game of the Year” contenders, and it surely reaps the benefits of the various third-party hits on the platform…and Detroit: Become Human, I guess. Shame about Xbox though; as far as exclusives went there was Rare’s Sea of Thieves, seen by many as too devoid of actual content to play for very long. Its E3 show was good at least! Good at showing off a bunch of games that will also be on other consoles!

Industry-wide, the year was a bit of a downer though, with some notable layoffs and studio closures, some very close to one another. Cliff Blesinski of Gears of War fame, closed down his studio, Boss Key Productions, following two back-to-back flops with Lawbreakers in 2017 and Radical Heights in 2018. As the year winded down, Capcom Vancouver closed its doors in September, with Telltale Games following soon after, generating a fair amount of media buzz over the volatile nature of employment in game development and the concept of “crunch” time in games as well. Right as Red Dead Redemption 2 came out, Rockstar also received flak for their workplace conditions when news of employees working “100 hour” work weeks was brought up as if it was some sort of positive thing.

The game industry isn’t all sunshine and rainbows; for every success story, you have a studio closing, for every hit, you have a game that crashes and burns on release. It can be hard to tell what to expect in a given year with video games, what big franchises will do and what new tent poles might pop up in the meantime. Fortnite is suddenly among the most popular games right now, and after Nintendo’s last console flopped, the Switch is on the warpath to reclaim that status Nintendo has always been known for. In this year alone, we saw several sequels to iconic, major franchises. It can be easy to forget them all, but it’s important to soak all that variety in. New Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed games, Mario Party and God of War, for starters. There are toys-to-life games and cardboard creativity, alongside your annual Madden and Call of Duty and Battlefield games, and TONS of fighting games. Capcom in general seems to be on a hot streak of hits, which considering the reception of Street Fighter V and Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite last year, is saying something. I haven’t lost my love for gaming, though I do somewhat worry how certain modern monetization trends will affect things going forward. But there are also tons of things to be on the lookout for. PS4 and Xbone are going to be on their way out someday soon (relatively speaking anyway), Nintendo always seems to have surprises under their sleeves (like announcing and releasing a SMASH BROS. game all in the same year, for one) and there exist plenty of talented developers both large and small that continue to innovate, making fun, new ideas. Here’s to 2019 hopefully continuing the trend of being mostly good!

Happy Gaming, and until next time.

-B

#xb-squaredx #blog #2018 #gaming #god of war #red dead redemption 2 #celeste #spider-man #super smash bros ultimate #video games #retrospective #telltale games #dragon ball fighterz #monster hunter world

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monochromatictoad · 5 months

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All this talk about Trey (N!Trevor) is reminding me of the hardcore 'I need to mother and help him.' feelings I have for him. Like.... I want to help him through his alcoholism. I want to defend him from the other characters. I want him to feel safe and happy for once.

Maybe it's because I just grow incredibly attached to characters that are alcoholics. Maybe it's because alcoholism runs on my dad's side of the family. Maybe because I struggle to stop drinking once I start, so I was incredibly sympathetic for him. Maybe because I had so much hope that they would do something for Trey to help him with his addiction, and they made him the butt of the joke half the time. God, I hate NFCV for multiple reasons, but their "Totally accurate representation" for mental illnesses makes me see red.

I'm sorry for the rambling, I just have emotions about Trey, and the wasted potential he had. From here on out, I'm yoinking him from NFCV, and giving him the life and happiness and stability and support system he deserves.

#toad talks Castlevania #anti netflixvania #🌼trey🌼#made one

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monochromatictoad · 8 months

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Time for the second Lord of Shadow! The Lord of Vampires, Carmilla! She shows up technically in both games, but I'll go into detail later on that.

So, I'm not certain about her part in the main series, but these are a few pics that I could find of her!

Honestly, I love these designs! I think these really fit her personality! Of course, again, I only know what she's like in LoS. Now, in LoS she shows up in three different forms. So in order: Her Lord of Shadow form, her beast form, and her human form.

I love her battle in LoS1, but she is the easiest Lord to win against in my opinion. When I first played through the game, Cornell took me seven tries, and I beat Carmilla on the first try. In LoS2, the castle uses her human image to try and seduce Dracul back under its control. You do get a game over if you accidentally pick her over Marie. Her stealth maze section is one of the most painful things to go through. The only one more of a pain is Agreus.

Getting back to her in LoS1. She is a fun boss, the final QTE for her is SO good! That scene is one of my strongest pieces of evidence that Gabriel probably wasn't a human to begin with. She has sired a ton of vampires in LoS1, including a child she kidnapped and adopted, and demons as well. It also states, that in a moment of remembering who she was, she imprisoned Frankenstein and Olrox uses him as an endless blood bag. Anyway, these are the vampires that you face off with!

Starting with the basic vampire. One holy water, and you can insta kill them, nothing super special.

Next comes the Demon-Vampire Brothers, Brauner and Olrox. They are known as ancient vampires, which are demons who were summoned on Earth, possibly by a certain Bernhard, and got turned into vampires by Carmilla. Brauner and Olrox are the only two you face off against. Also, there is a puzzle with Olrox's blood when you defeat him, and if you had a TV like mine at the time, make sure your brightness is as high as it can go. Brauner on the left, Olrox on the right.

Then there is Laura. Laura was a child, around the age of 9-12, that Carmilla kidnapped and turned. Your introduction to her is her challenging you to a game known as the Vampire War Game. Admittedly, it's difficult but really fun. However, she is a very important character. She is also one of the rare cases, where you can play as a character that isn't a Belmont. During the DLC of LoS1, she calls Gabriel and has him help her defeat a demon known as The Forgotten One. However, in order for Gabriel to face off with said demon, he needs to be turned. Laura gives him the curse of Vampirism, and Gabriel grants her eternal rest. She also battles Gabriel with living rag dolls, and they are the most difficult things in the castle, next to the chef. Anyways, this is Laura!

Also! In LoS2 there is a hidden room in the castle, known as the Forbidden Room. Inside this room are two tombs. One is dedicated to Marie, the other one is dedicated to Laura. So Gabriel did think highly of this child, and clearly he adored her enough to dedicate a space in the same area as his beloved. I still think he saw her as a daughter, and that is a hill I will die on. Oh, yeah this is what I could find of her in the main games, where she is an adult character:

#Castlevania #castlevania los #gabriel belmont #los carmilla #los laura #los brauner #los olrox #los vampire #again #i love Laura's tragic story #i felt so bad for her #toad talks castlevania

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monochromatictoad · 3 months

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I'm at a stump.

So, Gabriel uses blood magic in LoS:MoF and LoS2, but if he's a vampire and has no beating heart because he's undead, how does he use his blood for his magic? Does he use the blood he absorbs? If so, how does it get so toxic?

I know he wears a gauntlet (probably made by The Toymaker) to use his blood whip and knives. But how? How did he use them before the gauntlet? Does Gabriel's heart still beat? But for the amount of blood he uses, it would need to beat quickly to catch up for the amount he uses. Does it have something to do with his holy magic?

Perhaps this is another thing the Castle has done for him. Maybe his blood isn't actually his blood, but the Entity's. I mean, it does manifest as a sentient puddle of blood.

I mean, it would explain the exhaustion he radiates, and why he rarely left the throne. His heart rate is probably faster than a human when he does move around, and his body can't keep up with it. In a modern au, Gabriel would probably have POTS.

#gabriel belmont #toad talks Castlevania #akumajou dracula #just when i thought i couldnt relate harder to Gabriel

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monochromatictoad · 6 months

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You know, for the longest time I struggled to associate traditional vampires to Gabriel. Hell, modern vampires I struggled with as well. Well, I think I know why now. Quick trigger warning, there will be mentions of self harm, suicidal ideations and actions, and blades.

Gabriel sucks at being a vampire.

(part 1)

Now hear me out. What are some of vampire weaknesses? Holy artifacts, the sun, a stake through the heart, maybe fire, silver, garlic, and running water?

Yeah, well, Gabriel doesn't share those weaknesses. He is shown reciting prayer, using an object in the shape of a crucifix, and blowing up half a country using holy magic. He can be out in the sun, as seen during his castle portions in LoS2. He can wield hellfire. LoS vampires don't have a weakness to silver, so I'm gonna gloss over that for consistency, however he is seen biting through armor, so he probably wouldn't have that weakness. As far as Garlic and Running water, those two are still unknown if they do anything to LoS vampires, so again I would argue that he would probably be fine.

The only weakness he shares, is being staked. However, it HAS to be HIS Combat Cross that he wielded as a human. However, if MoF is anything to take into account, I could argue that it probably wouldn't actually kill him, but seal him into a blissful limbo, one that he didn't expect, but he grew nearly addicted to and never wanted to leave it. With Trevorcard's sword, the Crissaegrim, which was made with the stake from the Combat Cross/Vampire Killer, it was only just strong enough to seal Gabriel away, but only in a painful, not-death. It wiped memories and powers away from Gabriel. But, the reason I bring that up is because, if you lived for decades in constant physical, emotional, and mental pain; and there was a weapon that you found that could seal you into a dimension where you didn't feel said pain, then you were forced back into the realm of endless pain and agony for several centuries, wouldn't you be desperate to get that sweet release back? Wouldn't you work with one of your nemesis, if it meant you could finally get that bliss back?

What I'm getting at here, is that Gabriel hid the Vampire Killer in MoF, probably for three reasons.

1. To prevent the powerful weapon from falling into the wrong hands

2. Maybe he had a hunch that Trevor had a family, and they would come and face him, so it would make them equal if they took the time to find it.

3. Maybe because all he saw was Trevor's blood on it from where Gabriel killed his own son.(Maybe he was in denial and thought Trevor would not be actually dead and would walk through his doors to face him again, this time winning.)

Secret 4. He was scared to die. This man was very religious as a human, he believed that all people were worthy of redemption should they seek it (except himself). However, he also believed that should someone abuse their powers, they deserved hell. He was still scared of hell. He was scared of how far he fell and knew that he would not be greeted by Marie in heaven, but by Satan in hell. That shit doesn't go away just because you denounced your religion. Trust me from personal experience with religious trauma.

So, if Gabriel was scared to die, but got delightfully surprised by a blissful limbo, it's only fair that he would pick up old habits from being a human and try to kill himself. He literally self-harms in LoS2 with his upgrades and relics, hell even to fast travel.

Let me introduce you to the Piles of Sacrifice, the Pain Boxes, and the Map Rooms.

Pain Boxes are boxes where Gabriel sticks his hands into and they send spikes into his arms. These are needed for the health, void, and chaos magic upgrades. I believe these are linked to the castle, but I can't find proof they are.

These are the Pile of Sacrifice. Gabriel cuts his arm on the blade, and drops his blood into the vase. This will grant Gabriel one of two things, completely at random. Either a Nail of the Kleidos or an upgrade to his consumables.

This is the map room. You fast travel to different parts to either the city or castle. Gabriel is the only one who can use the map. Reason? See that pedestal in front of the map? Gabriel gives a blood sacrifice to the castle. If anyone else uses it, they get injected with a poison that takes minutes to kill them. It is seen as a symbol of the 'Symbiotic' relationship Gabriel has with the Castle.

I should also mention, that Gabriel's weapons are also physically a part of him and his "Shapeshifting" abilities. That will be in part 2 though!

#toad talks Castlevania #Gabriel Belmont #i love him #but when it comes down to it #Gabriel is a bad Vampire #and seems more like a weapon #than anything else.#tw suicide ideation #tw suicide #tw self harm #tw self destruction #tw blade #tw suicidal actions #Castlevania #akumajo dracula

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monochromatictoad · 5 months

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So if you look carefully at Gabriel's model in LoS2, you'll see that he has a massive belt. Belt buckle? Anyways, its massive and rather odd. Picture here

Now, this belt is a joke in the LoS portion of the fandom, subject to many memes. However, I have a theory that I wanted to put forth.

That belt is unique and if seen in his decrepit mode, you can see that it is busted and broken. It's missing the top and bottom portions.

Now, in saying all this, I think that the design is purposeful, not just to make him appear more intimidating.

Now, I've said this multiple times before, but Gabriel doesn't sleep. The reason he doesn't sleep is because of Zobek's mind control over him, and it resulted in both Marie and Claudia's death. Let me show you how Gabriel slept the short times he did sleep in LoS1

Notice how he's leaned over and his leg is pulled up? Take another look at that belt, then another look at how he's resting. If he never took that belt off, then he probably used that specific design to force himself awake. That top portion of the belt was probably used to stab himself back awake.

#there was more to this im sure of it #but i cant remember #because like a dumbass i didnt write it down #anyways if i think of more to back this up ill add it #toad talks Castlevania #gabriel belmont #akumajou dracula

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monochromatictoad · 8 months

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So there is a Belmont that you meet and fight in LoS2. He winds up dying, I can't remember if Gabriel kills him or if a demon does, but if I'm not mistaken, his name is from a Belmont that never really came to fruition on the main series! (If I'm wrong on this please correct me.) This is Victor Belmont!

He's the leader of The Brotherhood of Light, and he is from the modern era in LoS2! Also I think he's the oldest Belmont? It's never stated what Gabriel's age was when he was turned, but he was probably around the 30-40 year mark. Trevor was 27 when he was turned, and Simon was in his thirties when him and Trevorcard faced off against Dracul. Victor's age is also estimated to be in that 30-40 year range, but considering he is the last human Belmont in the LoS Timeline (that we know of), I personally place him in his late 40s to early 50s.

#castlevania los #castlevania los 2 #victor belmont #Castlevania #toad talks castlevania

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