Castlevania Judgment: Difference between revisions

[[File:judgement_1630.jpg|frame|[[Death Note (Manga)|Watashi wa Simon Belmont desu.]]]]

''[[Castlevania Judgment]]'' is widely considered the [[Oddball in Thethe Series|oddball in the]] ''[[Castlevania]]'' series. Released in 2008, it was announced as exactly what it was: a 3D ''Castlevania'' [[Fighting Game]].

The game garnered mixed reactions. Reasons are numerous; The fighting engine was significantly different from several other fighters of the time, and many felt that the Wii-remote configuration was tiring after prolonged use (though other controller figurations are supported). Noted manga artist Takeshi Obata (of ''[[Hikaru no Go]]'' and ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' fame) was called upon to do the artwork, resulting in drasticllydrastically stylized character designs that the franchise had never been known to display before. Character motivation was given the spotlight, but many were of the traditional fighter variety and tended to be more annoying than interesting. On the brighter side, [[Crowning Music of Awesome|the soundtrack]] was highly praised.

* [[A -Cup Angst]] - Maria's storyline, taking place three years after ''Rondo of Blood'', involves being jealous of the other female characters' larger breasts. Aeon tells her point-blank she'll get the figure she craves, but will also mature past the need for it.

* [[Art Shift]] - [[Death Note (Manga)|Takeshi]] [[Hikaru no Go|Obata's]] artwork for this game got a ''strong'' reaction from the fans. Which is ironic, considering that ''Castlevania'' has almost never maintained consistent character depictions over the 25+ years of it's existence. Simon Belmont himself has changed outfits and faces repeatedly throughout his career.

* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]] - Prior to his plot point in ''Legacy of Darkness'' establishing that he trained himself to harness such abilities, Cornell seeks to eliminate his beastman nature.

** [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]] - He's ''still'' a werewolf, so he puts those abilities to good use while hunting the other denizens of the night.

* [[Deal Withwith the Devil]] - Subverted. Cornell asks Death if he knows how to cure his condition. Death responds in the affirmative and offers to do it. Cornell refuses; he only wanted to confirm that there ''was'' a way.

** After his [[Blessed Withwith Suck]] experience and resolve to solve his problem in another way, Cornell will still lose his beastman abilities at the end of ''[[LegacyCastlevania of(Nintendo Darkness64)]]''... and in exactly the same way as if he had let Death remove them in the first place.

* [[Expy]] - Aeon is a composite of two time-manipulating characters from the series: St. Germain from ''Curse of Darkness'' (his organization, outfit, inability to directly act outside areas rifted from time, and Death rivalry) and the Chronomage from ''Aria of Sorrow'' (the [[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|White Rabbit]] motif with color, pocketwatch, and obsession with being on time, and his opposition to Galamoth).

* [[Ineffectual Loner]] - Eric, here portrayed as a child prior to the events of ''Bloodlines'', is unhappy with being [[The Lancer]] ([[Blade Onon a Stick|literally]]) to the Morris clan, and goes out to prove he's good enough on his own. Others call him out on his arrogance, and he ends up begrudgingly accepting his fate in the end.

* [[Informed Ability]] - One of Death's victory lines is "I decide who lives and who dies. You could not expect to win." [[Recurring Boss|This hasn't]] [[Enemies Withwith Death|been supported]] [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|by the series]].

* [[Names to Know Inin Anime]] - With some [[The Other Darrin|other darrins]] to go along with:

* [[Only Six Faces]] - You can make a game out of figuring out which ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' character each character most resembles. Simon looks like Light, Maria looks like Misa, Aeon looks like Near...

* [[Token Mini-MoeLoli]] - Eric and Maria.

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]] - If you squint hard enough, to ''[[Kid Dracula]]'' [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity|of all games]]. Galamoth is trying again to usurp Dracula, take his throne, and control the Netherrealm. The Time Reaper's "I come from ten thousand years hence" line refers to 10,000 A.D., the date of ''Kid Dracula''. In ''Kid Dracula'', Galamoth has in his service [[The Grim Reaper|a reaper]] named Shinigami-San, which is Death's name in Japan, thus linking him to the Time Reaper.