Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin: Difference between revisions

** There's also the ''[[Castlevania III Draculas Curse|Dracula's Curse]]'' protagonists (minus Alucard) who, much like their appearance in ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night|Symphony of the Night]]'', show up as bosses, though here it's in the [[Bonus Dungeon|optional Nest of Evil area]]. With all of them attacking at once, that makes this a TRIO boss.

** Also in Nest of Evil, the first room on one of the lower floors has two of the Frankenstein's monsters you fight in Dark Academy.

* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: The vampire twins, each with [[Mismatched Eyes]].

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Loretta

* [[Just a Kid]]: [[Running Gag]] with Charlotte (16) who doesn't like being treated like a child.

** It should be noted {{spoiler|that once cured with the Sanctuary spell, Stella refers to Charlotte as Miss Charlotte, most likely in gratitude of being cured. Charlotte doesn't mind}}.

* [[Large Ham]]: Brauner, particularly in {{spoiler|his boss battle.}}

* [[Last-Disc Magic]]: The Greatest Five Dual Crush, {{spoiler|which summons, in order, Richter, Leon, Trevor, Juste, and Simon Belmont. Trevor and Simon would also appear in their original NES sprites.}}

* [[Lethal Joke Item]]: The cream pie, once mastered. {{spoiler|It is very effective against the Whip's Memory (Richter Belmont) once mastered, as it does Dark damage, his elemental weakness, as well as being easy on the MP (allowing for spamming) and decent range.}}

** Undead Killer is also arguably the second best whip to the fully powered Vampire Killer, being mostly similar but downgraded in power and with the aforementioned Red Skeleton and Red Armour killing ability.

* [[Panty Shot]]: Vacuum+Charlotte=Fun. Actually, Charlotte gets a lot, start with her crouch pose and work your way up from there.

* [[Party in My Pocket|Partner In My Pocket]]: Apparently, this isn't just visual shorthand. Go stand next to Vincent, put away your partner and hold Up for a while. Likely related to how [[Castlevania III Draculas Curse|Trevor]] does it.

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: The vampire sisters wear fancy dresses. Charlotte gets several as armor, although they don't show up on her sprites.

* [[Portal Picture]]: Each portrait leads to a different world.

* [[Post End Game Content]]: Depending on the ending you may get more or less, but [[Another Side Another Story|Sisters]] and Richter modes are this, as well as [[Boss Rush]].

* [[Purple Is Powerful]]: Brauner wears a purple suit. Death's robe is also purple shaded.

* [[Puzzle Boss]]: The Dullahan does massive damage (4 hits and you are dead) to your level 7 or so characters with their minimal equipment, and it is unrealistic to dodge EVERYTHING he throws. The solution? {{spoiler|He'll never use his most damaging attack if you focus your attacks on his head.}}

** In something of a gameplay callback, the last third of the game consists of [[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night|visiting inverted versions of previous paintings]], in which the bosses you fight come from [[Castlevania 1986|the original game]].

** On top of that, in the final boss battle, {{spoiler|Death offers up his power to enhance the "not fully resurrected" Dracula. Dracula absorbs this power with a cry of "[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night|Soul Steal!!]]"}}

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Jonathan to Brauner

{{quote|{{spoiler|I don't care! Being a family means being connected by heart. Ties of blood and soul is insignificant. When I learned why my father did what he did, I understood. You used a curse to manipulate your "dear daughters"! Now THAT'S sad!}}}}

* [[Sprite Polygon Mix]]: For some reason the Peeping Eye enemy is the only one in the game rendered with polygons instead of the usual sprites.

* [[Stellar Name]]: Stella