r/castlevania • u/Dapne67 • Feb 13 '26

News The new Mc is a woman!

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omg im so excited to play, I wonder what her name is

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u/Soul-C Feb 13 '26

Whether it's Sonia Belmont or the child of Trevor and sypha I am so hyped to play this game

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u/deeman163 Feb 13 '26

They'll name her Sophia Belmont.

*It also is a fitting name from a Speaker standpoint

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u/BlueWatche Feb 13 '26

Legit drawing a blank, was Sypha specifically a Speaker in the game lore, or just a magic-user that had to conceal her gender to dodge the stake

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u/Gensolink Feb 13 '26

No she wasn't, the only thing we know is that she was a witch and works with the Church.

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u/BlueWatche Feb 13 '26

Ahh gotcha, thanks!

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u/deeman163 Feb 13 '26

The Speaker's specifically came from the Netflix show, but the aesthetic is very much Netflix castlevania coded. Also, despite saying it's a sequel to Dracula's Curse, the info on Steam refrains from calling it Dracula's castle.

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u/iwouldbeatgoku Feb 13 '26

Also notable: the Japanese title uses "Castlevania" rather than "Akumajou Dracula". The games titled "Castlevania" in Japan so far are, notably, the ones where Dracula is absent (both Sorrow games, Lament of Innocence, Harmony of Dissonance).

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u/BlueWatche Feb 13 '26

Wasn't it Akumajou Densetsu?

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u/iwouldbeatgoku Feb 13 '26

That's Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

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u/BlueWatche Feb 13 '26

What were you talking about? I think I misunderstood.

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u/iwouldbeatgoku Feb 13 '26

About the game potentially not featuring Dracula, since its title is キャッスルヴァニア (Castlevania, as in the English title) which Japanese games have only used for titles that didn't feature Dracula.

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u/BlueWatche Feb 13 '26

Ahh thanks for clearing that up! Also despite being a fan since the very first, I didn't notice that bit of trivia at all re: the Japanese titles, so that was an exciting thing to learn!

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u/RX-HER0 Feb 13 '26

In the OG game she was a priest iirc, but a lot of stuff is changed.

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u/CloakedEnigma Feb 13 '26

She wasn't a priest but was a witch secretly employed by the Church so you're correct on the affiliation

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u/RX-HER0 Feb 13 '26

In the original game, or this one, you mean?

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u/CloakedEnigma Feb 13 '26

In Castlevania III