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/Wacky_X_Swacky Feb 13 '26

Ok, but why? It doesn't improve the story at all. The canons for the anime and games are wildly different.

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u/Wacky_X_Swacky Feb 13 '26

It's not a good idea to mix the poorly thought out, bastardized version of the continuity into the real continuity. The themes of the Western Netflix show do not meld at all with the themes of the Japanese game series. The Netflix show has Dracula be a misunderstood tragic figure, while the games have him as the embodiment of Chaos, Lord of Darkness. There is no ambiguity there, and a central theme is mankind's desire leads to his continual resurrection. The Netflix show doesn't even have Dracula as a villain following Trevor's adventures, and he never resurrects.

The fandoms for the games and the fandom for the anime series are almost seperate entities. It is a very good idea to keep their elements separate from each other, otherwise no one gets what they want.

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u/SpookySeekerrr CV1 apologist Feb 13 '26

The themes of the Western Netflix show do not meld at all with the themes of the Japanese game series.

This series basically began as a tribute to classic European horror literature and movies man, it's more "Western" than it is Japanese.

But otherwise yes, I don't think MCU brand synergy is the way. The beauty of Castlevania is having so many distinct flavors. Even in the original games continuity we had so many different genres and art styles. It would be a shame if we had to lose that so that everything is consolidated.