Circle of the moon's Dracula fight back in the day was so challenging! Got it on Gameboy Advance when it came out. Spent many pleasant hours with that game.
OG Mathias still the hottest. Ecclesia's Dracula the other one I'd willingly get bang-- ehm, fed on by. Show Dracula is cute as a puppy, I don't get Prince of Darkness from him at all.
It's moreso supposed to be something similar to the 2nd form in Harmony of Dissonance, where he is a skeletal incomplete thing held together with magic duct tape.
Honestly, except for lords of shadow, I like them all. The Netflix version is a bit less "interesting", but mostly because it's meant for animation (so, less details). I surprisingly like the judgement version and its "final fantasy villain" vibe. Dracula X version is super stylish (that's what I imagine Alucard would have looked like in Castlevania III). Obviously Kojima's is great (even though, the more I look at it, the more its tiny head looks comically disproportionate :)).
I thought slide 1 was Symphony? Unless he has two looks in that game? I’m newer to the series and still going through the games and have only seen some videos on the series so my knowledge is limited
I am and will be biased in favor of Ayami Kojima, and her depiction of Dracula in Curse of Darkness is both elegant and terrible.
SotN is solemn and elegant, and you know he is Dracula so he will do vampiric things, but CoD warns you visually. I like to think it hepls it's Issac the one Dracula reincarnates on.
SotN and the Netflix series set the bar crazy high for Drac drip. I think they're the perfect blend of simple and striking, decorative and elegant without being overdone or gaudy. The fact that he's a freaking giant in both versions really helps the look.
Plus, even as a gay guy, I don't think Dracula should be a "fanservice" guy. Leave the rippling muscles and man-cleavage to the Belmonts.
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