Talk:Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

message: I was just wondering whether this title is being pronounced as "Dracula Ex" (like the letter) or "Dracula 10" (like the roman number). If I'm not mistaken, Dracula X is (more or less) the 10th installment in the Castlevania-series, not counting several remakes and ports.Cyanid (talk) 11:33, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The closest English approximation of the correct pronunciation would be "ex." The Japanese title as rendered by our friends at the Japanese Wikipedia page reads, "Akumajou Dorakyura Ekkusu Chi no Rondo(あくまじょうドラキュラエックスちのロンド)." The "ekkusu" you see there is the Japanese equivalent of the pronunciation of the letter 'X' as pronounced in American English (the Japanese typically pronounce Latin characters in an American English rendition). I know this is a bit late (five years after the question), but I hope this will answer such questions should they arise. Notdaijoubu (talk) 21:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  'eX' vs. '10' 

message: Can wikipedia support the "ō" character in article names?  I know the difference between ō and ou is nominal at best, but as all other wikipedia pages relating to Akumajō Dracula uses the "ō" glyph (including the rest of this page) it would be tidier for this article to have the title Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo.--Malvorean 13:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Name 

message: "The original PC Engine version is an unlockable bonus, featuring English voice acting."
the voice acting in the unlocked game is japanese, not english.
60.50.24.85 (talk) 14:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remake 

message: Since that's the English name according to Dracula X Chronicles.--PCPP (talk) 06:28, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think this article should be moved there since it's the official English title. --Mika1h (talk) 21:19, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood? 

message: Order of Shadows is not part of the timeline. It says as much right on it's own page, please remove it from the Castlevania fictional chronology section.
Also Annette and Maria Renard are only mentioned as sisters in the Super Nintendo video game, (which has been out of print for 15 years) no where else is this information available, and it does not apply to this article about Rondo of Blood. Annette's real last name is unknown. As many times as it is mentioned as Renard, it should be changed for lack of evidence.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.20.183.92 (talk) 11:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of Shadows, Annette and Maria Renard. 

message: Statements needing sources:
*This was the first game to use the "Dance of Illusions" theme during the final battle with Dracula, and it has frequently returned as Dracula's boss theme since. "Opposing Bloodlines" would also make appearances in later games such as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night , the Nintendo 64's Castlevania and Castlevania Portrait of Ruin.
*The soundtrack was released in a two disc set (the second disc containing the soundtrack to Castlevania: Bloodlines) in 1994. It is now out of print.
*Two new songs are also included. Stage 5' is given a new song, "Red Dawn", while Stage 7 uses "MoonFight" from Castlevania Chronicles. 
:Kaguya-chan (talk) 13:46, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Kaguya-chan (talk) 16:40, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced stuff 

message: Taken from WP:BCLASS
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:It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
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:Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
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This article is very well written and well sourced, however it is missing a Development section, failing criteria B2.  I would be happy to promote the article to B-Class once a Development section is written. --Teancum (talk) 21:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikiproject Video Games Assessment

message: *Interview w/ IGA about both Rondo and SOTN
:Kaguya-chan (talk) 15:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Kaguya-chan (talk) 16:01, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

text: Kaguya-chan (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stuff 

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message: I don't think the SNES references should be so pertinent in this article. Rondo of Blood and Dracula X are two entirely different games, and having those bad SNES reviews take away from the great reception of the original PC Engine version, ya know?  Chomposaur (talk) 07:54, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to agree. See proposal below. oknazevad (talk) 02:10, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Critical Reception  

message: Looking for actual contemporary reviews of the PCE version. I've only found GameFan. Who else? Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:46, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: PCE reviews

message: The SNES Dracula X/Vampire's Kiss essentially has the same relation to Rondo of Blood as the MSX2 Vampire Killer, the arcade Haunted Castle, and the X68000/PS1 Castlevania Chronicles do to the original NES Castlevania. It's a separate game with the same general plot and some similar visual elements. We have separate articles for those games, so I see no reason not to have a separate article for Rondo and the SNES game. There already is sufficient material here for a separate article. oknazevad (talk) 16:10, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Support, I agree they are different enough from each other to be considered separate games. Shadowboxer2005 (talk) 06:46, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Except it's really not a port. At all. They're as utterly different from each other as the first NES and MSX games. There are zero common levels, no extra playable characters, or anything else that one would expect in a port. Hell, the PSP version is more a port than the SNES game. Your comment shows significant lack of knowledge of the two games. Let me ask you, have you played both games? I own both of them. I've had the SNES game since the day it was released. They're not the same game. You're plainly wrong. oknazevad (talk) 08:22, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Split Super NES game into own article