Talk:Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

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Contents 1 Date of the game? 2 Updated the story 3 POV line removed 4 North American Release Date 5 Story extracted from the manual 6 Town names

[edit] Date of the game?

The article currently reads this:

The game features Simon Belmont and takes place in 1698, seven years after the first Castlevania game.

It's been awhile since I've played the game, but at the end, after you defeat Dracula, doesn't his tomb have a date from the 1300's? Or are we supposed to understand that that date is the end of his mortal life and not his vampirical death? (I honestly don't know the answer.) Funnyhat 22:26, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

In reply to this: The tombstone says "Dracula 1431-76" which is the actual lifepan of the real historical person Vlad Dracula. This game, according to Konami, does take place in 1698, and thus the date on his tombstone would be referring to the dates of his mortal life, not his vampirical life, as you mentioned. --Yahweh 01:48, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Updated the story

I updated the story for this game...Feel free to add/delete/change anything! --Yahweh 01:49, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] POV line removed

I removed the following line:

• Most commonly refered to as one of the worst Castlevania games in the series and the NES.

I have never heard that this game had a particularly bad reputation... This would at least need some reference.Ryusenshi 13:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Here's your reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4we8iFk-fY

Sorry, I do not think a bunch of guys saying "This game sucks" (with bad grammar) in YouTube comments count as a reference.--Ryusenshi 08:45, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Pay attention to the review and something might dawn on you. I don't see how his review should be seen as any different from a more known, say, magazine or website, just because he uses profanity? "JamesNintendoNerd" has one of the highest views counts for his videos of any YouTube director. (JamesNintendoNerd on Wikipedia). --Ifrit 12:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

"a bunch of guys"? This is ignorant.SashaNein 12:53, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I also enjoy the AVGN's videos. But if you look at the FAQ section of the AVGN's website , he admits that at the time he did the video purely as a joke, and even goes on to mention that its regarded as a classic game.

| AVGN FAQ. Look at the questions: "How did the Angry Nintendo Nerd (Angry Video Game Nerd) get started?", and "That game's not that bad, you're whining about it, just because you suck at it!" --Repner1 (talk) 01:55, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] North American Release Date

I updated the release date from "December, 1988" to "December 1, 1988" based on this release date found here at Sports, Video Games, Politics. --Yahweh 23:12, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Story extracted from the manual

Can we do this? Is it stated anywhere that Nintendo has relicensed the contents of the game's manual under the GFDL or has released it under the Public Domain? --Remy Suen 13:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the manual story has to be removed from several CV articles. Buzda 03:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Town names

This page lists the names of the towns as Jova, Veros, Aljiba, Aldora, Oldon, Fetra, and Ghulash. However, the Nintendo Power map (the only semi-official source that I know of) lists the town names as Jova, Veros, Aljiba, Aldra, Ondol, Doina, and Yomi. The town names are never stated directly in the game. The only ones that have names that are even hinted at in the game are Jova, Veros, Aljiba, and Aldra (so Aldora is clearly wrong, and is likely a typo). Where do you get the names Oldon, Fetra, and Ghulash from? I have seen them listed on the web, but I have no idea what official source they come from. Although the names Ondol, Doina, and Yomi are never mentioned in the game, they are mentioned in an official source (the Ninendo Power map), so they should probably be used. However, I don't want to change them myself until I hear what official source Oldon, Fetra, and Ghulash (and maybe even Aldora) come from. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.64.197 (talk) 03:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Since nobody has responded and it's been a week, I'm just going to go ahead and make the change myself.