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Well, I mean, didn't he change the standards for what it takes to get a blue checkmark? This is no surprise to me.

I'm going to view this as a boon to the good people in Europe.

Sigh...alright, they can give it a shot. Personally, I see no reason to do a reboot of this series. Things ended quite well in Season 2 of the original, and I'm happy with what I got.

Indeed. Olrox may have his reasons for aligning with the Vampire Hunters against Erzebet, but I doubt he will do something, even indirectly, that will give them more power. He needs their help, but only to fulfill his purpose...whatever that is.

And speaking of what Maria and Richter have to go through to even stand a chance against Erzebet, I can think of one thing that might give them a chance: Item Crush.

Yes! Maria was also the character I wanted to see the most. I don't recall the Castlevania games ever explaining how she controls her animal familiars, but Nocturne gave a pretty good explanation of it. The animal familiars are mystical beings summoned from a magical dimension, and Maria has the ability to conjure portals that lead from the magical dimension into her dimension. But, how she actually formed the relationship with those animal familiars in the first place would be an interesting story. Plus, there's one animal familiar that did not show up in Season 1. I think you know which one it is, given your experience with Rondo and Symphony, and I think the reason why it didn't show up is quite obvious. Perhaps this is the growth that we will see with Maria in Season 2.

I liked the series so far, and as someone who played Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night, I think they did a good job in portraying Richter and Maria. I did not find Maria annoying, but I do agree that more could have been done with her. I also agree that a little more time could have been dedicated to showing how Richter and Maria grew up. One complaint I do have is how Season 1 appears slightly rushed, and as Richter and Maria are two of my favorite characters from the game, seeing how their relationship and skills developed would've been awesome. The games don't go into much about their relationship, other than stating that they are distantly related and have special skills for fighting night creatures and vampires.

However, as this is only Season 1, I am going to wait and see how the story pans out.

Another thing I like about Nocturne is that they went in their own direction with the story, rather than taking the story that was presented in Rondo of Blood. I doubt they would get very far with the whole "hero & heroine team up to rescue damsels in distress" story that was in Rondo of Blood. That might also explain how they took characters like Annette and Tera in a whole new direction. Annette and Tera were two women you had to rescue in Rondo of Blood, with Annette being Richter's girlfriend. Their roles were so minor in the game that you really didn't care much about them except as an objective to complete in the game. In Nocturne, they were given pretty important roles, with new backstories and personalities that made you care for them.

I actually had an ad blocker installed: Adguard. Still got the pop-up. 🫤

No worries. Thanks to some separate links provided by other responses, I got to read the article.

Thanks!

Well, it's not letting me read the article unless I pay for a subscription.

Excuse me, but is there another news source that talks about the same topic but doesn't require a subscription or have a paywall?

I much prefer Cinnamon.

Wait...you have a cat named Arthas and a corgi named Sylvanas? I'm guessing those two don't get along very well.