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Mário Santos

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Pixel Artist/Animator Before: Shredder's Revenge | Wallachia: Reign of Dracula | SOPHSTAR | Chronicles of the Wolf | more.. Now: Neon Inferno Job inquiries: [email protected] (currently not accepting work) Instagram: @emppixel Cara: @mariosantos

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm Mário Santos. I'm a professional pixel artist and I have worked on games, videos and more!

Currently I'm working on a new game by Zenovia Interactive currently named "Neon Inferno". Although I can't post much for now, please keep an eye out for it!

#pixelart #gamedev

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

Even Alucard thinks it's weird for a Belmont to say the things Richter is saying.

Shaft IS puppeteering Richter. But, on my conclusion, he's not working with fiction. Everyone has negative desires, and it looks to me like those are Richter's.

Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

This is my understanding, at least.

And, it's not like Shaft is not talking through Richter. On DXC they gave him spoken dialogue, and he says the same exact words to summon demons that Richter says on SotN. +

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

So, while I get fans who think Shaft is just lying, I do believe SotN was drawing from pre-existing character decisions on Rondo of Blood that got more clarified in further products.

Shaft was making him act "out of character", but he was pulling strings with contents he found on Richter's heart.

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

On Smash Ultimate, Alucard says that, because Richter is too honest (and we're not necessarily talking about "not telling lies" here), he's easy to manipulate. And Grimoire of Souls, Richter's "weak heart" is commented on, with him saying that perhaps his blood did in fact hunger for struggle.+

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

(1:01 of this video. This "well..." Richter gives is also present in japanese. It's subtle, but this is Dracula hitting a nerve

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfXf...)

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood -- Bonus: Richter Ending (English)

YouTube video by YuuGiJoou

www.youtube.com

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

Another often overlooked bit of info is that, at the end of Rondo, after arguing about what truly drives humans, Dracula point blank asks Richter if he has no desires of his own. And Richter does stutter for a moment.

He is the hero of humanity, but he's also a human and imperfect.+

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

Type B is known as "The Hunter". Honest, go getter, but also individualistic, giving it the negative name of "Jikochu", or "Selfish".

What is "Richter" wanting to satisfy his thirst for battle through reviving Dracula at the expense of humanity's safety if not selfishness? +

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

Blood type personality theory in Japan is like astrology for us. So JP game developers used to list characters' blood type to explain a character's personality in an simple way.

Many people don't know this, but Richter is blood type B.+

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 20h

Shaft managed to take control of Richter after he was exhausted from his battle with Dracula. This is an official explanation.

However, I feel that there are valid grounds for "Richter's" words on SotN that could add to Shaft's "acting" of him +

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Michel Dinel @padder.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't "finish" is but. Yeah. I guess I don't often get this clean.

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

Simon uses it for "healing", if you get me

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

Inside candles.

Pictured: Simon found some, and Dracula's going to be REAL MAD when he goes looking for it and it's gone.

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

I suppose this is a sufficient answer, but if you want I can continue explaining any points I said.

Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

So, no matter what, the inverted castle is in another dimension just from being Dracula's castle itself, appearing in response to its master resurrection drawing near.

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

But, concerning the inverted castle: With all things on SotN considered, and with past and future games' answers, it appears the inverted castle is the true Dracula's Castle, while the first is a projection from Richter's spirit +

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

This is one of the sharpest questions about SotN :P I'll try to explain to the best of my ability, and a few logical jumps are necessary.

So, first and foremost: Dracula's castle is in another dimension. It's a spiritual world already +

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

They are created by Soleil under Dracula's control. Dracula used the power of the four castle spirits to restore his body at the end of the game.

Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

Ask me anything about the Demon Castle, Dracula's castle which is the symbol of his magical power!

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry for the confusion. I did a very superficial image search and this showed up 😭

Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 2d

I have no idea what that is. Is it garten of banban?

I *can* tell you the FICTIONAL Dracula exists inside the Castlevania universe. People think the vampire Dracula is a product of fiction.

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 3d

I love your work so much

Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 3d

I'm glad you like it because this is one of my favorites I ever made of these portraits. Very very close to the reference with very little compromising.

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Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 3d

Lisa estava revertendo o vampirismo do Drácula. Ela teria salvo a humanidade ao simplesmente ter conseguido isso, sem necessidade de curandeirismo nem nada.

Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 3d

Não tem. Pelo menos não mais do que qualquer outro monstro.

Mário Santos @mariosantos.bsky.social · 3d

Became lord of Wallachia and reigned over the humans, while his castle became a safe haven for demons and others shunned from society. Igarashi says he lived quietly, but does not give any other detail.