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Characters
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Mario, Luigi, and Toad are in the wrong sequel! The graphics and colors
are exactly the same as SMB2 for Mario and Toad. Unfortunately Luigi
has to share the same colors with Toad, so his clothes are changed to
blue. Kirby's here too. His colors have to be the same as Simon's, but
he still looks pretty close to the original. Kirby was originally supposed
to be the Princess from SMB2, but her hair was too big to fit into the
tile, so I used Kirby instead. He's so short he doesn't even use the
top tile.
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Our Metroid fighting hero, Samus, has taken residency in the churches
to give Simon the use of her Energy Tanks. If you remember Metroid, you
know that the entire game was played with a black background. This
enabled the game makers to use that black color in Samus. Nintendo games
are only able to use three colors for each sprite, but using the black
background gave Samus four. Well, Castlevania 2 doesn't have any black
backgrounds, so I had to improvise and outline Samus in blue. With the
mostly blue background, I think it turned out well. You'll notice the
Energy Tank where the cross used to be.
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Link is another that makes a cameo appearance in Super CastleVania 2.
You'll find him in the graveyard, but you have to give up some garlic.
Link also lends his sword to Simon since he won't be needing it anytime
soon. I took the graphics from Zelda 2, same colors and everything,
and took out Link's sword and shield. Since we don't see Link without
his sword and shield, I think I did justice to what Link might have
looked like without the sword.
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Considering my obsession with the Final Fantasy series, it should not be
a surprise that a fighter from the original Final Fantasy shows up in this
game. The red-haired stud is trying to find the rest of the Light
Warriors and will take Simon across the river in the meantime. If you
show him Dracula's tooth, he'll take you to a better place.
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Kid Icarus is a favorite game among many. I myself have never been a big
fan, but since he is so well-known, I had to include the Kid in the game.
Unfortunately again, Kid Icarus has to share colors with Simon, making
it near impossible to make him look like he used to. The black in the
background didn't help either, but I made do with what I had.
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Ryan from River City Ransom has taken residency in the mansions, and helps
Simon by selling him an oak stake. Too bad he can't lend a fist or two.
Since he shares his colors with the enemies in the mansions, his colors
change throughout the game. The many colors are good so that the mansions
all don't look the same, and I've made sure that Ryan never ends up with
green skin or anything like that.
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Ryan's brother, Alex, stayed out of the mansions and appears in the towns.
He sells Simon various items throughout the game. One of which is the
iron knuckles, well-known from River City Ransom, which take the place
of the white crystal. Too bad you can't use it to attack the enemies.
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