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First multiplayer Castlevania game? Uh, Dawn of Sorrow had a multiplayer feature.

Contents 1 Stylus Usage? 1.1 Spolier tags needed 1.2 Release Date? 1.3 Preorder bonus 1.4 Fan Reception 1.5 Orlean or Aulin?

[edit] Stylus Usage?

Some of Charlotte's magical skills could possibly be controlled by the stylus, as indicated by her lightning technique.

This bit right here doesn't seem right. I've already played the game thru, 100% and none of CHARLOTTE's skills use the stylus. The two lightning skills are "Lightning Bolt" and "Chain Lightning". Lightning bolt is automatically aimed, and Chain lightning literally jumps its way between enemies, without stylus use.

However, after beating "Johnathan Mode", you can play "Sisters Mode", as Stella and Loretta. Their game play REQUIRES the stylus for all attacks.

Point being, I don't see where Charlotte's magic uses the stylus. RaptorFB 03:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Raptor, I've played through. Stylus use is 100% optional for the main game, the only use it has in the main game, is to tell your partner where to stand when they are active, and it is nearly always useless. The line about Charlotte's magic can be dropped, and mention of stylus use is unnecessary, except for possibly a separate section, which Raptor mentioned under his spoiler tag. 198.49.142.101 06:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

This issue has been corrected.RaptorFB 05:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spolier tags needed

When I first revised the Cast list, I tried to make it spoiler-free and base the characters on the descriptions from the game manual. Now, however, someone found it necessary to supplement the information with stuff the player learns later in the game, and are thus spoilers. So, I propose we add spoiler tags. Anyone agree? 64.121.35.146 02:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Release Date?

I just looked at FYE.com, they are saying the release date is November 22 and not December 5, can someone change that if it's true?

I know that the big retailer EB games is showing A Dec 5 release. It is possible that FYE hasn't updated yet. Bmecoli 07:12, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

On www.dvdcrave.com.au, you can preorder portrait of ruin and the website says that the shipping date is November 28.. i checked gamespot and it says December 5 for North America, TBA for Euro area, and February 2007 for australia. 202.6.138.34 09:07, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

It seems as though Gamestop/EB games is now showing a December 12th release date. This the only source though, as other sources, including the official Konami web page, are still stating the 5th. I'll update once more sources say the 12th, if that's correct and it actually has been delayed (yet again) Bmecoli 06:13, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

The real release date is December 12th, I reserved it at gamestop the other day and they told me that was the offical release date. It should be changed in the main article.

[edit] Preorder bonus

Hello.
I had to remove the 'preorder bonus' section entirely.
Whoever added it simply copy&pasted from ign.com, word for word.
However, the concept is still very much pertinent and worth mentioning.
If someone could find a way to re-add it, but without plagiarizing, that'd be downright spiffy.
Here's the article

[edit] Fan Reception

Perhaps something should be added to the Reception section about the largely negative attention this game received on many large message boards such as 4chan. Longtime fans of the Castlevania series are particularly put off by the dreadful artwork created for this game. 24.80.108.220 23:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

• Be that as it may with the artwork, the in-game sprites are the same styale as SOTN and whatnot. Also, there are a lot of forums where the game is praised by players. Then GameFAQ's tends to support it and hate it equally at times. Let's wait until the game has had more time to "cool" and see where opinions lie.

Agreed. Best to give it a bit of time before adding an entry for the fan reception. Bladestorm 03:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orlean or Aulin?

As the page is, it constantly refers to the female lead as Charlotte Orlean, with only one sentence saying "Known as Aulin in the American release." I'm not well-versed in the rules of Wikipedia, but I'm fairly certain the character should be referred to as Aulin throughout the article, with at most a sentence saying "known as Orlean in the Japanese release." I have a feeling that section of the article was written/edited by a fan who preferred the Japanese name. Besides, isn't "Orlean" just Engrish for advertising? Her actual name in the game would translate to something like Aarin, right?

Oh yeah, I don't mind correcting this myself, but I didn't want to do it without asking. So don't feel obliged to go and do it for me.RubilacEx 21:57, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Get rid of the "known as whatever..." sentence entirely and just change everything to Aulin. I checked IGN and it said her name was Orlean, so I figured that's what it was (I don't have the game). -- Tenks 22:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

In Wikipedia, the US renditions of names are used. For example, Trevor Belmont is Ralph Belmont in Japan - they use Trevor for him on Wikipedia (the English version at least). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.160.96.111 (talk) 04:36, 17 December 2006 (UTC).