[shnozlak]

I think the plot or the apparent gender of the character is about the last thing I would ever care about regarding castlevania.

I want crunchy action, a character that looks good on a t-shirt, big monster sprites, foreboding baroque influenced rock music in either a crazy castle with a few puzzles or an A to B slash and dash.
Then I want to kill Dracula or something like him.
All that, in about that order.

That is the short version.

Details:

If there is a plot or dialog beyond an optional opening crawl I want it to make sense no more that 75% of the time. Because castlevania is supposed to be alike an old monster movie.
The less this is like an anime the better.

As for gender I think Alucard as depicted in SOTN is the sort of man whose masculinity is only increased by his feminine attributes. Like David Bowie or Freddy Mercury. Hes the only video game character I have on a T-shirt that I would actually wear in public on a saturday night. If they can do that with a woman, great. If not, dont bother.
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