ALL the references in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Castlevania trailer Part 1
As far as i know, there aren't either posts or videos about the references in the great trailer that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that made us happy 4 years ago. Which is a shame because it was full of great fanservice. So i'll talk about them.
The trailer opens with a caped Simon entering the castle while raining, covering his head with a hood. This is a reference to the first two Castlevania: Lords of Shadow games. In the first game's first cinematic Gabriel arrives to the town in a rainy night covering his head with the hood of his armor. Gabriel would wear a cape with a hood more similar to Simon's in Mirror of Fate's prologue in a stormy night. Mirror of Fate gets many references because that's the last Castlevania game for a Nintendo console at that time (the Nintendo 3DS).
Luigi is already in the castle with his ghost hunting gear as he appears in Luigi's Mansion, and with his lantern he discovers the Mummy twins that appeared as bosses in the first Castlevania, who scare and try to catch him.
While running away, he enters another room. There a creepy statue turns his head to him and its eyes shine. It's Medusa, also with the look of the first Castlevania, where she was a first a statue, then a head that attacked throwing snakes to Simon.
In the next room he stumbles upon Dracula's right hand man and one of the most dangerous creatures in the castle...Death. His design is very similar to his Castlevania: Lament of Innocence version.
As the evil incarnation of the Grim Reaper, he takes the soul out of Mario's brother with his scythe and we see it has a bluish tint. This might be a reference to Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow's Game Over screen where Death seems to hold Soma's soul after being defeated, which is also colored blue.
Then, he gets b*tch slapped by none other than Simon with the spiked tip of his Vampire Killer whip. This is a reference to the Lost Soul getting his mask wrecked by Trevor's Combat Cross in Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate.
Then Simon fully reveals himself, leaving the hooded cape away and also showing that his Vampire Killer has a Combat Cross design, similar to Gabriel's in the first Lords of Shadow game that we later see in the prologue of Mirror of Fate.
Then he uses the Cross sub-weapon to give a second strike to Death, and we see in-game gameplay showcasing his abilities, also with the Axe sub-weapon and the Holy Water, that for him acts in a stationary manner similar to the first game and when he throws it near to Link, it reveals a wall turkey/meat, but on the floor, and a brochette. He also brahdishes the whip blocking Megaman's projectiles as he did first in Super Castlevania IV.
Then we get a quick glimpse of Frankenstein's monster accompanied by Igor, just as we see him in the first game. Something interesting is that if you see the official art, you can notice that Igor got the design of the Fleamen in Mirror of Fate!
And we see too the Werewolf, which has the look of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night.
Then we see Simon's Final Smash, the Grand Cross, which he performs by grabbing with the whip and putting the opponent inside of a coffin and tossing it in the air while summoning flashing crosses to hit it. It was a nice version of this Item Crash that Richter performed for the first time in Rondo of Blood that the rest of Belmonts would perform in future games.
In the next scene Simon is in the stairs of Dracula's chamber and is about to face the vampire (who has his look from Symphony of the Night), just as he did in the first game. Dracula summons his iconic hellfire but also a pillar of flames from the floor that appeared for the first time in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
I'll continue with part 2 later, as Tumblr has a picture limit for posts, and it will be Richter's time!
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