Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse -- Stage 2, Grant (2/2)

[OGITHsVideos]

i Allways Call him' the Monkey Man.

[Overhazard]

So the earthquake was so violent, even Trevor's map shakes?

The way Grant fell through the stairs, I thought he wasn't able to climb them and that he needed to scale the walls and ceilings instead. It sure looks harder to use Grant than Trevor.

[YuuGiJoou]

It's always been the case that stairs can't be landed on, only ascended or descended beginning from where they start and dismounted from either end.

Trevor would also fall through, but it would be a bad idea for him to get too crazy trying to abuse the privilege, since he can't control his jumps after he leaves the ground like Grant can.

Grant is tricky to use, but his abilities are more than rewarding enough to justify bringing him along for stages...not so much for fighting, though.

[Overhazard]

How's Grant in Castlevania Judgment? Do his abilities reflect how he's like in this game?

It seems like Grant's great for blazing through a stage and skipping enemies and all that but is bad on the combat side of things. I mean...that range is pathetic. It's worse than Link's in the original Legend of Zelda.

[YuuGiJoou]

Actually, he's apparently changed drastically from the Japanese version of the game. In his original form, his regular attack was actually identical to the Dagger subweapon, except it didn't cost him any hearts, but on the flip side, he couldn't apply the double and triple shot powerups to it, so he could only fire one at a time.

In Judgment, he's extremely fast and something of a projectile fanatic, with ranged attacks that emulate the Dagger and Axe subweapons. It's...interesting, all right.