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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate is a game published by Konami and created by MercurySteam for the Nintendo 3DS. The release date of the game has been pushed from Fall 2012 to early 2013 during Gamescon 2012. The release date of the game, March 5, 2013, was announced on December 6, 2012.
It is the first Castlevania game to utilize stereographic 3D. The perspective is in 3D, but movement will be confined to 2.5D in most areas. It utilize a combat system similar to its predecessor, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. It focus more on exploration than the original game did.
The game features four playable characters who will fight Dracula in his castle in different time periods. The game starts 26 years after the original Lords of Shadow game with Trevor Belmont, who is on a quest to destroy his father, Dracula, who was once Gabriel Belmont. Later parts of the game will feature his descendant Simon Belmont and Alucard. Gabriel Belmont is playable in a short prologue set before the events of Lords of Shadow. The events of this game will lead up to the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 console game.
The game has won the 'Best 3DS Game' award from GameTrailers, during the 'Best of E3 2012 Awards'[1]. As also the EGN "excellence E3 2012" award, the PureNintendo "Best Adventure Game", the Electric Playground "Best of E3", the IGN nomination for "Best 3ds Game" and XPLay nominations for "Best of E3" and "Best Handheld Game" [2].
A demo was released on February 21, 2013 (Europe), February 28, 2013 (North America) and March 13, 2013 (Japan).
A high-definition version will be ported for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and be released on October 31, 2013. Mirror of Fate HD will be available for download aswell as included in a collection edition of Lords of Shadow.
Gameplay
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The game plays in this precise order: Gabriel (Prologue) who serves as a tutorial, Simon (Act I) is based on Castlevania 4 gamplay style, Alucard (Act II) which based mostly on puzzles and Trevor (Act III) is based completely on the original Lords of Shadow style.
Note: After beating the game it can be played at any order.
Story
- Official background: Initially set 25 years after the events of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Mirror of Fate will reveal the story of Gabriel’s ancestors, as they battle their own destiny in each era only to discover their true, shocking fate.
- Trevor Belmont, a knight of the Brotherhood of Light, sets out to avenge the death of his mother, at the hands of his own father, who has now returned from years of exile to take up residence in a mysterious castle. What was once Gabriel Belmont is now a powerful vampire called Dracula. Dracula has declared war upon the Brotherhood and thus the scene is set for a cataclysmic showdown between father and son![3]
— Story Synopsis
Characters
Playable Characters
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(Voiced by Richard Madden) |
Gabriel's son, but raised by the Brotherhood of Light. He is 27 years old. His mother, Marie, prevented his father from ever knowing of his existence because, according to a prophecy, Trevor would be mankind's only hope against him when he becomes Dracula. Years later, Trevor was informed about his lineage, what happened to his mother, and that it was Gabriel who had murdered her. Therefore, he set off to Dracula's Castle for revenge.
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Sub-Weapons: Boomerang and Electric Bomb |
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(Voiced by Alec Newman) |
Trevor's son who witnessed the death of his parents by Dracula's forces at the age of six. He barely managed to escape and fled into the forest. He was found there by mountain folk, who raised him. Simon never forgot about what happened to his parents. Vowing vengeance upon those responsible, he trained hard and became gifted in combat. At the age of 36, Simon headed to the land of his birth, to seek out Dracula, and destroy him.
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Sub-Weapons: Throwing Axe and Fire Oil Flask |
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(Voiced by Richard Madden) |
A few is known about this terrifying vampire knight, who seeks revenge on Dracula. Alucard is in reality Trevor, transformed as a vampire by Dracula after being defeated.
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Sub-Weapons: Bat Projectile and Stopwatch |
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(Voiced by Robert Carlyle) |
Father of Trevor and Grandfather to Simon, Gabriel is only playable during a short prologue to the game.[5] This prologue is set before the events of Lords of Shadow.[6] Since his battle with the Lords of Shadow and The Forgotten One, Gabriel has become a creature of the night, and uses his new powers to curse the world of men. Due to his actions, he become known as Dracula among the people of the land.[7]
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Non-playable Characters
- Sypha Belmont[8] — Trevor's wife and mother of Simon.
- The Lost Soul — An mysterious spirit found in Dracula's castle, representing the fate of all characters.
- The Daemon Lord — A powerful monster that Gabriel was sent by the Brotherhood to capture, who confronts Gabriel, Alucard, and Trevor in the game.
- The Toy Maker — A mostly unseen, clown-like villain who has created several dangers and death traps for Simon and Alucard to confront.
Casting
- Trevor & Alucard: Richard Madden
- Simon & Night Watchman : Alec Newman
- Gabriel & Dracula: Robert Carlyle
- Lost Soul: Michael Maloney
- Daemon Lord: Richard Ridings
- Elder: Brian Protheroe
- Sypha Belmont: Charlotte Emmerson
- Necromancer & Witch: Adrian Schiller
- Succubus: Eleanor Howell
Plot
Warning: This plot follow the gameplay of the game, and not the chronology of the events. For a chronological order of events, see Lords of Shadow Timeline.
Pre-Lords of Shadow Era
Gabriel awaits the Daemon Lord.
Gabriel spends the night with his wife, Marie. In the morning, he rides to an unknown castle with three Brotherhood knights. They fight demons, but the three knights are killed. Gabriel then confronts the Daemon Lord, a powerful monster. He is wounded by the tail of the creature but uses his blood and a magical device to trap the beast.
While Gabriel is on his mission, Marie gives birth in secret to a son, Trevor. The Brotherhood asks Marie to hide the child from Gabriel, as his dark fate already is known.
Events of Mirror of Fate
Simon in the Cursed Village.
Years after the events of the prologue, Simon Belmont awakes in a forest after a terrible nightmare in which his mother, Sypha, is killed by monsters near Dracula's castle. He then rides his horse through a village infested by zombies and arrives at Dracula's castle. Near an underground entrance awaits the Lost Soul, which shows Simon, through the shard of the mirror that he carries, that his father Trevor's Combat Cross still lies within the castle. Simon explores the castle in order to recover it, with the guidance of the Lost Soul.
In the Theatre, Simon is trapped and forced to fight an endless stream of the enigmatic Toy Maker's Macabre Puppets. He is rescued by a mysterious figure, who runs away before Simon can speak to him.
Simon later recovers the combat cross, which is taken from him by a Necromancer, who claims that it must recover the weapon for his master, Zobek. Simon defeats the Necromancer and claims the cross, allowing him to progress further into the castle.
At the top of the castle's highest tower, Simon encounters the Succubus, who tries, and fails, to seduce Simon, and kills her. As her false world collapses, Simon finds himself in the Throne Room, facing Dracula himself. Before they can battle, however, Alucard enters.
Alucard, fighting his way through the Castle.
The game switches to Alucard's perspective, taking place earlier. Alucard awakens, emerging from a tomb, and, not remembering his past, is shown his fate by the Lost Soul through the Mirror of Fate. Alucard vows to destroy the one who did this to him, his father, Dracula. Along the way to the highest tower of the castle, Alucard encounters the Daemon Lord, who has been rebuilt with mechanical parts, and is defeated by him and thrown off into the tower, into the lower areas of the castle. He makes his way up the castle, and realizes, with dismay, that Simon is in the castle. He saves Simon twice, fleeing from him the first time and speaking with him the second time, unaware that an amused Dracula is watching from above.
After fleeing from Simon once more, Alucard faces the Daemon Lord again, and finally kills him. He goes onward to face Dracula, and encounters him in the Throne Room, interrupting the conversation between Simon and Dracula. Alucard and Simon battle Dracula, and manage to defeat and seemingly kill him, though Alucard remarks that Dracula's death was atypical of a vampire. Simon returns his piece of the Mirror of Fate to the Lost Soul, after Alucard tells him that the mirror only manipulated him, and that it did not belong to Simon or his father. Simon inquires Alucard's identity, but he refuses to tell him the truth.
Trevor leaves Sypha and Simon.
Years before the events of Simon's journey, in his house, Simon's father, Trevor looks desperate while his wife, Sypha, tries to help him. His son, Simon, plays with the Combat Cross, but his mother asks him to stop. Trevor then stand up and decide to go confront his father, who became Dracula. After hugging his wife and telling her to leave to the mountains if he was not to come back, Trevor gives Simon a necklace that is made of a piece of a magical mirror. He then arrives to Dracula's castle to kill Dracula.
He encounters the Lost Soul within the castle. The Lost Soul, claiming to know all, attempts to warn Trevor that he will not succeed in his mission, but wishing to hear no more from the Lost Soul, he attacks it, breaking a portion of its face with his combat cross and rendering it unable to speak, explaining its silence in Simon and Alucard's journeys.
In the castle's Belfry, Trevor is forced to flee from a tumbling, massive bell after it is cut from its restraints by hunchbacks. He manages to escape it, but falls into the pit created by the bell's descent. While Trevor is unconscious, the Lost Soul gives him a mysterious cube, which turns out to be the key to unlocking the door to an old temple inhabited by witches.
In the temple, the witches use their magic to free the Daemon Lord, who had been imprisoned years earlier by Gabriel. Trevor fights the Daemon Lord, and manages to defeat him, slicing its hands off and cutting it in half. Thinking he is victorious, Trevor walks away, while an amused Toy Maker looks onwards, and soon after resurrects the Daemon Lord.
Trevor confronts Dracula.
Trevor finally encounters Dracula, and uses the balance between Light Magic and Dark Magic to gain the upper hand. Despite this, Dracula still manages to defeat him, stabbing him in the chest with his own combat cross. The dying Trevor claims that he pities Dracula, who accepted his fate while Trevor fought against it, and informs him that he is Dracula's son. Startled, and with Trevor's claim confirmed by the mirror, a dismayed Dracula attempts to revive his son by turning him into a vampire, but with the effort seemingly failed, Dracula stands above his son's grave, marked "Alucard".
Back in the present, after the conclusion of Simon and Alucard's journeys, Alucard searches through his grave, Carmilla and Dracula's old throne room to find something. Alucard recovers the stake of Gabriel's old combat cross, which broke off during his battle with Carmilla, shortly before the castle begins to collapse. Alucard transforms into a bat and manages to escape, while Simon watches the castle collapse from the forest, and bids Alucard farewell.
Spoilers end here.Bosses
Simon Belmont
Alucard
- Reaver
- Daemon Lord (Resurrected)
- Dracula
Trevor Belmont
Development
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate was first offically reported to be development by Nintendo Power. Producer David Cox stated in an interview they wanted to create a handheld interpretation of MercurySteam's previous game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, which was released for PS3 and Xbox 360. [9]
The developers decided to make the game 2.5D because they felt they couldn't replicate the format of their previous games without making compromises on the quality of the visuals. Another reason was that both the press and fans criticized Lords of Shadow for offering not enough exploration. [9]
Super Castlevania IV served as an inspiration for the game, just as it did for the previous Lords of Shadow, but the nonlinear-style games were drawn from as well. [9]
Videos
See Also
- Category:Mirror of Fate
- Category:Mirror of Fate Characters
- Category:Mirror of Fate Locations
- Mirror of Fate Bestiary - List of monsters in the game
- Mirror of Fate Inventory
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - The previous game
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - The following game
- Lords of Shadow Timeline
References
- ↑ http://www.gametrailers.com/video/best-3ds-best-of-e3/732342
- ↑ http://www.konami.com/games/cvlosmof/
- ↑ Castlevania: Mirror of Fate official website [1]
- ↑ [2] - Confirms the early playable character
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CastlevaniaLOS/status/266564704816754688
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CastlevaniaLOS/status/266773637275729920
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CastlevaniaLOS/status/249940339706691586
- ↑ Dave Cox Twitter
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Nintendo Power. 2012. May issue.
- Nintendo Power magazine, June 2012