Sisters Mode is an alternate mode in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. In this mode, the player controls Eric Lecarde's twin daughters, Loretta and Stella. This mode is a prequel to the main storyline.
Gameplay[]
In this mode, the player controls Loretta and Stella on a mission to save their father from the hands of Brauner two years prior to the main storyline.[1]
The player can press the L or X buttons to switch between the sisters. The sisters can levitate, so all parts of the castle are accessible from the start. However, to end the game, all eight of the portraits used by Brauner inside the castle must be completed in order to enter his domain, where the final cutscene will be shown.
The sisters attack by using the touchscreen: Stella attacks by swiping the touchscreen, while Loretta attacks by using ice magic by tapping the touchscreen. These attacks consume MP as they are performed, so care must be taken, lest Stella and Loretta wind up without a method of attack in a hairy situation. Also, levitating drains MP, so be mindful of the sisters' MP bar when flying for extended periods of time. To compensate for this, not only do the sisters have a very quick MP regeneration rate as long as they remain on the ground, but they also possess immunity to all status ailments, namely curses, poison and petrification. Although both sisters are always on the field, the one that is not currently being controlled does not participate in gameplay and cannot take damage.
When Brauner's portrait is entered, instead of fighting him, they find Eric in the room, who has been severely wounded by Brauner in order to lure the sisters into a trap where he will vampirize them, setting the events of the main story. The game does not save when this happens; as a result, it is impossible to fight Dracula in this mode without a glitch.
In addition, once 888% map coverage has been uncovered, the player can gain access to the Nest of Evil, although this is not for the faint of heart, since all of the sister's attacks do only 1 damage to Gold Skeletons.
Dialogue[]
| Dialogue Data: Sisters Mode (edit) | ||
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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Sisters Mode) / Entrance / Father's Missing (Stella and Loretta fly to the Entrance of Dracula's Castle) Stella: Father must have come to this castle.  | ||
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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Sisters Mode) / Lost Gallery / Ending Background Music: Faraway Days, Thirst for Blood Stella: !! Loretta: Father!  | ||
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Trivia[]
- Sisters Mode is the only situation where Wind/Eric Lecarde's human form is shown in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
- Unlike all other character modes, a different screen is shown upon death in Sisters Mode. The screen is a depiction of Virgin Mary crying tears of blood with swords in the background.
- In the ending, both sisters will already have their vampire sprites instead of their human sprites, even before Brauner turns them.
- This is the only alternate character mode which is not called by the name of its protagonist.
- Sisters Mode is one of the three alternate character modes that feature cutscenes, the others are Julius Mode (in Dawn of Sorrow) and Joachim Mode.
- This is also the only canon alternate character mode.
References[]
- ↑ By comparing the date of Portrait of Ruin's main storyline (1944) with the death of Eric Lecarde as listed in the instruction booklet (50 years of age) and the age of his birth (1892), it is possible to know precisely the year when the Sisters Mode takes place: 1942.