Castlevania: Bloodlines/Comparisons

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Localisation comparisons

Title screen

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NTSC-J

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NTSC-U

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PAL

Castlevania: Bloodlines was heavily censored in PAL territories, with most blood references removed. In a game called Bloodlines this presents an interesting challenge - Konami's solution appears to be to pretend the blood is water.

Introduction

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NTSC-J

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NTSC-U/PAL

Eric Lecarde's face was changed for the Western versions.

Player select

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NTSC-J

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NTSC-U/PAL

John Morris is known as Johnny Morris in Japan.

Expert ending

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NTSC-J

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NTSC-U/PAL

As was the case in the introduction, Eric Lecarde's face was changed for the Western versions.

Eric Lecarde's death animation

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NTSC-J/NTSC-U

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PAL

Eric Lecarde is not impaled by his own weapon in the European version.

Crows eating a corpse

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NTSC-J/NTSC-U

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PAL

This scene from the first level was removed in the European version.

Bloody water

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NTSC-J/NTSC-U

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PAL

The fountain's water from the fifth level does not change its color in the European version.

References


Castlevania: Bloodlines

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Prototypes: 1993-08-04 | 10-07 | 1993-12