

Big Brother Instinct: Albus is this to Shanoa.BFS: Taken to ridiculous extremes with glyph unions, in which the weapon can be at least twice as wide as Shanoa, and 3 times as tall.It's also heavily implied that he was like this all along, and that his betraying Sharona was due to his insanity, as, during his Teleport Spam attack, he says, with each punch, "HOW DARE YOU.! EVEN FORGETTING. While they're useful for healing damage (and, of course, the more expensive potions heal more), they're less cost-effective than Aeon's food items. Awesome but Impractical: Surprisingly enough, the potions (at least, in normal mode, after you rescue Aeon).Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Albus's sacrifice results in this.Author Avatar: Koji Igarashi designed Shanoa as an envisioning of his wife, while he designed himself as Albus.Altum Videtur: Appears a lot throughout the game, from glyph names to names of locations.Absurdly High Level Cap: Unlockable by beating the game on Hard Mode lv1, which increases it to 255, when normally you'd be somewhere around 60-70 at most at the end of the game.

Tropes used in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia include: Still, many fans were complaining the other games were too easy, so here we are. Shanoa can absorb glyphs from fallen foes and can combine them for stronger attacks. Shanoa cannot take many hits, her ability to attack is limited by her MP (granted, it fills up much more quickly than it has in previous games, but it's still a major limiting factor,) and leveling up doesn't make hard enemies suddenly trivial. Barlowe sends her off to rescue the villagers, recover Dominus, and fulfill Mankind's Greatest Wish.Ĭompared to the other DS games, Order of Ecclesia is much harder. Shanoa recovers a few weeks later, with her memories gone, and learns Albus attacked Wygol Village and kidnapped all the villagers. Unfortunately, Albus, a member of Ecclesia and a close friend of Shanoa, chooses then to interrupt the ceremony he attacks Barlowe and runs off with Dominus. Shanoa, under her master Barlowe's order, plans to absorb the glyph and destroy Dracula. They have discovered a spell, Dominus, that has the power to destroy Dracula once and for all. With no Belmont in sight, the church has been desperately trying to find a way to destroy Dracula once and for all that doesn't involve a whip.Įnter the Order of Ecclesia, whose glyph-based magic system has made great progress. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia was released for the Nintendo DS in 2008.ĭracula has been sealed but evil is still afoot.
