{"id":59994,"date":"2018-11-04T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/11\/random_castlevania_animated_series_makes_hilarious_reference_to_original_game"},"modified":"2018-11-04T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T12:05:00","slug":"random-castlevania-animated-series-makes-hilarious-reference-to-original-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/04\/random-castlevania-animated-series-makes-hilarious-reference-to-original-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Castlevania Animated Series Makes Hilarious Reference To Original Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/721ec8bb9d919\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/721ec8bb9d919\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Castlevania Seasons 2 IMG\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/721ec8bb9d919\/castlevania-seasons-2-img.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/721ec8bb9d919\/castlevania-seasons-2-img.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Castlevania Seasons 2 IMG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For anyone who wasn&#8217;t confident the talent behind the Castlevania animated series on Netflix was respecting the source material, this should put any concerns to rest once and for all. An eagle-eyed viewer of season two has spotted a cartoon chicken bone poking out from one of the walls within Dracula&#8217;s castle during a key fight scene. The assistant director of the animated series even <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamDeats\/status\/1057805570667921409\">confirmed<\/a> it himself.<\/p>\n<p>While we won&#8217;t go into the details about the battle to avoid spoilers, what we can point out is that this is a direct reference to the original 1986 Famicom game, <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/castlevania\">Castlevania<\/a><\/strong>. If you haven&#8217;t played a Castlevania game previously, the series is known for hiding different varieties of meat &#8211; including chicken &#8211; behind certain walls around the castle. In the first game, you could often use your whip to destroy a wall and access a hidden chunk of meat, which would in return replenish your character&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>This was dubbed &#8216;wall chicken&#8217; by fans and has led to theories and even <a class=\"enlarge\" href=\"http:\/\/img0.joyreactor.com\/pics\/post\/comics-hejibits-pork-chop-meat-819342.png\">jokes<\/a> about it over the years. Preserved dungeon meat also tends to be a common video game trope. Below is a look at the scene from the Netflix animation as tweeted by <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nick_Waplington\/status\/1057804923700678656\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1057804923700678656&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kotaku.com.au%2F2018%2F11%2Fsomeone-has-found-one-of-castlevanias-sneakiest-references-to-the-games%2F\">@Nick_Waplington<\/a> and an enlarged screen capture courtesy of Kotaku:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Castlevania Chicken2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/875a91b28768f\/castlevania-chicken2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/875a91b28768f\/castlevania-chicken2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Castlevania Chicken2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Castlevania Chicken\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6290a10ba8444\/castlevania-chicken.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6290a10ba8444\/castlevania-chicken.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Castlevania Chicken\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a screenshot from the game:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Castlevania Chicken IMG\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4a1587f1ae2e3\/castlevania-chicken-img.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4a1587f1ae2e3\/castlevania-chicken-img.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Castlevania Chicken IMG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It is a bit odd when you start to think about it. A man finding preserved chicken meat behind a wall and then proceeding to eat it. At the very least, it&#8217;s a hilarious and faithful reference to the iconic game series.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Have you watched the latest season of Castlevania? Did you spot this yourself? Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For anyone who wasn&#8217;t confident the talent behind the Castlevania animated series on Netflix was respecting the source material, this should put any concerns to rest once and for all. An eagle-eyed viewer of season two has spotted a cartoon chicken bone poking out from one of the walls within Dracula&#8217;s castle during a key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}