What costumes/outfits do you want in the game?

Well, either this old piece of concept-art is an example of something like that (after the crystal curse significantly spreads), or it'll just be another Spell she can cast.

theres another bit of concept art that could become a headshot of that cursed cross, so it may be a state rather than an attack

Honestly, gives me the vibe of dark metamorphosis. Wonder if it's a spell that has a similar idea to it.

I strongly agree with these. It was always interesting to me how many, and I think myself at one point but I can't remember, thought the tiara on Miriam's head looked like a set of horns. In full curse mode it would be cool if they turned into actual horns. I feel not a lot of games/media let female characters get "wicked" so to speak - especially protagonists. A recent game called Nights of Azure featured a female main character who was part demon and could transform into demon forms.  An example:



I'm not saying Bloodstained should follow that exact route, but I do think it would be infinitely more interesting if we had like a curse-related transformation and when I say transformation, I mean transformation and not just a color swap or a darker aura or whatever. Something further beyond what that concept art sample showed off in Astaroth 's post. I bring up the above example from NoA to highlight that.


That hardly seems like a beneficial state to be in. More like a "berserker" mode than just a "power up" mode.


I've always liked what I've seen of the Shantae series (so much that I even gave to the 1/2 Genie Hero Kickstarter) but it wasn't until the most recent game was on sale in that recent Humble Bundle that I was able to play a game in that series. I'm pretty much a big Shantae fan now (the writing in that game was especially good). Because of that, and knowing that Inticreates has worked on the series in the past and is helping with the upcoming game, I'm 100% on the "Shantae costume for Miriam" train. I know I kind of meekly suggested it before (in a "that might be kind of cool" way) but now I'm gung-ho for it. I would choose Shantae's classic red outfit however, not the Desert Princess outfit (which is what that Magic Mode seems to be based on).

As an aside, I'm morbidly curious to which posts in here is Mana , if she's read the thread, is nodding in agreement to, shaking her head at or just laughing it up

I dont mind any of the recent costume suggestions but I do hate making cosmetic changes affect stats instead of keeping them seperate. Sometimes I wanna look a certain way without having my spec be stuck that way yknow.

I wanna try nights of azure but money... 2016 is getting mor3 games I wanna try than like 2012 to 2015 combined sheesh.

I like both fantasy and real armour too. But i prefer an unrealistic amount of real armor. Full plate from head to toe (helm missing is ok I guess... Neck to toe?). No wussy leather or mesh in between.

yup I like both too, but I would like to see some awesome armor combinations like when you get/make a full set of armor (plus weapon and maybe a shield)  it glows or it makes the player look like "living armor" or some other gimmick... I would love to try to find all the different combinations.

Personally, I'm okay with any costume as long as its "tasteful." I've read most of this thread and I love most of suggestions here. All the armors that people have shown are pretty good looking. My personal favorites are the Cat Girl, the Bride, the Bunny Girl, and most of the armors.

Yeah, I guess if you take the back-dash out of the equation it would be more straight-forward to implement.

I guess it would hinge on whether you could come up with a design capable of reusing the existing animation data or not.