Explain the jokes, then?

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Vampire Survivors. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical player's head.

Originally posted by Red Dragon:

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Vampire Survivors. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical player's head.

rick and morty meme detected ...
i approve

Originally posted by tracian:

Ladonna sisters

Arca is a dude.

dont care

Originally posted by KevinAlleinZuhaus:

Originally posted by tracian:

Ladonna sisters

Arca is a dude.

sure, now

Porta Ladonna could be read as "p*rca mad*nna" which could be read as a religious insult to virgin Mary, p*rca meaning something akin to a gardening tool.
There's also vespers, spelling out "gorgonzola" when evolved.
I am not sure about if there are others though. Like Bel paese being a reference to Antonio Stoppani?

>non-Italian players are missing

well im not Italian so I guess I just dont care lmao

Ok I only care about the gameplay, visuals, and sound design tbh.

Originally posted by Pawkiness:

Like Bel paese being a reference to Antonio Stoppani?

Probably more of a reference to the Belmonts and Belnades of Castlevania, since the first row of characters are heavily inspired by them.

Arca and Porta are probably VS's version of Dracula's children so a more "anti-religious" reference would make sense, especially since religious fanatics might have messed with Dracula and killed his wife, too.

Sorry guys, I never noticed my op got published in the first place, so I forgot to check out your comments.

Briefly put:

Porta Ladonna and Arca Ladonna - They sound like dialectal versions of rather coarse insults to the Virgin Mary

Belpaese - Is the lyrical and usually self-mocking definition of Italy itself, "The Beautiful Country"

Poe Ratcho - Sounds like "Poveraccio", Italian for 'poor wretched sod'

Dommario - Is nothing more than a countryside-pronunciation of "Don Mario", meaning "Mario the priest" (And of course there is nothing more archetypical of a country priest with that name)

Krochi Freetto - Sounds like "Crocifritto", which can be translated as "Nailed on a cross and deep-fried"

Mortaccio - Refers to the old-time insult of "Li mortacci tua" (more or less "You and your damn dead ancestors")

La Borra - Refers to a famous prime-time quiz show incident where one lady calling from home answered with a terribly coarse jargon word for sem*n and the female show host wondered aloud for _minutes_ what "La Borra" meant, to repeat the word, spell it...

Suor Clerici - Literally "Nun Clerici" refers to Antonella Clerici, the show host mentioned above, so innocent as to make a fool of herself on national television

Cavallo - Is Italian for 'horse', which sounds like 'orso', which (of course) means 'bear', which is the actual shape of the character

Peach One - Sounds like "piccione", Italian for 'pigeon'

King Bible - Is the purposefully wrong English translation of "Re Bibbia" = 'Rebibbia', the main prison in Rome

Orologion - is not a mystical name but simply the Italian word for "watch" with an added 'N'

NFT / Nduja Fritta Tanto - Translates as "very fried Southern-Italian super-spicy meat paste" (hence the fire)

Pummarola - Tomato sauce. Add Garlic, and it becomes the ultimate blessing for the stereotypical Italian

Santa Water - Nothing to do with Santa Claus: it's just the on-purpose wrong translation of "Acqua Santa" (Holy water)


And that's what I found so far. Anyone got more?

Just found more:

Poppea Pecorina - 'Poppea' was a real name in ancient Rome, but now it is just a very bad joke about b**bs ("poppe" in certain dialects), so of course she is found in a dairy farm. And 'Pecorina' does NOT mean 'small sheep' but it is slang for "walking" on your hands and knees.

Mannajja - Is in fact 'mannaggia', a pretty tame equivalent of "oh, damn!" in Italian

Interesting. Keep them coming.

Originally posted by tracian:

King Bible - Is the purposefully wrong English translation of "Re Bibbia" = 'Rebibbia', the main prison in Rome

Huh...so that's what Ray Bibbia of The Textorcist refers to as well, I guess!

The King Bible could also refer to one of the English translations of the Bible by King Henry or King James or that of Martin Luther. All contributed to religious wars between the Catholics and Protestants and thus all would have been the indirect cause of the death of many Christians. Which would also explain why the evolved form looks pretty damned evil.