Hunter Whip or Hunter's Whip?[]
The name "Hunter Whip" is on the North American version of the manual. Does anyone know where does "Hunter's Whip" come from? Dialogues or guidebooks perhaps? --TX55TALK 07:06, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
- Possible Japanese (ハンターのムチ) translation? But, "Hunter's Whip" is not anywhere in the Game. This is improper.--Kiyuhito 07:27, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
It's just the Vampire Killer[]
There's really no reason to believe the whip isn't meant to be the Vampire Killer of Belmont clan fame. According to the lore we know of, Richter was the last Belmont to wield it, and subsequently it went to the Morris family among others. I find it hard to believe the Baldwins would be a totally unrelated clan of vampire hunters who happen to have a vampire hunting whip that goes to the most qualified warrior each generation.
Other than its name, the only evidence for this whip being a different weapon are that Nathan and the Baldwins aren't named Belmont. But we already know from Reinhardt that people from the Belmont line can have different surnames, and we know from John and Jonathan Morris that non-Belmonts can wield the Vampire Killer if they prove their worth.
The alchemy abilities unique to this game affect subweapons and Nathan himself as well as the whip, so there's no reason to believe they're a property of the whip itself.
Additionally, this game is no longer considered part of the primary canon, so any contradictions with the lore that would surface from the Vampire Killer being in Nathan's possession are thus irrelevant.
I strongly recommend this article be merged into the Vampire Killer article. This is a case where we need evidence that this whip ISN'T the vampire killer to give it a separate article, not a lack of evidence that it IS.