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1667? Edit

There's no way Simon could have been born in 1667 if he was to be 22 years old by the events of the first Castlevania game. If that game takes place sometime in 1691, and he was supposed to be 22 (or 23 by Judgment), he would have to have been born between the years 1668-1669, with 1668 being the earliest possible year only if he was 22 going on 23 in the year 1691. --Brahman 18:10, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

has iga ever given us a defined age for him? trevor gets one (19 in CV3, 22 in CoD), so do juste and richter and julius, but chris and simon are enigmae afaik. and regardless of whether people adore or despise judgment, it deliberately straddles the AU and core-timeline fence, and it pulls characters from all over the place in their lives because aeon is a big au fic fanboy or something. it is not chockablock with gospel truths in mainline canon (it tanked, only ~4000 units sold in japan; i doubt iga will make it mainline) and is not supposed to be srsbzns. if it were trevor would not be acting like captain N simon. XD (they could have cashed in on nostalgia by making simon the egotist, man. and frankly given the way he DRESSES he looks like more the type. trev just looks like he got lost in lulu's closet and its contents attacked him.)

tl;dr blah blah blah - do we ever get a concrete age for the guy? anyone? bueller? i've been hunting and i cannot find one. --castlevaniaburd, having CACHE PROBLEMS and unable to sign in :E

the source I'm using for Simon's age is the Order of Ecclesia strategy guide's promo for Judgment. now, I know that this isn't the greatest source, but i am guessing that they didn't pull this number out of a hat. i can only assume that this information came from somewhere. it's the only place i know of that lists his age (other than International Track & Field...) i do have the Japanese Judgment strategy guide though, i'll have to check it to see if it has any numbers on it that might be an age. also, Judgment takes place one year after the original Castlevania game, not immediately after it. --Reinhart77 23:22, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, I just don't check here very often. Anyway, I completely get what you're saying, and if it's what the Strategy Guide/sourcebook says, then I suppose that's what it says. Maybe someone over at Konami dropped the ball when it comes to the math, then, as if he was born in 1667 there's no way he would have been 22 by 1691 (youngest he could have been was 23 going on 24), but maybe I'm just a stickler for minor details. --Brahman 17:57, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

ack, that would be my bad math, i think. anyways, i adjusted it to a more plausible year. dang it, I wasn't able to find anything in the Judgment strategy guide that looked like ages or a timeline. oh well.--Reinhart77 22:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)