![]() The amount of time it takes to complete the game also affects how well Simon fares at the ending. During the day, townspeople offer hints (though player beware: some of these 'hints' are half-truths or outright lies), and merchants sell items, such as whip upgrades, in exchange for hearts. New to the series are several RPG-elements, such as an inventory and a leveling system which causes Simon's health to increase whenever he collects a specific amount of hearts. Enemies are stronger at night, zombies inhabit the towns, and the townspeople are nowhere to be seen as they're hiding in their houses from the monsters. The passage of time in game causes day to become night and vice-versa. Simon's Quest's environment differs from the linear castle of the first game, and is instead an open-ended landscape interspersed with towns, cemeteries, manors and dungeons. The game features Simon Belmont and takes place in 1698, seven years after the first Castlevania game. In 1988, it was ported to cartridge format and released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The series was landmark as it was among the earliest video games to feature a gothic horror storyline while at the same time abandoning the campy elements of similar games of the time, such as Ghosts 'n Goblins.Ĭastlevania II: Simon's Quest known in Japan as Dracula II: Noroi no Fuin (ド ラ キ ュ ラ Ⅱ 呪 い の 封 印 Dracula II: Seal of the Curse), was developed by Konami in 1987 for the Famicom Disk System. Despite this, it was initially designed as a cartridge game in the first place before switching in the middle of development. It was released again in Japan in 1993 for the Family Computer. In May 1987, it was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and released in North America, and then Europe in 1988. It depicts the exploits of a vampire hunter named Simon Belmont, who inherited a whip brimming with holy power from his father.īecause of an ancient blood feud between Simon's ancestors and the vampire, Count Dracula, it is Simon's calling to enter Dracula's Castle and slay its landlord.Ĭastlevania was first released in Japan in September 1986 for the Family Computer Disk System. Castlevania (known in Japan as Akumajo Dracula) is the first game in the series of the same title. ![]()
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