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What was released in 1987 as Castlevania is the NES port of Akumajo Dracula. While Vampire Killer and Castlevania stem from the same title, the NES and MSX birthed very different games.The powerful NES delivered Akumajo Dracula's side-scrolling action-platforming, but the MSX broke heftier levels into more manageable chunks. The distinction defines the series to this day: what are the explorable keeps of recent Castlevanias if not scrolling maps chopped into more manageable chunks?The transition from side-scroller to full-on explorable castle - known as the Metroidvania genre - was gradual, a sense of freedom coughing and spluttering through six iterations.
Strange then, that in 1991 Konami released Super Castlevania IV for the SNES - an action-platformer as linear as they come. Worked on by many staff who soon left to form Treasure, it's an undeniable visual powerhouse, but a step back to the original Castlevania.(...) Despite Castlevania IV's attempts to drive a stake through the series' RPG leanings (...)
its 3DS spin-off Mirror Of Fate (coming soon to XBLA and PSN) show there's still life in the Metroidvania genre too.
In all there have been 40 Castlevania games, with the upcoming Mirror Of Fate 2 marking game number 41.
Sorry, let's use this thread to discuss LoS 2 ONLY, please.
Regardless of whether the next project is Contra or not. If it is a remake by Dave Cox, fan reaction phases turn out something like this.1. Anger2. Acceptance3. Some praise4. (We will see what stage this is after the conclusion of LoS Saga.
Laura and Gabriel arrive in the deepest cave of the castle and... they find IGA.