Topic: Emo Dao / Devil Island (GBC): A Getsu Fuuma Den - Castlevania Offspring

[eryson]

Hello Fellas!!
Today i've found A unlicensed GBC game, what is pratically a fusion between Getsu fuuma den (NES) and Castlevania Dracula X (SNES)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ySxbVIY_Y

The game plays like an Gesufuuma clone, with the same gameplay, but with different characters, weapons (the player uses a whip with a vertical attack) and using sprites of the Dracula X's game (from the intro to the stages)

Altough this is an pirat..Unlicensed game, its pretty decent. 

[X]

There's a cross-clone if I ever saw one, lol. Sadly the whip isn't being used to the extent as it could be. You have to get in very close in order for the enemies to actually die. Not good IMO.

[zangetsu468]

#castlevaniagargoylesquest

[coinilius]

I love Castlevania, Getsu Fuuma Den and pirate originals!  This looks like a nice little Getsu Fuuma Den clone, will have to do some more digging into this game.  From the video it is a Vast Fame game, though I don't think that is confirmed - it uses assets from other Vast Fame developed games.

There is also a Castlevania DX which is a pirate original based on Castlevania (obviously):

http://youtu.be/0LhM86RJlxM

[VladCT]

There's a cross-clone if I ever saw one, lol. Sadly the whip isn't being used to the extent as it could be. You have to get in very close in order for the enemies to actually die. Not good IMO.

Add the fact that the enemies practically come out of nowhere due to how small the screen is compared to the sprites and quite a few of them can be annoyingly fast, and it should be obvious that they didn't really put that much thought into the gameplay design.

There is also a Castlevania DX which is a pirate original based on Castlevania (obviously):

http://youtu.be/0LhM86RJlxM

Huh, the player character looks like an odd mixture of all three GBA Castlevania main player characters, animation-wise.

[X]

There is also a Castlevania DX which is a pirate original based on Castlevania (obviously):

http://youtu.be/0LhM86RJlxM

It needs work IMO. There are no upgrades for your whip amongst other things. Although it's different to see CV take place in a tropical climate.

[coinilius]

Haha well it is a pirate original - they aren't generally known for being top quality products 

From what I have played of it, it seems a decent enough game for a pirate original though - same with Devil Island, which clones Getsu Fuuma Den fairly well. Would have been great if they had English translations (or Engrish as the case would have been).

That video was also from the Castlevania DX Demo version which was the only version dumped for a long time - the full version has been dumped as well (full walk through videos are up on YouTube) and it contains differences such as you starting out without the whip, you just punch the enemies until you obtain the whip inside the Castle - there are also sub weapons to collect and some other upgrades.

The tropical setting is hilarious - same with how the Castle contains some extremely high-tech sections as well!

[eryson]

Devil Island? i never heard about it...
And clones getsufuuma? seems interesting!!
you have an video, webpage or something about this game?? I'd like to know this!!

[coinilius]

Sorry, Devil Island is the English translated name of the game shown in the video in the first post - E Mo Dao - it reuses level layouts and maps from Getsu Fuuma Den.  The whip movement in E Mo Dao also replicates the limited sword range from Getsu Fuuma Den as well, which is why it is so limited.

Playing around some more with the full version of Castlevania DX and it is quite interesting - it replicates quite a bit of the usual Metroidvania elements, including ability updates like double jump and sliding, their are sub weapons that you can use and enemies drop equitable items like armors etc that increase your stats - but there doesn't seem to be experience or levelling up, you just increase your stats through equipping items.  There are 12 bosses as well, and you have to find keys to open the doors to the first 11 of them (the 12th being the final boss), but you can do the bosses in any order as well as each key will open any boss door you use it on (you can only use a key once).

I'd love to see the story line translated as well - from what I have managed to make out, it's pretty standard stuff - the Devil Castle has appeared again and a Belmondo Family descendant is on hand - interestingly enough, it is set in 1917 as well, the same year as Bloodlines.  It seems like the creators put quite a bit of effort into it.  There's a couple of alternate versions of it as well that change the graphics and settings to tie it into other franchises, as is often the case with these pirate games.

EDIT: Doing a quick and rough translation of the opening using Google Translate and not only is it set in 1917 but it also seems to star John Morris... basically it goes: 1917, the Devil Castle has returned.  Belmondo Family descendant John Morris embarks on a journey to wipe out/destroy[?] the Vampire...