Submissions must be Metroidvania-related.Image posts and twitter posts temporarily disabled Top 10 Starter Metroidvanias - Check these out if you're new to the genre! The term, popularized by video game critic Jeremy Parish, is a portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania. There are plenty of secret areas for you to find as well.Metroidvania is a subgenre of video games focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration. There is also a separate area after the castle which is just as big. The amount of ground you have covered in the castle can be viewed on a Metroid-style map that takes up just about the entire screen when it’s full.

He also gets familiars of varying types (demons, faeries, and even a sentient sword) to help fight his enemies. He can transform into a Wolf, Bat, and Mist (each of which has a few abilities of their own). First, he has a large set of spells (about 10 or so) that he can perform by using his MP (one of the three main statistics, in addition to HP and Hearts). Alucard is Dracula’s son, who had gone into a deep sleep for many years until he was awakened by the return of Dracula’s castle.Īs Alucard, you have a large number of equipment to choose from (daggers, one-handed swords, two-handed swords, fist-type weapons, rods, as well as armor, shields, capes, helmets, accessories, and usable items).Īlucard has many techniques at his disposal. You play as Alucard, a returning hero from the third installment of the series on the NES. Known in Japan as Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Demon Castle Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight), this game takes place after the first Dracula X game (specifically, “Dracula X: Rondo of Blood”). This game in the Castlevania series departs from the designs of the others, and takes the series into an RPG approach. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is an action role playing game for the PlayStation.

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