Castlevania Legends
Castlevania Legends

Castlevania Legends

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Every Belmont story starts somewhere, and Castlevania Legends set out to tell the very first one. Sonia Belmont, a young woman with an inborn power, takes up the whip against Dracula generations before Christopher or Simon, making her the original vampire hunter of the family line as this game imagined it.

Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya built Legends late in the Game Boy's life, releasing it in Japan in 1997 and North America in 1998, and gave Sonia tools her descendants never had. Once per stage she can trigger Burning Mode, ten seconds of invincibility, extra speed and harder hits that can turn a desperate moment around. Each mini-boss she defeats grants a Soul Weapon, a special power fueled by hearts, which adds a layer of choice to the classic whip-and-candles formula. Two difficulty settings and a password system make it far more approachable than The Adventure ever was.

Its most talked-about moment is Sonia's meeting with Alucard, Dracula's son, who is pursuing his own vendetta against his father. That pairing gave the game a fascinating spot in the series' lore, and later an unusual one: Koji Igarashi removed Legends from the official timeline because it conflicted with the plot of the main games, turning it into the lost chapter of Castlevania history.

Critics at the time found it short and easy, and it has never carried the reputation of Belmont's Revenge. That is part of its appeal today. It is the Game Boy Castlevania that took the biggest narrative swing, and Sonia has since won over a new generation as a playable character in the Castlevania expansion for Vampire Survivors. For collectors tracing the series' handheld history, Legends is the cartridge that tells the story Konami later chose not to.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1997
Publisher
Konami
Developer
Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya
Players
Single player
About the game

Every legend has a beginning. Now discover the beginning of the Castlevania Legend in Castlevania Legends for Game Boy. In this single-player adventure, you play as Sonia Belmont, the very first in the line of vampire hunting Belmonts. Use your whip to fend off the forces of darkness, as you work your way through six stages of non-linear gameplay. Explore the legendary areas of Castlevania, including the surrounding forest and the infamous clock tower. Don't forget to collect hearts from the torches that litter the stages to gain extra lives. Adjustable difficulty settings allow you to choose the skill level at which you want to play. At the end of it all, Count Dracula himself awaits. Can you defeat him and put the evil to rest for another 100 years?

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