Simon Belmont

	Simon Belmont is a fictional character who serves as the first protagonist to appear in the '' Castlevania'' series. He appears in '' Castlevania'', ''Vampire Killer'', '' Haunted Castle'', '' Castlevania II: Simon's Quest'', '' Super Castlevania IV'', and ''Castlevania Chronicles'', and acts as a supporting character in ''Castlevania Judgment'' and '' Castlevania: Harmony of Despair''. He also appeared as a playable character in '' DreamMix TV World Fighters'' and '' Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. Simon has received positive reviews from critics. Character design and appearances In 1691, Simon Belmont kills Count Dracula in an event that is retold in multiple games ('' Castlevania'', ''Vampire Killer'', '' Haunted Castle'', '' Super Castlevania IV'', and ''Castlevania Chronicles''). By the events of '' Castlevania II: Simon's Quest'', the now deceased Dracula has placed a curse on Simon and all of Transylvania. Simon breaks the curse by gathering and incinerating Dracula's remains, though it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Castlevania ''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Konami. The series is largely set in the castle of Count Dracula, the arch-enemy of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters. Debuting with the 1986 video game on Nintendo's Famicom Disk System, the first entry and the majority of its sequels are side-scrolling action platformers. The 1997 game, '' Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'', originally released for the PlayStation, returned to the nonlinear gameplay first seen in '' Castlevania II: Simon's Quest,'' which also introduced role-playing elements and exploration. Several installments later adopted ''Symphony of the Night''s gameplay, which along with '' Super Metroid'', have popularized the Metroidvania genre. 2010 saw the release of '' Castlevania: Lords of Shadow'', a 3D action-adventure game developed by MercurySteam and Kojima Productions that served as a reboot of the series. The ''Castlevania'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vampire Killer ''Vampire Killer'', known in Japan as is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Konami for the MSX2. It is a parallel version of the original '' Castlevania'', which debuted a month earlier for the Famicom Disk System under the same Japanese title. However, the MSX2 version was localized first in Europe and was published without the ''Castlevania'' branding that the franchise would start using abroad in 1987 when the NES version was released in North America (where neither ''Vampire Killer'' nor the MSX2 platform were released). It was released on the Wii U's Virtual Console on December 17, 2014, in Japan. Like in ''Castlevania'', the player controls vampire hunter Simon Belmont, who ventures into Dracula's castle armed with a mystical whip inherited from his father, in order to slay the evil count. Gameplay While ''Vampire Killer'' shares the same premise, soundtrack, characters and locations as the original ''Castlevania'', the structure of the game and its pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Harmony Of Dissonance ''Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance'' is a 2002 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance. The second installment of the ''Castlevania'' series on the Game Boy Advance, the game was released in Japan in June 2002 and in North America and PAL regions later that same year. ''Harmony of Dissonance'' is set in the year 1748, fifty years after Simon Belmont vanquished Dracula's curse in '' Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.'' ''Harmony of Dissonance'' focuses on Simon's grandson, Juste Belmont, and his quest to rescue a kidnapped childhood friend. Similarly to previous ''Castlevania'' titles, the game employs role-playing game features alongside more traditional action adventure game elements. Koji Igarashi produced ''Harmony of Dissonance'' with the intent of "creat nga game that was similar to '' Castlevania: Symphony of the Night''", the critically acclaimed PlayStation game that he had worked on. ''Harmony of Dissonance'' sold 126,000 uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]