SIMON BELMONT SONG SERIES
Today we celebrate the success the music has brought the series and crown the masterpieces. Right up there with the likes of Mega Man and Final Fantasy, Castlevania has never slouched when it comes to delivering exceptional pieces of sound. It’s true that the gameplay holds a deep level of satisfaction and the story, despite being set in the same scenario, is ever so compelling, but it’s the music which continues to bring fans back for more. However, for a franchise to have stuck with us since the days of the original NES is nothing less than remarkable. Effectively, this adds a Street Fighter-like mechanic as an option, in terms of managing special bars and deciding when to unleash their powers, and it could make for an interesting competitive-play variant.Like any series of games, Castlevania has had its ups and its pitfalls. Perhaps the wildest announced tweak is an optional "super meter," which lets players charge a meter in the course of a fight to earn a "weaker" version of the series' wild "final smash" attacks.
When this mode is toggled, players fight over their HP bars, like in more standard brawlers, as opposed to launching each other off the stage. Lots of pre-battle tweaks can be selected, such as previous games' "stamina" battle options. (Sakurai goes so far as to suggest swiping certain prized characters early in this mode to antagonize your friends.) Capcom-like team frenzy, as team swaps won't be available mid-combat, but it's a great option for a game with such an enormous character roster.Īnd a new "Smashdown" mode will automatically remove characters as available options every time they are used, so when a group of two-to-four players gets into an extended session, they'll all be forced to re-pick fighters after every match. A variety of tournament-friendly combat modes will be available, including Squad Strike, which lets players choose a few characters before starting a fight and whittling each side's three- or five-strong roster down. The video confirmed some, but not all, of the modes coming to the game. The series' famed Alucard will appear as an "assist trophy," as well, to be used in combat as a temporary helper.Ī better look at the new "echo" characters. Both characters will be able to fight in a new Dracula's Castle stage, which will include cameos from monsters like a werewolf and Dracula that pester fighters when they randomly appear. He'll be joined by Symphony of the Night hero Richter Belmont, who will appear as an "echo fighter"- Smash's term for an aesthetic re-skin with very slight move variations. His other attacks take advantage of classic "magical items" like the axe (complete with its thrown arc), ground-burning holy water, and straight-thrown blue cross. Smash Director Masahiro Sakurai confirmed that the character's classic whip gives him the longest standard melee attack ever seen in the series, at the cost of speed-and that it can be freely waved around, just like in the SNES classic Super Castlevania IV. Ultimate couldn't get any bigger, its creators had a Konami-tinged surprise on Wednesday: Castlevania's Simon Belmont as a brand-new playable Smash fighter.īelmont was arguably the biggest announcement to come in the latest news-filled Nintendo Direct video series. If you thought Nintendo's upcoming mascot-battler game Super Smash Bros. Richter, seen here standing next to Alucard, who will appear as a helpful "assist trophy."
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