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The major characters of the Castlevania franchise as seen in Grimoire of Souls. Clockwise from top: Shanoa, Simon Belmont, Charlotte Aulin, Soma Cruz, Alucard, and Maria Renard. Listed below are characters from all of the Castlevania video games and related media adaptations, in the order of their introduction and the work's release.
Castlevania (/ ˌ k æ s əl ˈ v eɪ n i ə /), known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, [a] [2] 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.
[27] In another discussion of the Castlevania characters, TheGamer celebrates Simon's multiple character designs, and decides that he is the most legendary vampire hunter of the Belmont clan. [28] Nintendo Power listed Simon as its seventh favorite hero, stating that while it respects all of the vampire hunters in Castlevania, he was the first ...
Alucard was intended to be a mirror image of his father, as evidenced by his name, his father's name spelled backwards. [1] The original Castlevania games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) contained references to the Universal Horror films, with Alucard being a tribute to Lon Chaney Jr.'s role as Count Alucard from the 1943 film, Son Of Dracula.
Dracula has become one of gaming's most popular villains based on his role on the franchise. He was listed as the third top villain of 2006 by Game Informer. [46] He was also listed as the number 7 most recurring video game character who has died repeatedly and been resurrected. [47] He is ranked third on EGM's Top Ten Badass Undead. [48]
By the end of 2017, Castlevania was the year's 15th most in-demand digital original series in the United States, averaging 18,137,196 demand expressions throughout the year. It was also one of the year's top 20 most in-demand digital original series in the United Kingdom (20th), Japan (4th), Brazil (10th), Mexico (11th), France (13th), Canada ...
Logo of the Castlevania series. Castlevania is a video game series created and published by Konami.The series debuted in Japan on September 26, 1986, with Akumajō Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ, Akumajō Dorakyura, lit.
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