Super Castlevania IV

Description

Simon Belmont returns in the first Castlevania title to grace the SNES. The console may be different, but the setup is very familiar: The place is Transylvania. The villain is Count Dracula.

Belmont has the classic Castlevania assortment of weapons (the famous whip, daggers, axes, fire bombs, boomerangs) at his disposal, and he gains strength and points by collecting various-sized hearts, coin purses, and pork chops.

Like most Castlevania games, Super Castlevania IV is a 2D side-scrolling action game. However, it is 2D with more depth than ever before. Parallax scrolling and rotating chambers are some of the "Mode 7" effects made possible by the SNES hardware.

Alternate Titles

• "惡魔城" -- Chinese Title (traditional)
• "悪魔城ドラキュラ" -- Japanese Spelling
• "Castlevania 4" -- Common Informal Name
• "Akumajo Dracula" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
• Vampire-inspired games

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User Reviews

The "Belmont" Tolls For Thee...	SNES	So Hai (286)
Easily one of the most enjoyable platformers for the SNES.	SNES	Bregalad (661)
One of the best games for the SNES and of the entire Castlevania series	SNES	Xantheous (1240)
The best old-school Castlevania game in the series.	SNES	The Silverlord (4)
The greatest 2-D platform game ever made. Period.	SNES	Simon Wingate (27)
An atmospheric masterpiece	SNES	Brad Shead (6)
Hey Drac. How's It Goin?	SNES	Lake Hylia (3)

The Press Says

HonestGamers	SNES	Jan 13, 2004	10 out of 10	100
Game Zero	SNES	Apr, 1992	93 out of 100	93
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	SNES	Dec, 1991	93 out of 100	93
The Video Game Critic	SNES	Dec 22, 2004	A-	91
Kingdom of Desire	SNES	Feb 26, 2007	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Wii	Aug 04, 2009	17 out of 20	85
IGN	Wii	Jan 11, 2007	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Wii	Jan 10, 2007	7.8 out of 10	78
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SNES	May 01, 2005	7 out of 10	70
Retrogaming.it	SNES	Jan 22, 2008	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

There are differences between the US and Japanese releases of Super Castlevania IV. In Japan, the game is simply known as Akumajo Dracula. The cross on the tombstone at the beginning of the game was removed, for fear that people would be offended by lightning destroying the icon. Also, the name "Dracura" is visible in the Japanese version, but is merely a smudge in the American one.

There was also another censorship issue...the statues in level 6 were originally topless, but a toga was added for American release (why they changed this and not the nude Medusa is unclear). The font used in menus and the status bar is entirely different.

There there is the gore. The opening logo drips blood. All of that green slime in level 8 was original red, and even bits of gore were cleaned off the spikes in the English release. Cryptically enough, the tears of the crying eyeball thing are still red.