Mobility during jumping is a cross between Super Castlevania IV and Castlevania: Bloodlines. Sub-weapon throwing is performed by pressing UP on the controller pad and then pressing the attack button (default ' Y') and is no longer assigned to a separate button, making it more difficult to use sub-weaponry while climbing or near stairs. Whip strikes are only performed in one direction, straightforward of the player character (unlike Super Castlevania IV, where the whip could be struck in eight different directions), and lost is the ability to let the whip go limp and jiggle it around. Unlike its console predecessor, Super Castlevania IV, Dracula X attempts to return to the franchise's basic roots by implementing gameplay mechanics that are much more akin to the classic games of the 8-bit era, while at the same time making use of the more advanced hardware's capabilities to allow the performance of special attacks and effects.

There is only one player character to play as this time around, the vampire hunter Richter Belmont, with Maria just appearing as a damsel in distress that must be found and rescued in one of the levels. Cruel and heartless, he at the same time possesses refinement and grace that would be expected only of nobility.īeing a reimagining of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, gameplay in Castlevania: Dracula X is almost identical to it, only featuring a few minor differences. Proprietor of the evil castle and origin of all wickedness in the world. Translated Japanese instruction booklet description. To rescue Annet and Maria, and to seal away Count Dracula once again, Richter, mourning his fate, took up his ancestral holy whip and headed for the Demon Castle.'' To lure Richter to the Demon Castle, he lead his new servants in an attack on the town, abducting Richter's lover, Annet, her younger sister, Maria, shutting them up in the Demon Castle.

Count Dracula, now revived, plotted revenge against the descendant of the Belmont line that sealed him away, Richter Belmont. Now, once more, the wickedness in the hearts of some men has resurrected the Dark Lord of evil, Count Dracula. Hundreds of years have passed since the time of Simon Belmont, the legendary hero said to have sealed away Count Dracula, and the people have grown used to peace, and corrupted it. In the land which gave rise to countless legends of Dracula, a pitch-black evil has once again come. Plot The country of Transylvania in the Middle Ages.

5.1 Differences between Dracula X and Rondo of Blood.

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