GameSpot, History of Castlevania (SotN, p. 1)

Cite as: GameSpot, History of Castlevania (SotN, p. 1)
Original: http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/history_castlevania/p11_01.html
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Accessed: 2026-10-22
Licence: © GameSpot / CNET Networks (at the time of the capture)
Credit: GameSpot
Notes: First page of the feature's Symphony of the Night section (the second page is `gamespot-history-castlevania`). It compares the game with Rondo of Blood and Metroid. The page names no author; its earliest capture is from 2002, and the section's second page was captured in June 2001.

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The game opens where Rondo of Blood ended, with Richter's fight against Dracula, and GameSpot's history of the series calls it a direct sequel.	`paragraph beginning "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night literally starts out"paragraph beginning "Many of the enemies"`	Web
GameSpot's history of the series calls Symphony of the Night widely regarded as the best Castlevania and its music the best in the series.	`opening paragraph`	Web
GameSpot's history of the series says the game's freedom to explore recalls Rondo of Blood and Vampire Killer, but that other than the basic layout of some stages it owes more to Nintendo's Metroid than to the Castlevania before it, down to a map like Metroid's. It says the borrowing, if anything, increased the game's replay value tremendously.	`paragraph beginning "The inspiration for Symphony of the Night's gameplay"paragraph beginning "The inspiration for Symphony of the Night's gameplay"paragraph beginning "In these areas"`	Web