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The History of Castlevania — GameSpot feature, Symphony of the Night section

Staff, GameSpot. 2001. “The History of Castlevania — GameSpot feature, Symphony of the Night section.”

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GameSpot, History of Castlevania
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Second page of the feature's Symphony of the Night section (the first is `gamespot-history-castlevania-p1`): the Metroid borrowing, replay value, the music, the Saturn version, and the small first US print run. The page names no author; its earliest capture is from June 2001.

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GameSpot's history of the series says that after beating Dracula the player can go through a special version of the game as Richter, who can't turn into a bat or "poisonous fog"; EGM's reviewer says Richter is played with a code once the game is completed.paragraph beginning "Borrowing ideas from Nintendo's Metroid"Web
The Saturn version lets the player be Richter or Maria from the start and adds two areas the PlayStation version lacks, the Cursed Prison and the Underground Garden.The Better Version?Web
GameSpot's history of the series says the first American print run was small, since few expected a 2D game to sell, and that word of mouth then sold it widely.final paragraph of the sectionWeb
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.paragraph beginning "It seemed rather appropriate"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 "Borrowing ideas from Nintendo's Metroid"Web