GameSpot, Super Castlevania IV review

Cite as: GameSpot, Super Castlevania IV review
Original: https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-castlevania-iv-review/1900-6164052/
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Accessed: 2026-10-22
Licence: © GameSpot / CBS Interactive (at the time of the capture)
Credit: Brad Shoemaker, GameSpot.
Notes: GameSpot's review of the Wii Virtual Console release, scored 7.8 of 10 ("Good").

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Brad Shoemaker's 2007 GameSpot review praises the game's use of Mode 7, and singles out a slowly rotating room where Simon swings from a grapple point to the next platform as the room rights itself.	`third paragraphthird paragraph`	Web
Brad Shoemaker's 2007 GameSpot review of the Wii Virtual Console release scored it 7.8 out of 10. He called it one of the best of the early Castlevania games and a tough but satisfying action game, short, but with a sometimes punishing difficulty that makes up for it.	`score boxfirst paragraphfirst paragraphlast paragraph`	Web
The eight-way whip and the swing from grapple points have seldom returned in later Castlevania games, which put more weight on weapons besides the whip.	`second paragraphsecond paragraph`	Web