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    Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

    Game » consists of 14 releases. Released Dec 22, 1989

    Set over 200 years before the original game, the third installment of the Castlevania series tells the tale of Simon Belmont's ancestor Trevor, who seeks to destroy Dracula with the help of one of three possible companions.

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    Castlevania III Review 0

    Set in the year 1476, Castlevania III casts you as Trevor Belmont, ancestor of the protagonist from the first two Castlevania games. Dracula is set to cloak the world in darkness, and it’s your job to jump and thwap (I don’t know what verbs are associated with whips) your way through Dracula’s castle and the surrounding countryside, ultimately slaying Dracula himself and putting an end to his dark reign. Throughout your journey you can recruit other characters to help you in yo...

    4 out of 4 found this review helpful.

    Excellent 0

    Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is simply a must have or must play if you're into Castlevania games. To me this game is the one that really started it all. It has evererything. Great soundtrack, graphics, characters, and most important of all great and accesible gameplay. Don't forget that it also has an incredible and memorable story.The game puts you in the shoes of Trevor Belmont which he's from the Bealmont clan which is a family known to have superpowers  and wield the vampire slaying whip...

    0 out of 0 found this review helpful.

    Slow and steady gets your ass kicked. 0

    Well it’s been awhile since I’ve done a Wii Virtual Console review. So my first 2009 old game review is for…Castlevania 3 : The second good Castlevania game on the NES. Story : One gets the impression that Konami was attempting to be more “cinematic” with Castlevania 3, being that the opening title screen starts with an 8-bit screen of a film reel streaming along. The game starts with the Simon Belmont sprite mourning over the grave of what I thought to be his dearly departed guinea pig and vowi...

    0 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    Castlevania III: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 0

    This rounds out a terrific trilogy of pre-Buffy vampire bustin' goodness on the Nintendo Entertainment System. It's probably the hardest of the three, which is saying quite a lot. I wonder how much easier these games would be if getting hurt didn't knock you back? Maybe in a parallel universe somewhere that's the case: red is blue, up is down, and Simon Belmont keeps walking forward if he gets hit by something. The copy I have doesn't work too well, so this one's on the wish list too....

    0 out of 0 found this review helpful.

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