Super Castlevania IV Wikipedia. Super Castlevania IVa is a platform game developed and published by Konami and the first Castlevania game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was originally released in 1. Super Castlevania IV is a platform game developed and published by Konami and the first Castlevania game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Games That Defined The Super Nintendo SNES The 16bit era might just have been the most exciting time in the video game industry. Rivalries were never quite as. Virtual Console in 2. Wii,3 in 2. 01. Wii U, and in 2. New Nintendo 3. DS. Nintendo re released Super Castlevania IV in the United States in September 2. Super NES Classic Edition. Super Castlevania IV features expanded play control, 1. SNES Mode 7, and a soundtrack featuring brand new pieces and arrangements based on previous Castlevania music. Super Contra Nes 30 Lives' title='Super Contra Nes 30 Lives' />Following the same setting as Castlevania on the NES, the game takes place in 1. Transylvania, where the vampire hunter Simon Belmont must defeat the vampire Dracula. The game received critical acclaim with some calling it one of the greatest video games of all time. RaijcTpe4Ec/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Super Contra Nes 30 Lives' title='Super Contra Nes 30 Lives' />Gameplayedit. The whip is a large part of Super Castlevania IVs gameplay. Super Castlevania IV is a side scrolling platform game where the player takes control of Simon through eleven levels. Players begin the game with three lives, and it ends in a game over once they have lost them all. The player will lose a life if all of Simons health gauge is depleted or if they do not finish the level within the time limit. The health gauge can be restored through food items that can be dropped from candles and enemies, or with the Magic Crystal, which is received after defeating the boss at end of each level. A password can also be entered to continue the game. With Simons whip, players can attack enemies in eight directions with the use of the control pad. By holding down the attack button, the whip will go limp and can be waved around with the control pad, which can be used to block projectiles. The length and power of the whip can be increased up to two levels by collecting an item called the Morning Star. The whip is not only used for fighting, but also for latching onto rings to swing over areas that are too wide or dangerous for the player to jump across. In addition to jumping, the player can control Simon to move while crouching. Like its predecessors, players can use secondary weapons that consume Simons Hearts, which are dropped from candles and enemies. The secondary weapons include but are not limited to an axe which can be thrown in an arc, a watch which stops all enemy motion and a dagger that can be thrown across the screen. Collecting the items known as the Double and Triple Shots allows the player to throw secondary weapons up to three times in a row. Development and releaseeditSuper Castlevania IV was directed by Masahiro Ueno credited in the game as Jun Furano since Konami did not allow the use of real names at the time, who was also the main programmer. His first 1. 6 bit game, Uenos team possibly started development on it during 1. Ueno liked the original Castlevania for the Nintendo Entertainment System the most and wanted to make a pure action game that was similar to it. Ueno only considers Super Castlevania IV a remake of the original Castlevania to some extent. Many features in Super Castlevania IV were introduced to make it a less frustrating game for players, such as giving them more control over Simon when he walked up stairs. Due to the team being small, everyone was involved with the design and some ideas came from the creative artists and others by the programmers experiments. The team drew maps on paper and a lot was changed as the game was worked on. Mitsuru Yaida credited as Yaipon programmed Simon and also implemented the games whip system, which was to introduce some new gameplay that was not possible on the NES. As the enemy and boss programmer, Ueno conceived some rough ideas and additional programmers would implement more detailed boss patterns. Earlier bosses were designed to be easier so that players could discover weak points and effective weapons without retrying. Ueno also worked on both the Japanese and English versions of the game, with the latter featuring some instances of censorship. He was asked to alter the color palette in the English version in order to remove some depictions of blood in stage eight. The packaging artwork for the North American and European versions was created by Tom Dubois, who also designed the packaging for many other Konami titles outside Japan. It was re released on several platforms, such as the Wii Us Virtual Console. In 2. 01. 7, it was included on Nintendos Super NES Classic Edition, a miniature replica of the SNES featuring many built in games. Danzig Bootlegs. The soundtrack for Super Castlevania IV was composed by Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo credited as Masanori Oodachi and Souji Taro respectively. Ueno wanted to make the environment of Super Castlevania IV more interactive and was proud of how the games sound effects and music contributed to the atmosphere. The music was released on Akumaj Dracula Best 2 in a compilation with Castlevania The Adventure and Castlevania II Belmonts Revenges music. On June 2. 1st, 2. Mondo. 2. 2Critical receptioneditUpon Super Castlevania IVs North American release, the game was acclaimed by critics. Nintendo Power gave the game four overall scores of 4. Among several items, the magazine cited the games graphics, music, and action sequences as positives. In 1. 99. 4 the game was reviewed by Sandy Petersen in Dragon 2. Eye of the Monitor column. Petersen gave the game 3 out of 5 stars. Super Castlevania IV was named by Nintendo Power in a 2. Nintendo system. Now it has been ranked 2. Official Nintendo Magazine placed the game at 7. Nintendo games ever. Game Informers review opined that it perfected the classic formula due to its whip and less stiff gameplay. It also praised its use of Mode 7. Game. Zone ranked it as the second best Castlevania title, citing the gameplay, audio and its multi scrolling playfields. In a review for the release on the Wii Us e. Shop, Nintendo Life wrote Unlike many of the other 1. Castlevania installments. Several publications have lauded it as one of the greatest video games of all time. The game sold a little over 5. Known in Japan as Akumaj Dorakyura, lit. Devils Castle Dracula2Referencesedit ab. Gidney, Adam. Tom Dubois artist page. BOXART. Retrieved August 1. Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. October 2. 00. 7. Castlevania The Dracula X Chronicles. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Japanese Konami translation by Ken Ogasawara Dracula, lord of darkness, master of the devils castle, walks among us. Nintendo. Super Castlevania IV Game Info. Nintendo. Retrieved 2. Super Castlevania IV 3. DS e. Shop listing http www. Nintendo. Accessed 9 September 2. Super NES Classic Edition. Nintendo of America, Inc. September 2. 9, 2. Super Castlevania IV instruction booklet. Konami. 1. 99. 1. SNS AD USA.   ab. The 2. 3 Best Vintage Video Games You Can Play In Your Browser, Buzz. Feed, 2. 01. 4 abEGM Top 1. Best Games of All Time. Electronic Gaming Monthly. November 1. 99. 7. 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