It is also considered a pioneer of the Metroidvania genre, inspiring numerous exploration-based action-adventure games. The game garnered widespread acclaim, often cited by critics as one of the best video games of all time, praising its gameplay innovations, atmosphere, visuals and soundtrack.
However, it gradually gained sales through word-of-mouth and became a sleeper hit, developing a cult following and selling over 700,000 units in the United States and Japan. Symphony of the Night initially sold poorly. Its design marks a break from previous entries in the series, re-introducing the exploration, nonlinear level design, and role-playing elements first experimented with in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. It features Dracula's dhampir son Alucard (returning from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse) as the protagonist, rising from his slumber to explore Dracula's castle which resurfaced after Richter Belmont vanished. It is a direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, taking place four years later. It was directed and produced by Toru Hagihara, with Koji Igarashi acting as assistant director.
It included extra features.Action role-playing, platform-adventure ( Metroidvania)Ĭastlevania: Symphony of the Night is an action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. This was more of an enhancement-port of the original PlayStation version, rather than just a direct port. In Japan in 1998, Symphony of the Night was ported to the Sega Saturn.
So guys this may sound lame, but i just find out that the Legendary Castlevania SOTN had a Japanese only version on the saturn, called Dracula X, i imediatly got exited, because, well beacause its a great game, and i would love to play it on my saturn, but as most people i dont understand japanese.
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