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Simon Belmont
is a fictional character who serves as the first protagonist to appear in the '' Castlevania'' series. He appears in '' Castlevania'', ''Vampire Killer'', '' Haunted Castle'', '' Castlevania II: Simon's Quest'', '' Super Castlevania IV'', and '' Castlevania Chronicles'', and acts as a supporting character in ''Castlevania Judgment'' and '' Castlevania: Harmony of Despair''. He also appeared as a playable character in '' DreamMix TV World Fighters'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. Simon has received positive reviews from critics. Character design and appearances In 1691, Simon Belmont kills Count Dracula in an event that is retold in multiple games ('' Castlevania'', ''Vampire Killer'', '' Haunted Castle'', '' Super Castlevania IV'', and '' Castlevania Chronicles''). By the events of '' Castlevania II: Simon's Quest'', the now deceased Dracula has placed a curse on Simon and all of Transylvania. Simon breaks the curse by gathering and incinerating Dracula's remains, though it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlevania
''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula (Castlevania), Dracula, created and developed by Konami. It has been released on various platforms, from early systems to modern consoles, as well as handheld devices such as mobile phones. The franchise has expanded into several spin-off video games and List of Castlevania media, other media, including comic books and an Castlevania (TV series), animated television series. ''Castlevania'' is largely set in the eponymous castle of Dracula (Castlevania), Count Dracula, the main antagonist of the List of Castlevania characters, Belmont clan of vampire hunters. It debuted with 1986's ''Castlevania (1986 video game), Castlevania'' for the Nintendo Family Computer Disk System. The first entry and the majority of its sequels are side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling action platformers, and were succeeded by the 1997 game, ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haunted Castle (video Game)
''Haunted Castle'' is a Side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling platform game released by Konami for the arcade game, arcades in 1987. It is the second arcade game in the Castlevania franchise, following ''Castlevania (1986 video game)#Releases, Vs. Castlevania'', an arcade port of the original Castlevania (1986 video game), 1986 NES video game released exclusively in North America. Unlike the previous arcade title in the franchise, ''Haunted Castle'' is not a direct port of an existing console game, but a newly-developed arcade game running on custom Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association, JAMMA-based board. The game has the player controlling Simon Belmont, who embarks on a journey to save his wife Selena from the clutches of Dracula (Castlevania), Dracula. Gameplay ''Haunted Castle'' is a platform game with six stages, which are played through in a linear progression. The player controls the main character, whose primary weapon is a whip. He must fight various en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Game
A fighting game, also known as a versus fighting game, is a video game genre, genre of video game that involves combat between two or more players. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as Blocking (martial arts), blocking, grappling, counter-attacking, and chaining attacks together into "Combo (video games), combos". Characters generally engage in battle using hand-to-hand combat—often some form of martial arts. The fighting game genre is related to, but distinct from, the beat 'em up genre, which pits large numbers of computer-controlled enemies against one or more player characters. Battles in fighting games usually take place in a fixed-size arena along a two-dimensional plane, to which the characters' movement is restricted. Characters can navigate this plane horizontally by walking or dashing, and vertically by jumping. Some games, such as ''Tekken (video game), Tekken'', also allow limited movement in 3D space. The first video game to feature fist fighting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Keene
Kevin "Captain N" Keene, is the titular fictional character in the toyline and animated television series, '' Captain N: The Game Master'' (1989–91), which is part of the Nintendo franchise, the character additionally serving as a former mascot of Nintendo of America.Seanbaby, "Memorial to ''Captain N'': Kevin", ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' 229 (June 2008): 90. In the comic series of the same name, Kevin serves as the primary love interest for Samus Aran, both united against their archenemy Mother Brain. In both series, Kevin is summoned to Videoland from the real world by the Ultimate Warp Zone as the fabled Game Master known as "Captain N", to serve as a warrior of the Videoland royal family, using his outside knowledge of their universe (which in his own are various video games) to protect it from invasion. In the toyline, he is the principal hero. In ''Captain N: The Game Master'' (1989–1991) The character Captain N first appeared in ''Nintendo Power'' magazine, cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koji Igarashi
is a Japanese video game producer, programmer, writer, and creative director. Often credited as IGA, he began his career by joining Konami in 1990 as a programmer. Over the next ten years, he moved into a senior role within the company, working on '' Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' as a programmer, writer, and assistant director. He later served as the lead producer on the ''Castlevania'' series, starting with '' Castlevania Chronicles'' in 1999 and ending with '' Castlevania: Harmony of Despair'' in 2011. During his time with Konami, he was also involved in other titles, such as '' Nano Breaker'' and ''Tokimeki Memorial''. In 2014, Igarashi left Konami to later become the co-founder of Artplay who in June 2019 released '' Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night'', a spiritual successor to ''Symphony of the Night''. Early life Koji Igarashi was born in the Fukushima Prefecture on 17 March 1968. His father was a lumberjack. Igarashi had an interest in becoming a carpenter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Yagami
is the main protagonist of the manga series ''Death Note'', created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is portrayed as a brilliant but bored genius who finds the Death Note, an otherworldly supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill anyone by knowing their name and face, after it is dropped by the Shinigami Ryuk. Frustrated by the status quo and unfairness of the world, Light uses the Death Note to kill those whom he deems morally unworthy of life, masterminding a worldwide massacre as the vigilante . Over the course of his efforts to create a world free of crime and evil, over which he would rule and reign as a godlike figure, Light is pursued by a special task-force, headed by a consulting detective known as L. In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Mamoru Miyano in Japanese and by Brad Swaile in the English version. In the live-action film series, he is portrayed by Tatsuya Fujiwara with Swaile reprising his role as his English dub voice; he is portrayed by both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Obata
is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for ''Hikaru no Go'' (1998–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for '' Death Note'' (2003–2006) and ''Bakuman'' (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba. Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including Nobuhiro Watsuki of ''Rurouni Kenshin'' fame, '' Black Cat'' creator Kentaro Yabuki, and ''Eyeshield 21'' artist Yusuke Murata. Career Takeshi Obata chose to be a manga artist because he always loved drawing. As a child he re-read Shotaro Ishinomori's ''Cyborg 009'' over and over. His first published manga was in Higashi-Yamanoshita Elementary's school newspaper when he was in the third grade. It was about a hero who turned into a disposable pocket warmer when in trouble. Obata originally became noticed in 1985 when he took a prize in the Tezuka Award for his one-shot ''500 Kōnen no Shinwa''. Joining the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Note
''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May 2006, with its 108 chapters collected in 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who discovers a mysterious notebook: the "Death Note", which belonged to the ''shinigami'' Ryuk, and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages. The series centers around Light's subsequent attempts to use the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals whom he deems immoral and to create a crime-free society, using the alias of a god-like vigilante named "Kira", and the subsequent efforts of an elite Japanese police task force, led by enigmatic detective L, to apprehend him. A 37-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Madhouse and directed by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Of Dissonance
''Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance'' is a platform-adventure video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance. Part of Konami's ''Castlevania'' video game series, it is the second installment of the series on the Game Boy Advance. It was released in Japan in June 2002, in North America in September 2002, and in Europe in October 2002. ''Harmony of Dissonance'' occurs in the fictional universe of the ''Castlevania'' series; the premise of the series centers on the eternal conflict between the vampire hunters of the List of Castlevania characters#, Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula. Set fifty years after Simon Belmont vanquished Dracula's curse, ''Harmony of Dissonance'' focuses on his grandson Juste Belmont and his quest to rescue a kidnapped childhood friend. Koji Igarashi produced ''Harmony of Dissonance'' with the intent of "creat[ing] a game that was similar to ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night''", t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
