Castlevania (Wii)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 7.1 (3.5 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Greg Mueller
• Reviewed on: 05/09/2007
• Released on: 04/30/2007
• Originally published on GameSpot: Castlevania (Wii) Review

In the era of the Nintendo Entertainment System, publisher Konami was known for making maddeningly difficult but remarkably enjoyable games. Fortunately, games like Gradius and Contra at least had cheat codes to make the difficulty slightly more reasonable. Castlevania, on the other hand, had no such crutch. In fact, the game had an unlockable "hard" mode instead. But somehow, as frustrating as Castlevania could be, it was still an entertaining game because of its solid action and dark, appealing atmosphere. Castlevania is now available on the Wii Virtual Console for 500 points ($5), and it's every bit as challenging and playable as it was when it was originally released 20 years ago.

Some of the most annoying enemies in all of video games first appeared in this game.

In Transylvania, the sinister vampire known as Dracula awakens just about every century and threatens to unleash evil upon the world. Each time, various members of the Belmont family must use a trusty magic whip to defeat the old bat and put him back to sleep for another hundred years. In Castlevania you play as Simon Belmont, and you have to enter Dracula's castle and make your way through six levels, killing enemies, bosses, and ultimately Dracula himself.

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