New video: ‘Castlevania Legends’ (1997)
In 1997, while “Symphony of the Night” was redefining the franchise on PlayStation, a Konami spin-off team in Nagoya attempted to reboot the series’ origins on Game Boy. The result? “Castlevania Legends” and the story of Sonia Belmont: a risky title with unconventional mechanics that ended up being excluded from the official timeline by Koji Igarashi himself. We take a look at its turbulent development context, its mechanical strengths, and the real reasons behind its obscurity.
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