Castlevania Legends

by SPIG

Product Features

• Five stages plus a bonus
• variety of environments
• large number of enemies
• loads of weapons
• password save

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00002ST18
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,635 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

A full moon rises on Castlevania Legends the first GameBoy title since 1991 in the wildly popular vampire hunting series. The feminine twist to this entry has pony-tailed Sonja Belmont cracking her whip on all sorts of things that go bump in the night. Hardly a Y chromosome is in sight as Sonja the sister of longtime Castlevania hero Simon Belmont searches a gloomy castle for Count Dracula himself.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars castlevania lengends, August 9, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

castlevania lengends was a ok game it's not in the class of some of the other castlevania series. overall it was a entertaining game and not to hard to beat one of the great features it has you can get a password to continue the level you left off I would recommend this game to mine friends

4.0 out of 5 stars Average and Below Gameplay Drags Down Promising Premise., November 1, 2009

By	Ratty - See all my reviews

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This is the game that "Castlevania: The Adventure" should have been. With the exception of the maddeningly frustrating climbing/bat sections it is solid (unlike the broken mess of "Adventure") and in spots very fun. The problem and criticism surrounding this title comes when you realize that not only did this game have to directly follow two masterpieces of the series, "Belmont's Revenge" also on the original gameboy, and "Symphony of the Night" on the PSX. It pales in comparison to both of those titles in every category except story, where hands down it still beats "Revenge".

The Good- Excellent origin story for the series, much more interesting than the predictable yawn-fest of "Lament of Innocence". 80% solid gameplay -climbing sections with bats you can't really hit ruin the game for many. And it is one of the last "ClassicVanias" before the series went into a spiral of endlessly cloning SOTN or "MetroidVania" style gameplay in all 2D entries.

The Bad- The story is no longer canon (IGA, director of the series, really dropped the ball here as a proper remake of this game I cannot help but think would have been much more fun than "Lament"). The gameplay is not as finely tuned as most other Classic CV titles. Most of which benefit from masterfully crafted platforming and action. The backgrounds are dull, with largely empty backgrounds, average and below sprite work, and a mostly average soundtrack. Which gives the impression that the creators had a wonderful story and not the will to execute/tell it properly.
This is an impression a lot of people take at face value. But after considering it I think having to cram in the data for nintendos latest gimmick/SNES life-extender at the time - the super gameboy, more adequetly explains the sparseness in other areas of the game. It was only a grey original gameboy cartidge after all. Trying to stuff this new technology AND a game worthy of following up Belmont's Revenge into it was a lot to ask of the development team.
(Said super game boy "enhancements" consist of different solid colors for the stages and a castle-style border for the game when played on the super gameboy by the way.)

In any case, a mediocre game rests where, given the story, a masterpiece should be. And the series as a whole is less rich for it.

All in all I would rate this a slightly below average classic Castlevania (putting aside the story, which is excellent and far superior to the mold of just "Dracula has awoken (early) go kill him again." of most CV games) and a slightly above average action game for the gameboy.

This does not warrant the huge price tag attached to the game these days however, and to all but obsessive CV completests I would recommend the terrific "Belmont's Revenge" for your classic Castlevania on-the-go needs instead. That game usually costs about half as much and is just better overall.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good game., May 3, 2009

A Kid's Review

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Fairly short. Easier than Castlevania 1. Has checkpoints and a limited use invincibility. Very fun.