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Castlevania Legends

Every legend has a beginning. Now discover the beginning of the Castlevania Legend in Castlevania Legends for Game Boy. In this single-player adventure, you play as Sonia Belmont, the very first in the line of…

27 November 1997

Castlevania Legends is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya, released 27 November 1997 on Game Boy.

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What Castlevania Legends is

Castlevania Legends is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya and released in 1997. It was published by Konami. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

he story begins in Transylvania in the year 1450. In the game (although not the series' overall canon), Sonia Belmont is the first Belmont to confront Dracula. She also meets Alucard who seeks revenge against his father Dracula.[2][3] After Dracula's defeat, he swears to Sonia that as long as there is evil in the world, he will be resurrected, and in response she swears her family will always defeat him. The game was also the first game in the series timeline until Lament of Innocence.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Castlevania series

Castlevania Legends is the 28th of 107 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. The next entry was Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge in 1998.

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What it launched against

Castlevania Legends launched on 27 November 1997, within three weeks of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing and Time Crisis II.

Released around the same time: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing, Time Crisis II.

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When did Castlevania Legends come out?
Castlevania Legends was released on 27 November 1997 for Game Boy.

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