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Castlevania

Castlevania (/ˌkæsəlˈveɪniə/), known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Konami. The series is largely set in the castle of Count Dracula, the arch-enemy of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters.

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Publisher
Konami
Creator
Hitoshi Akamatsu
Developers
Konami · Eighting (2008) · M2 (2009–2024) · MercurySteam (2010–2014) · Kojima Productions (2010)
First release
Castlevania September 26, 1986 (1986-09-26)
Genres
Platform · Metroidvania · Action-adventure · Action role-playing · Hack and slash
Latest release
Haunted Castle Revisited August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)

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Castlevania

Nodes193
Edges192
Triples328
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010363
Components1

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Castlevania

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related to Plot and setting · 38
Castlevania → Aria, Belmont's Curse1576, Belmont's Revenge1691, Blood1797, Bloodlines1944, Bram Stoker, Castlevania1698, Circle, Curse, Darkness, Darkness1499, Dawn, Dissonance1792, Dracula, Dracula's Curse1479, Ecclesia1830, Fate1102, Harmony, Innocence1450, Lament
Platforms · 36
Castlevania → Amiga, AmigaAndroidArcadeCommodore 64DOSGame BoyGame Boy ColorGame Boy AdvanceiOSMSX2Nintendo 3DSNintendo 64Nintendo DSNintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo SwitchNintendo Switch 2Play…, Android, Arcade, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, iOS, MSX2, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC Engine, PlayStation, PlayStation 2
related to In other media · 36
Castlevania → Alucard, Captain, Christopher Howell, Count, Curse, Darkness, Dracula, English, He, IDW Publishing, Illustrated, In, Innocence, It, Japan, Kou Sasakura, Lament, Marc Andreyko, Metroid, Mother Brain
related to Development · 35
Castlevania → After, Akamatsu, Akumajō Dracula, America, America's, An, Because, Castlevania II, Castlevania III, Dracula Satanic Castle, Dracula's Curse, Emil Heidkamp's, Family Computer Disk System, Galious, His, Hitoshi Akamatsu, Konami, Konami's, Lost Ark, Maze
related to Reception and legacy · 34
Castlevania → All Time, Aria, Both, Castlevania III, Dracula's Curse, Final Fantasy, Game Boy Advance, Gamer's Edition, GameRankings, Games, GameSpot, GameTrailers, Guinness World Records, IGN, Judgment, Many, Mario, Metacritic, Night, Nintendo Power's
related to TV series · 30
Castlevania → Alucard, American, Ayami Kojima, Blood, Castlevania III, Curse, Darkness, Dracula, Dracula's Curse, Ellis, France, Frederator Studios, French Revolution, It, January, Maria Renard, Netflix, Night, Nocturne, Original
related to Gameplay · 23
Castlevania → Alongside, Alucard, Alucard's, Castlevania II, Collecting, Dracula's, Each, He, Loss, Metroidvania, NES, Night, Players, Simon, Simon Belmont, Simon's, Simon's Quest, Symphony, These, This
related to Games · 19
Castlevania → Also, Australia, Castlevania II, Europe, Famicom Disk System, Following, It, Japan, Metroid, Most Castlevania, MSX, NES, NES Classic Edition, Nintendo Entertainment System, North America, PC, Simon's Quest, The, Vampire Killer
related to Audio · 18
Castlevania → Castlevania's, In, It, James Banana, King Records, Kinuyo Yamashita, Masanori Adachi, Michiru Yamane, Satoe Terashima, Stockholm, Stockholm Youth Symphonic Orchestra, Super Castlevania IV, Sweden, Taro Kudo, The, The Concert, Under, Yamashita
related to Cancelled projects · 16
Castlevania → Concept, December, DIC Animation City, However, Mario, Nintendo-focused, On May, Only, Power Hour, Relativity Media, Rogue Pictures, Super Mario Bros, Super Show, The Legend, The Super Mario Bros, Zelda

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game series dracula first games released lords shadow gameplay konami symphony night video elements nintendo development also title curse simon's

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CastlevaniaCreatorHitoshi Akamatsu1.00infobox
CastlevaniaDevelopersKonami1.00infobox
CastlevaniaDevelopersEighting (2008)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaDevelopersM2 (2009–2024)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaDevelopersMercurySteam (2010–2014)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaDevelopersKojima Productions (2010)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaDevelopersEvil Empire (2026)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaDevelopersMotion Twin (2026)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaFirst releaseCastlevania September 26, 1986 (1986-09-26)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaGenresPlatform1.00infobox
CastlevaniaGenresMetroidvania1.00infobox
CastlevaniaGenresAction-adventure1.00infobox
CastlevaniaGenresAction role-playing1.00infobox
CastlevaniaGenresHack and slash1.00infobox
CastlevaniaLatest releaseHaunted Castle Revisited August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsAmigaAndroidArcadeCommodore 64DOSGame BoyGame Boy ColorGame Boy AdvanceiOSMSX2Nintendo 3DSNintendo 64Nintendo DSNintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo SwitchNintendo Switch 2Play…1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsAmiga1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsAndroid1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsArcade1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsCommodore 641.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsDOS1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsGame Boy1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsGame Boy Color1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsGame Boy Advance1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsiOS1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsMSX21.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsNintendo 3DS1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsNintendo 641.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsNintendo DS1.00infobox
CastlevaniaPlatformsNintendo Entertainment System1.00infobox

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