You can also still collect side weapons, like an axe, holy water, daggers, and more, though they consume hearts that you have to collect during gameplay, either from defeated enemies or via candles. As per usual you can power up your whip by collecting power ups, making it longer and do more damage. You can also whip it up to ledges or ceilings and swing across platforms, which is fun but tricky. This time the whip can whip in eight directions, and if you hold down the action button the chain goes limp and you can waggle it around in order to block projectiles, or just have fun with the early example of weapon physics. Like the other early entries in the series, Super Castlevania IV is a side-scrolling action platformer, with your main character controlling a whip to attack enemies. Super Castlevania IV was released on the SNES on October 31 st 1991 in Japan, December 4 th 1991 in the US, and November 23 rd … 1992… *sigh*, in Europe.ĭespite being called Super Castlevania IV, it’s not the fourth “Super Castlevania”, and while it’s the fourth game on consoles, it’s actually a remake of the first Castlevania game, so… misleading all round (well, apart from everyone was used to seeing “Super” added to most SNES games anyway…) In the end though, who cares? Let’s take a look, and kick off the actual game review part of the Smash Ultimate countdown!Ī whip and a Bone Pillar, what more do you need?

I was excited when Simon and Ritcher Belmont were announced for Smash Ultimate, not just because I’ve wanted Simon in ever since Mega Man appeared as a NES-era 3 rd party rep in the last game, but also it meant I got to cover a Castlevania game on this blog! I mean, I was going to eventually anyway, obviously, but this is a nice excuse to jump straight to the favourite one that I’ve played: Super Castlevania IV.

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