Kid Dracula

Kid Dracula
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Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Programmer(s)	Y. Hayano
Artist(s)	Hiroko Funabiki
Composer(s)	A. Itoh
Platform(s)	Family Computer, Game Boy, mobile phones
Release date(s)	Family Computer JP October 19, 1990 Game Boy JP January 3, 1993 NA March 1993 JP March, 2000 (Nintendo Power) Mobile phones JP June 30, 2006
Genre(s)	Platforming
Mode(s)	Single-player

Kid Dracula is a comical gothic-themed platform game series, and a spinoff to Castlevania. The first 1990 Family Computer game Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun (悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん, lit. "Demon Castle Special: Kid Dracula") was released in Japan only. A reproduction cartridge was eventually re-released with a brand new English translation by RetroZone.com in 2011.[1] Konami released a title for the Game Boy by in 1993 in both regions. It is simultaneously a remake and a sequel of the Famicom version. A version for Mobile Phones was also released in 2006.

Plot

The self-proclaimed Demon Prince, Kid Dracula, has awoken from a long sleep, only to discover that the evil dinosaur-like creature Garamoth has challenged him. Kid Dracula decides to destroy Garamoth himself.

Development

The Japanese name of the Castlevania series is Akumajō Dracula (lit. "Devil's Castle Dracula"), which is also the name used in most spin-offs of the Castlevania games in Japan, cementing a relationship between the two. The game's main antagonist, Garamoth, later appeared as a boss character in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. In Symphony, he dropped his cartoonish appearance and was named Galamoth (due to the ambiguity of Japanese-English transliterations).

Legacy

• Kid Dracula appears as a secret item in The Legend of the Mystical Ninja for SNES and GBA.

• Kid Dracula made an appearance in the Super Famicom version of Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～ as a selectable character.

• He is also a hidden selectable character in the game's sequel, Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius: forever with me, which is the PlayStation and Sega Saturn version of the Super Famicom game, Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius.

• Additionally, Garamoth/Galamoth appears as a boss enemy in Akumajō Drakula X: Nocturn in the Moonlight/Castlevania Symphony of the Night, appearing towards the very top of the reverse castle.

• Also, Galamoth reappears in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow for the GameBoy Advance as a soul used by the protagonist Soma Cruz to counter the effects of time-stopping magic of the Chronomage creature.

• Galamoth's relation to Time as well as his conflict with Dracula is further expanded in Castlevania: Judgment where he sends a creature known as Time Reaper to destroy his rival.

• Kid Dracula makes a cameo appearance in New International Track & Field for Nintendo DS, as an inflated float.