[PG] Castlevania II: Simon's Quest NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) Gameplay HD with Mesen!
0Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is a platform-adventure game produced by Konami. It was originally released in Japan in 1987 for the Famicom Disk System, and in North America in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, respectively.
It is the second Castlevania game released for the NES, following the original Castlevania in 1986. Set sometime after the events of the first installment, the player once again assumes the role of vampire hunter Simon Belmont, who is on a journey to undo a curse placed on him by Dracula at the end of their previous encounter.
Dracula's body was split into five parts, which Simon must find and bring to the ruins of Castle Dracula and defeat him. The game notably deviates from the traditional platforming of its predecessor, incorporating role-playing and open world elements.
Gameplay of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest departs from the standard platforming genre of the first Castlevania. It features nonlinear gameplay and role-playing elements such as a world map which the player is free to explore and revisit. Simon, controlled by the player, can talk with villagers who will offer him clues or lies.
He can go to merchants who sell items, either for fighting enemies or for traversing to otherwise unreachable areas. To pay for them, he must collect hearts, which are dropped by defeated enemies. In addition to the ordinary items in Simon's inventory, he can purchase new whips in a few locations. Simon's Quest introduces an Experience Rating system, also found in role-playing games, which is increased by collecting hearts.
The period of time in Simon's Quest cycles between daytime and nightfall. During the day, the enemies outside villages are weaker. At nighttime, they are stronger, though when defeated, they drop more hearts.
Some elements from the previous game remain, including the Magic Weapons, which are secondary weapons to Simon's whip.
The objective of the game is to travel to the five mansions to find the five body parts of Dracula's corpse, and the Magic Cross. Finding all of the required items will allow Simon to clear the blockade in front of Dracula's castle to fight the last boss.
The game garnered positive reviews following its release, and received the reputation of a Nintendo classic over time.
In 1990, Nintendo Power's NES retrospective Pak Source gave Simon's Quest ratings of 4.5/5 for Graphic and Sound, 4/5 for Play Control, 4/5 for Challenge, and 4/5 for Theme Fun and in 2008, Nintendo Power ranked it as the 15th best NES game of all time.
In this video we're playing Castlevania II: Simon's Quest with Mesen, one of the best NES emulators available!
Gameplayer: Antonis
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