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George Young

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse was made to enlighten players who "love Metroidvanias" but have "never played a Castlevania game," Konami lead says

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse key art showing a striking image of Rose Belmont with an arm covered in red raised holding a weapon, with a textured background.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse producer Tsutomu Taniguchi explains that he proposed the development of a new game in the series after reading comments from Metroidvania fans who'd never played a Castlevania game.

Castlevania may be the one half of the genre name, but according to Taniguchi, many self-professed Metroidvania fans admit they've never played any games from the franchise. In an interview with Famitsu, he spoke about how development of Castlevania:Belmont's Curse began from this revelation.

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