Finally, the time has come for Retronauts to focus an entire episode of one of my favorite video game series: Castlevania! This little-known and underappreciated franchise is…*puts hand to ear* I'm sorry, I'm getting word that Retronauts has, in fact, dedicated a great many episodes to Castlevania??
No matter, this one is different. For starters, it's only about the original game, Castlevania. Also, that's a lie: it's about the original game and the many attempts Konami made over the years to retell that first encounter between Simon Belmont and Count Dracula. Video game reboots are just a thing we live with now, but there was a time when it was a radical idea for a game publisher to say "Let's try that again, but not as a sequel."
Joining us on this episode are Shane Bettenhausen and USGamer's Nadia Oxford (co-host of Axe of the Blood God), two returning guests who have plenty to say about vampires and the slaying thereof.
Description: Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, and Nadia Oxford break quarantine to return to Transylvania for an in-depth look at the original Castlevania for NES and its many, many alternate versions and remakes through the years.
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Artwork for this episode by Greg Melo and editing thanks go to Greg Leahy