Best Castlevania (Castleroids only)

[esteban]

Problem: You can't have a poll of the "best" games in a series when they are not listed as choices!

Castlevania I-III on NES trounce all of the choices, for starters...

[ParanoiaDragon]

Well, as for SotN, they'll probably redub the voice acting for the new version on PSP, & maybe they'll even include the new areas & whatever music was new in the Saturn version.  But, it's still speculation for now.

[FM-77]

Problem: You can't have a poll of the "best" games in a series when they are not listed as choices!

Castlevania I-III on NES trounce all of the choices, for starters...

Castleroids only.

As for the Saturn version of SOTN... well, I love that you can play as Maria, that triple jump is tons of fun. But I find the game practically unplayable due to the incredibly low frame rate and the massive amount of slowdowns. When directly comparing the Saturn and PS1 versions, it's plain painful to play the Saturn one. Nasty port.

[Keranu]

I haven't played them all, but I have never really been fond of any of them. It's strange because I love games that mix genres like that and since I love Metroid and think normal Castlevania games are ok, I thought for sure these games would be for me. Instead they just bore the hell outta me.

[guyjin]

What, exactly, is a 'castleroid'? I assumed it meant the more free-form exploration games, but that would include Simon's Quest...

[Kitsunexus]

What, exactly, is a 'castleroid'?

Hemorrhoids for castles? ¯\(º_o)/¯

[Keranu]

What, exactly, is a 'castleroid'? I assumed it meant the more free-form exploration games, but that would include Simon's Quest...

Castlevania + Metroid

[guyjin]

I realize the root of the portmanteau. But why isn't Simon's Quest a castleroid?

[Keranu]

I think Simon's Quest is omitted because it doesn't take place in one huge dungeon throughout the whole game and the power ups aren't quite as Metroidish.

[esteban]

I realize the root of the portmanteau. But why isn't Simon's Quest a castleroid?

The word of the day is..... portmanteau!

[Kitsunexus]

I akways confuse that word with portamento, which makes me think of glidy Moog leads.

[Black Tiger]

I think Simon's Quest is omitted because it doesn't take place in one huge dungeon throughout the whole game and the power ups aren't quite as Metroidish.

I've always found the castle-confined play area to be the biggest weakness of the Castletroids.

I've been dying for quality remake of Simon's Quest ever since it came out.

[FM-77]

That would be neat for sure. I consider Simon's Quest one of the best games for the NES. The Angry Nintendo Nerd's review of it pisses me off.

[Black Tiger]

That would be neat for sure. I consider Simon's Quest one of the best games for the NES. The Angry Nintendo Nerd's review of it pisses me off.

Unfortunately, thats the whole point.

I'm surprised that he's still gets attention using the same old routine.

[Kitsunexus]

Q: Was the Angry Nintendo Nerd ever funny?

A: No.