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Castlevania: Circle of the moon

By: GBEh?

Hey all you SSBU fans! GBEh? Reportin. Long time no see. As you might have noted I being forced to the side by my dear friend Mike. Well fear no more. I am back in action and here to stay! Well we are all in the dumps about New York,(i am not going to drag this on) sad, sad thing. Before i start I want to say this....... Go and make sure you have the cold hard facts before you start spreding the word. OK?

Today I'm reviewing Castlevania: Circle of the Moon! At last I own it! It is 1830... In an old Aurstain castle. From the worshipers of chaos, rise the plea for the return of the lord of darkness. O lord Drack is back! In the opening scene Huge Baldwin, Nathen Graves and Morris Baldwin rush in just as Drak rises from his coffin. Morris "Stop!" he shouts :You cannot be allowed to taint the world!" Drak "You... I remember... You were one of the Vampire Killers that sealed me... you've aged." Morris "It is our duty to see you banished." Drak "Amusing. To use my nemesis' life to return my power. I have no use for the children.(Hugh Nathen) Be gone! and with that a abnormaly powerful bat destroys the ground under their feet and get dumped in the catacombs. What the rest of the game is is colecting items to open ares to get to the super key to get to were the big cheese is hiding. This game is the first of its time; Castlevania CotM is a Action RPG hybrid. Like all past Castlevania games you jump around in a 2D world swinging your whip beating up dem blood sucking slime but whats diffrent with this is each little bugger you kill gives ya Exp, get enuf you gain a level, each time that happens all your stats go up. (I.E. HP,MP(Mind not Magic), Hearts, Str, Def, Intengince(I need some o that) and Luck.) HP is what you live on, you outa HP you outa time, MP lets you use DSS(Dule Systeme Setup) take your 2 card and they give abiltys like, a fire sword insted of a wip, blasts of poison surounding and protecting you, you wip shooting ice balls off the end, run faster, up your stats up, the list goes on and on. There great to have but hard to find. Hearts are used for your side arm, throwing daggers, throwing axes, holy water, stop watch and throwing cross. Str is the dammage you do. Def is the damage you take. Intelengence controls how high you MP is, and a mans best friend........ Luck, luck is will you find an item when you kill a monster? Will you find a card? Items are relly handy to have but DSS is the best! This game has inventive bosses, cool power ups, large play map, a wide range of play modes(unlock) and that ever going RPG fad of "Just how high can my level go? I think that this is a great game with very high relpay ability. Lots of fun and worth the money. The only thing this game is lacking is a good story line but thats more than made up with sounds, sights, play controle and DSS. The sound track is creepy and the graphics are smoth and crisp but at the same time bloody and gutsy.

***Strategy- Some would aruge but this game has maney Strat elemints to it, DSS, use what when and where and how?

Sports- Some one set up us the bomb.

*Shooter- One DSS lets you use a gun! Racing-Pit stop.

****RPG- It has more RPG sides then Paper Mario but thats not saying much, It has the ground workings of a great RPG system layed out, it works and makes sence.

*Puzzle- There are some times were a small puzzle blocks your way but there easy to work out.

*****Platform- Yup

*Fighting- A DSS lets you punch and kick.

Arcade- ARGHH!!!

**Adventure- Shure why not.

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