Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse review – the origin of Metroidvania

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse – Drac is back (Konami)

One of the founding fathers of the Metroidvania genre gets its first major new entry in over a decade, as Konami tries to revitalise one of its most storied franchises.

Much has been said about Nintendo’s strange priorities over the last two years but while they have fast-tracked some unusually low profile series, while ignoring more famous names, their decisions have nothing on Konami’s peculiar resistance to making a new Castlevania game. With no easy way to develop a ne...