| Castlevania: Dracula X | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Kouki Yamashita |
| Producer(s) | Kuniaki Kinoshita |
| Artist(s) | Akihiro Yamada |
| Composer(s) | Tomoya Tomita Masanari Iwata Harumi Ueko Masahiko Kimura |
| Series | Castlevania |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Castlevania: Dracula X,[a] titled Castlevania: Vampire's Kiss in Europe and Akumajou Dracula XX in Japan, is a 1995 platform game developed and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.[1] It is the second Castlevania installment to be released for the Super NES. It is a remake of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, which was previously released in Japan on the PC Engine Super CD-ROM2 in 1993. While the plot is similar to Rondo of Blood and it uses many of that game's graphics, it features new levels and altered gameplay elements,[1][2][3] rather than being a direct port because of the limits of the Super NES cartridge format and exclusivity agreements with PC Engine maker NEC. It was released on July 21, 1995 in Japan, in September 1995 in North America, February 22, 1996 in Europe,[4] and on June 22, 1996, in Australia.[citation needed] The game received mixed reviews, with journalists considering it inferior to Rondo of Blood and criticizing its high difficulty.
The game was re-released as a Wii U Virtual Console download in Japan on April 23, 2014, in North America on October 2, 2014, and the PAL regions on November 13, 2014. It was released again for New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console download in North America on December 29, 2016, and in Europe and Australia on January 26, 2017. The game was also re-released as a part of the Castlevania Advance Collection on September 23, 2021, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows.
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- ^ Low, David (January 14, 2006). "Franchise Mode #11 – Castlevania, Part 2". PALGN. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ "Castlevania Dracula X — Release Summary". GameSpot. Retrieved 11 August 2013.