Simon Belmont

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Simon Belmont

Simon Belmont in Castlevania Chronicles, as illustrated by Ayami Kojima.
Game series Castlevania series
First game Castlevania
Designed by Ayami Kojima (Castlevania Chronicles)
Voiced by (English) Television
Andrew Kavadas
Voiced by (Japanese) DreamMix TV World Fighters
Hideo Ishikawa

Simon Belmont (シモン・ベルモンド Shimon Berumondo?) is a fictional protagonist in the Castlevania series of video games published by Konami. He has starred in nine different games, six of which are remixes of the same events. He was also featured in several other Konami games, among cameo and official appearances. Examples include Ganbare Goemon 2 (Super Famicom, 1993), Snatcher (Sega CD), and DreamMix TV World Fighters (Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2).

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[edit] Appearances

Game Title Console/Platform Year Notes
Castlevania Famicom Disk System/NES 1986/1987 The protagonist, credited as "Simon Belmondo", his literal Japanese name (NES only).
Vampire Killer MSX2 1986 The protagonist
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Famicom Disk System/NES 1987/1988 The protagonist
Konami Wai Wai World Famicom 1988 One of several protagonists
Super Castlevania IV Super NES/Super Famicom 1991 The protagonist
Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Paseri Jou Famicom 1991 One of several protagonists
Akumajō Dracula Sharp X68000 1993 The protagonist
Castlevania Chronicles PlayStation 2001 The protagonist
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Game Boy Advance 2002 Appears only in Boss Rush Mode
DreamMix TV World Fighters GameCube, PlayStation 2 2003/2005 One of several fighters
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Nintendo DS 2006 Cameo during the "Greatest Five" Dual Crush attack

During the life of Simon Belmont, the Belmont name was well known and quite famous, making Simon famous as well. When the Count Dracula once again awoke in 1691 and started terrorizing the people of Transylvania, they sought out Simon, who was promptly on the case.

He would fulfill the Belmont legacy once again, defeating Dracula. However, Dracula was not one to just up and admit defeat. Instead, this time he sacrificed an early resurrection and placed a curse on Simon. By having his minions take his body parts and hide them all over Transylvania, he believed and hoped that Simon could not find them all in time and the curse would over take him and the Belmont family lineage would succumb. However, that did not happen, as Simon would be successful in locating all the body parts to resurrect Dracula and promptly defeating him, thus lifting the curse.

While Super Castlevania IV is only a remake of the original Castlevania in the official Japanese canon for the series by Koji Igarashi, Konami USA modified Super Castlevania IV when they localized it into a sequel to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest by altering the introduction story within the manual and game itself, making the game the third time Simon took on Dracula. Konami USA still reflected the modification within the US canon, as seen in a Konami timeline printed in an issue of Nintendo Power around the release of the "Sorrow" series. However, recently Konami USA left out the US version of Super Castlevania IV, in their Xtreme Desktop Timeline, which indicates that Konami USA has changed their decision, and are taking the series closer to IGA's vision. The track and field for the ds says that he is romanian as seen here http://www.newtrackandfield.com/atg/characters.

[edit] Time periods

The games which took place in 1691 are all known as Akumajō Dracula in Japan. Those were all versions of the same game, with nearly the same storyline. The North American version of Super Castlevania IV was modified to take place in 1698 (taking place after Castlevania II), and was reflected in Konami USA's timeline. However, the Japanese version of the game takes place in 1691 like all the rest of the Akumajō Dracula remakes. The later Xtreme Desktop timeline leaves Super Castlevania IV version out completely.

[edit] Captain N: The Game Master

Simon Belmont as he appears in Captain N: The Game Master
Simon Belmont as he appears in Captain N: The Game Master

Simon Belmont was one of the stars and protagonists in the animated series Captain N: The Game Master. He was a member of the N-Team, a group of mostly video game characters who defended Video Land against the evils of Mother Brain and others. He does not appear in the comic book form of Captain N..

Throughout the series, Simon Belmont has a crush on Princess Lana. However, from the moment Kevin appears, Simon has bouts of jealousy and tries harder to gain the affection of Princess Lana.

One item that Simon has in the series is a seemingly bottomless backpack, from which he is often able to pull a variety of strange and useful objects.

In one episode, in which the N-Team were in their worst nightmares after eating a cursed apple, because of his physical stature, he was referred to as Simon "The Body" Belmont, flexing it all before losing his muscles, his teeth and his hair.

Simon Belmont was voiced by Andrew Kavadas in the show; Kavadas' appearance was also used as the design for Belmont's character.

[edit] Out of game appearances

Electronic Gaming Monthly, famous for their April Fool's jokes, once printed an article stating that Simon Belmont could be unlocked as a playable character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.

According to Nintendo Power, the worst cover for a Nintendo Power was one depicting Simon Belmont holding the decapitated head of Dracula (the scene was a depiction of Castlevania II). It is considered the worst cover because hundreds of parents called in to complain about the goriness of the cover. It was reported in the complaints that children suffered nightmares resulting from the image.

Simon appeared as a preorder bonus for Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles in the form of a statue depicting his 8-bit sprite from Castlevania II.

[edit] Characteristics

Simon's design and appearance has changed significantly from game to game. His hair-color most notoriously changes with almost every game and there are sometimes inconsistencies between the character's depictions between the game and its packaging. In the first Castlevania (Akumajo Dracula) game and on the Japanese cover of Super Castlevania IV Simon has brown hair, on the cover of Castlevania II and the western covers for Castlevania IV however he is depicted as a blonde. In CV2 his sprite however has black hair. In the arcade Haunted Castle he has blue hair. In his current redesign, which also alters his facial appearance to a more effeminate one, he has red hair.

Simon's attire has also changed from game to game. In some games, he is shown wearing a headband. In Castlevania and the later Castlevania Chronicles he wears leather armor.Also, Simon's outfit was initially brown, whereas the current costume is black. Simon is also depicted wearing red & black armor in Simon's Quest and Vampire Killer, but the armor is blue in Haunted Castle and Super Castlevania IV.

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