Castlevania SOTN: What Day The 25th Anniversary Actually Is
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2022 and Konami likely has plans for the occasion, but not one that fans might like. The visuals in the game might have aged poorly, but there's no denying that Symphony of the Night is an incredible game and well worthy of celebration. It's considered to be one of the Metroidvania genre's most important games, especially as it coined half of its name, alongside Metroid.
Symphony of the Night is a Metroidvania that stars Alucard, the wayward son of Dracula. Alucard must infiltrate Dracula's Castle and discover the fate of Richter Belmont, who was tasked with stopping the lord of the undead, but has mysteriously vanished. The player must explore every inch of the castle, gathering new abilities and items, in order to gain access to new locations and slay more bosses. Once the player had conquered the castle for the first time, they were tasked with completing an upside-down version of the castle, with new hazards and foes to defeat. Symphony of the Night is one of the best games on the original PlayStation and it's a bucket list title for any fan of gaming. The game has similarities to FF7, which is also celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2022. Final Fantasy 7 and Symphony of the Night used the hardware of the PlayStation to expand the scope of their respective genres beyond what was capable on 16-bit consoles in the past, thanks to the massive (for the time) memory space available in CD-ROMs.
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Symphony of the Night launched on the original PlayStation in 1997. The 25th anniversary of Symphony of the Night will take place on March 20, 2022. Fans have speculated for
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