The protagonist is 19-year-old Richter Belmont (Jin Horikawa), heir to the whip Vampire Killer and Simon Belmont's direct descendant. The premise of the series is the eternal conflict between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula. Taking place in 1792, Rondo of Blood is set in the fictional universe of the Castlevania series. The original version of Rondo of Blood was also released for the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan in 2008 and worldwide in 2010. The latter actually included two games: the first release of the Rondo of Blood with the official English title, as well as an enhanced port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, its direct sequel. It was also remade on the PSP as Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, which included a port of the original. It was the 10th installment in the Castlevania series, and the X in the title was specifically chosen to be ambiguous with the Roman numeral.Īn alternate telling of the game was released on SNES as Castlevania: Dracula X, which had similar gameplay but entirely different levels and a slightly different story. The game was released in Japan on October 29, 1993.
Demon Castle Dracula X: Samsara (Rondo) of Blood) is a Japanese action- platform game developed by Konami for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² system. For the SNES game, see Castlevania: Dracula X.Ĭastlevania: Rondo of Blood ( 悪魔城ドラキュラ X 血の 輪廻 ロンド, Akumajō Dorakula X: Chi no Rondo ?, lit.