r/castlevania • • Apr 29 '26

Discussion A guide to Castlevania supplementary materials and where to read them

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Symphony of the Night:

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This is a two pages long advertisement drawn by Ayami Kojima and published in a magazine, it's a sneak peek of Alucard's character.

Available on: Castlevania Wiki

Prologue manga

An eight pages long manga included in the Japanese artbook, it acts as a prologue for the main story and features Alucard suddenly awakening from his 300 years long slumber.

Available on: Mr. P's Castlevania Realm

Nocturne of Recollection

A radio drama (this time you have to listen to it!) originally featured on the Akumajō Dracula: Radio Chronicle program that was broadcast on Konami Station internet radio, it was later released on CD in 2010. It's a story set one year after the events of the game, you will learn more about Alucard's relationship with Maria, his past and other characters (Richter is also part of the cast).

Available on: Youtube

Curse of Darkness:

Prelude to Revenge

A prequel manga written and illustrated by Kojima, it was featured as a pre-order bonus for the Japanese release of the game. It mainly focuses on Hector and Isaac prior to the events of the game, it also expands on their relationships.

Available on: Vampire Killer (an archive of scans and translations)

MF manga vol. 1 & 2

Published in two volumes by Media Factory from 2005 to 2006 and translated to English by Tokyopop in 2008. It's the same premise but it's longer, more expansive and this time the illustrator is Kō Sasakura, not Ayami Kojima. The series was eventually canceled but the manga stops directly where the game begins.

Available on: Internet Archive

Aria & Dawn of Sorrow:

Reminiscence of the Divine Abyss/Ricordanza of the God's Abyss

A light novel written by Ryōgo Narita in 2008 and set one year after Dawn of Sorrow. It's a really interesting read, the story focuses on Julius' pupil and the descendant of Grant Danasty while the villain is a character you will surely remember... There's also the return of familiar faces, one in particular.

Available on: Inverted Dungeon

Castlevania The Adventure:

The Belmont Legacy

It's a 2005 IDW comic book series loosely based on the story of the first Game Boy game. It's not canon by any means but it follows Christopher Belmont in a more traditional vampire story, sadly many of the iconic Castlevania elements are missing but it's still worth a read since here a certain family is responsible for Dracula's resurrection.

Available on: Internet Archive

Lament of Innocence:

Weekly Konami online manga (lost media)

Review blog part 1 and part 2

A web manga that was available on cellphones via a monthly subscription, published from 2007 to 2008 only in Japan until the service ended in 2012. It was a 43 issues long series that adapted the story of Leon Belmont and greatly expanded the plot, what remains now is only a Japanese review blog. If you want to know more about it you can visit the Castl)evania Wiki page).

Available on: Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (review blog)

Extra:

Castlevania 2007 timeline (Japanese Konami site) & translation

Portrait of Ruin pre-order bonus timeline (the Japanese one takes priority since overseas bonus materials like this didn't go through the Castlevania staff screening)

Encyclopedia of Castlevania (a Japanese two-page spread published in 2001 containing a timeline, a storyline and background details)

Symphony of the Night translated Japanese script

Alternative scans and translation for the SotN prologue manga

Castlevania (1986) translated Japanese manual story

Simon's Quest translated Japanese manual story

Dracula's Curse translated Japanese intro, dialogues and endings

Lament of Innocence "Shinkigensya Official Guide" character bios & translation

Lament of Innocence "NTT-PUB Official Guide" family trees & translation

Koma strips (4-panel gag comic strips)

Silly Castlevania 64 "Dracula 3D" promo strip

Castlevania Bloodlines EGM fax (this internal document was never intended to be released for the public)

Awakening in the Moonlight stage musical play by Takarazuka Revue (based on SotN)

Akumajō Dracula: Kojyō no Shitō/Demon Castle Dracula: Desperate Fight of the Old Castle non-canon 1987 gamebook (not translated)

Akumajō Densetsu: Shinsei Banpaia Hantā/Legend of the Demon Castle: Genuine Vampire Hunter non-canon 1990 gamebook (not translated)

Akumajō Dracula: Akuma no Chi Chi no Akumu/Demon Castle Dracula: Demon's Blood - Blood Nightmare non-canon 1992-1995 novel (partially translated) & unfinished translation project

\Akumajō Dracula: Akuma no Chi Chi no Akumu Vol. 1 pdf *& compressed pdf file

Worlds of Power 4 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest non-canon 1990 novel & full transcript

If you have something to add share it in the comments!

New addition: Main files drive link


r/castlevania • • 5h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) CASTLEVANIA RISES AGAIN. BELMONT’S CURSE IS OUT NOW!!!

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What a wonderful night to have a curse. A Belmont’s Curse, that is.


r/castlevania • • 15h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) A message to the fans from Evil Empire Studio celebrating the release of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse

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r/castlevania • • 5h ago

Fluff Just a half-hour past Midnight. Off to a good start.

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183 Upvotes

Now for me to get back to the game too! lol


r/castlevania • • 4h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) It’s so beautiful seeing all this 2d goodness lined up together!

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Just holding out for a switch 2 version in the future


r/castlevania • • 5h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑹𝑰𝑶𝑹 Spoiler

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𝑱𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒓𝒄, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒂: 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚.

— Art by Anato Finnstark


r/castlevania • • 3h ago

Artificial Intelligence I made a GBA-style visual mod for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

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Started messing around with the demo while waiting for the full game and ended up making this.

It's called Belmont Advance. It gives the gameplay a 320×180 pixelated look with LCD screen effects.

Here's a video with the mod running (demo boss spoilers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntPnUEDzq9o

Confirmed working with the full release.

Mod link: https://www.nexusmods.com/castlevaniabelmontscurse/mods/11


r/castlevania • • 12h ago

Meme WE COMING FOR YOU

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Bouta show Papa Drac who’s boss once again


r/castlevania • • 19h ago

Art Belmont's Curse fanarts by me

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r/castlevania • • 6h ago

Discussion Here's a fun tidbit of trivia. Of the 8 Metroidvania style entries in the series, only three of them have featured a Belmont as the main playable character.

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r/castlevania • • 4h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) It’s finally here!

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r/castlevania • • 4h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Belmont's Curse Rips

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I'm only a couple hours in... Platforming is great, swinging with the whip is great, bosses are pleasantly demanding.

I was sitting there thinking "why does the soundtrack go so hard" when my wife says "Why does the soundtrack go so hard?"

Enjoy friends!!


r/castlevania • • 16h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) US copy arrived early, here is reversible cover

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r/castlevania • • 8h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Little platforming Spoiler

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I still got it


r/castlevania • • 40m ago

Discussion Well, Belmont's Curse is off to a good start on the best sellers chart on the eShop.

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r/castlevania • • 13h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Got it one day earlier🙏🏻

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r/castlevania • • 15h ago

Art Castlevania cookies

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Made some cookies to celebrate the release


r/castlevania • • 2h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Fuck preordering through amazon

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Genuinely what is the point. This happened when i tried to preorder Spider-man in 2018. But nowhere in my city is selling the preorder bonus so cant buy elsewhere and go collect


r/castlevania • • 3h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Props for the game having so many unique rooms

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There is like no repeat rooms, it's all unique and I haven't noticed any rooms that are just walking with no enemies, if there is no enemies there is usually a secret passage or platforming challenge, a great improvement from previous games


r/castlevania • • 4h ago

Discussion :(

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r/castlevania • • 9h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Interesting cameo/reference in one of the paintings Spoiler

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r/castlevania • • 1h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Quick FYI for those who are struggling with the game's difficult Spoiler

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If you were like me, had little issue with the demo, but the main game is completely kicking your teeth in?

Buried in the game settings is a "Custom Mode".

In the pause menu, go to the Systems tab

Hit Settings

Under the Gameplay tab

If you check the "Enable "Custom Mode"" box, you will be able to fully customize your playing experience.

Options include:
Allow Respawn in front of Boss Doors
Damage Dealt - from 0.5 to 5x
Maximum Number - from 0 to 6
Prevent Death - have not fully tested this
Damage Received from enemies - from 0 to 3x
Damage Received from Traps - from - to 3x
Experience Gained - from 0 to 3x

And yes, you're reading that right, it means you can both make the game stupid easy, or increase the difficulty for yourself if you are into that.

Note:
I am not sure if this blocks the ability to earn trophies at this time.


r/castlevania • • 11h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Ok goodbye everyone. Godspeed ! Let us be the morning sun, come to vanquish that horrible night!

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r/castlevania • • 3h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Boss fights Spoiler

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I just beat the third boss and I have to say, these bosses are the best kind of video game bosses. I died multiple times on each but it was totally fair and I know exactly why I died each time, and I learned something new with each death.
When I did finally beat one of them the final fight was pretty much one sided because I had learned their patterns and destroyed them. So goddamned satisfying.


r/castlevania • • 14h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Cantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwaitcantwait...

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