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Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

Platform : Nintendo NES |
Rated: Everyone
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
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  • Castlevania was a cakewalk compared to this bloody curse. You thought you had the Prince of Darkness defanged - eh, Simon Belmont? Well think again, 'cause according to a damsel in distress, evil Count Dracula has left a horrifying curse in his wake. And the only hope you have of ending the terror is to destroy his missing body parts! Talk about your frightening quest, searching a maze of mansions, graveyards and dark, eerie forests - each guarded by man-eating werewolves, fire-throwing zombies

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Castlevania was a cakewalk compared to this bloody curse. You thought you had the Prince of Darkness defanged - eh, Simon Belmont? Well think again, 'cause according to a damsel in distress, evil Count Dracula has left a horrifying curse in his wake. And the only hope you have of ending the terror is to destroy his missing body parts! Talk about your frightening quest, searching a maze of mansions, graveyards and dark, eerie forests - each guarded by man-eating werewolves, fire-throwing zombies and other devilish demons. Your grim chances are kept alive in Transylvania, where cowardly villagers offer clues to the whereabouts of Dracula's remains. And where you'll purchase magic weapons, including silver knives and flame whips. But beware the night. For when the sun disappears, Dracula's curse grows deadlier. And your chances grow dimmer and dimmer.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
135 global ratings

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Customers like the quality, condition, and performance of the video game. For example, they mention it's an awesome, interesting, and fun game. That said, some complain about the difficulty and complexity.

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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the video game. They mention that it's an awesome, interesting, and fun game with many positive features. Some say that it adds more spice to the game, making it fun to wilt on enemies. Overall, most are happy with the product's quality.

"...I feel like it added more spice to the game instead of a linear path like most games at the time...." Read more

"...It's only disappointing if you let it be. It's still an intriguing, interesting game with many positive features and that good ol' Castlevania flavor..." Read more

"Great game. It's hard to argue with anything that brings you back in time to your childhood when times were good and life was simple...." Read more

"...It's a bit easier now then when I was a kid, but whatever. Still fun." Read more

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Customers are satisfied with the condition of the video game software. They mention that it came in great condition, almost perfect, and in pristine cart.

"...it to relive some memories & the Game looks great it's in Almost Perfect Condition, I'm Happy with my Purchase. :)" Read more

"...The description was correctStill plays fineSticker in good condition" Read more

"Shipped in great condition, quick arrival and plays perfectly. No bugs. Had one crash but that was it. Very pristine cart!" Read more

"This is a great Castlevania game and it came in in great condition. Works great and very please. If only all used games can come in this way." Read more

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Customers are satisfied with the performance of the video game software. They mention that it plays perfectly, has no bugs, and the controls and weapons all work the same.

"...The controls and weapons all work the same, you get infinite Water and you even get to use Dracula's body parts as items!..." Read more

"Shipped in great condition, quick arrival and plays perfectly. No bugs. Had one crash but that was it. Very pristine cart!" Read more

"This is a great Castlevania game and it came in in great condition. Works great and very please. If only all used games can come in this way." Read more

"Game works perfectly. Thanks you very much" Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers find the game difficult, annoying, and frustrating. They also say the game focuses too much on the RPG element and is more of an adventure game than a "kill them all" game.

"...Yes there are issues with how cryptic the game is, the day/night transition, and the super easy bosses, but once you look past that you find a fun..." Read more

"...better if it was an ACTION game, which it is, but it focuses too much on the RPG element, and that was a new, unexplored world for Konami. Epic fail...." Read more

"...This game is only fun if you are a die hard castlevania fan. This game is annoying because it had so many changes from the original and the sequal...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

coverur5hole
5.0 out of 5 stars Simon's Quest 2 is one of my most favorite games on the NES
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2018
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Simon's Quest 2 is one of my most favorite games on the NES. I loved how they Incorporated RPG into the Castlevania Series in this game. I feel like it added more spice to the game instead of a linear path like most games at the time. This is what really drawn me into this game and make me really love it but what sealed it for me was the soundtrack.
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Maitland M.
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite NES game!
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2009
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When you are 7 years old in the deep south, and it's the 80's, sometimes you just have to play whatever games they happened to have at K-Mart...

For some reason, Castlevania II never seemed to be one of them. None of my friends had it either... However, they did have CV2 at the video rental store... But my mom always said that only "lower-class" people rent from video stores.

Therefore, as much as I really wanted this game. As much as I wished and yearned for it, I really only got to play it a couple of times as a child. Surely not enough to really even get past the 2nd mansion...

Oh! But the graphics! And the music!! And the non-linear gameplay!!! Ooooh it was so great in my head when I was not playing it! (which was pretty much all the time).

Well, I just scored a copy from Amazon, and I must say that it really is everything I remembered it to be! Here is to resurfaced childhood memories in a tangible format! yay!
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Joe
5.0 out of 5 stars ... just the other week and I gotta say I loved playing it
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015
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I got this just the other week and I gotta say I loved playing it. This game gets a lot of hate online, but some of that hate is unfounded. Yes there are issues with how cryptic the game is, the day/night transition, and the super easy bosses, but once you look past that you find a fun castlevania game. The only issue I can think of is that someone going into this game blind without ever hearing anything about it is going to have a hard time. The only part of a game that you may actually need a guide for is the part with the red crystal. I don't think the game ever properly tells you where to use it at, and someone with no idea of what I'm talking about would probably get stuck for hours before stumbling upon what to do by pure luck.
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H. Hanson
4.0 out of 5 stars A great game, but an OK sequel for Castlevania...
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2011
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I've had a huge amount of respect for the Castlevania series. Albeit the games have been extremely difficult I thought it was truly liberating whenever you made it really far into the game, killing tons of super-hard enemies and dying like, three trillion times. It was SO fulfilling.

Then, came Castlevania 2.

Many reviews have been made about this game by many notable people. Just go on Youtube: The Angry Video Game Nerd (reviewed it TWICE), Egoraptor... it's insane. Yeah, OK, the game is fun. But it has several pretty big flaws that have plagued the game and frustrated gamers and fans of the series for years.

THE GOOD:
Castlevania 2 feels like a Castlevania game, for one. The controls and weapons all work the same, you get infinite Water and you even get to use Dracula's body parts as items! His rib acts as a shield, his nail lets you break certain blocks with your whip, and his heart makes it possible to go to another area by showing it to the ferryman at the Dead River... or whatever it's called. It's fun to wail on enemies and there are plenty OF them. The game is also much, MUCH easier than the first and third Castlevania games. This is a double-edged sword. It means you can plow through enemies MUCH faster, but they don't truly serve a legitimate challenge... until NIGHT FALLS.
The game was one of the first I remember to have day and night in it. During the day, enemies were lame and gave you small hearts, whatever. And then "WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE." appears on the screen and then the enemies' attack power doubles, you only do half damage, and they give you much bigger heart rewards upon being killed.

Also many people in reviews complain that there's no way to heal yourself in this game and that's been the killer for a lot of gamers. The "Pork Chop" is gone, but now you can go to churches in towns. That's good and all but some towns don't even HAVE churches, meaning you will have to do a LOT of hoofin' it to get to a place with a church. BUT!!! You can level up with enough hearts, and upon doing so your health will completely fill. But the more you level up the harder it is to get to the next level and the more hearts you gotta collect for it.

THE BAD:
Castlevania is a great game, but it just wasn't properly mapped out. The game designers were probably used to the Action Game formula so they stuck with it and then built the in-game world around the player. Nice and all but things are thrown EVERYWHERE and it takes a bit of trial and error to figure out where to go next, if you don't figure it out by accident which happens more often than not by throwing Holy Water everywhere. The towns are hard to navigate through and thanks to the HAZARD OF WATER, you can accidentally fall off a ledge and into some water and end up losing a life. Dang it!!!

The prompt for the "horrible night" stays up for about fifteen seconds. In the time it first appears you can calmly set the controller down, walk to your refridgerator, drink a Dr. Pepper, crush the can, and come back and it will be night/day... Everybody knows this is annoying but when I was playing the game I thought it was a good thing because I was able to take a swig o' my drink or adjust my position on the couch to be more comfortable. You'll have plenty of downtime with that prompt, so make use of it!!!

As stated you can stock up on hearts. They act as not only your currency, but also as the ammo for certain weapons like the flame and the Daggers. What? Y'all didn't realize that? Yeah, it's just like the first Zelda with the stupid bow and arrow which drains one rupee with each arrow fired! What I think sucks the most about the hearts, though, is not the fact that it takes so long to grind for 'em, but you can only - ONLY - hold 256. There are FOUR zeros in that slot. Looks like this on the inventory screen: (<3 -- 0000) Now my question is, if you wanna save up money for a bunch of awesome equipment and stuff and there are FOUR freaking zeros in that slot, why can you not even hold five percent of what would potentially be 9999 hearts??? It's probably the same flaw that most 8-bit games had at the time, like Mario. Or Pac-Man. 256 was the killswitch number. Fortunately if you game over you respawn on the same screen in which you were killed, but your hearts are wiped out. ALL OF THEM. Even your EXP tally is reset to 0... how unfair. Just try not to die, that'll teach you a lesson, won't it??? Oh well, MOVING ON!!!

Another thing that really sucks about this game is the difficulty. It's NOT hard, it's EASY. Not that having an easy game is a bad thing, but when I spend ten seconds killing a boss in this game that took me eleven days in Castlevania 1 (I'm referring, of course, to Death), it's a HUGE letdown. Dracula isn't hard either, thanks to the AVGN showing us that. Enemies freeze when you hit them, allowing for an easy finish. Some enemies, early on, if you aren't strong enough, will WIPE YOU OUT. Totally unbalanced. This is another common complaint: The crystals. At first I had no idea I needed a white crystal. Later on you trade for a blue one, and it's use is lost on you. Then later on you get a red crystal (if you haven't given up by then) and you haven't a clue what to do! If it weren't for the internet this game would be impossible. Not because of the difficulty but because of the obscurity of direction. Also I wonder why you have to buy an Oak Stake in MANSIONS and then shoot them at the ball at the end of the stage to get Dracula's body part then backtrack out! That's another thing--the mansions. Not complicated, just deceitful and frustrating. Have your Holy Water handy.

OVERALL: I still think this is a great game, and only if you let the negative get to you, it will. Sure, it's TOO easy to just upgrade your whip and slay the bosses for the cross and the Golden Dagger, but it's pretty hard to complete the game and get the best ending unless you actually TRY. I passed it once with a walkthrough on the Wii, and again on an actual NES without a walkthrough. Surprisingly, I got a better ending on the NES version because I just played straight through. So yeah, it's a love it or hate it game. But my point is this: Konami makes ACTION games. This game would have played out better if it was an ACTION game, which it is, but it focuses too much on the RPG element, and that was a new, unexplored world for Konami. Epic fail. I have to say that if you're debating on getting this game, buy it and try it. It's only disappointing if you let it be. It's still an intriguing, interesting game with many positive features and that good ol' Castlevania flavor. So sink your teeth in and draw BLOOD!!! >:)
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ZavalaX3
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Castlevania Game!!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2014
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I got this game a day Earlier then expected which is pretty Cool!, I use to have this game as a kid and that's one of the reasons I bought it to relive some memories & the Game looks great it's in Almost Perfect Condition, I'm Happy with my Purchase. :)
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Kcopp
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2015
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Doesn't work
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jumper
2.0 out of 5 stars I don't have the interest to figure out this game ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2017
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I don't have the interest to figure out this game I will playthrough it someday but without closely following a guide i'll never be able to do it
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Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars First video game l’ve beaten since l was a teenager
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2022
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Both good graphics and gaming and like all video games for use of hand eye coordination most of all fun
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Dave Oxner
5.0 out of 5 stars Great seller
Reviewed in Canada on December 17, 2019
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Game works great and came in a sleeve. Highly recommended.
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