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Kid Dracula
Kid Dracula
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Programmer(s)	Yukari Hayano
Artist(s)	Nobuaki Matsumoto
Composer(s)	Akiko Itoh
Series	Castlevania
Platform(s)	Game Boy
Release	JP: January 3, 1993; NA: March 1993; EU: 1993; JP: March 2000; (Nintendo Power)
Genre(s)	Action, platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

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Kid Dracula (悪魔城すぺしゃるぼくドラキュラくん, Akumajō Supesharu: Boku Dorakyura-kun, Demon Castle Special: Kid Dracula") is a 1993 action-platform game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy. It is a spinoff of the Castlevania series, as well as a remake and sequel to the 1990 Famicom game Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun^[2] (悪魔城すぺしゃるぼくドラキュラくん, literally "Demon Castle Special: Kid Dracula").

Plot

This game is a sequel to the events of the original Kid Dracula. Galamoth (called Garamoth in the game) has returned and it is up to Kid Dracula to stop him once again. However, he seems to have forgotten most of his spells. Also, many of his minions have turned against him and joined Galamoth. Death remains by his side however, and gives him tips and heirlooms from his father, Dracula, along the way.

Audio

The main musical theme is adapted from Claude Debussy's Golliwogg's Cakewalk.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Kid Dracula European Box Art". GameFAQs. Konami. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
^ "Castlevania Cameo Appearances: Kid Dracula". MrP's Castlevania Realm. Video Game Museum. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010. The Game Boy version, which was released three years later, is simultaneously a remake and a sequel.

External links

Kid Dracula at MobyGames

[nesrel1-1] "Kid Dracula European Box Art". GameFAQs. Konami. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.

[2] "Castlevania Cameo Appearances: Kid Dracula". MrP's Castlevania Realm. Video Game Museum. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010. The Game Boy version, which was released three years later, is simultaneously a remake and a sequel.

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+{{Other uses|Kid Dracula (disambiguation){{!}}Kid Dracula}}
 {{Infobox video game
-|image=[[File:Kid Dracula (cover).jpg|frameless|Kid Dracula]]
+|image=Kid Dracula (cover).jpg
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 |publisher=Konami
 |programmer=Yukari Hayano
 |composer=Akiko Itoh
+|series=''[[Castlevania]]''
 |artist=Nobuaki Matsumoto
 |platforms=[[Game Boy]]
-|released='''Game Boy'''<br/>{{vgrelease|JP|January 3, 1993|NA|March 1993|EU|1993}}<ref name=nesrel1>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585771-kid-dracula/images/box-89468 |title=Kid Dracula European Box Art |author= |date= |work=[[GameFAQs]] |publisher=[[Konami]] |accessdate=15 May 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128182106/http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585771-kid-dracula/images/box-89468 |archivedate=28 January 2013 |df= }}</ref>{{vgrelease|JP|March 2000}} <small>(Nintendo Power)</small>
+|released={{vgrelease|JP|January 3, 1993|NA|March 1993|EU|1993<ref name=nesrel1>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585771-kid-dracula/images/box-89468 |title=Kid Dracula European Box Art |work=[[GameFAQs]] |publisher=[[Konami]] |accessdate=15 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128182106/http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585771-kid-dracula/images/box-89468 |archivedate=28 January 2013 }}</ref>}}{{vgrelease|JP|March 2000}} <small>([[Nintendo Power (cartridge)|Nintendo Power]])</small>
-|genre=[[Platform game|Platforming]]
+|genre=[[Action game|Action]], [[Platformer|platform]]
 |modes=[[Single-player]]
 }}
-{{nihongo|'''''Kid Dracula'''''|悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん|Akumajō Supesharu: Boku Dorakyura-kun|''Demon Castle Special: I'm Kid Dracula''"}} is a comical gothic-themed [[platform game]] video game, and a spinoff to ''[[Castlevania]]''. It is simultaneously a [[Video game remake|remake]] and a sequel to the {{vgy|1990}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] game {{nihongo|''[[Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cameo.htm#kdrac |title=Castlevania Cameo Appearances: Kid Dracula |work=MrP's Castlevania Realm|publisher=[[Video Game Museum]] |accessdate=October 31, 2010 |quote=The Game Boy version, which was released three years later, is simultaneously a remake and a sequel.}}</ref>|悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん||literally "Demon Castle Special: Kid Dracula"}} which was released in Japan only. Konami released the title for the [[Game Boy]] in {{vgy|1993}} in Japan and North America.
+{{nihongo|'''''Kid Dracula'''''|悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん|Akumajō Supesharu: Boku Dorakyura-kun|''Demon Castle Special: Kid Dracula''"}} is a 1993 [[Action game|action]]-[[Platformer|platform game]] developed and published by [[Konami]] for the [[Game Boy]]. It is a spinoff of the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series, as well as a [[Video game remake|remake]] and sequel to the 1990 [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] game {{nihongo|''[[Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cameo.htm#kdrac |title=Castlevania Cameo Appearances: Kid Dracula |work=MrP's Castlevania Realm |publisher=[[Video Game Museum]] |accessdate=October 31, 2010 |quote=The Game Boy version, which was released three years later, is simultaneously a remake and a sequel. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316181555/http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cameo.htm#kdrac |archive-date=March 16, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>|悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん||literally "Demon Castle Special: Kid Dracula"}}.
 ==Plot==
-This game is a sequel to the events of the original Boku Dracula-Kun. Galamoth (called Garamoth in the game) has returned and it is up to Kid Dracula to stop him once again. However, he seems to have forgotten most of his spells. Also, many of his minions have turned against him and joined Galamoth. Death remains by his side however, and gives him tips and heirlooms from his father, Dracula, along the way.
+This game is a sequel to the events of the original ''Kid Dracula''. [[List_of_Castlevania_characters#Galamoth|Galamoth]] (called Garamoth in the game) has returned and it is up to [[List_of_Castlevania_characters#Kid Dracula|Kid Dracula]] to stop him once again. However, he seems to have forgotten most of his spells. Also, many of his minions have turned against him and joined Galamoth. [[Death (Castlevania)|Death]] remains by his side however, and gives him tips and heirlooms from his father, [[Dracula (Castlevania)|Dracula]], along the way.
-==Legacy==
-The [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name of the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series is ''Akumajō Dracula'' ("Devil's Castle Dracula"), which is also the name used in most spin-offs of the ''[[Castlevania]]'' games in Japan, cementing a relationship between the two. The game's main antagonist, Garamoth, later appeared as a boss character in ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]''. In ''Symphony'', he dropped his cartoonish appearance and was named Galamoth (due to the ambiguity of [[Japanese language|Japanese]]-[[English language|English]] transliterations).
-Other appearances of Kid Dracula include an appearance as a secret item in ''[[The Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'' for SNES and GBA, in addition to his appearance in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] version of ''[[Fantastic Journey (video game)|Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～]]'' as a selectable character. Kid Dracula is also a hidden selectable character in the game's sequel, ''[[Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius|Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius: forever with me]]'', which is the [[PlayStation]] and [[Sega Saturn]] version of the Super Famicom game, ''Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius''.
-Kid Dracula makes a brief cameo in the interactive game ''TwinBee PARADISE in Donburishima''.
-Galamoth would make a reappearance in ''[[Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]] as a soul used by the protagonist Soma Cruz to counter the effects of time-stopping magic of the Chronomage creature. Galamoth's relation to Time as well as his conflict with Dracula is further expanded in ''[[Castlevania Judgment]]'' where he sends a creature known as Time Reaper to destroy his rival. As an inflated float, Kid Dracula would make a  cameo appearance in ''[[New International Track & Field]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]].
-Kid Dracula makes a cameo appearance as a shadow present in the "Dracula's Castle" stage in the 2018 fighting game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', He also appears as a Spirit in said Game.
 == Audio ==
-The main musical theme is adapted from Claude Debussy's ''[[Children's Corner#Golliwogg.27s Cakewalk|Golliwogg's Cakewalk]].''
+The main musical theme is adapted from Claude Debussy's ''[[Children's Corner#Golliwogg.27s Cakewalk|Golliwogg's Cakewalk]]''.{{cn|date=August 2020}}
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