Simon Belmont

Simon Belmont is one of the most prominent and recognized heroes from the video game series Castlevania. He has now starred in at least nine different games, six of which are remixes of the same events. He was also featured in several other games, among cameo and official appearances. Examples include Ganbare Goemon 2 (Super Famicom, 1993), Snatcher (PC Engine CD-ROMd, and Sega Saturn), and DreamMix TV World Fighters (Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2).

Simon Belmont in Castlevania

During the life of Simon Belmont, the Belmont name was well known and quite famous, making Simon famous as well. When the Count Dracula once again awoke in 1691 and started terrorizing the people of Transylvania, they sought out Simon, who was promptly on the case.

He would fulfill the Belmont legacy once again, defeating Dracula. However, Dracula was not one to just up and admit defeat once again. Instead, this time he sacrificed an early resurrection and placed a curse on Simon. By having his minions take his body parts and hide them all over Transylvania, he felt that Simon could not find them all in time and the curse would over take him and the Belmont family lineage would succumb. However, that did not happen, as Simon would be successful in locating all the body parts to resurrect Dracula and promptly defeat him, thus lifting the curse.

While Super Castlevania IV is only a remake of the original Castlevania in the official Japanese Canon for the series by Koji Igarashi, Konami USA modified Super Castlevania IV when they localized it into a sequel to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest by altering the introduction story within the manual and game itself, making the game the third time Simon took on Dracula. Konami USA still reflected the modification within the US canon, as seen in a Konami timeline printed in an issue of Nintendo Power around the release of the "Sorrow" series. However, recently Konami USA left out the US Version of Super Castlevania IV, in their Xtreme Desktop Timeline, which indicates that Konami USA has changed their decision, and are taking the series closer to IGA's vision.

Time periods

1691 - Haunted Castle
1691 - Vampire Killer
1691 - Castlevania
1691 - Super Castlevania IV
1691 - Castlevania Chronicles
1698 - Simon's Quest
1698 - Super Castlevania IV (Konami USA Localized version)
1748 - Harmony of Dissonance (as a hidden character; not an official appearance)

The games which took place in 1691 were all known as Akumajō Dracula in Japan. Those were all versions of the same game, with nearly the same storyline. The North American version of Super Castlevania IV was modified to take place in 1698(taking place after Castlevania II), and was reflected in Konami USA's timeline. However, the Japanese version of the game takes place in 1691 like all the rest of the Akumajō Dracula remakes. The later Xtreme Desktop timeline leaves Super Castlevania IV version out completely.

Family

Simon's great-grandfather is Christopher Belmont, who appeared in two Game Boy Castlevania games: Castlevania Adventure and Belmont's Revenge.
Simon's bride in Haunted Castle is named Selena (ja. セレナ).
Juste Belmont, who is appeared in the Game Boy Advance installment Harmony of Dissonance, is the grandson of Simon, and is next line of vampire hunters to inherit the mystical "Vampire Killer" whip.

Captain N: The Game Master

Simon Belmont was one of the stars in the animated series The Game Master. He was a member of the N-Team, a group of mostly video game characters who defended Video Land against the evils of Mother Brain and others. He does not appear in the comic book form of Captain N.

The Simon Belmont of Captain N is portrayed very differently from his real video game counterpart. Instead of being a hero, he appears as a vain, machoistic man. He consistently admires himself and makes sure his hair is never a mess. Furthermore, he is a coward at heart in the series, fleeing from any real danger and often leaving Kevin Keene (the main protagonist) to fight.

Throughout the series, Simon Belmont has a crush on Princess Lana. However, from the moment the central character Kevin Keene appears, he constantly fights to even gain the attention of Princess Lana.

At one point in the series, Simon Belmont and the N-Team travel to Castlevania where they attend the "Simon Belmont Awards," an event that intended to celebrate the life of Simon Belmont and to present the equipment of his famous great-grandfather Trevor Belmont to Simon. However, the equipment is stolen and, with Kevin Keene's help, Simon is successful in getting it returned.

One item that Simon has in the series is a seemingly bottomless backpack, from which he is often able to pull a variety of strange and useful objects.

Simon Belmont was voiced by Andrew Kavadas in the show; Kavadas' appearance was also used as the design for Belmont's character.

Film

A Castlevania film, featuring Simon Belmont as the hero, is planned for release in 2007. See Castlevania (2007 film) for more information.

Game appearance history

Game Title	Console/Platform	Year	Notes
Vampire Killer	MSX	1986	The protagonist
Castlevania	Famicom Disk System/NES	1986/1987	The protagonist
Haunted Castle	Arcade	1988	The protagonist (assumed)
Simon's Quest	Famicom Disk System/NES	1988	The protagonist
Konami Wai Wai World	Famicom	1988	One of several protagonists
Super Castlevania IV	Super Famicom/SNES	1991	The protagonist
SOS!! Paseri Jou	Famicom	1991	One of several protagonists
Akumajō Dracula	Sharp X68000	1993	The protagonist
Castlevania Chronicles	PlayStation	2001	The protagonist
Harmony of Dissonance	Game Boy Advance	2002	Appears only in Boss Rush Mode
DreamMix TV World Fighters	GameCube and PlayStation 2	2003/2005	One of several fighters
Konami Evolution Skateboarding	GameCube and PlayStation 2	2002	One of several Skaters

External links

Belmont clan | Fictional messiahs

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