10/30/2007 - Castlevania - Rondo of Blood Intro

Happy Halloween, everyone! It's my favorite "holiday" for so many reasons. Of course there's the costumes, the candy, and the horror movies, but it's especially cool when I lived in Las Vegas. Halloween usually marks the time when the weather cools noticeably, and after a summer of 100-degree-plus days, it is such a relief. Also, October 31st happens to be Nevada Day, celebrated with a day off from school! Thus, every kid in Nevada has a whole day to prepare for trick-or-treating. How cool is that?

So what's a cool video to celebrate Halloween with? How about one featuring a Halloween-themed video game? And what better than a Castlevania game? A lot of people say that Rondo of Blood was the best Castlevania game. I don't know about that, but it's intro is certainly awesome:



That certainly makes me want to play it. I have heard that it is one of the most difficult Castlevania games out there though. That's saying a lot, because the only Castlevania game I've been able to beat was Super Castlevania for the SNES (a truly great game, BTW), and that was considered one of the EASIEST games in the series! So if Rondo of Blood is on the other end of the difficulty spectrum, then it must really be scary.