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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, and 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
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 America n 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
CAPTAIN N: THE GAME MASTER Simon Belmont was one of the stars in the ''. 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. GAME APPEARANCE HISTORY SEE ALSO
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