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Old Dec 24, 2011, 03:25 PM
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Every remake listed above needs to be considered as a stand-alone title, with its own personality. Just as if you go to IMDB and type "Dracula" you'll find lots of flicks with similar plots and titles but still separate entries.

The issue is all more meaningful on a game music related website, since every "remake" (with the exception of the MSX2 game) features an all new soundtrack and even introduces new important BGM themes.
The SFC Akumajo Dracula is a "remake" but without it the series would be without the "Theme of Simon Belmont". The X68000 game is also a "remake" but no game before it featured tunes such as "Moon Fight".
Dracula Densetsu Rebirth might be a reimagining of Dracula Densetsu (very loosely based upon), but it still has a unique soundtrack by Namiki. Even the Psone "enhanced port" of the X68000 game needs to be considered a full fleshed entry, at least musically, due to the awesome work of Sotaro Tojima.

In short, the "remake" issue when talking of Castlevania is a moot point. It's a term that's strictly related to a plot-fictional storyline issue. It has nothing to do with the fact that these games were often produced for very different hardwares, redone by scratch, and several years later from their source of inspiration. Every entry in the series needs to be in a database, and straightforward "ports" are really a minority (Xbox Curse of Darkness, Saturn Symphony, Famicom Mini Castlevania and little else)
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