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Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

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Game Information

Original Release Date: October 21, 2003

Platforms: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3

Involved Companies: Konami

Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Summary: Lament of Innocence is one of several Castlevania games that attempts to give the series an "origin story." This retconned Legends, and was later retconned by Lords of Shadow. This one makes Leon the patriarch of the Belmont clan, explains the origin of Dracula, and also defines the conflict between the two.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).