<s>
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
platforming	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
that	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Konami	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
and	O
expanded	O
version	O
of	O
Castlevania	B-Application
,	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
earlier	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
;	O
it	O
contains	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
with	O
improved	O
graphics	O
,	O
added	O
villains	O
,	O
and	O
alternate	O
versions	O
of	O
some	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castlevania	B-Application
includes	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castlevania	B-Application
features	O
two	O
high-stakes	O
survival	O
horror	O
sequences	O
:	O
In	O
the	O
Villa	O
's	O
maze	O
garden	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
help	O
Henry	O
through	O
the	O
labyrinthine	O
hedges	O
while	O
strong	O
,	O
unbeatable	O
enemies	O
give	O
chase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
1844	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
stars	O
the	O
man-beast	O
Cornell	O
in	O
his	O
quest	O
to	O
prevent	O
his	O
adoptive	O
sister	O
,	O
Ada	B-Application
,	O
from	O
being	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
sacrifice	O
to	O
resurrect	O
Dracula	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
opens	O
as	O
Cornell	O
arrives	O
at	O
his	O
village	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
burned	O
to	O
the	O
ground	O
by	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
minions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
finds	O
Ada	B-Application
's	O
pendant	O
in	O
a	O
doorway	O
and	O
follows	O
her	O
scent	O
to	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
castle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gilles	O
de	O
Rais	O
and	O
Actrise	B-Application
have	O
turned	O
Oldrey	O
Senior	O
into	O
a	O
vampire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
life	O
,	O
Henry	O
returns	O
to	O
Castlevania	B-Application
to	O
save	O
kidnapped	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Cornell	O
encounters	O
his	O
rival	O
and	O
fellow	O
man-beast	O
,	O
Ortega	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ortega	B-Application
has	O
allied	O
himself	O
with	O
Dracula	B-Application
to	O
finally	O
beat	O
Cornell	O
in	O
combat	O
,	O
turning	O
into	O
a	O
chimera	O
like	O
creature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
eventually	O
battle	O
near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
just	O
before	O
Cornell	O
defeats	O
Dracula	B-Application
and	O
saves	O
his	O
sister	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unbeknownst	O
to	O
the	O
hero	O
,	O
acquiring	O
this	O
power	O
was	O
the	O
true	O
aim	O
of	O
the	O
dark	O
forces	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
perfect	O
sacrifice	O
(	O
not	O
Ada	B-Application
,	O
as	O
Cornell	O
had	O
assumed	O
)	O
to	O
resurrect	O
Dracula	B-Application
at	O
his	O
full	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legacy	O
of	O
Darkness	O
was	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
Konami	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
(	O
Castlevania	B-Application
,	O
also	O
published	O
in	O
1999	O
)	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
3D	O
Castlevania	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Cornell	O
was	O
present	O
in	O
early	O
development	O
media	O
and	O
press	O
information	O
for	O
Castlevania	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
ultimately	O
removed	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legacy	O
of	O
Darknesss	O
primary	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
story	O
(	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
to	O
Carrie	O
and	O
Reinhardt	O
's	O
adventures	O
)	O
in	O
which	O
Cornell	O
explores	O
new	O
levels	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
redesigned	O
levels	O
from	O
Castlevania	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levels	O
from	O
Castlevania	B-Application
that	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
drastically	O
changed	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Villa	O
)	O
are	O
often	O
navigated	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
or	O
novel	O
manner	O
and	O
feature	O
different	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
are	O
redesigned	O
levels	O
from	O
Castlevania	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carrie	O
and	O
Reinhardt	O
's	O
quests	O
lack	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
some	O
cutscenes	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
level	O
designs	O
present	O
in	O
Castlevania	B-Application
(	O
due	O
to	O
space	O
concerns	O
)	O
,	O
instead	O
adopting	O
the	O
new	O
level	O
designs	O
(	O
from	O
Cornell	O
and	O
Henry	O
's	O
quests	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
quests	O
also	O
feature	O
new	O
bosses	O
from	O
Henry	O
's	O
quest	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Medusa	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Queen	O
of	O
the	O
Spider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
also	O
given	O
new	O
armor	O
and	O
weapon	O
designs	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
original	O
starting	O
armor	O
from	O
Castlevania	B-Application
can	O
be	O
unlocked	O
during	O
Henry	O
's	O
quest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
supports	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
's	O
Expansion	O
Pak	O
add-on	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
an	O
option	O
in	O
which	O
textures	O
are	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
higher	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
was	O
present	O
within	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
original	O
chronology	O
from	O
its	O
original	O
release	O
until	O
2002	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
timeline	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
Japanese	O
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Harmony	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dissonance	I-Application
website	O
omitted	O
it	O
–	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
several	O
other	O
Castlevania	B-Application
games	O
–	O
from	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
continuity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
others	O
also	O
included	O
Castlevania	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Circle	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
and	O
the	O
original	O
Castlevania	B-Application
release	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
English	O
language	O
timeline	O
,	O
distributed	O
with	O
preordered	O
versions	O
of	O
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Portrait	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ruin	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Konami	O
of	O
America	O
,	O
includes	O
Legacy	O
of	O
Darkness	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
describe	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Igarashi	O
later	O
clarified	O
that	O
he	O
looks	O
at	O
the	O
titles	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
...	O
Castlevania	B-Application
"	O
gaiden	O
"	O
(	O
subseries	O
)	O
"	O
and	O
complimented	O
them	O
by	O
stating	O
"	O
they	O
...	O
both	O
have	O
a	O
really	O
unique	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
Castlevania	B-Application
world.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Legacy	O
of	O
Darkness	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
hope	O
the	O
next	O
installment	O
on	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
will	O
be	O
better	O
,	O
but	O
until	O
then	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
satisfactory.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
planned	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
game	O
,	O
Castlevania	B-Application
Resurrection	O
,	O
was	O
eventually	O
canceled	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Freshman	O
of	O
GamePro	O
said	O
in	O
one	O
review	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
basically	O
what	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
's	O
Castlevania	B-Application
was	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
future	O
Castlevania	B-Application
3D	O
games	O
can	O
build	O
on	O
the	O
good	O
things	O
about	O
this	O
one	O
(	O
and	O
leave	O
out	O
the	O
bad	O
)	O
,	O
then	O
maybe	O
the	O
series	O
can	O
have	O
a	O
bright	O
future	O
after	O
all.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
not	O
worth	O
a	O
second	O
look	O
from	O
Castlevania	B-Application
fans	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
a	O
first	O
look	O
from	O
newbies.	O
"	O
</s>
