<s>
Castlevania	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
is	O
the	O
third	O
Castlevania	B-Application
title	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
original	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
to	O
all	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Castlevania	B-Application
series	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
later	O
became	O
recognized	O
as	O
non-canon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castlevania	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platformer	O
where	O
the	O
protagonist	O
,	O
Sonia	O
Belmont	O
,	O
armed	O
with	O
a	O
whip	O
,	O
charges	O
through	O
five	O
stages	O
of	O
Count	O
Dracula	O
's	O
castle	O
,	O
filled	O
with	O
various	O
enemies	O
and	O
candles	O
containing	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
she	O
loses	O
all	O
of	O
her	O
lives	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
presented	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Application
over	I-Application
screen	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
may	O
exit	O
or	O
choose	O
to	O
continue	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
timeline	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
declared	O
non-canon	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Lament	B-Application
of	I-Application
Innocence	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
cult	O
classics	O
despite	O
the	O
portable	O
system	O
's	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
called	O
the	O
music	O
"	O
disappointing	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Castlevania	B-Application
games	O
were	O
highly	O
praised	O
for	O
their	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informers	O
Tim	O
Turi	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
lacking	O
especially	O
compared	O
to	O
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Symphony	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Night	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Longtime	O
Castlevania	B-Application
producer	O
Koji	O
Igarashi	O
removed	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
series	O
timeline	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
in	O
his	O
opinion	O
it	O
conflicted	O
with	O
the	O
plotline	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
Extension	O
placed	O
Legends	O
fifth	O
last	O
on	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
ranked	O
Castlevania	B-Application
games	O
:	O
"	O
Following	O
the	O
amazing	O
Belmont	O
's	O
Revenge	O
was	O
no	O
easy	O
task	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
all	O
fairness	O
,	O
Legends	O
is	O
an	O
inferior	O
outing	O
in	O
almost	O
every	O
regard	O
,	O
bar	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
came	O
with	O
battery	O
back-up	O
so	O
you	O
could	O
save	O
your	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
visuals	O
,	O
controls	O
and	O
music	O
are	O
all	O
worse	O
than	O
they	O
are	O
in	O
Belmont	O
's	O
Revenge	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
has	O
n't	O
stopped	O
Legends	O
from	O
becoming	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
desirable	O
and	O
expensive	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sonia	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
confirmed	O
leads	O
in	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
game	O
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
,	O
up	O
until	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
cancellation	O
.	O
</s>
