I imagine if Jonathan Joestar and Simon Belmont ever met they'd be exchanging tips and tricks like "How to use Hamon" to "How to spam holy water"

Dracula cursed Simon and Transylvania with his dying breath, so Simon ventured all across the land just to resurrect the Count so he could kill him again and wipe the curse. That should tell you everything about what a badass he is.

Never forget, Simon is the only character in all of Castlevania canon to kill both Death and Dracula alone twice.

The original vampire killer, strutting down the halls of Dracula’s castle. Simon is classic, as classic as all the other nes protagonists from back in the day. If only castlevania was treated with as much respect these days but you know how Konami is

Simon Belmont should always be the most jacked Belmont. We talking about guns for days. He punches Dracula in the face and it hurts him a little. He rips zombies apart with ease. He should always be a monster of a man.

People always say ‘best boy’ but Simon is ‘best man’ and not the wedding kind Also I appreciate the Sara kill count acknowledgment lol

"I'm going to kill you... And then kill you again" -Simon Belmont, probably

one thing wrong on the video, simon quest wasnt to revive dracula, it was to gather all earthly remains of dracula and burn them at the castle, which is exactly what we see simon doing in game, dracula is revived through a six hidden body part, his fang, that was hidden and that simon didnt knew about

Simon Belmont, video games first Gigachad.

What’s one of my favorite things about the series is the belmonts are human. Sure they have amazing training and powerful weapons, but deep down they’re the same as the people they’re protecting. Makes it even more impressive

Simon may not be the most powerful Belmont, but to me he is the most impressive, he isn't super op nor has crazy powers (to my knowledge), he is just too strong and talented and he just goes beating the night like his descendants. And whats even more impressive to me is that he did it completely alone.

I dream of the day we get a worthy adaptation of Simon Belmont. He will always be the titular character.

Always take the barbarian look, it really distinguishes him from the group and shows how manly and proficient ant combat he is. Not to say that the redesign done by Takeshi Obata doesn't have its charm, but a Light lookalike just isn't Simon.

I love how Rondo and Symphony/Nocturne really mirror the very first two games in the series, while also incorporating influences from the other games, particularly the third one.

Simon will always be thee single greatest Belmont in the series. He kicked Dracula ass once. Then was cursed, so he brought him back to life just to beat his ass again. Other Belmonts had help or was kidnapped like punks. Simon was alone & abandoned by the people. Not to mention that Simon was the only one seen to show respect for Dracula in the ending. There is alot to say about Simon above the rest.

Simon Belmont dedicated his own life to uphold his legacy by becoming one of the finest vampire hunters. Fueled by passion, will power and determination he traveled to Castlevania and purging the darkness from the lands of Transylvania. And he isn't a man to leave a task half-way done...

This is the very reason I think Netflix made a huge mistake to omit Simon Belmont from the story

Simon Belmont does not skip Leg Day

Design wise I always liked the smash version keep it classy

If he was in the Netflix series, they’d probably have him be a total loser or kill him off episode 1.

The Sara kill count note was far more funny than it should be to me

New players of cv will also still get the same vibe that we get from jonathan joestar, because the first game in the series' canon is Lament of Innocence, where the mc is Leon Belmont, a heroic french knight

Crazy thing too is that Simon is really one of the strongest Belmonts. He killed Dracula twice, technically three times and once even while severely crippled by a curse. What's crazy about that is that Simon didn't inherit the Belnades' aptitude for magic like the other Belmonts after Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades merged their bloodlines in marriage roughly 100 years prior. So, Simon relies solely on his whip and combat abilities rather than any magic. He and Christopher Belmont are the only two Belmonts that defeated Dracula twice, and Simon did it only with his whip and instincts.

personally, I believe the reason the currency for subweapons being hearts is because the subweapon itself is a spell, and the Belmonts are capable of alchemizing their own blood in order to create these weapons to better play into their history in alchemy, and they would be finding 'hearts' as a way of basically saying they've found more blood for their body, and you would find such easily within a vampire's domain. the amount would likely represent how much they can spare before going into lethal territories.

Something i think is also really cool about Simon is how comparing him to Trevor, his main inspiration, ended up painting a surprising picture of his actual personality that was somewhat carried forward into future games Trevor is regarded as a legend not just for being the first man to slay Dracula and restore honour to the Belmont name, but also for travelling across the land and saving villages and people from Dracula's forces before ever making it to the castle despite their previous persecution of his family, giving the idea that's he an honourable and kind hearted man but when Dracula was revived in Simon's time, he immediately rushed to take on the castle by himself and did so, but it resulted in him being cursed from his wounds and pushing him towards death Comparing the two, Simon is painted as an almost monstrous force, but one that doesn't really stop and is the most dedicated to Leon's rage filled cause. Even his appearance in non-mainline games like Judgment and reimagining in LoS carry this unstoppable but slightly headstrong personality for the character, and it shows that he's not just the face of the Belmonts for his actions but also how he embodies both the best of the family but also the worst, being their one-man at a time centuries long crusade that both curses the rest of the Belmonts like Christopher and Richter, but also makes the world too reliant on them (at least that's how i interpret it)

"he shreds the night in evolution skateboarding" was a really good gag

Wonder if they'll ever make a game where Simon meets his family ancestors both in the past and future

No magic, but is the most badass of his entire family.

I really wish they hadn't skipped so many of the games to make Nocturne, while still thinking that maybe Simon dodged a Medusa Head after seeing what was done in Season 3 and fearing something Netflix might happen to him. I really wanted to see a season focusing in our hero, Simon, the one who started the franchise, the reason why Netflixvania even exists.

First timer in ur channel here! I am one of the biggest fans of Jonathan Joestar, and Simon by extension. They gained their powers by pure training, discipline, and sheer fucking will. Similar to Jonathan, he is the powerhouse of his bloodline; not gaining them because of heritage, but because they sweat their blood and soul in their training. No magic spells and skills, no buffed ghosts with funny poses that punch far beyond the speed of sound, just unflinching determination. And yeah, other Belmonts may have also had similar training, but as we have seen in later entries, they already have knowledge and exposition to their powers, and gained many abilities from their ancestors, making their grueling quest of killing Mr Tepes easier and easier, like we saw with Richter (and Joseph in the case of JJBA). But oh well, kids are meant to overcome their parents (also the consoles, LOL), I mean, look at freaking Juste, that dude is a walking nuke! _He shines!_ An interesting point is that he may have magic abilities due to the Belnades inside him, as you said in the vid, but he never used them. Now, console limitations aside, maybe there was no one to mentor him? Was the knowledge lost at the time? He was unable to use magic? We'll never know. The former, because an adaption of Simon's story is nigh impossible, as nowadays, selfless, altruistic heroes like him, Jonathan, Superman, Cap and many of the old guard are vilified as "boring" and "uninteresting" and would get either He-Man'ed, or transformed into something unrecognizable, as many of the characters in Netflix's Castlevania adaptation, because Heaven and Hell forbid a strong, altruistic, straight, cis male get any kind of exposition , but I digress. Personally, I prefer Simon not to be adapted, to be kept as he is, a Myth, a name that just by being uttered brings despair to the very creatures that do the same exact thing to mankind, a beacon of light that shines in the distance and pierces the darkness. A figure everyone looks up to. But above all else, a man, a mere human who did everything he could, with the only resource available at his time, being his body, to save everyone. Instant sub and bell activated, gonna check the rest of your content. Keep killing it bro!

Simon will always be my favorite

Great video! One little extra detail though -- Simon's gear was likely partially inspired by the 1980's animated adaptation of Vampire Hunter D, though in Simon's case, he's actually able to use the gear well and prevail against evil overall rather than falling and needing a dhampir's help.

I would prefer it if netflix would never adapt anything ever again, including Castlevania.

I wasn't expecting to see dear ol' Belmondo here, but I am glad I did. What a legend he was.

I actually voted for Simon Belmont in the official Smash Bros. poll years back. Apparently, I wasn't the only one, considering he got in SSBU.

I love these type of video breakdowns, hopefully you can do more in the future.

The Simon Belmont animated story could be made with the Simon's Quest Curse on the Belmont Clan and tied to the land. With this Simon whom had decided to strengthen his body to not depend on the magic in his Belnades blood being the source of his strength, he becomes the legend that he is as a template for his descendants, and a proud staple of his ancestors. Perhaps, even when given a partner in his story he embarks on his quest alone pushing himself to the brink to cure not just himself of the Curse, but to heal the land that is tied to his demise and the return of the horrendous creatures of the night. I guess Medusa, a possible reincarnation of Camilla can be the Antagonist Vampire, and even though Simon is alone, he will need perhaps hidden assistance or even training by maybe Alucard and part of his Belnades family members. The story should be handled with Simon tied strongly to the fate of the land and the rise of the creatures of Darkness, and perhaps instead of raising Dracula (based on the animated story) what he raises is the Dark side of Dracula, not Dracula himself, the entity created by Chaos and Evil that was part of Dracula and became separate and sentient after Dracula was resurrected with his wife.

To me Simon will always be the mightiest Belmont. He whooped Dracula twice with nothing but sheer strength of will.

Super Castlevania is a masterpiece. The graphics and sound were so top-tier. The twisting tower, and rotating area all blew my mind when I was a young child. I think if we got a Castlevania in the vein of Super Castlevania 4, Castlevania Symphony of the night, Castlevania bloodlines, and Castlevania rondo of blood, you'd get yourself an amazing Castlevania game.

If only Konami would sell off the Castlevania IP already rather than let it collect dust.

I WAITED SO LONG FOR YOUR VIDEO ON SIMONNNNNN

So like Solid Snake... the first original protagonist of Metal Gear. Big Boss might stolen the limelight of Metal Gear series but we know it was chainsmoking Solid Snake who introduced us to the world of stealth action against Bipedal nuclear robots

finally I've been waiting for this

I won't say that Belnades' blood lies absolutely dormant in Simon. One of his signature moves is to transfrom Vampire Killer into flame whip (When he has no subweapons equipped).

Simon was the most talented of them all.

been waiting for this

Whoever your favorite Belmont is, there's no escaping the fact that they're a clone of the OG.

Simon not having magic in and of itself isn’t true. Simon has magic, given that he is a Belmont, all Belmonts previous and after all have Holy Magic innately coursing through their veins. Sypha’s marriage into the family made the Belmont’s innate magic much much stronger. Which is what makes Simon even more terrifying, he has the already insanely powerful Belmont blood coursing through him, and then that was mixed with the insanely powerful Belnades blood as well. But with his lack of understanding of how it works, even though it’s natural so he could still do “Crash Attacks” much like his ancestors could, but his main reasoning for not doing so was because he wanted to prove that he was worthy enough to be part of the Belmont family. Especially since he grew up on stories about Trevor Belmont, who was not only the first Belmont/Person to kill Dracula, but was the first Belmont to get the Belmonts out of their exile, and since Soliel got mind controlled, which in turn got the populace to turn their backs on the Belmonts again, Simon, just like Trevor, wanted to prove to the populace that the Belmonts could be trusted. So, not only does Simon have the combined bloods of two extremely powerful magical families coursing through his veins, but he instead decided to train physically so that he could be even stronger. So, Simon was already extremely powerful, but he felt like he needed to be even MORE powerful just so that he could regain his families good reputation back and so that he could be heralded as a hero. But, his thought process changed after 1698, when he almost died. He realized that he brashness and need to prove himself almost got him killed, which is why in Grimoire of Souls he’s much more humble, especially when it came to talking about Trevor, as again, Trevor was his biggest inspiration. Also, as for Richter, he didn’t necessarily curse the family Bloodline, as he was still able to use it, as we see him doing a year later in 1798 during the events of Nocturne of Recollection. And despite being embarrassed about it happening, he still held his head high and didn’t let anybody disrespect the family. The Belmonts gave up the whip however due to the Nostradamus prophecy, which had been known by the family ever since Trevor was around his 60s or 70s. Richter more than likely didn’t give the whip up until Alucard told him too, since after the events of 1798, Alucard studied up on how to permanently kill his father, which was linked to the Nostradamus prophecy, which said that the last Belmont to kill Dracula needed to give up the whip since the Belmonts couldn’t be allowed to use the whip again until 1999, which was when the whip would’ve been given back to the Belmonts, through Julius.

Funny thing about Simon, he is, as far as I can remember, the one Belmont who wnyt through without any direct help, Leon had Rinaldo, Trevor had everyone lol, juste had maxim (kinda). Richter had Maria, I cant remember if Christopher had assistance. But Simon did it all on his own. Tho I may be mistaken. Not to mention the fact that he took on Dracula and his minions whilst basically falling apart due to the curse.

Dracula waking in his coffin from death, yawning Simon: "Sup"

Kinda bummed Netflix didn’t make a series on him

Funnily enough, I felt compelled to rewatch most of the Castlevania videos of yours, only to find this one just release. What are the odds?

12:18 that's why i always think that Castlevania IV and Contra III were supposed to be what the original games intended to be, a game with a spooky atmosphere and a orchestra styled soundtrack and a action-packed game about killing alien and robot bastards with a very military soundtrack.

Can't believe they're gonna skip him in the anime

Excellent video dude thanks 😎👍🏻

Simon followed the old addage of "hit the undead as hard as I can till they want nothing to do with me" addage.

I've seen versions of Simon's Quest that they improved the game from text to clues, from battles to final battle. There's a good game in Simon's Quest, just not the official Konami released game on NES/FC

Maybe next year will be the Leon video, but hey, it's cool getting one of these CV videos every year

The "Peter" part of Peter Dante is a nod to Peter Cushing, who played Jonathan Harker (and others) in the Hammer Dracula films, alongside Christopher Lee's Dracula, hence the reference to "Christopher" Dante

i allways stunned how nobody counts the Hammer movie "Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter" as an inspiration

Simon was always my fave and he did it all on his own and with no magic and wiped the floor with Dracula twice

Which is why I'm so upset the Castlevania Netflix series is skipping straight to Richter.

His mother was a powerful witch but he was born with not magic...So he just decided to get SUPER jacked to make up for that downside. This is canon by the way.

Meta-wise Simon is more important, while Richter takes the cake plot-wise.

We need and deserve a new castlevania game

Now we just need him to get his own Netflix show someday like Trevor!

Wait did this guy just shill shimoneta at the end? Omg thats one of my favorite anime. Its so funny!

I allways thought hearts was a refrence to the church, just like in the standard 52 deck of cards with the suits being nobility(spades), the merchant class (diamonds), the peasants (clubs), and the church (hearts). Here they mean something like the love of or for God. In castlevania, the weapons are things like crosses and holy water, making me think the hearts are to represent faith in God, and/or love. This also explains why it is found in the lights that illuminate your dark journey, making it less literally collecting something, and more the abstract invigorating effect of glimmers of light, that may bring sparks of hope, that empowers the struggle against the forces of evil.

Another YT commenters said this - Leon build the foundation, Simon provide RAW, Brute strength of the bloodline, Juste is the most magic-inclined of the line, Richter is best combination of two aspect, and Julius is the strongest.

The glory of Trevor Belmont: the perfect disgrace

It'd be cool to see Metic talk about the Xenoblade series of games, it just feels like they'd fit his style a lot

More Castlevania content please🙏 Loved this video❤

He do be slayin doe

I've been waiting so long for this. I could never find more about Simon than being the first Belmont we had. Ive always wished that Castlevania would have expanded on his personal story.

I feel like the Peter in Peter Dante is also in reference to Peter Cushing who played Van Helsing in Hammer Horror’s Dracula. That also works with his grandfather being named Christopher - as in Christopher Lee, Hammer’s Dracula.

Simon truly was a beast of a Belmont and the design makes sense when you factor in his ancestor, Leon Belmont. Leon was a baron who waged holy wars but abandoned his duty, lands, and title to save his wife who had been kidnapped. In his quest he gained the Alchemist Whip the predecessor to the Vampire Killer. Upon finally saving his beloved he found she had been bitten and was about to turn into a vampire herself. There was no way to save her and the whip was to weak to do anything to a vampire but found from the whips creator that should he kill his beloved with that whip it would absorb her soul and gain the power needed. He didn't want to but she had overheard and begged him to do so eventually convincing him and having her soul bound to the whip, creating the Vampire Killer that Simon and all Belmonts down the line would use to destroy Dracula whom was also revealed to be Leons closest friend who made a deal with the devil to achieve immortality and cure his weak and ailing body

Bro said "I'm better w the flu"

According to castlevania series explained. Simon has defeated Dracula 4 whole times. Castlevania 1 Castlevania 2 Super Castlevania 4 Haunted Castle

The battle has comsumated

I love Simon’s quest

I’m interested to see what you find for the remaining Belmonts in the series

Why did they decide to skip Simon and jump right into richtor in the TV show? Not only that, but it takes place right before the modern era, which makes me think there won't be any more shows after Nocturne. It really should have been 4 different castlevania series. Trevor, Simon, then richtor. Those 3 are the most influential and more known belmonts

Technically Simon one ups Alucard since he only beat Drac 2x solo while Alucard needed help the 1st time around

The best Belmont. Hands down.

I subbed for the alliteration.

It would be cool to just get 1 episode with Simon in a flashback for netflix.

Simon is essentially Konami's Batman at least in principle.

Plus Simon collecting Dracula's remains in Castlevania 2 was also one of the reasons why 50 years later Maxim from Harmony of Dissonance would do the same thing as Simon. But not to defeat the dark lord and cure himself of a curse but to be better than Juste Belmont which would lead to Dracula's Wrath to possess him leading to the Castle returning and creating another castle leading to Lydie's kidnapping and beginning the story of Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance.

I think somewhere in data books or lore it says Belmonts are genetically super human idk if it’s magic that powers their physical capabilities or they have a special gene but yea they are born stronger than a normal human being supposedly

Ooooooooh so that's what the stopwatch items from The binding of Isaac reference. Only got that now

I’ve been playing not a lot lately Castlevania grimoire of souls and I main Simon so yeah nice

No mention of Captain N?

Hay don't forget the famous verson of simon from captain n

I totally don't get why they went straight to Richter for the new Netflix series. Simon Belmont is so iconic!

Symphony, the more beloved style? Maybe by some, but felt like the downfall of the series to me. I always felt the journey through the countryside to reach the castle in Super IV, Rondo, and Bloodlines was far more interesting and immersive than spending the entire game locked away in the castle. Symphony was great as a standalone, but also the beginning of the end of the pure gameplay style established by the first Castlevania, which was replaced by the same repetitive castle-crawl, accompanied by whatever new gimmick they could come up with.

I need a CastleVania game in the style of God of war Imagine Simon doing special Executions on CastleVania Enemies

Simon wakes up, stomps shit and then goes to bed. Nuff said.

I pop in, having not watched a Meti vid in years, only to find that they're still fuggin shilling Simoneta Excellent

Why no one remembers Konami World? :/ Btw, great video. Thought it was gonna be boring, as I'm new to the channel

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