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| {{Game | | {{Header Nav|game=Castlevania: Circle of the Moon|num=0}} |
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| |image=Castlevania CotM boxart.jpg
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| |title=Castlevania: Circle of the Moon | | |title=Castlevania: Circle of the Moon |
| | |image=[[Image:Castlevania CotM boxart.jpg|250px]] |
| |developer=[[KCEK]] | | |developer=[[KCEK]] |
| |publisher=[[Konami]] | | |publisher=[[Konami]] |
| |year=2001 | | |released={{jp|2001|March 21}}<br />{{us|2001|June 8}}<br />{{eu|2001|June 10}} |
| |systems={{syslist|gba|wiiu}}
| | |genre=[[Action]], [[Adventure]] |
| |ratings={{ESRB|T}}{{ELSPA|11}}{{CERO old|12}}
| | |platform=[[Game Boy Advance]] |
| |genre=[[Metroidvania]] | |
| |modes=[[Single player]]
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| |preceded by=[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]
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| |followed by=[[Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance]] | |
| |series=Castlevania
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| }} | | }} |
| '''Castlevania: Circle of the Moon''' (simply titled '''Castlevania''' in Europe and Australia) was the first Castlevania game released by [[Konami]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. It followed in the new style of Castlevania games (called "Metroidvanias" due to the heavy influence of the {{c|Metroid|Metroid series}}) that started with ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night|Symphony of the Night]]''.
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| | '''Castlevania: Circle of the Moon''', also known simply as '''Castlevania''' in the European and Australian releases, was the first Castlevania game released by [[Konami]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. |
| File:Castlevania CotM boxart (EU).jpg|European boxart.
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| File:Castlevania CotM boxart (back).jpg|Back (US version).
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| File:Castlevania CotM boxart (JP).jpg|Japanese boxart.
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| File:Castlevania CotM boxart (JP-SE).jpg|Japanese special edition boxart.
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| </gallery>
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| == Story ==
| | Unlike other Castlevania games, the main protagonist is not one from the Belmont clan, but Nathan Graves, descended from another Vampire hunting clan. |
| ''Circle of the Moon'' has been removed from the official canon, and is therefore not part of the Castlevania timeline.
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| Unlike other Castlevania games, the main protagonist is not one of the Belmont clan, but [[/Characters#Nathan Graves|Nathan Graves]] of another vampire hunting clan. Nathan is apprenticed to [[/Characters#Morris Baldwin|Morris Baldwin]], a veteran Vampire Hunter who helped defeat [[/Characters#Count Dracula|Dracula]] ten years ago. Now he, Nathan, and [[/Characters#Hugh Baldwin|Hugh Baldwin]] (Morris's son and another apprentice) storm Dracula's old castle to stop one of Dracula's [[/Characters#Camilla|servants]] from resurrecting the Count.
| | ==Table of Contents== |
| | | {{:Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Table of Contents}} |
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| ==External links== | |
| * [https://castlevaniadungeon.net/cotm/ Castlevania: Circle of the Moon at The Castlevania Dungeon]
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| * [https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/GBA/index.htm#CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Full castle map] at the Video Game Atlas (note: 16MiB file)
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| {{Castlevania}} | | {{Castlevania}} |
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| [[Category:Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe]] | | [[Category:KCEK]] |
| [[Category:Konami]] | | [[Category:Konami]] |
| [[Category:Metroidvania]] | | [[Category:2001]] |
| [[Category:Single player]] | | [[Category:March 21]] |
| | [[Category:Action]] |
| | [[Category:Adventure]] |
| | [[Category:Game Boy Advance]] |