Castlevania: The Bloodletting is the commonly used name among the fandom for a canceled Castlevania game that was intended to be released for the Sega 32X add-on for the Sega Genesis console sometime in 1996 or 1997. A single sprite for three characters are all that remain of this game. Through later interviews with IGA, it has been revealed that the game was intended to feature Richter Belmont, Maria Renard, and a rival to Richter.^[1]

Although announced for the Sega 32x (including two reported, although currently unrecovered, screenshots), the game soon disappeared from the radar. Sometime thereafter, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was announced for the Sony PlayStation. Several members of the development team that was working on "Bloodletting" eventually became the team at work on Symphony of the Night,^[2] and their work was later used in part or in whole in that game (again, the similarities to some sprites would help to point in that direction). The sprite for the rival was reworked from Richter Belmont's original sprite in Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, while the new Richter sprite later became Fake Trevor's.

Character GalleryEdit

See also Bloodletting Artwork

Richter Belmont
The main player of the game

Maria Renard
The co-star of the game, possibly playable

The Rival
A rival character, playable

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InterviewsEdit

Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 206 (August, 2006), Page 102

EGM: Is it true that SOTN is connected to the doomed Sega 32X game Castlevania: The Bloodletting? IGA: Well, there was another Castlevania title being developed on the 32X, but I don't believe the title was The Bloodletting. The game was cancelled before the name was confirmed. This is actually the game I worked on after Tokimeki Memorial. The team for this game was disbanded, but several members, including myself, went on to work on SOTN.

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Note: Translation based on the text from KYASSURUBANIA BANPAIAKIRA Commentator: There is a character strange near the center. IGA: The left is a rival-positioned character. It is a playable character that images the overseas-market user's preference. Two of the right is Richter and Maria's canceled character models for Mega-Drive32X during developments. Commentator: I did not know the existence of such a character!! The rival character seems to have been a tough power fighter more than Richter. Maria has exposed the thigh — hmmm, SEXY! Thank you IGA!!

Related ProductsEdit

• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - "The Bloodletting" was intended to be a sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

See AlsoEdit

• Castlevania: The Bloodletting (fangame) at Castlevania Fan Wiki - A fan game created by Piscesdream featuring Harker Belmont, son of Richter Belmont, and a re-imagination of what Bloodletting might be like

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Message from the Producer, Part 5
2. ↑ Page 102, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 206 (August, 2006)

External linksEdit

• Castlevania: The Bloodletting at Castlevania Fan Wiki
• Castlevania Realm
• Inverted Castlevania Dungeon