Getsu Fūma Den

Getsu Fūma Den (月風魔伝, literally "Legend of Getsu Fūma") is an 1987 NES game by Konami starring Getsu Fūma. It was released in July 7th, 1987 (in Japan only), which was after the original Castlevania, but before Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.

Characters and stages based on those from this game are planned to appear as DLC for Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. The final boss of Getsu Fūma Den is Ryu Kokki, which is also the boss of the Harmony of Despair stage "Wind Warriors Moon‎‎".

The game generally follows Japanese mythology, but many enemies similar to those that appear in Castlevania games appeared in this game, many of them before they appeared in Castlevania.
 * A bone throwing Skeleton
 * A Whip Skeleton
 * Giant Spiders
 * Ghostly Eyeball Monsters
 * Medusa-like snake women
 * Sword Knights
 * Axe throwing zombies (like Axe Armors)
 * Slime
 * Killer Bees
 * Bugs that roll up in balls and attack
 * Deadly birds
 * Sickle boomerang throwing creatures similar to Night Stalkers

While this game has no sequel, several Getsu Fūma Den-based stages have appeared in other Konami games. These stages are set in Hell and appear in Konami Wai Wai World, Wai Wai World 2: SOS! Parsley Castle, Ganbare Goemon 2 (in which Dracula is the boss), and the upcoming Castlevania: Harmony of Despair.

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