Death Bat

The Death Bat is a boss in Castlevania: The Adventure.

Description[]

The Death Bat is the boss of Stage 3 and awaits Christopher at the top of the trap tower. Its appearance is that of a skeletal humanoid, with the head of a bird or a pterosaur and a pair of bat-like wings affixed to its back.

It attacks by flying high up and out of the reach of Christopher's whip, and then making swoops at him, trying to rip him apart with its claws. It's not very resilient, though, and can be defeated with only three strikes from a fully powered whip.

Enemy Data[]

Name	JPN	HP	EXP	ATK
Death Bat	ゴーバンス Gōbansu (Gobanz)

Location
3. Torture Chamber

Description
It soars into the sky with its giant wings and attacks with sharp claws.

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Trivia[]

The original Japanese name of this enemy is "Gobanz". However, some names were switched in the American and European localizations of Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge:
- Gobanz was renamed to Death Bat.
- Zeldo was renamed to Gobanz.
- Night Stalker was renamed to Zeldo.
In the American and European instruction booklets, Gobanz is not referred as a boss.
Death Bat is somewhat physically similar to Slogra, raising the question if both creatures are related in any way.
The first boss in Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth is a blend of the Death Bat and the Phantom Bat, although it lost most of its non-bat characteristics and also turns into a swarm of bats when struck. It maintained the original Death Bat's protruding rib cage, however.
The Death Bat bears some resemblance to Ridley, an antagonist from Nintendo's Metroid series; particularly, his later redesign starting with Super Metroid.
- This similarity may have been referenced by Ridley being recruited at Dracula's Castle in the World of Light storyline in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.