User blog comment:PlantyThePottedPlant/Random Topic Blogging III: Blog Harder/@comment-4121682-20141119214231

Totally forgot, I'll also probably do The Dracula X Chronicles versions of Richter and Maria sometime in the near future. It's funny how many versions of the Rondo of Blood story there are...Rondo of Blood, Dracula X, The Dracula X Chronicles...and also, the opening to Symphony of the Night being a recreation of the RoB final battle.

Well, to be fair, Simon Belmont has gotten more than his fair share of remakes or retellings...Castlevania (NES, Commodore 64, Amiga), Vampire Killer (MSX), Haunted Castle (Arcade), Super Castlevania IV (SNES), Akumajou Dracula X68000 (Sharp X68000 computer), Castlevania Chronicles (2001 PS1 remake of the Sharp X68000 game)...And yet, Simon is not the most popular character in the franchise.

Noooo...everyone's talking about "Richter Belmont", and "Alucard", "Jonathan Morris", and "Soma Cruz", and even the new Lords of Shadow reboot's "Gabriel Belmont"...and then you mention "Simon Belmont" to them, and they scratch their heads, or at least have no idea which Simon to think of.