Darkstone Cemetery is the fourth level in World 4, the Demon Realm and is based on the first level from the classic Game Boy game Castlevania: The Adventure made by Konami.
Layout[]
The level takes place in a remote mountain graveyard that has since fallen into disrepair under a stormy clouds. This is the first place where the main character of the original game, Christopher Belmont, one of the ancestors to the Belmont family, travels through to get to Dracula Castle. Once there, Christopher defeats Dracula and his undead army to save his home village from Dracula's terror.
The level layout itself is fairly simple and straight-forward, with no special gimmicks or anything. Most of the danger in the level comes from the various enemies, many of which respawn infinitely. There are no spikes or damaging floors, and no bottomless pits apart from one or two large ones that must be crossed with the use of treacherous falling platforms. There are no ? blocks in this stage and, instead, there are Castlevania-style candles spread around that give out coins and rupees. Other items are contained in Demon's Crest-style urns found in strategic locations.
The player starts off in the forest along the base of the mountain, and has to gradually climb to the summit, fighting off various enemies from the Castlevania series such as Skull Pillars, Flea Men, and explosive Big Eyes, as well as enemies from other games, such as the Phantoms and Cyclops Bats from Demon's Crest and Keeses, which are small bats from the Legend of Zelda series. The player exits the forested area about halfway through the level, with the terrain growing more and more barren and rocky, until eventually it is made up of solid rock.
At the summit of the mountain graveyard, the player will find themselves face-to-face against the living armor Sir Grakul, who first attacks the players with his axe which he can can throw it like a boomerang or try to slice the player in half with flames coming out of the ground and travel across it. After taking half of his health, Sir Grakul's axe will break in to pieces and he will go into defense with his sword and shield as he moves around a bit and trying to stab the player with his sword. After taking enough damage, Sir Grakul will explode and the level is completed as a portal will open up to the Tainted Wasteland section.
After beating Darkstone Cemetery for the first time, a cutscene will play with the Mushroom Kingdom Coalition meeting Richter Belmont for the first time. After a quick conversation in which the Coalition discuss how part of their mission includes rescuing Arthur's beloved Princess Prin Prin from Loki, Richter informs them that it is too dangerous to go any further and assures them that he will rescue Prin Prin himself on their behalf before disappearing. Despite losing track of Richter, the Coalition forges ahead to their next destination on the map.
Enemies[]
Castlevania Enemies:
Demon's Crest Enemies:
Zelda Enemies:
Boss[]
- Sir Grakul (Castlevania)
Trivia[]
- The music heard in this level is the unused Battle Of The Holy theme from Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth.
- The appearance of Sir Grakul in this level is a reference Gobanz who is a armor monster that attacks familiar to Sir Grakul and is the first boss in Castlevania: The Adventure.
- The backgrounds are sourced from Super Castlevania IV, while the tileset is a 16-bit conversion of the original tileset from Castlevania: The Adventure.
- The cutscene of the Mushroom Kingdom Coalition meeting Richter was added in the v0.92 update of Mushroom Kingdom Fusion. Out of the Coalition members, only Professor Hector, Roll, Mario and Luigi are seen due to MKF's non-linear gameplay mechanic of unlocking various playable characters at any time in any order.
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Video[]
RCBlazer Plays MKF v0.92: Cutscene After Beating Darkstone Graveyard
MeR!X Plays MKF v0.8 Darkstone Cemetery
Edwin 0080 Plays MKF: World 4-4 - Darkstone Cemetery