Simon Belmont

For fighter info, see Simon (SSBU).

Simon Belmont
Official artwork of Simon Belmont from Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls and Castlevania Chronicles.
Universe	Castlevania
Debut	Castlevania (1986)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Picross S Konami Antiques Edition (2026)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom Disk System)
Species	Human (augmented via the Belnades Clan's magic)
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Wallachia
Created by	Hitoshi Akamatsu Akihiko Nagata
English voice actor	Keith Silverstein
Japanese voice actor	Hideo Ishikawa
Article on Wikipedia	Simon Belmont

Simon Belmont (シモン・ベルモンド, Simon Belmondo) is a main character from the Castlevania series, debuting as the protagonist of its first game. A member of the legendary Belmont Clan, Simon is chronologically the fifth Belmont to assume the role of vampire hunter, and is "the most renowned of vampire hunters" during his tenure.

Simon Belmont made his Super Smash Bros. series debut in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, alongside his descendant Richter Belmont.

Origin

Simon Belmont is the protagonist of the original Castlevania, its sequel Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, and the numerous early games retelling the original game's events: Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania Chronicles, Vampire Killer, and Haunted Castle. As the series's original protagonist, and for his battles against Dracula being chronicled across more games than any other Belmont, Simon is often considered the face of the series alongside Dracula and Alucard, and has made several appearances outside of it. As one of the earliest popular characters from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) era, he is widely considered a classic gaming icon.

Simon's appearance has varied considerably over the years; early games depict him as a rugged, blonde warrior clad in brown, barbarian-esque armor, while the PlayStation version of Castlevania Chronicles introduces a softer, redheaded design with darker clothing, courtesy of the series's post-Symphony of the Night artist Ayami Kojima. Regardless of appearance, he is recognizable for wielding the Vampire Killer whip, as well as for establishing gameplay elements such as the "Belmont strut", stilted jumping, delayed whip attacks, and immense damage knockback that lent the series its reputation for great difficulty.

Born in Wallachia in 1669, Simon is a descendant of the Belmont Clan, whose bloodline has a deep historical feud with Dracula. Simon boasts peak human physiology compared even to other vampire hunters, thanks to the Belmont Clan's centuries-old training regimen and the magical blood of Sypha Belnades, a powerful witch who married Simon's distant ancestor, Trevor Belmont. The original Castlevania story sees Simon head to the castle after Dracula's resurrection at the hands of evil cultists. Wielding the Belmont Clan's heirloom, a holy whip known as the Vampire Killer, Simon storms Dracula's Castle, defeating several of his minions and the Count himself. After battling in the castle keep, Simon becomes the third Belmont to kill Dracula, and watches from a distance as the castle collapses, bringing with him a set of wounds that would seemingly not heal.

The game's sequel, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest reveals Simon to have been afflicted by a fatal curse upon Dracula's defeat. Simon is forced to gather Dracula's remains from across Transylvania and resurrect Dracula himself, as a rematch is the only way for him to free himself. Simon returns to the ruins of Castlevania after doing so, inciting Dracula's resurrection. He manages to defeat his newly-revived form, buries Dracula's remains, and is praised as a hero. Simon would eventually settle down and start a family, continuing the Belmonts' lineage beyond his lifespan through his grandson, Juste, and his great-great-grandson Richter.

As the early Castlevania series had little defined continuity, Simon's first battle was retold through multiple different games. Vampire Killer for the MSX2 is a non-linear title that has him traveling around the castle utilizing many weapons. The arcade game Haunted Castle and its remake Haunted Castle Revisited portray Simon as being a newlywed man who has his wife, Serena, taken away by Dracula, forcing him to venture onward through the demon castle and rescue her. Super Castlevania IV for the SNES introduces a powerful omnidirectional whip capable of striking in eight directions, which would be retained in future Castlevania games. Castlevania Chronicles, initially made for the Sharp X68000 and adapted to the PlayStation, is a more mechanically-straightforward retelling boasting several wholly-new stages and bosses.

Simon is playable in the non-canonical spinoff games Castlevania Judgment, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, and Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, and in the alternate-continuity installment Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate. He is also playable via cheat code in the Boss Rush mode of mainline installment Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, otherwise starring his grandson Juste. Due to his status as a mascot of Konami, Simon has represented the Castlevania series by appearing in crossovers, such as DreamMix TV World Fighters and Super Bomberman R.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a playable character

Simon's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Simon was confirmed to appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a playable fighter on August 8, 2018 during the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct. His appearance is visually based on the original box art for the NES Castlevania. Many of his basic animations (e.g. idle pose, walking, jumping, etc.) are further based directly on those of his classic sprites; his fighting style was designed in tandem with Richter's to be mechanically-faithful to the original games, additionally borrowing from their skillsets in Harmony of Despair.

Simon's inclusion was largely facilitated by the results of the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot; series director Masahiro Sakurai revealed that the Castlevania series was highly requested in the poll. Of the series's numerous protagonists, Simon was chosen alongside Richter in order to represent the roots of the series.

With his wide array of projectiles and a long disjointed range courtesy of his whip, the Vampire Killer, Simon plays as a powerful zoning fighter who can keep enemies at a distance. However, his recovery is among the weakest in the game due to his slow air speed and linear Uppercut, and so he mostly depends on his whip as a tether recovery.

Spirit

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Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	シモン, Simon
English	Simon
French	Simon
German	Simon
Spanish	Simon
Italian	Simon
Chinese	Simon
Korean	사이먼, Simon
Dutch	Simon
Russian	Саймон

Trivia

• Simon, alongside Richter, are the first and so far only fighters who have a tether recovery that is neither a special move nor grab aerial.
• Although Simon's name is the same between Japanese and English, the announcer pronounces it differently between regions: the English version pronounces it as "Sai-min", while the Japanese version pronounces it "Shi-moan". The Japanese pronunciation places it closer to how the name is pronounced in Romance languages as "See-moan".
• Simon is the only fighter to have been revealed alongside their clone in the same reveal trailer.

External links

• Article on the Castlevania Wiki.