Kid Dracula is an odd inclusion in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection. This game does not play like the other games in the collection. It is more like a Mega Man game with you shooting and gaining new power-ups or magic in this game’s case. The level design is reminiscent of a Mega Man game.

The game is average. Some of the magic powers are good and some are situational. The best magic powers are the homing and bomb powers when charged up. I rarely used the bat or upside down powers unless the level design required me to use them. There is some cheap enemy placement here and there. Some bosses were easy and some were frustrating like the Sphinx boss where you are fighting him above a bottomless pit.

Kid Dracula is slow. His running speed is pathetic. After I beat the game, I went and loaded up the Mega Man Legacy Collection and played a stage in Mega Man 2, the game I am familiar with. Mega Man is faster than Kid Dracula. K.D., catch up to that blue boy.

I do like the music and how the game looks. It is a shame there is slowdown and sprite flickering.

Kid Dracula makes me want to play through all the Mega Man games. I only played and finished the second Mega Man game and I thought that was good. Kid Dracula is average.