Platform Games - PLOT

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Set in a fictional universe, the Castlevania series revolves around the eternal battle between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the vampire Dracula. The direct sequel to the Japan-only release Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night takes place five years after its events; after defeating Dracula and the evil priest Shaft in 1792, Richter vanishes four years later, which triggers a series of responses from the characters.[12][13] Castlevania, Dracula's castle, which, according to the lore of the series, only appears once every century,[14] is revealed to be an entity of Chaos that continually shifts and changes to confuse trespassers with each different incarnation.[15] Symphony of the Night departs from the general practice of the series of having a member of the Belmont clan as the protagonist, and instead features Dracula's dhampir son, Alucard, in the role.[13] After Richter's disappearance, Alucard awakes from his self-induced slumber and sets out to defeat Dracula.[16] Supporting characters include the seventeen-year-old vampire hunter Maria Renard, who had been held captive in the castle during the events of Rondo of Blood, and in her search for Richter, stumbles upon the re-emerged castle;[17][18][14] and Richter Belmont, the protagonist of Rondo of Blood.[13] Residents of the castle include the castle's librarian, who quickly changes his resolve not to aid an enemy of Dracula, and sells items to Alucard;[19] and the ferryman, who brings Alucard across a river in the castle.[20] Death, Dracula's servant who opposes Alucard's plan to destroy the castle;[21] Shaft, a priest who plans to resurrect Dracula;[22] and Dracula serve as the game's primary antagonists.

Super Metroid Chronologically, Super Metroid takes place seventh in the Metroid universe and immediately after the events of Metroid II: Return of Samus, and begins with a narrative by bounty hunter Samus Aran. Samus describes how a Metroid larva hatched from an egg and immediately imprinted upon her, believing her to be its mother. She brought the larva to Ceres Space Colony, where scientists learned that they could harness its power. Just after she left the colony, she received a distress call and returned to find the scientists dead and the larva stolen. The game begins as she follows the leader of the Space Pirates, Ridley, to the planet Zebes, where she searches for the stolen larva in a network of caves.[3] Along the way, Samus defeats four of the Space Pirate bosses, including Ridley, and arrives in Tourian, the heart of the Space Pirate base. There, she encounters the Metroid larva, which has now grown to an enormous size. It attacks Samus and nearly drains all of her energy before it realizes who she is, and then departs. Samus recharges her energy and confronts Mother Brain, the biomechanical creature that controls the base's systems. Mother Brain nearly kills Samus, but is then attacked by the Metroid larva, which drains it of its energy and transfers it back to Samus. Mother Brain recovers and destroys the Metroid in retaliation, but is in turn destroyed by Samus with an extremely powerful weapon created from the energy given to her by the Metroid. Afterward, a planetwide self-destruct sequence begins, which Samus narrowly escapes.[3]

Megaman X Mega Man X, commonly known as "X", was created by Dr. Thomas Light an unknown number of years after the Mega Man series. Unlike the original Mega Man, X was a new type of robot with the ability to make his own decisions. After completing X, Light realized that there was a possibility X might choose to turn against humankind. He also feared that even if X chose a beneficent path in life with regard to human welfare, people would inexorably be unable to accept him, and that X would be viewed as a technological anomaly at best and an abomination at worst. Both would result in X's rejection as the cogent thinking machine Light originally intended him to be. Fearing that his life's work and magnum opus would be destroyed by fearful human beings, Light sealed X away in a diagnostic capsule for over 30 years of testing to make sure he would not choose an evil path in life. It is unknown what had happened to him during these years, but Dr. Light presumably died and left his diagnostic experiments unfinished. X's capsule was eventually uncovered by an archaeologist named Dr. Cain almost 100 years after X's creation. With X's help, Cain created a legion of new robots that replicated X's free will; these robots were called "Reploids" (Repliroids in Japan). For a time, everything seemed calm and peaceful. However, a virus began spreading that caused Reploids to turn against humans (later discovered to be originated by Dr. Wily implanted in Zero and transferred to Sigma). This was because X's circuitry was duplicated imperfectly.[citation needed] These Reploids were dubbed "Mavericks" (Irregulars in Japan), and a force called the Maverick Hunters (Irregular Hunters) was formed to combat them. The Maverick Hunters were originally led by Sigma until he, too, became a Maverick. Because of his betrayal and eventual declaration of war against the humans, X took it upon himself to join the Maverick Hunters and current leaderZero, another powerful robot (created by the evil Dr. Wily), on a mission to save Earth from Sigma. Throughout the series, X, Zero, and later Axl battle against Sigma and his Maverick followers to stop their many diabolical plots to destroy the human race.

Prince of Persia The game is set in Ancient Persia. While the Sultan is fighting a war in a foreign land, his vizier Jaffar seizes power. Jaffar's only obstacle to the throne is the Sultan's daughter. Jaffar locks her in a tower and orders her, under threat of execution, to become his wife. The game's nameless protagonist, whom the Princess loves, is thrown into the palace dungeons. To win the game the player must lead the protagonist out of the dungeons and to the palace tower, defeating Jaffar and freeing the Princess in under 60 minutes. The character of Jaffar is loosely based on Ja'far bin Yahya Barmaki, a Persian vizier who was executed for allegedly having an affair with a princess. He is a recurring character in the Arabian Nights and elsewhere in film and literature.[original research?]

Super Mario World After saving the Mushroom Kingdom, brothers Mario and Luigi agree to take a vacation to a place called Dinosaur Land, where there are many types of dinosaurs. However, while resting in the beach, Princess Toadstool disappears. When Mario and Luigi wake up they try to find her and, after hours of searching, come across a giant egg in the forest. It suddenly hatches and out of it comes a young dinosaur named Yoshi, who then tells them that his dinosaur friends have also been imprisoned in eggs by evil koopas. Mario and Luigi soon realize that it must be the evil King Koopa Bowser and his Koopalings. Mario, Luigi and Yoshi set out to save Princess Toadstool and Yoshi's dinosaur friends, exploring Dinosaur Land for Bowser and his Koopalings. To aid him, Yoshi gives Mario a cape as they begin their journey. Mario and Luigi continue to follow Bowser defeating the koopalings in the process and save all of Yoshi's dinosaur friends. They eventually make it to Bowser's castle, where they fight him in a final battle. They defeat Bowser and save the Princess, restoring peace to Dinosaur Land.[3]