Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is an NES video game initially released on December 22, 1989 in Japan. It stars, once more, a member of the Belmont family, this time the protagonist being Trevor Belmont, an ancestor of Simon Belmont. It's a prequel to the two other NES games in the series, and remains one of the most beloved that the franchise has to offer. This game was also later released on the Wii Virtual Console in Europe on October 31, 2008 and in North America on January 12, 2009.