Doing the Sypha route in Dracula's Curse, and I must say that I am really impressed with this entry. It may have actually unseated the original Castlevania as my favorite of the Classicvania series, though Rondo of Blood is also quite excellent as well. Sypha is the most unique of the trio in that she's the only character to get unique sub-weapons in the forms of her spells, and like the Belmont's, said sub-weapons are game changers in boss battles. She's not as clunky as I thought she would be, though she is incredibly flimsy in taking damage. If I had to give any mark against the title besides making Alucard kind of useless, it's that the game has a bad habit of recycling bosses. That spirit enemy I mentioned in my last post actually pops up earlier in her path except he only summons the Mummies and the rematch with the Cyclops in that fight. I will give props for the reworked Medusa fight. She's pretty brutal in this one since she can turn you to stone and then hit you for triple damage. The ghost ship was interesting to say the least.

On the Game Boy front, Belmont's Revenge is a massive improvement over The Castlevania Adventures. Christoper finally has the movement speed of a typical Belmont, a new slide move when going down ropes, the ability to use the Axe and Holy Water sub-weapons and he no longer loses his whip upgrades when he takes damage and instead loses them when he dies. Several returning enemies have also been significantly nerfed with bats and those fireball spewing blobs now being slower and positioned in stages with larger space to maneuver around. The game has a bit of a Mega Man vibe since it begins with you having to conquer four other themed castles before being able to enter Dracula's castle proper. This game also has a minor plot to it, with Christopher having to track down his son who has been possessed by Dracula's spirit to use the Belmont power to resurrect him this cycle, making Christoper one of only two Belmont's to face Dracula twice within their lifetimes along with Simon Belmont. Assuming you don't count the Bad Ending's to the Soma entries. The game is significantly more user-friendly at the cost of being a bit on the easy side. Course this may be due from me coming off of Dracula's Curse...