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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so, keeping ''Legends'' out of rereleases to make the game [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes difficult to access]], and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. The death of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaResurrection'' wasn't ''entirely'' his doing, but he sure didn't lift a finger to salvage any of it. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied together. He also may have wanted to explore [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family]], which ''Legends'' would've complicated.
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so, keeping ''Legends'' out of rereleases to make the game [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes difficult to access]], and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. The death of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaResurrection'' wasn't ''entirely'' his doing, but he sure didn't lift a finger to salvage any of it. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), While it's thought commonly believed he didn't like the idea of a female warrior in the 1400s, this is [[GodNeverSaidThat based on quotes falsely attributed to him]]; his official reason is that he disliked feels the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was game is terrible and causes irreconcilable issues with the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied together. He also may have wanted to explore [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family]], which ''Legends'' would've complicated. timeline.
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so, keeping ''Legends'' out of rereleases to make the game [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes difficult to access]], and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied together. He also may have wanted to explore [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family]], which ''Legends'' would've complicated.
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so, keeping ''Legends'' out of rereleases to make the game [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes difficult to access]], and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. The death of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaResurrection'' wasn't ''entirely'' his doing, but he sure didn't lift a finger to salvage any of it. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied together. He also may have wanted to explore [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family]], which ''Legends'' would've complicated.
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so, keeping ''Legends'' out of rereleases to make the game [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes difficult to access]], and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied togethe. He also may have wanted to explore [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family]], which ''Legends'' would've complicated.
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so, keeping ''Legends'' out of rereleases to make the game [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes difficult to access]], and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied togethe.together. He also may have wanted to explore [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family]], which ''Legends'' would've complicated.
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so so, keeping ''Legends'' out of rereleases to make the game [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes difficult to access]], and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied together, and that he togethe. He also may have wanted to enact explore [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family]].family]], which ''Legends'' would've complicated.
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the early 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied together, and that he wanted to enact [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont]].Belmont family]].
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* CreatorsPest: Series caretaker Koji Igarashi famously ''hated'' Sonia Belmont, shoving her off to languish in CanonDiscontinuity as soon as he had the authority to do so and never so much as letting her get a SpiritualSuccessor so long as he helmed the franchise. Officially, this is because he felt her being a warrior woman in the 1400s broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Unofficially (and given the ahistorical things he happily let into the franchise under his tenure, the official explanation has raised more than a few eyebrows), it's thought that he disliked the [[ShipTease strong implication]] that Alucard was the father of Sonia's child and therefore the bloodlines of Dracula and the Belmonts were tied together, and that he wanted to enact [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence his own ideas about how the origins of the Vampire Killer and the Belmont family should go]].Belmont]].
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* DummiedOut: There are coin graphics like the previous UsefulNotes/GameBoy games, but they go unused due to there being no score system in the final.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Hasn't had a re-release since it was first released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy in 1997, even when [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure the two other]] [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge Game Boy entries]] were included in 2019's ''[[CompilationRerelease Castlevania Anniversary Collection]]''. Finally averted when it was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service on [[MeaningfulReleaseDate October 30, 2023]].
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Hasn't had a re-release since it was first released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy Platform/GameBoy in 1997, even when [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure the two other]] [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge Game Boy entries]] were included in 2019's ''[[CompilationRerelease Castlevania Anniversary Collection]]''. Finally averted when it was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service on [[MeaningfulReleaseDate October 30, 2023]].
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: Fitting of its horror themes, this game was re-released for the first time on Halloween. Ironically, Its Switch Online version was released a day before Halloween.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Hasn't had a re-release since it was first released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy in 1997, even when [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure the two other]] [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge Game Boy entries]] were included in 2019's ''[[CompilationRerelease Castlevania Anniversary Collection]]''. Finally averted when it was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service on [[MeaningfulReleaseDate October 30, 2023]].
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Hasn't had a re-release since it was first released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy in 1997, even when [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure the two other]] [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge Game Boy entries]] were included in 2019's ''[[CompilationRerelease Castlevania Anniversary Collection]]''. Finally averted when it was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service on [[MeaningfulReleaseDate October 30, 2023]].2023]].
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** A Sound Test is also hidden in the game and can only be accessed through Gameshark codes.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Hasn't had a re-release since it was first released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy in 1997, even when [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure the two other]] [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge Game Boy entries]] were included in 2019's ''[[CompilationRerelease Castlevania Anniversary Collection]]''. Finally averted when it was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service in October 2023.
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* DummiedOut: There are coin graphics like the previous [[UsefulNotes/GameBoy]] games, but they go unused due to there being no score system in the final.
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