History VideoGame / CastlevaniaFighter

''[[http://serio.piiym.net/cvbla/ Castlevania Fighter]]'' is a homebrewed ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game, developed by Serio using {{VideoGame/MUGEN}} as the game engine. While the plot -- [[ExcusePlot such as it is]] -- involves characters coming together from several [[AlternateUniverse alternate universes]] and [[AlternateTimeline timelines]] (a bit like the cast of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' coming from several points in the timeline -- and ironically, we are speaking of the ''official'' Castlevania FightingGame), the game itself plays like a very long [[BossRush boss rush]] styled after the platformers of the series, with graphics borrowed from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' and the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] games along with new sprites drawn in the same style.

* ChargedAttack: Many characters, like Hugh, Charlotte, Axe Armor, and Master Skeleton, have special moves you can charge up. Whatever character it is, you can see an aura around them which builds up, and starts flashing when it's fully charged. Charlotte has to charge up a moment to use her magic spell subweapons, but you can also keep charging to use a stronger version of them.

* GlassCannon: Maria Renard's animal helpers make for very effective subweapons, but she's noticeably fragile. By the same token, Charlotte has some extremely useful spells (especially Raging Fire), but she can't take physical hits well.
** There's also Hanz Belmont, who is accessible as an alternate mode of Richter and has the lowest starting HP to date (950).

* LifeDrain: Alucard, Maria, Persephone, and Yoko have moves that can drain HP as they attack the enemy. On the opposing side, Brauner, Remilia, and Dracula all have attacks to grab you and drain your health.

* GlassCannon: Maria Renard's animal helpers make for very effective subweapons, but she's noticeably fragile. By the same token, Charlotte has some extremely useful spells (especially Ice Needle charged up), but she can't take physical hits well.

* HealThyself: Yoko, Charlotte, Maxim, Maria, and Simon are innately able to heal themselves (and nearby partners in co-op) in the middle of battle. Anyone can do it with healing potions from the item shop.

* {{Combos}}: In a frightening inversion, the ''bosses'' can do these, because you flinch from their attacks and not vice versa. Lots of them have at least one possible method of juggling you, and you get MercyInvincibility only when you touch the ground.

* EasyModeMockery: Beating the game on Easy gets you a cutesy pic of Flandre Scarlet and a sarcastic comment "congratulating" you for beating Easy mode.

* GatlingGood: One of Hammer's special moves involves charging up and firing a gatling gun, and while actually firing it he's invincible. Time it right and you'll be dodging attacks you probably didn't think you could avoid as Hammer.

* HealThyself: Yoko, Charlotte, Maxim, and Simon are innately able to heal themselves (and nearby partners in co-op) in the middle of battle. Anyone can do it with healing potions from the item shop.

* LimitBreak: Every playable character (except for Yoko, Persephone, Albus, and Ronald [=McDonald=]) has at least one super powerful move that runs off of hearts instead of the usual MP. Everyone who uses the classic ''Castlevania'' subweapons (Dagger, Axe, Cross, etc.) is able to perform their corresponding Item Crushes, except for Simon, who instead uses a Rosary for a full-screen attack. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan and Hugh]] have to activate [=DSS=] Mode first. [[VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu Sakuya]] has a unique Item Crash for the Stopwatch, but shares the Dagger Item Crash with the Belmonts. [[spoiler:Jonathan has to be in serious mode in order to use Item Crashes.]] Most of the characters who don't use the classic subweapons have unique super moves instead.

* AlternateTimeline: In the universe where this game takes place, in 1476 [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Trevor Belmont]] [[ForWantOfANail lost against Dracula]], whose power then extended over the whole of Europe. 400 years later, said power has grown so much it starts to affect even timelines where Trevor won. [[FridgeBrilliance This may explain]] why there are some baddies, even a version of Death, among the selectable cast -- they may not be good doubles from some MirrorUniverse, but rather just interested in not having a Dracula from another reality influence their own.

* BonusBoss: [[VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu Remilia Scarlet]], two bosses from ''Demon Hunter Legend'', and The Creature (the ''SOTN'' version) in Survival Mode.

* ChargedAttack: Many characters like Hugh, Charlotte, Axe Armor, and Master Skeleton have special moves you can charge up. Whatever character it is, you can see an aura around them which builds up, and starts flashing when it's fully charged. Charlotte has to charge up a moment to use her magic spell subweapons, but you can also keep charging to use a stronger version of them.

* [[ContinuingIsPainful Continuing is VERY Painful]][=/=]UnstableEquilibrium: If you die and use a continue, you lose all the stat boosts you got from special orb catches. Ergo, the best (perhaps only?) way to beat the game is to "one-credit clear" it. Technically averted as of the latest update, as you now keep all stats, points, and items when continuing. However, continues are now limited unless you use a secret cheat.

* HarderThanHard[=/=]NintendoHard: Just about every boss has new attacks, and even on Normal mode, things can get pretty hectic. Past Normal, there's Hard mode and Nightmare mode, the latter of which isn't visible until you highlight it on the difficulty select screen.

* JokeCharacter[=/=]LethalJokeCharacter: Since Serio doesn't like [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] that much, he's in the roster as a joke character, with the Terror Bear from ''Harmony Of Despair'' instead of the whip, a set of silly subweapons, and special moves that can backfire. However, if used wisely, he can still hold his own against the bosses. The joke turns a little more mean-spirited if you play Survival Mode and end up against an AI-controlled Jonathan, since he'll use proper versions of his armaments from ''Portrait of Ruin'', including the Vampire Killer whip and a Holy Claymore for his main weapons. As icing on the cake, the in-game files refer to Jonathan as ''Jonafag''.
** Using the KonamiCode in-game, however (the B and A buttons corresponding to Stonewall and backdash) [[spoiler:turns Jonathan into his serious self, allowing one to use him, although use of the whip drains his health]].

* LastDitchMove: Dario, Lesser Demon, Dullahan, and Flying Armor all have some method of hurting you as they die, but most of the bosses have another form of this -- if you strike the killing blow while they're doing an attack, they won't die until the attack is finished.
** Dracula has one last trick under his cape after defeating his third phase. During this fourth and final phase, he'll begin to charge up a final attack, summoning two swarms of bats to protect him. If the players can't deal enough damage in time to force him to teleport away and reset his charge time, he'll unleash the Demonic Meggido, a full-screen instant kill.

** Richter by default uses a custom sprite based on artwork for [=SotN=]; his alternate colors change him into his ''Rondo'' appearance, "Hans Belmont" from the cancelled 32X game, or his attire from the ''Dracula X Chronicles''. Hans isn't so much a new color, as he has a few moves to himself.

** Simon by default uses his ''Chronicles'' design. Four of his alternate colors change him to his ''Super Castlevania IV'' design, with a few new moves including an upwards whip attack. Two turn him into his original [[LethalJokeCharacter 8-bit]] [[FirstInstallmentWins sprite.]] ''SCV4'' Simon even changes the music during the final battle to "Dracula's Theme" during the first two phases (yes, even during the fight with Ultimate Dracula) and [[ThemeTunePowerUp "Simon's Theme"]] during the last two. Even the stage clear fanfare changes.

** Death and Shaft have two forms as well.

** For the ones without a motif in their games of origin: the Axe Armor, Persephone, the frog, and the Master Skeleton all have "Followers of Darkness -The First-", Hugh has "Proof of Blood", Carrie is given Cornell's theme from ''Judgment'', Hans is given "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry S (Sparda Battle)]]", and Hammer is given "Cross a Fear". (Which is funny because Hammer ''did'' have a {{Leitmotif}} in ''AriaOfSorrow''.

* SummonMagic: Most of [[VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu Reimu's]] special attacks bring in Cirno and Marisa to use some of their signature attacks. Charlotte and Jonathan's [[LimitBreak heart moves]] bring in their partner for the Holy Lightning Dual Crush. [[spoiler:That is, unless you put Jonathan in serious mode]]. Stella and Loretta also summon each other for their heart moves.

** On the playable character side, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Frozen Half]] and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Puppet Master]]. They were never fully implemented and are left in the code cause it'd be harder to remove them.

''[[http://serio.piiym.net/cvbla/ Castlevania Fighter]]'' is a homebrewed ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game, developed by Serio using {{VideoGame/MUGEN}} as the game engine. While the plot - [[ExcusePlot such as it is]] - involves characters coming together from several [[AlternateUniverse alternate universes]] and [[AlternateTimeline timelines]] (a bit like the cast of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' coming from several points in the timeline - and ironically, we are speaking of the ''official'' Castlevania FightingGame), the game itself plays like a very long [[BossRush boss rush]] styled after the platformers of the series, with graphics borrowed from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' and the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] games along with new sprites drawn in the same style.

* AfterCombatRecovery: Just like in the main games, every boss leaves behind an orb when beaten. If you catch the orb so that you're [[PlayerTic in some kind of animation]] when the freeze-frame happens (jumping, attacking, doing a special move), your maximum HP, MP and/or attack power will increase. Catch enough orbs like this and you'll get a Double Shot or Triple Shot, which lets you toss more subweapons at a time, or strengthens them if they're the kind you can't use more than one of in quick succession. Depending on the character you use, it may be easier or harder to time an "Excellent/Perfect" orb catch.
* AlternateTimeline: In the universe where this game takes place, in 1476 [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Trevor Belmont]] lost against Dracula, whose power then extended over the whole of Europe. 400 years later, such power has grown so much it starts to affect even timelines where Trevor won. [[FridgeBrilliance This may explain]] why there are some baddies, even a version of Death, among the selectable cast - they may not be good doubles from some MirrorUniverse but rather just interested in not having a Dracula from another reality influence their own.

* BonusBoss: [[VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu Remilia Scarlet]], two bosses from ''Demon Hunter Legend'' and The Creature (the SOTN version) in Survival Mode.

* TheCameo: Reimu Hakurei, Sakuya Izayoi and Remilia Scarlet appear in their forms from ''VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu'', as a playable character and boss respectively. To add to that, [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald [=McDonald=]]] and VideoGame/DukeNukem are playable, too. One stranger inclusion is Montano Cyprus from the Castlevania clone CastleOfShadows.

* CastFromHitPoints: Jonathan loses HP while using the Vampire Killer, as only the Belmonts can wield it safely.
* ChargedAttack: Many characters like Hugh, Charlotte, Axe Armor and Master Skeleton have special moves you can charge up. Whatever character it is, you can see an aura around them which builds up, and starts flashing when it's fully charged. Charlotte has to charge up a moment to use her magic spell subweapons, but you can also keep charging to use a stronger version of them.
* {{Combos}}: In a frightening inversion, the BOSSES can do these, because you flinch from their attacks and not vice versa. Lots of them have at least one possible method of juggling you, and you get MercyInvincibility only when you touch the ground.

* [[ContinuingIsPainful Continuing is VERY Painful]] / UnstableEquilibrium: If you die and use a continue, you lose all the stat boosts you got from special orb catches. Ergo, the best (perhaps only?) way to beat the game is to "one-credit clear" it. Technically averted as of the latest update, as you now keep all stats, points, and items when continuing. However, continues are now limited unless you use a secret cheat.

* GradualRegeneration: Your MP recovers over time during the fights. If you have enough time, you can hold Up to pose for at least 2 seconds and make it recover faster.
* GuestFighter: As of now, [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Reimu Hakurei, Sakuya Izayoi]], Ronald [=McDonald=], ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' and curiously, Montano Cyprus from ''CastleOfShadows''.

* HarderThanHard / NintendoHard: Just about every boss has new attacks, and even on Normal mode things can get pretty hectic. Past Normal there's Hard mode and Nightmare mode, the latter of which isn't visible until you highlight it on the difficulty select screen.

* JokeCharacter / LethalJokeCharacter: Since Serio doesn't like [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] that much, he's in the roster as a joke character, with the Terror Bear from Harmony Of Despair instead of the whip, a set of silly subweapons, and special moves that can backfire. However, if used wisely he can still hold his own against the bosses. The joke turns a little more mean-spirited if you play Survival Mode and end up against an AI-controlled Jonathan, since he'll use proper versions of his armaments from Portrait of Ruin, including the Vampire Killer whip and a Holy Claymore for his main weapons. As icing on the cake, the in-game files refers to Jonathan as ''Jonafag''.
** Using the KonamiCode in-game, however (the B and A buttons corresponding to Stonewall and backdash) [[spoiler:turns Jonathan into his serious self, allowing one to use him, although use of the whip drains his health.]]
** There's also the Frog from ''Rondo of Blood''. He can only use his tongue as a whip-like attack and hop around. Despite this he is a small target and isn't really weak. The September 2015 update has turned him into a fully-fledged character with a proper set of moves - he can even breathe fire or ice.
** There's even ''Ronald [=McDonald=]'' from ''Treasure Land Adventure'' among the roster. His only attacks are throwing a weak sparkle, an incendiary hamburger and Fry Kids.

* LastDitchMove: Dario, Lesser Demon, Dullahan and Flying Armor all have some method of hurting you as they die, but most of the bosses have another form of this - if you strike the killing blow while they're doing an attack, they won't die until the attack is finished.
** Dracula has one last trick under his cape after defeating his third phase. During this fourth and final phase, he'll begin to charge up a final attack, summoning two swarms of bats to protect him. If the players can't deal enough damage in time to force him to teleport away and reset his charge time, he'll unleash the Demonic Meggido, a full screen instant kill.

** For the ones without a motif in their games of origin: the Axe Armor, Persephone, the frog, and the Master Skeleton all have "Followers of Darkness -The First-", Hugh has "Proof of Blood", Carrie is given Cornell's theme from Judgment, Hans is given "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry S (Sparda Battle)]]", and Hammer is given "Cross a Fear".

* LifeDrain: Alucard, Maria, Persephone and Yoko have moves that can drain HP as they attack the enemy. On the opposing side, Brauner, Remilia and Dracula all have attacks to grab you and drain your health.
* LimitBreak: Every playable character (except for Yoko, Persephone, Albus, and Ronald [=McDonald=] has at least one super powerful move that runs off of hearts instead of the usual MP. Everyone who uses the classic ''Castlevania'' subweapons (Dagger, Axe, Cross, etc.) is able to perform their corresponding Item Crushes, except for Simon, who instead uses a Rosary for a full screen attack. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan and Hugh]] have to activate [=DSS=] Mode first. [[VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu Sakuya]] has a unique Item Crash for the Stopwatch, but shares the Dagger Item Crash with the Belmonts. [[spoiler:Jonathan has to be in serious mode in order to use Item Crashes.]] Most of the characters who don't use the classic subweapons have unique super moves instead.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Surpasses even ''Harmony of Despair'' in this regard, containing almost every playable character in the series, and them some.

** Richter by default uses a custom sprite based on artwork for [=SotN=], his alternate colors change him into his Rondo appearance, "Hans Belmont" from the cancelled 32X game, or his attire from the Dracula X Chronicles. Hans isn't so much a new color as he has a few moves to himself.
** Maria's alternate colors change her from an adult to a child, with her moves based more on Rondo than Symphony. Young Maria cannot dive kick like Adult Maria nor can she super jump or airdash, but she can throw egg bombs and use the song book instead of doing a fireball or forward kick.
** Simon by default uses his Chronicles design. Four of his alternate colors change him to his Super Castlevania IV design, with a few new moves including an upwards whip attack. Two turn him into his original [[LethalJokeCharacter 8-bit]] [[FirstInstallmentWins sprite.]] SCV4 Simon even changes the music during the final battle to "Dracula's Theme" during the first two phases (yes, even during the fight with Ultimate Dracula) and [[ThemeTunePowerUp "Simon's Theme"]] during the last two. Even the stage clear fanfare changes.
** Stella's alternate colors replace her with Loretta, who is functions completely differently from her sister.

* SmartBomb: Several characters can use Item Crashes or [[LimitBreak variants]] of that ability. Rosaries are an item version. Dracula also gets his own full screen move, the Demonic Megiddo, which he sometimes uses in his third phase. In his fourth phase, he'll charge it to the max, [[OneHitKill killing you]] [[TimedMission if you don't beat him quickly enough.]]

** Simon by default uses his Chronicles design. Four of his alternate colors change him to his Super Castlevania IV design, with a few new moves including an upwards whip attack. Two turn him into his original [[LethalJokeCharacter 8-bit]] [[FirstInstallmentWins sprite.]]

''[[http://serio.piiym.net/cvbla/ Castlevania Fighter]]'' is a homebrewed ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game, developed by Serio using {{VideoGame/MUGEN}} as the game engine. While the plot - [[ExcusePlot such as it is]] - involves characters coming together from several [[AlternateUniverse alternate universes]] and [[AlternateTimeline timelines]] (a bit like the cast of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' coming from several points in the timeline - and ironically, we are speaking of the ''official'' Castlevania FightingGame), the game itself plays like a very long [[BossRush boss rush]] styled after the platformers of the series, with graphics borrowed from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' and the [[NintendoDS DS]] games along with new sprites drawn in the same style.

''[[http://serio.piiym.net/cvbla/ Castlevania Fighter]]'' is a homebrewed ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game, developed by Serio using {{MUGEN}} as the game engine. While the plot - [[ExcusePlot such as it is]] - involves characters coming together from several [[AlternateUniverse alternate universes]] and [[AlternateTimeline timelines]] (a bit like the cast of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' coming from several points in the timeline - and ironically, we are speaking of the ''official'' Castlevania FightingGame), the game itself plays like a very long [[BossRush boss rush]] styled after the platformers of the series, with graphics borrowed from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' and the [[NintendoDS DS]] games along with new sprites drawn in the same style.

* LimitBreak: Every playable character (except for Yoko, Persephone, Albus, and Ronald [=McDonald=] has at least one super powerful move that runs off of hearts instead of the usual MP. Everyone who uses the classic ''Castlevania'' subweapons (Dagger, Axe, Cross, etc.) is able to perform their corresponding Item Crushes, except for Simon, who instead uses a Rosary for a full screen attack. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan and Hugh]] have to activate [=DSS=] Mode first. [[VideoGame/KomajouDensetsu Sakuya]] has a unique Item Crash for the Stopwatch, but shares the Dagger Item Crash with the Belmonts. [[spoiler:Jonathan has to be in serious mode in order to use Item Crashes.]] Most of the characters who don't use the classic subweapons have unique super moves instead.

* SummonMagic: Most of [[VideoGame/KomajouDensetsu Reimu's]] special attacks bring in Cirno and Marisa to use some of their signature attacks. Charlotte and Jonathan's [[LimitBreak heart moves]] bring in their partner for the Holy Lightning Dual Crush. [[spoiler:That is, unless you put Jonathan in serious mode]]. Stella and Loretta also summon each other for their heart moves.

* AwesomeYetPractical: Old JumpPhysics aside, little [[{{Retraux}} 8-bit Simon]] is one of the game's strongest and most reliable characters for Arcade mode. He's noticeably powerful and resistant, it's easy to get Excellent bonuses with him, he has the gold knife and even gets a full screen charged attack (the Rosary) that his modern counterpart doesn't have yet.
** Julius' version of the Cross crash has a more specific hitbox that will miss some bosses. However, there are plenty of bosses who are big or fly. When the crash hits those, expect them to quickly lose about half of their life.

* AwesomeYetPractical: Old JumpPhysics aside, little [[{{Retraux}} 8-bit Simon]] is one of the game's most strong and reliable characters for Arcade mode. He's noticeably powerful and resistant, it's easy to get Excellent bonuses with him, he has the gold knife and even gets a full screen charged attack (the Rosary) that his modern counterpart doesn't have yet.

* TheCameo: Reimu Hakurei, Sakuya Izayoi and Remilia Scarlet appear in their forms from ''VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu'', as a playable character and boss respectively. To add to that, [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald [=McDonald=]]] and VideoGame/DukeNukem are playable, too. One stranger inclusion is Montano Cyprus from CV clone CastleOfShadows.
** The other two Survival-exclusive bosses were taken from the ''Demon Hunter Legend'' series of mobile ''Castlevania'' clones.

* ExcusePlot: Currently the game doesn't have much of an over-arcing plot, but things are being planned out for a story.

** There's also the Frog from ''Rondo of Blood''. He can only use his tongue as a whip-like attack and hop around. Despite this he is a small target and isn't really weak.
** The latest version has [[spoiler:''Ronald [=McDonald=]'' from ''Treasure Land Adventure'']] among the roster. His only attacks are throwing a weak sparkle, an incendiary hamburger and Fry Kids.

* HealThyself: Yoko, Charlotte, Maxim, and Simon are innately able to heal themselves (and nearby partners in co-op) in the middle of battle. Anyone can do it with healing potions from the item shop, and the orb after each boss fight completely heals the character who grabs it in addition to any stat boosts gained through special orb captures.

** Julius' version of the Cross crash has a more specific hitbox that will miss some bosses. However, there are plenty of bossses who are big or fly. When the crash hits those, expect them to quickly lose about half of their life.

* DoubleJump: One of the common abilities that all the playable characters have, even if they didn't in their original games.

** Using the KonamiCode ingame, however (the B and A buttons corresponding to Stonewall and backdash) [[spoiler:turns Jonathan into his serious self, allowing one to use him, although use of the whip drains his health.]]

* LimitBreak: Everyone who uses the classic ''Castlevania subweapons'' (Dagger, Axe, Cross, etc.) is able to perform their corresponding Item Crushes, except for Simon. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan and Hugh]] have to activate [=DSS=] Mode first.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Surpasses even ''Harmony of Despair'' in this regard, containing just about every playable character in the series, and them some.

* SequentialBoss: Dracula is fought in his human appearance, then turns OneWingedAngel, and finally, when you think it's over, has to be fought in a powered-up version of his first form.

* SmartBomb: Several characters can use Item Crashes or [[LimitBreak variants]] of that ability. Dracula also gets his own full screen move, the Demonic Megiddo, which he sometimes uses in his third phase. In his fourth phase, he'll charge it to the max, [[OneHitKill killing you]] [[TimedMission if you don't beat him quickly enough.]]
* SpecialAttack: Almost every character has at least one, and the commands for them aren't particularly exotic since this is a platformer we're dealing with. The usual motions before the button include tapping forward twice, a quarter-circle forward, Up and a quarter-circle forward (rolling Up-Back-Down-Forward works too), a half-circle forward, and a half circle Down-Forward-Up (used for Item Crushes and similar super-powerful attacks).

* TimeStandsStill: Soma, Charlotte, Death, and anyone with a Stopwatch can slow down time for a bit, causing the boss to move and attack in slow-motion. While it doesn't freeze anything completely, it works on just about every boss. Sakuya's Stopwatch item crash actually does freeze time entirely, however, long enough for her to throw a large number of swords straight into her enemy.

** On the playable character side, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Frozen Half]] and [[CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Puppet Master]]. They were never fully implemented and are left in the code cause it'd be harder to remove them.

* GunsAkimbo: Another of Hammer's specials lets him do his best impression of [[DevilMayCry Dante]], hanging in the air while shooting twin pistols diagonally down.

''[[http://cvbla.dimondsoft.com/ Castlevania Fighter]]'' is a homebrewed ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game, developed by Serio using {{MUGEN}} as the game engine. While the plot - [[ExcusePlot such as it is]] - involves characters coming together from several [[AlternateUniverse alternate universes]] and [[AlternateTimeline timelines]] (a bit like the cast of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' coming from several points in the timeline - and ironically, we are speaking of the ''official'' Castlevania FightingGame), the game itself plays like a very long [[BossRush boss rush]] styled after the platformers of the series, with graphics borrowed from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' and the [[NintendoDS DS]] games along with new sprites drawn in the same style.

* JokeCharacter / LethalJokeCharacter: Since Serio doesn't like [[PortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] that much, he's in the roster as a joke character, with the Terror Bear from Harmony Of Despair instead of the whip, a set of silly subweapons, and special moves that can backfire. However, if used wisely he can still hold his own against the bosses. The joke turns a little more mean-spirited if you play Survival Mode and end up against an AI-controlled Jonathan, since he'll use proper versions of his armaments from Portrait of Ruin, including the Vampire Killer whip and a Holy Claymore for his main weapons. As icing on the cake, the in-game files refers to Jonathan as ''Jonafag''.

* AlternateTimeline: In the universe where this game takes place, in 1476 [[CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Trevor Belmont]] lost against Dracula, whose power then extended over the whole of Europe. 400 years later, such power has grown so much it starts to affect even timelines where Trevor won. [[FridgeBrilliance This may explain]] why there are some baddies, even a version of Death, among the selectable cast - they may not be good doubles from some MirrorUniverse but rather just interested in not having a Dracula from another reality influence their own.

** On the playable character side, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Frozen Half]] and [[CastlevaniaCroniclesOfSorrow Puppet Master]]. They were never fully implemented and are left in the code cause it'd be harder to remove them.

** Using the KonamiCode ingame, however (the B and A buttons corresponding to Stonewall and backdash) turns Jonathan into his serious self, allowing one to use him, although use of the whip drains his health.