History VideoGame / CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge

* OneWingedAngel: Averted; there's only one form for Dracula -- perhaps because he comes right after the fight with [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Soleil]].

* SequelNumberSnarl: This is actually the ''fifth'' Castlevania game released (''seventh'' if you count ''Vampire Killer'' and ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'' as [[ReformulatedGame separate games]] from the original ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI''). The "II" in the title refers to it being the second ''Castlevania'' game released on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, the first being ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Soleiyu's Japanese name, ソレイユ, would be better translated as "Soleil", though it's hard to blame them for not picking up on the French, considering it's a 1991 game.

The second ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game for UsefulNotes/GameBoy. You play as Christopher Belmont again, but this time, Dracula has kidnapped his son, Soleil... er, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Soleiyu]] Belmont. Has smoother gameplay than [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure the first GB Castlevania]], and also (uniquely for the series) has a level select feature at the beginning, reminiscent of the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series (so the first four levels can be played in any order).

* OneWingedAngel: There's only one form for Dracula -- perhaps because he comes right after the fight with [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Soleil]].

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: In Dracula Castle 2, the opening portions of [[Music/ClaudeDebussy Debussy]]'s "Passepied" for the stage and [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach]]'s "Chromatic Fantasia" at the battle with Soleiyu.

%* DroughtLevelOfDoom: In a way, the entire game. You only recover health by beating an area's boss, and all of your hearts are taken away after calculating them into the score. This means you typically won't have enough hearts to beat the boss with just your Sub Weapon, and every hit to your health will be one less hit you can take during the fight.

* DroughtLevelOfDoom: In a way, the entire game. You only recover health by beating an area's boss, and all of your hearts are taken away after calculating them into the score. This means you typically won't have enough hearts to beat the boss with just your Sub Weapon, and every hit to your health will be one less hit you can take during the fight.

After this game, Christopher Belmont would disappear from ''Castlevania'' canon, before being brought back for ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventureReBirth'' almost 20 years later.

** Christopher no longer loses his power ups, can move at a brisk jog instead of a constipated shuffle, can use a secondary weapon, and takes less damage from many hazards than he did in the first game. In turn, there aren't any healing items - but someone who was really good at the first Game Boy title probably won't need many to begin with.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} with the Punaguchi enemies. Their attacks are much slower and easier to dodge than before, especially when taking the game's improved movement into account. That said, they retain the unique ability of downgrading the Belmont's weapons similar to the previous game.

* AutoScrollingLevel: The bossfight against the Skeledragon. Because of Christopher's slow walking speed, [[ThatOneBoss this battle easily becomes a slugfest.]]

* DualBoss: Plant Castle and Cloud Castle bosses.

* EasyLevelsHardBosses: Unlike the predecessor, bosses are typically harder than the levels themselves.

** Christopher no longer loses his power ups, can move at a brisk jog instead of a shuffle, can use a secondary weapon, and takes less damage from many hazards than he did in the first game. In turn, there aren't any healing items - but someone who was really good at the first Game Boy title probably won't need many to begin with.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} with the Punaguchi enemies. Their attacks are much slower and easier to dodge than before, especially when taking Christopher's improved movement into account.
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: The final boss against Dracula looks impossible at first, but it becomes much easier when you start to remember the patterns, where Dracula will teleport, and based where he is, when to attack, when and where to dodge, and where to dodge by standing still.