Line #11 Trivia/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood


1	* DummiedOut: A giant lizard or dragon that apparently shot laser beams is partially loaded at the end of the first area.
2	* LateExportForYou: The original [[Platform/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]] version game wouldn't leave Japan until the release of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles'' for the Platform/PlayStationPortable in 2007, which also contains an UpdatedRerelease version. A ROM rip of the original version was also made available for the Platform/{{Wii}}'s Platform/VirtualConsole internationally in 2010, though it was left untranslated.
3	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros:
4	** Since Shaft was cut from the only port of this game to appear outside Japan[[note]]Before ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles The Dracula X Chronicles]]''[[/note]]. Pity, since he was an important character in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.
5	** Some fans of ''Symphony'' are known to ask why Maria keeps showing up as [[TokenMiniMoe a young girl]] in games like ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Portrait of Ruin]]'', ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair Harmony of Despair]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment Judgment]]''. ''Symphony'' was the only game to portray her as anything close to an adult.
6	* NoPortForYou: ''Rondo of Blood'' and ''Symphony of the Night'' remain Playstation-ecosystem exclusives, whereas most of the other classic ''Castlevania'' games (including the ''Dracula X'' [=SNES=] port) have seen multi-platform releases as part of the ''Castlevania Anniversary Collection'' and ''Castlevania Advanced Collection''. The [=PSP=] remake, ''Dracula X Chronicles'', remains exclusive to the now-defunct [=PSP=] system and is now only playable either via old hardware or emulation.
7	* RemadeForTheExport: ''Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'' made its first (functional, playable) trip outside of Japan as ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles'', which also included a port of the original PC Engine game. This PC Engine port was subsequently re-released for the Playstation 4 as part of the ''Castlevania: Requiem'' collection. We don't talk about the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDraculaX Dracula X]]''.
8	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
9	** A [[https://shmuplations.com/chinorondo2/ Shogakukan interview]] with lead programmer “Nyajiou” reveals that a total of four playable characters were planned, but after thinking it over, it was decided to narrow it down to two. Additionally, the bosses' desperate final blows could take away the player's life in the demo disc, but in the final, they cannot and only take away any health that would count toward the stage clear (with the exception of Shaft in Stage 6).
10	** [[https://shmuplations.com/chinorondo/ Another interview]] in the Konami Kukeiha Club OST liner notes explains that Mikio Saitou's arrangement of "Cross Your Heart" from ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'' [[CutSong didn't make the cut]]. It reappeared in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles The Dracula X Chronicles]]'' as one of the three special tracks unlocked after finding all 49 Sound Items. Also, according to programmer Shingo Takatsuka, the initial test version of ''Rondo of Blood'' was estimated to be five times harder than the final game.
11	** A Platform/Sega32X version was [[https://segaretro.org/File:AnimericaAVI_US_Vol.2_08.jpg reportedly]] [[https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:VideoGames_US_73.pdf&page=55 in]] [[https://segaretro.org/File:Freak_29_IL_Preview_1.jpg development]] under the name ''Dracula X''[[note]]which may or may not be the same as an untitled ''Rondo of Blood'' follow-up said to have been in development for the 32X[[/note]]. All that's known was that it was planned for release around the same time as the SNES conversion of the same name, and it was apparently going to make concessions to the audio and cutscenes in order to fit it on cartridge.
12	* WordOfGod: IGA and A.S.Minakata state in pg. 126 of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles The Dracula X Chronicles]]''' [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/cv-rob/tdxc-guidebook.htm official Japanese guidebook]] that they think the MysteriousWatcher in Stage 3' is Dracula, although the [[Platform/PlayStationPortable PSP]] [[VideoGameRemake remake]] adds a wide hat to this figure. IGA also states that "X" in "Dracula X" was originally supposed to stand for the Roman numeral, as ''Rondo of Blood'' is considered the tenth game released in the ''Castlevania'' series[[note]]apparently counting Simon Belmont retellings such as the Platform/{{MSX}}2 and [[Platform/SharpX68000 X68000]] iterations but not the ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' spinoffs[[/note]], but it began to be thought of as its own sub-series at the time, as the Tokyo office had creative freedom from the Kobe office.

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