* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Whether you choose the original version of the soundtrack, or the arranged soundtrack by Sota Fujimori of Music/{{BEMANI}} fame.
* BrokenBase: Over Simon's design in the [=PS1=] release's Arrange Mode by Ayami Kojima; it already had its fair share of detractors when it became the "standard" design for Simon up to ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair Harmony of Despair]]''[[note]]in terms of spinoff appearances, that is; for example, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Portrait of Ruin]]'' uses the original design as part of the "Greatest Five" [[CombinationAttack Dual Crush]][[/note]], but the design became much more divisive when Creator/{{Konami}} reverted him back to his [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI original box art design]] in 2017's ''[[VideoGame/SuperBomberman Super Bomberman R]]''[[note]]most notably carrying over to his playable appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''[[/note]]. Some prefer Kojima's design because they find it more consistent with the other characters designed by her and because Simon's look is more [[BarbarianHero barbaric]] than before. However, others dislike Kojima's design and prefer the original design due to the original being much older and more iconic for Simon, and/or because they find Kojima's design too over-the-top or a very odd mix of muscleman and {{Bishonen}}. Still others think that the design in itself is good, but shouldn't have been used for Simon. It should be noted that Kojima herself has made artwork of Simon's original design for the mobile game ''Grimoire of Souls''[[note]]which was also used as Simon Belmont's spirit in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''[[/note]].
* DifficultySpike: Stage 7 starts off with an infinite fleet of eagles carrying Flea Men, and you can only take 4 hits before you die (which you don't experience in the NES original until you hit Stage 13). And ''then'', there's those hard-to-avoid bubble enemies and the statues that shoot arrows at you...
* FanNickname: Japan refers to ''Chronicles'' Simon as either Red Simon (akai Shimon) or... Homon.
* {{Narm}}: When Dracula turns into a bat-demon in the final boss fight, it starts employing an attack that looks like it's dropping guano on you.
* NarmCharm: Castlevania as a series is no stranger to stylized remixes of their staple songs. Something about hearing [[https://youtu.be/5xoRNNgyNGg the PS1 arrange version of Vampire Killer]], a techno-gothic EDM rendition of the track, as Simon passes through the castle's entrance courtyard just sounds ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome.
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