History Fridge / CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight

* Let's look at the worst ending of the game. Richter is killed and afterwards, Alucard leaves the crumbled castle to return to his slumber. But Shaft is still alive and will go through with the resurrection of Dracula in the reverse castle. With the Belmont Clan dead, and Alucard nowhere to be seen, that leaves no one able to stop this disaster.

* If you use the priest side of the confessional booth in the chapel, the female ghost that sits down and weepingly pours her heart does so endlessly until you decide to stand from your seat. Just how much has this woman sinned in her mortal form?

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* How well Richter does in his battle against Dracula in the prologue determines Alucard's starting stats. But how does this even make sense? Having a hard time means either Richter is weaker or Dracula is stronger; the former shouldn't have any effect, and a stronger Dracula would mean a stronger Alucard since they're of the same bloodline. This doesn't even make sense from a gameplay perspective since doing well against Dracula means an advanced player, in which case the game should give Alucard worse states to maintain the level of challenge in the game. (This is how ''Dragon Spirit: The New Legend'' handles the same issue: if you lose the prologue battle you play an easier version of the game)
** The closest possible theory (which probably still makes very little sense) is that if Richter hands Dracula his ass handily, his weakened power leads to his castle, which is tied to his being, being weaker as well, and thus Alucard's higher stat can be thought as the castle being weaker and thus not as suppressive to him. If Richter doesn't win well, Dracula's power is still quite strong and thus his castle becomes stronger as well, making Alucard seem less powerful.

* Alucard's first appearance in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow later canon appearances]] give him dark hair, but in this game (and the [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegends Legends]]'') it's white. Of course he'd look extremely pale for his appearance here; the opening crawl explains that he just woke up from a roughly 300-year nap in a sealed crypt. Of course, it's also possible, judging by his disguise as Genya Arikado in the ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Sorrow]]'' games, that Alucard simply [[{{Glamour}} uses magic to change certain aspects of his appearance]].

* Regardless of the translation your playing, this is the first time that Dracula calls out to something to power him up. In the [=PS1=], he calls out "Playtime's over! Grant me power!", while the [=PSP=] version goes for "Enough of this! Give me power!" While it may seem like him calling to Satan to power him up might seem like it makes him look weaker, he isn't calling out to the Prince of Darkness, but rather calling out to Chaos istelf, of which the Castle is a creature of. In a way, Dracula is foreshadowing the fact that his power is tied to the castle, in turn allowing him to be HoistByHisOwnPetard in 1999.

* When fighting the 3 doppelgangers in the reverse coliseum, Alucard is oddly absent. Until you realize that you've already fought an Alucard doppelganger, which serves as two separate boss battles in other areas.
* Alucard's first appearance in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' and later canon appearances give him dark hair, but in this game it's white. Of course he'd look extremely pale for his appearance here; the opening crawl explains that he just woke up from a roughly 300-year nap in a sealed crypt. Of course, it's also possible, judging by his disguise as Genya Arikado in the ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Sorrow]]'' games, that Alucard simply [[{{Glamour}} uses magic to change certain aspects of his appearance]].

* It may sound cheesy to have Dracula quoting the Bible at the end of the game once he's beaten again by Alucard, but it actually makes sense when you think about it. Recall that before his vampirism with the Crimson Stone and Walter's soul, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence he was Mathias Cronqvist]], a ''knight for the church''. In a way, however you may look at it, the quote makes this scene even more somber and a bit of a {{Tearjerker}} even since Dracula seems to be not only opening his eyes to his folly, but remembering his roots in a way and what he's ultimately given up and lost for nothing.
* In ''Symphony of the Night'', the music for the Alchemy Laboratory area is called "Dance of Gold". A common practice among alchemists was the search of a chemical formula capable of transmutating base metals into gold.
* In ''Symphony of the Night'', in the PSP version, when you look up the Frozen Half enemy in the enemy encyclopaedia, there's a note saying they're transsexual. At first, you might think that that's a weird thing to work into designing an enemy... then you think about the genre the ''Castlevania'' games take their inspiration from, and you realise that you are fighting [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow sweet transvestites from transsexual Transylvania]].

** The closest possible theory (which probably still makes very little sense) is that if Richter hands Dracula his ass handily, his weakened power leads to his castle, which is ties to his being, being weaker as well, and thus Alucard's higher stat can be thought as the castle being weaker and thus not as suppressive to him. If Richter doesn't win well, Dracula's power is still quite strong and thus his castle becomes stronger as well, making Alucard seem less powerful.

* In ''Symphony of the Night'', the music for the Alchemy Laboratory area is called "Dance of Gold". A common practice among alchemists was the search of a chemical formula capable of transmutating base metals into gold. --Tropers/{{Caiahpasthesympathist}}

* Alucard's first appearance in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' and later canon appearances give him dark hair, but in this game it's white. Of course he'd look extremely pale for his appearance here; the opening crawl explains that he just woke up from a 400-year nap in a sealed crypt. Of course, it's also possible, judging by his disguise as Genya Arikado in the ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Sorrow]]'' games, that Alucard simply [[{{Glamour}} uses magic to change certain aspects of his appearance]].

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* It may sound cheesy to have Dracula quoting the Bible at the end of the game once he's beaten again by Alucard, but it actually makes sense when you think about it. Recall that before his vampirism with the Crimson Stone and Walter's soul, he was Mathias Cronqvist, a ''knight for the church''. In a way, however you may look at it, the quote makes this scene even more somber and a bit of a {{Tearjerker}} even since Dracula seems to be not only opening his eyes to his folly, but remembering his roots in a way and what he's ultimately given up and lost for nothing.

* It may sound cheesy to have [[spoiler: Dracula]] quoting the Bible at the end of the game once he's beaten again by Alucard, but it actually makes sense when you think about it. Recall that [[spoiler: before his vampirism with the Crimson Stone and Walter's soul, he was Mathias Cronqvist, a ''knight for the church''. In a way, however you may look at it, the quote makes this scene even more somber and a bit of a {{Tearjerker}} even since Dracula seems to be not only opening his eyes to his folly, but remembering his roots in a way and what he's ultimately given up and lost for nothing]].

* Let's look at the worst ending of the game. [[spoiler: Richter]] is killed and afterwards, Alucard leaves the crumbled castle to return to his slumber. But [[spoiler: Shaft]] is still alive and will go through with [[spoiler: the resurrection of Dracula in the reverse castle. With the Belmont Clan dead,]] and Alucard nowhere to be seen, that leaves no one able to stop this disaster.

* Let's look at the worst ending of the game. [[spoiler: Richter]] is killed and afterwards, Alucard leaves the crumbled castle to return to his slumber. But [[spoiler: Shaft]] is still alive and will go through with [[spoiler: the resurrection of Dracula in the reverse castle. With the Belmont Clan dead,]] and Alucard nowhere to be seen, that leaves no one able to stop this disaster.

* Let's look at the worst ending of the game. [[spoiler: Richter]] is killed and afterwards, Alucard leaves the crumbled castle to return to his slumber. But [[spoiler: Shaft]] is still alive and will go through with [[spoiler: the resurrection of Dracula in the reverse castle, the Belmont Clan dead,]] and Alucard nowhere to be seen, that leaves no one able to stop this disaster.

* When fighting the 3 doppelgangers in the reverse coliseum, Alucard is oddly absent. Until you realize that you've already fought an Alucard doppelganger, which serves as two separate boss battles in other areas.