History Trivia / Castlevania

* AscendedGlitch: Backdash canceling (in which the animation for something is cancelled by the backdash, whose animation is then cancelled in turn by that move) for speedy movement and/or fast attacking as of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''

** ''Akumajou Dracula'' for the UsefulNotes/SharpX68000 was introduced to gamers outside of Japan for the first time as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles''.
** Similarly, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' made its first (functional, playable) trip outside of Japan as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles''. We don't talk about the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDraculaX Dracula X]]''.

* ReferencedBy: Music/DragonForce has a few songs in the discography that are about games in the series. Marc Hudson, the lead singer of the group, also has a
''Castlevania'' inspired song on his solo album.

** ''Rondo of Blood'' was like this until just recently; ditto the Saturn version of ''Symphony of the Night''.

* TheWikiRule: The [[https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Castlevania_Wiki Castlevania Wiki]].

* ''Trivia/CastlevaniaI''

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Aside from the more popular names getting together, it would seem A LOT of other names have also voiced in the ''[[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Musou]] [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Warriors]]'' [[VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi franchise]] (both in-game and Koei's other works via Drama [=CD's=] and the like).

* NamesTheSame:
** There are major differences between Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes (Alucard) and the Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''.
** Due to the way the fandom abbreviates each title by using the first letters of the subtitle, ''Harmony of Dissonance'' and ''Harmony of Despair'' ran into this. Fortunately, the latter's title was a play on 2D platformers being released with an HD moniker, leading to the titles being referred to as ''[=HoD=]'' and ''HD''. It still trips up newer fans every now and then.

* ''Trivia/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''

** Internal Creator/{{Konami}} documents faxed to [[Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly EGM]] were [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkCWw8KzTYA shared]] in 2021. It hints at many elements that did not make it into the game or even the series at large. For example, Elizabeth Bartley holds a grudge against the Austro-Hungarian Empire due to being captured by a Hungarian king, and the Morris clan is an English branch of the Belmont family that immigrated to America during the [[FortyNiner California Gold Rush]] and [[RagsToRiches got very rich]] via Texan mining operations. It also suggests that [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin a game set in the 1940's]] was already being considered, has more direct connections to the original ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' novel, mentions abandoned story elements such as the presence of ''three'' magical whips (the Belmonts' {{Excalibur}}, the Morris' [[ExactlywhatItSaysOnTheTin Vampire Killer]], and the disappeared "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Death mercury]]"), and includes early bios and a family tree mentioning [[Characters/{{Dracula}} Van]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Hercing]] and the cut [[AwesomeMcCoolName Bolt]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ericcson]] as Belmont relatives, among other things.

** Japanese: Simon has jumped between Creator/HideoIshikawa and Creator/KenichiSuzumura in either ''Judgment'' or ''[=SSBU=]''. Dracula has had the most of these to date, as seen on his character page. Same goes with Death. Alucard has also had a similar situation as Simon, jumping from either Creator/RyotaroOkiayu, Creator/MamoruMiyano, or Creator/ShinichiroMiki depending on the work. His contemporate, Maria Renard, has done similar going from either Creator/YokoTeppozuka, Hekiru Shina, Creator/ChisaYokoyama, Sawa Ishige, Creator/MiyuMatsuki, and Creator/ChiwaSaito.
** English: Barring their appearances in ''Captain N'', the voice acting in English began on a SoBadItsGood note with ''[=SotN=]'' continuing into the [=N64=] titles with an English cast based in Japan. ''[=LoI=]'' was when the series began using an American cast for the English voice acting, primarily at Animaze. Death got hit hard with this trope as he went from Tom Wyner in both [=PS2=] games and ''[=PoR=]'', then Creator/PatrickSeitz in both ''[=DXC=]'' and ''[=OoE=]'', Douglas Rye in ''Judgment'' and ''Rebirth'', and then back to Wyner as a RoleReprise in ''Harmony of Despair''. The ''Lords of Shadow'' series meanwhile took a different route by using a voicecast from the UK and Ireland, matching with the European-based team working on the games. The Netflix series has done a similar move with numerous voice actors from across the globe, including of Creator/JasonIsaacs from ''Lords of Shadow'' this time not voicing Satan.

* CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/CastlevaniaDracula Dracula]]

** Similarly, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' made its first (functional, playable) trip outside of Japan as ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles''. We don't talk about the SNES ''Dracula X''.