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** The American version made multiple changes to ramp up the challenge from the Famicom release. Enemies were altered so they deal more damage in the later stages of the game, extra enemy spawns were added, some enemies take more damage, various bosses were changed in some way to make them more difficult (e.g. Dracula's laser attack is larger and can fire at more angles), and many sub-weapon spawns were removed or changed to the dagger.

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** The American version made multiple changes to ramp up the challenge from the Famicom release. Enemies were altered so they deal more damage in the later stages of the game, extra enemy spawns were added, some enemies take more damage, various bosses were changed in some way to make them more difficult (e.g. Dracula's laser attack is larger and can fire at more angles), and many sub-weapon spawns were removed or changed to the dagger. Grant got hit particularly hard, since his base attack was changed from flinging daggers to a measly stab, which also meant he now had to choose between the dagger and axe subweapons.
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** The ''only reference'' to Grant in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}} Netflix series]] is a character mentioning that he heard a rumor about a pirate who put wheels on his ship to pillage on land, and only as a nod. Warren Ellis didn't think a pirate in a landlocked nation made any sense, even though Grant retired from piracy to move back to Wallachia. In the fourth and final season, Greta of Danesti, headwoman of the village of Danesti, becomes a prominent character, finally (somewhat) bringing Grant in.

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** The ''only reference'' to Grant in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}} [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 Netflix series]] is a character mentioning that he heard a rumor about a pirate who put wheels on his ship to pillage on land, and only as a nod. Warren Ellis didn't think a pirate in a landlocked nation made any sense, even though Grant retired from piracy to move back to Wallachia. In the fourth and final season, Greta of Danesti, headwoman of the village of Danesti, becomes a prominent character, finally (somewhat) bringing Grant in.
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* BroadStrokes: Trevor can only be accompanied by one partner at a time, and it is impossible for him to meet both Sypha and Alucard in the same run. Despite this, future games imply that all four characters faced Dracula [[FourTemperamentEnsemble together as a team]] during this story. Which actually [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow would've been]] [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome pretty cool]]. [[WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}} The Netflix adaptation]] includes Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard despite this normally being impossible but drops Grant, due to pirates in a landlocked nation being considered unrealistic.[[note]]While his bio says he was ''formerly'' a pirate captain, he quit and moved back to Wallachia some time in the past.[[/note]]

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* BroadStrokes: Trevor can only be accompanied by one partner at a time, and it is impossible for him to meet both Sypha and Alucard in the same run. Despite this, future games imply that all four characters faced Dracula [[FourTemperamentEnsemble together as a team]] during this story. Which actually [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow would've been]] [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome pretty cool]]. [[WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}} [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 The Netflix adaptation]] includes Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard despite this normally being impossible but drops Grant, due to pirates in a landlocked nation being considered unrealistic.[[note]]While his bio says he was ''formerly'' a pirate captain, he quit and moved back to Wallachia some time in the past.[[/note]]

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* KaizoTrap: When you defeat Dracula's final form, the platforms floating around must complete their cycle before the orb appears for you to touch and finally claim victory. During the wait for the platforms to land, you can still fall into the BottomlessPits that formed from the platforms flying around, thus dying and having to fight Dracula all over again. And it can take a few seconds for the platforms to land too, meaning time could run out before you can even touch the orb if you have little time left.

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** After finally defeating the Bone Dragon King, the rising water doesn't stop. It's possible to die from the water before getting the orb.
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When you defeat Dracula's final form, the platforms floating around must complete their cycle before the orb appears for you to touch and finally claim victory. During the wait for the platforms to land, you can still fall into the BottomlessPits that formed from the platforms flying around, thus dying and having to fight Dracula all over again. And it can take a few seconds for the platforms to land too, meaning time could run out before you can even touch the orb if you have little time left.


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* RiseToTheChallenge: After significantly weakening the Bone Dragon King in the water ruins, the next section will have steadily rising water. You must make accurate jumps and defeat the boss before the water level reaches up to your character.


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* SuperDrowningSkills: Much like the previous two adventures, water serves as an instant death hazard. The rising water in Block 6-05 will instantly kill your character if it catches up to them.
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* DifficultButAwesome: Grant takes extra damage, and his basic attack has a very short range and does less damage than Grant's whip. However, if you do learn when to start attacking, you can compensate for this (especially since most enemies freeze for a split-second when hit), and Grant's speed, agility (he's the only one who can control himself when jumping), and ability to WallCrawl mean that once you learn to use him, you can blow through levels with ease.

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