YMMV / Castlevania Chronicles

• Awesome Music: Whether you choose the original version of the soundtrack, or the arranged soundtrack by Sota Fujimori of BEMANI fame.
• Broken Base: 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 Harmony of Despair^note in terms of spinoff appearances, that is; for example, Portrait of Ruin uses the original design as part of the "Greatest Five" Dual Crush, but the design became much more divisive when Konami reverted him back to his original box art design in 2017's Super Bomberman R^note most notably carrying over to his playable appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. 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 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 Bishōnen. 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.
• Difficulty Spike: 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...
• Fan Nickname: 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.
• Narm Charm: Castlevania as a series is no stranger to stylized remixes of their staple songs. Something about hearing 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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