However, it gradually gained sales through word-of-mouth and became a sleeper hit, developing a cult following and selling over 700,000 units in the United States and Japan. Symphony of the Night initially sold poorly. Its design marks a break from previous entries in the series, re-introducing the exploration, nonlinear level design, and role-playing elements first experimented with in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. It features Dracula's dhampir son Alucard (returning from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse) as the protagonist, rising from his slumber to explore Dracula's castle which resurfaced after Richter Belmont vanished.

It is a direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, taking place four years later. It was directed and produced by Toru Hagihara, with Koji Igarashi acting as assistant director. The rest is the same as in the original.Action role-playing, platform-adventure ( Metroidvania)Ĭastlevania: Symphony of the Night is an action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

Ability to restore MP in the save rooms was removed.Ability to restore HP in the save rooms was removed.Added infinite Wing Smash (like in Sega Saturn version).Item after 4 seconds starts to blink, then item blinks for 4 second, which gives totally 8 seconds. Increased time of items disappearing, from 5 to 8 seconds (except hearts, money, sub-weapons).250% HP includes Lesser Demon (boss and monsters).300% HP includes simple monsters like Karasuman, Slogra and Gaibon in the Inverted Castle, because they shares same HP with bosses Karasuman, Slogra and Gaibon.300% HP includes Shaft’s Orb when you fight with Richter.300% HP of ALL Bosses, (except Dracula in prologue, you can still beat him under 1 minute).

This patch is a harder version of Symphony of the Night, PSX NTSC-U (slus_000.67). Everyone knows the bosses are the most fun part of the game, so now you can spend more time with them! This is a patch which makes bosses harder in SOTN while leaving normal enemies alone.

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