THIS IS PERHAPS THE BEST CASTLEVANIA GAME EVER MADE! I REMEMBER PURCHASING THIS GAME WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT ABOUT 9YRS AGO AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, THIS WAS VIDEO GAME CRACK FOR ME. THE MOMENT I STARTED PLAYING IT I JUST COULD NOT STOP PLAYING IT. ONE FRIDAY NIGHT I STARTED PLAYING IT AROUND 6PM AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL 5 AM ON SATURDAY MORNING, TOOK ABOUT A 4 HR BREAK AND THEN I WAS UP AGAIN PLAYING THIS GAME UNTIL I FINALLY FINISHED IT THAT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.