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{{quote|''What a horrible night to have a curse.''|Simon Belmont}}
The second entry in the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series takes place seven years after the original, where Simon Belmont has been unable to recover from the injuries he suffered from his last battle with [[Dracula]].
A [[Waif Prophet]] comes to Simon in a dream to explain to him that he is suffering the effects of Dracula's Curse (not to be confused with the game called ''[[Castlevania III Draculas Curse|Dracula's Curse]]''), which was cast upon him before Dracula's defeat. Simon may not have long to live. In order to reverse the effects of the curse, Simon must [[Gotta Catch Them All|collect the five body parts of Dracula]] from five well guarded mansions, and deliver them to the ruins of Castlevania. There, Simon can resurrect Dracula in order to face him again in a final battle to decide the fate of both himself and Transylvania.
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=== WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE EXAMPLES: ===
* [[All There in the Manual]]: A lot of the the things the townspeople tell you that are chalked up to [[Blind Idiot Translation]] are actually just plain lies. The manual tells you that townfolk, and even some of the books, lie.
* [[Beef Gate]]: Left from the starting town, the fireball spitting fast-moving monsters that take 8 hits with the starting whip to kill ensure that the player knows he's supposed to start out [[When All Else Fails Go Right|by going to the right]]. Their first hit generally knocks you back into town, but if you get past them, there's also a poisonous marsh with additional monsters in said marsh that inflict heavy damage.
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Subverted. It was widely believed that the nonsensical clues were a result of bad translation (Certainly a common problem with video games) but it turns out the original Japanese version is just as incomprehensible. Like the "Graveyard Duck?" It ''really does'' refer to the waterfowl.
* [[Blob Monster]]: One of the blue enemies.
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* [[Infallible Babble]]: Averted. The townspeople will often offer clues that are misleading, confusing, or just plain false.
* [[Invincibility Power-Up]]: Laurels, which make you invincible and can be stockpiled.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: The Sacred Flame, the Flame Whip.
* [[Metroidvania]]: [[Older Than They Think|Predates SotN by eight years.]]
* [[Multiple Endings]]: [[In
** Some guide at GameFAQs or somewhere once made an elaborate explanation of the three endings pointing out how there is an extremely complex system that calculates several other things in addition to time, but almost no one can understand it and somehow time always seems to be the main deciding factor.
* [[Mood Dissonance]]: related to the above entry, the "Worst" Ending (the one you get if you take too long) is in black and white and {{spoiler|Simon is not standing at Dracula's Grave, implying that he died}}, but the text is the most uplifting of the three endings and there is no mention of {{spoiler|Simon dying}}. the "second worst" ending is in color on a bright sunny day, and Simon is at Dracula's grave, but the text is the most bleak and depressing of the three, explicitly stating {{spoiler|that Simon dies}}. and finally, the "Best" ending has {{spoiler|Dracula's hand breaking through the soil}}.
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** This example is notable because the next game ended up being a prequel. The story timeline wouldn't be advanced until a half decade later.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The infamous line "DON'T LOOK INTO THE DEATH STAR" likely refers to ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', rather than the [[Star Wars|more infamous battle station]].
** The artwork of Dracula on the front cover of the game resembles the Clyde Caldwell cover of the original ''[[Ravenloft]]'' module from [[Dungeons and Dragons|AD&D]]. "Resembles" here means "identical except that Dracula/Strahd is looking at the viewer instead of directly forward, and Simon Belmont is superimposed on the foreground."
** The Heavy Metal Band "The Black Dahlia Murder" named their first demo album after the quote at the top of the page.
* [[Skippable Boss]]: Most avoidable reaper ever. Even if you do fight him, he's pathetically easy, which is funny, considering he's usually the ''hardest'' boss of most of the Castlevania games he's in.
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