By the same token, Charlotte has some extremely useful spells (especially Ice Needle charged up), but she can't take physical hits well. Glass Cannon: Maria Renard's animal helpers make for very effective subweapons, but she's noticeably fragile.Time it right and you'll be dodging attacks you probably didn't think you could avoid as Hammer. Gatling Good: One of Hammer's special moves involves charging up and firing a gatling gun, and while actually firing it he's invincible.Dummied Out: The Creature from Symphony of the Night got replaced by the Cyclops from Harmony of Dissonance.Double Jump: One of the common abilities that all the playable characters have, even if they didn't in their original games.Ergo, the best (perhaps only?) way to beat the game is to 'one-credit clear' it. Continuing is VERY Painful / Unstable Equilibrium: If you die and use a continue, you lose all the stat boosts you got from special orb catches.Lots of them have at least one possible method of juggling you, and you get Mercy Invincibility only when you touch the ground. Combos: In a frightening inversion, the BOSSES can do these, because you flinch from their attacks and not vice versa.Charlotte has to charge up a moment to use her magic spell subweapons, but you can also keep charging to use a stronger version of them. Whatever character it is, you can see an aura around them which builds up, and starts flashing when it's fully charged. Charged Attack: Many characters like Hugh, Charlotte, Axe Armor and Master Skeleton have special moves you can charge up.The Succubus boss that sometimes appears in Survival Mode is from a mobile phone ripoff of Castlevania.

The Cameo: Both Reimu Hakurei and Remilia Scarlet appear in their forms from Koumajou Densetsu, as a playable character and boss respectively.

Boss Game: You go straight from one boss to the next, with nothing between them.

Bonus Boss: Remilia Scarlet and a Succubus in Survival Mode.

BFS: Axe Armor has its own take on this, using a humongous axe for one of its special moves.

This may explain why there are some baddies, even a version of Death, among the selectable cast - they may not be good doubles from some Mirror Universe but rather just interested in not having a Dracula from another reality influence their own. 400 years later, such power has grown so much it starts to affect even timelines where Trevor won.

Alternate Timeline: In the universe where this game takes place, in 1476 Trevor Belmont lost against Dracula, whose power then extended over the whole of Europe.

Depending on the character you use, it may be easier or harder to time an 'Excellent/Perfect' orb catch. Catch enough orbs like this and you'll get a Double Shot or Triple Shot, which lets you toss more subweapons at a time, or strengthens them if they're the kind you can't use more than one of in quick succession. If you catch the orb so that you're in some kind of animation when the freeze-frame happens (jumping, attacking, doing a special move), your maximum HP, MP and/or attack power will increase.

After Combat Recovery: Just like in the main games, every boss leaves behind an orb when beaten.

Tropes used in Castlevania Fighter include:

Mugen castlevania characters