The Creature

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“	And from the ancient times, the 4 pillars that guard the castle-----Medusa, Frankenstein, Mummy and Giant Bat	„
	~ Excerpt from Akumajo Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku explaining the four pillars that guard Dracula's Castle

Background

The Creature, often called Frankenstein or Frankenstein's Monster, appears in multiple Castlevania games as either a boss or a standard enemy. Known for its immense strength and formidable physical capabilities, it often demonstrates mastery over electricity and occasionally wields various weapons. Notably, in the original Castlevania, it is encountered alongside Igor.

General Information

Name: The Creature

Other Names: Frankenstein, Franken, Frankenstein's Monster

Origin: Castlevania

First Appearance: Castlevania NES (Release Order first appearance), Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (Chronological First Appearance)

Company: Konami

Creator: Hitoshi Akamatsu, Koji Igarashi

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Time Period: Irrelevant (As The Creature is an immortal, he has been through every time period in the Castlevania franchise after the 1400s)

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Dracula's Castle (Serves as one of the four pillars that guards the castle^[1])

Story Role: Enemy, Minor Antagonist, Recurring Boss

Legacy: Local Legacy (Known mainly through folklore and myths)

Influence: Unknown Influence

Language: None

Classification: Castle Guardian, Child of the Night

Species: Humanoid

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Victor Frankenstein

Occupation: One of the Four Pillars^[2]

Affiliations: Children of the Night, Medusa, Giant Bat, Mummy, Dracula, Death

Enemies: Belmont Clan (Including: Trevor Belmont, Christopher Belmont, Simon Belmont, Richter Belmont, & Maria Renard), Belnades Clan (Including: Sypha Belnades, Carrie Fernandez, & Charlotte Aulin), Grant Danasty, Alucard, Morris Clan (Including: John Morris & Jonathan Morris), Eric Lecarde, Kid Dracula

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Has been both Alive and Deceased (The Creature frequently is killed by one of the many protagonists of a Castlevania game though he will always return as a Creature of Chaos)

Date of Death: 1476 (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse), 1576 (Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth), 1692 (Castlevania), 1792 (Castlevania: Rondo of Blood), 1797 (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night), 1844/1852 (Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness), Late 1800s (Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia), 1917 (Castlevania: Bloodlines), 1944 (Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin), 10,000 Years Later (Kid Dracula)

Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Serves as one of the four pillars that guards the castle^[3], being a natural follower of Chaos and servant of Dracula)

Protection Level: Metropolitan Protector (Serves as one of the four pillars that guards the castle^[4])

Threat Level: Global Threat (The overall Creatures of Chaos intend to cause global wars^[5])

Codex Statistics

Key: 1476 | 1576 | 1692 | 1792 | 1797 | 1917 | 1944

Key Information

1476: This key covers The Creature during the events of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
1576: This key covers The Creature during the events of Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth.
1692: This key covers The Creature during the events of Castlevania.
1792: This key covers The Creature during the events of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
1797: This key covers The Creature during the events of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
1917: This key covers The Creature during the events of Castlevania: Bloodlines.
1944: This key covers The Creature during the events of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

Grade: A | A | A | A | A | A | A

Cardinality: Finite'

Power Source: Chaos (All monsters and creatures are Creatures of Chaos^[6], where they are empowered by Chaos, always rebirthing from Chaos with each rebirth, the creatures takes a new form^[7])

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Serves as one of the four pillars that guard the castle, being ranked by its prevailing magic powers^[8], with such ranking putting it above the likes of Golem from Castlevania Judgement, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift^[9]. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see getting these results^[10]. Can fight and harm Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, Grant Danasty, & 1400s Alucard^[11]) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Christopher Belmont^[12]) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Simon Belmont^[13]) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Richter Belmont & Maria Renard^[14]) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm 1700s Alucard^[15]) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Eric Lecarde & John Morris^[16]) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin^[17])

Durability: At least Town level (Can take hits from Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, Grant Danasty, & 1400s Alucard^[18]) | At least Town level (Can take hits from Christopher Belmont^[19]) | At least Town level (Can take hits from Simon Belmont^[20]) | At least Town level (Can take hits from Richter Belmont & Maria Renard^[21]) | At least Town level (Can fight and harm 1700s Alucard^[22]) | At least Town level (Can take hits from Eric Lecarde & John Morris^[23]) | At least Town level

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Should be comparable to Hector's Battle-Type innocent devils who can move entire tree logs that are blocking roads out of the way^[24] where logs can weigh around 15 to 5 tons^[25] and Hector's battle-type innocent devils can lift open large iron doors that "no man could force open"^[26]. Can easily throw giant stone slabs at his opponent^[27]) | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10

Travel Speed: Unknown: True level. At most Faster Than Light (Due to it serving as one of the four pillars that guard the castle, being ranked by its prevailing magic powers^[28], it should be faster then enemies such as the Sky Fish who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped^[29] and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances^[30]) | Unknown: True level. At most Faster Than Light | Unknown: True level. At most Faster Than Light | Unknown: True level. At most Faster Than Light | Unknown: True level. At most Faster Than Light | Unknown: True level. At most Faster Than Light | Unknown: True level. At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Superhuman (As a guardian of the castle, The Creature is ever watchful and immediately attacks once anyone enters its area, showing no signs of tiring whatsoever after long fights), likely Limitless as long as its charged with electricity

Range: Standard Melee, Several Meters with Whip (His whip can cover an entire room span^[31])

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Unknown level

Powers and Techniques

Is a Creature of the Night, which gives:

Resistance to

Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Reaction
- Superhuman Lifting
- Superhuman Energy Efficiency
Weapon Mastery
- Whip Mastery: Can use a giant whip to attack enemies from far away^[78].
- Unique Weaponry: Frankenstein can use his own chains as weapons^[79].
- Hammer Mastery: Can wield a giant hammer in combat^[80].
Spin Dash (Can roll and spin around as an attack^[81])
Body Control
- Penetration Damage
  - Physical Penetration: His body is outfitted with a hidden minigun compartment under his left arm^[82].
- Explosion Manipulation (His body is outfitted with a hidden missile launcher^[83])
Vibration Manipulation (Can cause entire rooms to vibrate and shake just from hitting the wall and from stomping the floor^[84]. Can cause entire rooms to vibrate and shake just from jumping^[85])
Electricity Manipulation (Can charge the electricity from his body to shoot out lightning^[86]. Has electricity naturally around his body^[87]. Can punch the ground to cause a long electricity wave^[88]. Can shoot electricity out of his hands^[89]. Can shoot out a giant electricity orb^[90])

Equipment

Chains: As The Creature is commonly chained up, he can rip from his chains and use them as weapons against others.
Hammer: A giant hammer The Creature wields in Symphony of the Night against 1700s Alucard.
Whip: A giant whip that The Creature Wields in Castlevania: Bloodlines against John Morris & Eric Lecarde, he can use it to block projectiles and attack from a distance.

Notable Techniques

Debris Avalanche: The Creature stomps the ground, causing a cascade of bricks to fall from the ceiling, creating a hazardous rain of debris.

Brick Toss: The Creature pulls out a brick and hurls it in an arc toward the opponent, demonstrating his strength and accuracy.

Relentless March: The Creature steadily marches across the room, only pausing to execute his attacks, showcasing his persistence and intimidation.

Electric Sphere: The Creature summons a sphere of electric energy that can be used to strike at the player.
Electric Current: The Creature generates an electric current that slides along the ground, which can be a hazard for the player.
Combination Attack: The Creature may use both the electric sphere and the electric current at the same time, intensifying the danger.

Igor's Support: Igor, The Creature's hunchbacked partner, is invincible but can be stunned briefly with attacks. Igor moves unpredictably across the arena, launching fireballs at the player while The Creature attacks from the background. Players must carefully manage their positioning to avoid being overwhelmed by Igor’s movements.

Relentless Fireball Assault: Igor continuously hops around the room, periodically launching fireballs that track the player's position. These projectiles can trap players in tight spaces, making evasion crucial.

Platform Control: The Creature typically remains near the right side of the screen, forcing players to utilize the platforms for mobility and to avoid getting cornered. Strategic use of the platforms can help the player maintain distance and gain openings for attacks.

Chain Swing: Chained to the far-left wall, The Creature can swing his chains to attack the player if they come too close. This serves as a defensive maneuver to knock the player away.

Falling Debris: The Creature strikes the back wall, causing boulders to fall from the ceiling. These can be destroyed, but they require several hits, making evasion the safer strategy in most cases.

Hunchback Interference: If the Hunchbacks from the previous area are not eliminated beforehand, they will follow the player into the fight, adding an extra layer of difficulty by attacking during the battle.

Chain Swing: Still chained to the far-left wall, The Creature can swing his chains to attack the player if they get too close, knocking them back.

Falling Debris: The Creature causes additional debris to fall from the ceiling more frequently. These boulders can still be destroyed, but dodging is often more effective.

Hunchback Reinforcements: Hunchbacks will spawn periodically during the fight, adding to the challenge by attacking the player.

Power Surge: A skeleton on the right desk acts as a proxy for Dr. Frankenstein. It reanimates intermittently to activate the power switch, allowing The Creature to move freely to the right end of the room.

Pink Flask: The Creature throws various flasks at the player, with the pink one causing a small flame to appear on the floor. If Simon is standing on a platform, this can be safely ignored, as Simon can destroy the flask by hitting it before the effect is triggered.

Green Flask: When thrown, this flask bursts mid-air, releasing flames that fall to the floor. Since it explodes in the air, the player cannot block the attack, making this flask particularly dangerous.

Gray Flask: When the gray flask hits the floor, a duplicate of the Creature is summoned. Both the real Creature and the copy will move around, with the real one not throwing any more flasks. The copy can be destroyed to end the process. The flask can also be destroyed by the player before it activates.

Choke Hold

Franken grabs the player in a choke hold. If the player fails to break free, this attack can quickly lead to death.

Electric Blast

Franken generates an electric blast from his hands, which he then launches at the player.

Jump Stomp

Franken jumps and stomps the ground, causing debris to fall. This attack is similar to one seen in Dracula's Curse, though it lacks the preceding jump.

Hammer Slam: The Creature slams its hammer into the ground, aiming for the player.
Rolling Attack: The Creature curls into a ball and rolls around the perimeter of the room, using slopes to roll onto walls and ceilings for increased speed. The machinery and tubing make jumping over it more difficult.

Electric Strike: Franken strikes the floor with his fist, sending a jolt of electricity that travels across the screen.
Chain Swing: Franken swings a long chain wrapped around his wrist.

Grabbing-Choke Hold: The Creature grabs the player in a choke hold, potentially leading to death if the player cannot escape.
Clenched Dual-Fisted Attack: The Creature performs a series of lightning bolts with his clenched fists instead of a beam.
Diagonal Leap: The Creature leaps diagonally into the air and crashes down hard on the player, with quick reaction time to catch the player in midair if they try to jump over him.
Heat-Seeking Missile: The Creature launches a powerful heat-seeking missile from his elbow's mounted turret, dealing heavy damage.
Machine Gun Barrage: The Creature fires a barrage of machine gun bullets from his elbow's turret, dealing light damage. The bullets can be destroyed.

Other

Standard Tactics

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse:
- The Creature enters from the left side of the screen and moves back and forth across the floor.
- It stomps the ground, causing an avalanche of bricks to fall from the ceiling.
- If the falling debris misses, the Creature will throw a stone block at the player in an arced path.
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth:
- The Creature summons a sphere of electric energy.
- It generates an electric current that slides along the ground.
- It can use both attacks simultaneously.
Castlevania
- NES:
  - The Creature's head detaches from its neck and flies around the room.
  - Snakes grow from the Creature’s hair and slither along the floor, attempting to bite the player.
  - The Creature attacks by summoning snakes and using them as projectiles.
  - The head flies around while the snakes attack in various patterns.
- Haunted Castle:
  - Frankenstein strikes the back wall, causing large boulders to fall from the ceiling.
  - He brandishes chains to attack the player, swinging them when the player gets too close.
  - Hunchbacks from the previous screen may join the fight if not dealt with beforehand.
- Haunted Castle Revisited:
  - The Creature remains chained to the wall, but causes more debris to fall from above.
  - Hunchbacks spawn periodically during the fight.
  - A reanimated skeleton on the right desk activates the power switch, allowing the Creature to move to the right; attacking the skeleton stops the power, retracting the chains and pulling the Creature back to the left wall.
- Super Castlevania IV:
  - The Creature moves back and forth across the room.
  - Throws chemical flasks:
    - Pink flask: Creates a small flame on the floor; can be destroyed if hit before activation.
    - Green flask: Explodes in mid-air, causing flames to fall; cannot be blocked.
    - Gray flask: Spawns a copy of the Creature when it hits the floor; the copy must be destroyed to end the process.
- Castlevania Chronicles:
  - Frankenstein's Monster is revived by electricity bolts from a machine.
  - Slowly marches toward the player while swinging a chain.
  - Occasionally stops to perform a dash attack.
  - The environment layout allows the player to avoid fighting him, such as by climbing stairs to get above and run away.
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood:
- Franken has three methods of attack which he'll pull off in a random fashion with little to no warning:
  - Grabs the player in a choke hold that, if they don't manage to shake free, can quickly lead to death.
  - Generates an electric blast from his hands which he then launches at the player.
  - Jumps and stomps on the ground, causing debris to come crashing down.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night:
- Creature has a sledgehammer as its primary weapon.
- Slams the hammer into the ground.
- Rolls into a ball, using the room’s slopes to increase speed and roll on walls and ceilings.
- When kneeling, it rolls across the floor, hitting walls and then reversing direction.
- The Creature can be damaged while attacking or standing.
Castlevania: Bloodlines:
- Frankenstein is encountered midway through The Munitions Factory as a sub-boss.
- Strikes the floor to produce a lightning bolt that travels across the screen.
- Swings a long chain wrapped around his wrist.
- Does not wander much in this title.
- When he swings the chain, jump away. When he releases it straight, crouch. When he unleashes the lightning bolt, jump to the platform on the left.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin:

Weaknesses

Creature of the Night Weaknesses: Creatures of the night become weaker when exposed to the morning sun^[95]. Garlic significantly weakens creatures of the night^[96], and causes demons to die if its placed on the ground^[97]. If a vital soul is defeated, the grimoire will revert back to its original content^[98].
Unique Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Note

Contrary to popular belief, holy attacks and the whips in Castlevania can affect and harm people that aren't apart of the creatures of the night. Leon's doppelganger can use holy water and holy attacks against him in this fight along with the alchemy whip despite Leon being a pure and noble warrior^[99]. Simon's doppelganger can harm him with the vampire killer, despite Simon being a noble hero. Holy Water even works and harms enemies such as the "Holy Armor"^[100], a knight who has natural holy powers^[101]. Corrupted enemies such as Charlie Vincent, use holy water attacks on Carrie and Reinhardt^[102]. Characters like Jonathan Morris wear armor like the Holy Mail, an armor that reduces damage from holy attacks^[103].
The Sky Fish feat moving so fast that it appears as a beam of light and only slows once time is stopped^[104] is a natural indication of Faster Than Light travel as at the speed of light, time is zero from its perspective. Soma Cruz having a hard time catching up with it initially does not mess with his scaling either as we know it's an unquantifiable level into Faster than Light at the most.

Explanation

Usage of games like Castlevania Legends & Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Castlevania Legends

The game was originally meant to be a prequel to all the other games in the Castlevania series, this can be seen with Sonia's boss fight against Dracula serving as the first time Dracula ever encountered a Belmont along with the ending of the game saying "this story marks the beginning of the Belmont family legend that has been passed on through many ages". Along with this, Sonia shared a relationship with Alucard, heavily implying that her child is between her and Alucard. The existence of Lament of Innocence already greatly messes with this. The game manual even mentions that Sonia was the first of the Belmont family to leave her name to posterity as a vampire hunter^[105]. Despite Leon Belmont being the one to start the legend of the Belmont Hunters being vampire hunters. Along with this, Trevor is canonically the first Belmont to defeat Dracula. Iga has gone out of his way to note too that Castlevania Legends was intentionally redacted from the timeline so that it doesn't conflict with the timing used in other titles.

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Although it was in the original 2006 timeline, it was removed by Iga from the timeline, along with Castlevania (N64), Legacy of Darkness, and Legends.

Why abilities from them are still usable for main timeline

These games were at one point officially a part of the original timeline before ultimately being removed, making them hypotheticals that could be done. This is further supported by an interview in the History of Castlevania - Crescent of the Moon book, where executive producer of Castlevania Netflix Adi Shankar noted that even the "non-canon" games are parallel timelines in the overall multiverse, sharing the same spirit and lore^[106]. While one could argue his statement shouldn't be used, it comes from a book titled, "History of Castlevania - Crescent of the Moon", where it wouldn't make much sense if his statement was wrong and there was no correction over it. The book even has asterisks to give further context, yet they never claim him wrong. Along with this, it's consistent with the fact that most of the Castlevania games that are "non-canon" now were originally a part of the timeline. Thus this statement is usable. Thus abilities and the likes from these games can carry over to the main timeline games.

Trivia

The Creature is based on the monster created by Dr. Victor Henry Frankenstein from the classic horror tale Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. The monster is often mistakenly called "Frankenstein", although her name for the Creature, though not used in the novel, was "Adam", in reference to the Biblical "first man".
- However, Frankenstein is a last name and as Victor Frankenstein created Adam, he would be his surrogate father, thus The Creature's full name would be Adam Frankenstein, thus Frankenstein would technically by all means be apart of his name.
- Another contradiction from the original creature is that the monster is given an ugly, grotesque image, however the original creature was tall, handsome, and beautiful with the only issue being that his eyes looked weird.
Up until Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the Creature was generally referred to as "Frankenstein" within the games. In most Japanese titles, it was called "Franken" instead (or slight variations of it).
- This has been a common misconception that is not limited to the Castlevania series, but probably since the character's introduction into pop culture media. However, the name "Frankenstein" is actually the surname of its creator, Victor Frankenstein. In the novel, the monster is never given a name and is instead called by different monikers, including "creature", "fiend", "spectre", "demon", "wretch", "devil", "thing", "being", "ogre", and most properly, "Frankenstein's monster".
The Frankenstein Monster sprite from Vampire Killer features the iconic screws on the neck; however, all other sprites from the different versions of the original Castlevania –which share the same or similar sprites– don't have these screws.
- On a related note, most incarnations of the Creature along the Castlevania series and its spin-offs don't feature the screws at all. It is unknown if this was due to different artistic approaches or just for detail limitations (some people even speculate it could have been to avoid potential copyright issues with the Universal films specific depiction of the character).
- A few games depict the monster with the screws on the forehead instead, these include: Kid Dracula (both the NES/Famicom and Game Boy version), Symphony of the Night, Circle of the Moon, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- While in Portrait of Ruin, the Creature uses the same sprite from Rondo of Blood, the screws on his neck were edited out for unknown reasons.
The Creature's overall appearance was reused for a few other enemies in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, including Enkidu, Rebuild, and a gigantic boss version of it named Goliath.
The Creature makes a brief appearance in the 1993 Konami arcade game Quiz Gakumon no Susume.

Misconceptions

"Gaiden" means "Non-Canon" or "Alternate Timeline"

This stems from the belief that when Iga or a producer calls a Castlevania game a "Gaiden" it is therefore non-canon or an alternate timeline and can be dismissed. This, however, is not the case.

The term "Gaiden" merely just means a side story, spin-off, or a separate tale. The term "Gaiden" does not determine the canonicity of a work, it just lets you know if the game is a spin-off/side-story or if it's a main story. Take, for instance, the Kingdom Hearts series. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories would be considered a gaiden, as it's a side-story and spin-off title that isn't a mainline numbered title, however, it is in all manners canon and important to play to understand Kingdom Hearts II.

The same can be applied to Castlevania itself, Castlevania Symphony of the Night is a gaiden game. Yet it is very obviously canon and pretty important to play to understand more of Alucard's backstory. The idea of a Gaiden game for the Castlevania series itself would be any game not dealing with one of Dracula's main 100-year-resurrections, which in this case, even Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest is in a way a gaiden, despite being completely canon.

This is all to say that Gaiden does not at all mean "non-canon" or "alternate timeline" and should never be treated as such, the term itself has nothing to do with the canonicity of a product.

IGA Statements Quoted by a Fan

Any statements Iga has made about Judgment that don't come from this IGN interview or a sourced and reputable article are not usable. This is, of course, referring to the popular statements used when discussing Judgment's Canoncity about a fan asking IGA about the game's Canoncity on Facebook, here are some of them below:

Fan: You mentioned Legend of Cornell was an alternate continuity. However, Cornell appears in Castlevania Judgment, which I believe is not an alternate continuity. How does that work? is he from a different universe than the other characters? It is not really explained in the game itself so I was hoping you could give some clarification on the issue.

IGA: Judgment is a work that surpasses space and time and brings them together.

Fan: I get it. So, is the explanation I suggested in the previous reply possibly correct?

IGA: I don't think it's exactly correct. Judgment is a work born of thinking it would be fun to remove all the hedges and bring characters that appeared throughout the series together. I think that you need to view it as an event from another world which does not consider things like timelines or parallel dimensions at all.

Now these seem like pretty clear-cut statements until you start to try to find where these come from.

They come from both a timeline archive discussion on the Castlevania Wiki back on January 15th, 2012 and from a forum post from the same user as the wiki article.

There is no way to find anything sourced or verifiably proven that this person spoke to Iga. Trying to look up the person didn't get any real results either.

Some other issues fall under the inconsistencies within these Iga talks, the person claims that Iga confirmed that Order of Shadows and the Arcade are non-canon because they were intended from the very beginning to be such, however, an officially sourced interview has the lead game designer of Order of Shadows state that Iga was actively involved with ensuring the game was consistent with the current canon, this would be a weird thing to do if he intended it to be non-canon from the very beginning.

He also claims that Iga said Super Castlevania IV was an alternate continuity, when the wiki also notes Iga saying that the games are all legitimate and the same scenario of defeating Dracula, however this quote is also unsourced, they just claim Iga says this with no link or anything.

There is another one not related to the user who spoke to Iga, but a user on reddit who claimed that a magazine claimed that Castlevania: Circle of the Moon was stated to be in a "different time axis". Attempting to get it translated got no wording that said anything like that, with it not even mentioning anything about canon, timeline, time axis, or any other wording of the sort in a machine-translated attempt. Do note however that this is a machine translation so it could potentially be that it is there, but until a reputable and verifiable translator can confirm or deny this translation, the jury is out with it and it will not be used for the canoncity of Circle of the Moon.

Thus all of these quotes are merely hearsay until shown or proven otherwise.

Remakes/Remasters Being Non-Canon

This comes from an Iga quote that says:

"IGA: FC版とX６８０００版ですが、X６８０００版はFC版をベースにアレンジを加えたものになっています。ゲームのアレンジは、その時に応じて、色々と施されるものですので、正直どちらも正統であると思ってよいのではないかと思っています。結論として、ドラキュラと戦い勝つというシナリオで、中間部分の切り抜きが違うと考えてもよいのではないかと考えています。スーパーファミコン版も違いますし…。どうしてもと考えるのであれば、FC版を尊重すべきかと考えます。

Translation: Regarding the Famicom version and the X68000 version, the X68000 version is an arrangement based on the Famicom version. The arrangement of a game is the kind of thing where you add a lot of different things as needed, so honestly speaking, it think they both should be considered legitimate. In conclusion, I think they should be considered as the same scenario of fighting to defeat Dracula, just with a different middle part. The Super Famicom version is different as well... If you simply must have a clear answer, the Famicom version must be given deference."

Now the quote itself doesn't state remakes or remasters are non-canon despite what people believe. It's moreso a quote of Iga stating that all of them are the same scenario, just with differences. However, an interesting point is that Iga says the NES version should be given "deference", as in to defer to the NES version.

Of course, though, this has the same issue as the Judgment quotes, everyone claims Iga said this, but there is no source of him saying this. In fact, in Castlevania Chronicles, there's a reward interview you receive from Iga himself where he talks about the game, Iga pretty much explains how the game came to be and never says anything about the game not being canon or to defer to the original^[107], if anything he treats this as just an updated version of the original. Interestingly to note too, the original he's talking about is not Castlevania on NES but instead, he's talking about the computer version of Castlevania^[108], though it borrows a lot of elements from Castlevania NES.

Overall due to the quote itself having no source, it is unusable. The way we will treat remakes, remasters, or ports here however is that they are all equally canon unless stated otherwise. Most of these tell the same story with the only real differences being extra background information added, such as Haunted Castle having it be Dracula stole Simon's wife, though the same overall story still applies even here. Iga himself has already expressed that the original Castlevania's story is pretty simple^[109] and Simon having a wife does not affect anything in the overall narrative. Super Castlevania IV notes that Simon is a vampire, though this was due to a novel writer making him a vampire in their novel. The novel was originally supposed to be an adaptation of Super Castlevania IV but was then dropped and made its own thing. Super Castlevania IV itself is still canon, but the subplot of Simon being a vampire is not. The most recent timeline even acknowledges it as canon^[110].

Iga Only Allows Stuff He Works on To Be Canon

There is a weirdly believed idea in the fandom that Iga only considers works he worked on canon, however, an officially sourced interview has the lead game designer of Order of Shadows state that Iga was actively involved with ensuring the game was consistent with the current canon, along with this Iga did not work on a lot of Castlevania games considered canon, such as the NES trilogy and the Gameboy games. In fact, he has only made 12 Castlevania games, out of the 30 Castlevania games in total, and most of them from the older console eras are still a part of the canon. Thus Iga does not only allow stuff he works on to be canon.

Iga is a Producer of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

A Nintendo Power magazine calls Iga the producer of Circle of the Moon, with Iga talking like he worked on the game in that interview. However Iga can be found nowhere in the credits of the game. Making this Nintendo Power issue questionable as to if they were talking to Iga or if the game was mixed up. Though we have direct in-game proof that Iga was not a producer of Circle of the Moon.

Elements and Statements can be used from Lords of Shadows for the main continuity

This argument comes from Adi Shankar saying that even "non-canon" games are parallel timelines in the overall multiverse, sharing the same spirit and lore^[111]. However, the Lord of Shadow games are directly noted in an interview with the lead developer, that the game has nothing to do with the canon, sharing none of the lore or original stuff for the characters. This directly conflicts with Adi Shankar's statement and it was very likely he was not even thinking of Lords of Shadows when making this statement but moreso games like Castlevania Legends. On top of this, Adi Shankar has no actual position within Konami, and being an executive producer for the Castlevania anime, thus he does not have any true say in terms of how Castlevania canon works and can only be used at most as a supporting piece of evidence.

Codex Statistics Questions

Q: Shouldn't the characters be around Tier 2 for defeating the Time Reaper who would've destroyed the very fabric of time^[112], attempted to destroy the specific era of time^[113], cause all beings everywhere to disappear, forever^[114] and that the age was on the verge of collapse^[115]?

A: We actually never get a direct outright method of Time Reaper's plan for doing this, from what Aeon mentions to Golem, if the Time Rift is not erased, all beings everywhere will disappear, forever^[116], implying that it's the Time Rift causing this, this is further backed up by the fact that in Time Reaper's boss fight, there is a vortex in the background consuming everything^[117], meaning this is an overtime feat that scales to no one physically.

Q: Shouldn't they get tier 2 for Dracula's influence destabilizing the flow of time^[118]?

A: This is a potent ability but has nothing to do with Attack Potency, there is no quantification for "destabilizing the flow of time", along with this, even if it was taken as physically, then it would be overtime as the effects are not noticeable throughout most of Curse of Darkness. Thus this is merely potent Time Manipulation.

Q: Shouldn't Dracula and by proxy anyone that scales to him get tier 2 for him being able to sustain his castle?

A: This goes under our Stabilization Feats standards, which treats sustaining feats are non-combat applicable Attack Potency normally, though in Dracula's case the Castle is speficially powered by the existence of a Dark Lord, and doesn't necessarily need their strength to rise. In the Castlevania novel, the castle rose without a Dark Lord as an example. Along with this, no one scales to the collapse of the castle, in Curse of Darkness Hector would've died to the collapse of the castle if^[119] Julia didn't come save him, and Isaac died within the castle^[120]. In other cases the Castle does not collapse^[121], but instead slowly fades away^[122]. At the end of Dawn of Sorrow Soma Cruz and Genya Arikado (aka Alucard) must escape the collapsing abyss.

Q: Shouldn't Castlevania characters that scale to Death have Infinite speed due to Death being able to kill distance itself with his attacks?

A: Killing distance to attack is not a speed feat, it's a method of Spatial Manipulation by circumventing and ignoring distance, while one can say the attack spawns on you instantly, this is not really something quantifiable. Along with this, it would only scale to characters comparable to Death during post-Dawn of Sorrow, as Soma notes Death is far faster than he remembered from his fight with him in Dawn of Sorrow^[123].

Battle Records

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None.

Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, Grant Danasty, & Alucard - Fight^[124]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Tower of Terror

Christopher Belmont - Fight^[125]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Stage 5

Simon Belmont - Fight^[126]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Stage 12 of Castlevania

Richter Belmont & Maria Renard - Fight^[127]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Hidden Docks, Marble Gallery

Alucard - Fight^[128]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Reverse Outer Wall

John Morris & Eric Lecarde - Fight^[129]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Stage 4-7 of Castlevania: Bloodlines

Johnattan Morris & Charlotte Aulin - Fight^[130]
- Conditions: None.
- Location: Dark Academy