I was surprised by this game, since I thought the Game Boy's limitations will once again result in a rather mediocre experience like the first game. Luckily, that wasn't the case.

This one took the rather underwhelming experience of Castlevania: The Adventure and improved on it.

Presentation, naturally due to the system, is still minimalistic, but with the inclusion of a story felt a bit better.

The slow speed and frame rate issues present in the first game are not here, which makes this one more fun to play. The addition of sub-weapons is also worth noting, even if there are only two of them.

Level design isn't mind-blowing, but does the job well and most levels (and the game in general) were pretty short, so there wasn't much to complain about there.

Overall, while not outstanding, this is a good Castlevania game.