Both characters have a collection of moves: they can jump, walk, release an attack directly ahead, and make use of several projectile sub-weapons. Her sub-items include a cat, two red birds, a turtle, an egg, and a book that shoots music notes to slow down the enemy.

These doves have the same effect as the whip, but they reach a more comprehensive range. Maria Reynard, a young girl that throws doves at her enemies, and guides the protagonist through side-scrolling levels filled with bottomless pits, loads of monsters and surprise traps. Richter wields a colourful whip and uses a surplus of sub-items like the axe, knife or cross. There are two playable characters: Richter and Maria. Thus the lord of Castlevania, Count Dracula, came to live again. It can take the form of a bat, mist, a wolf, stalks the land by night, drains a young woman of their blood to fodder his immortality. A century later, a dreadful creature was reborn unto the world. A group of these people gather and plot to destroy the world to build a new one. Peace and prosperity give rise to the wicked: those grow tired of peace and deny humanity.