Castlevania Dracula's Curse... well, the JPN version NOT only has different sounds due to using the VCR6 Mapper that Nintendo didn't allow to use outside Japan, ALSO the overall difficulty is much lower than the international versions (and also less censorship), as for the most part, you get better sub-weapons for the candles in some places like the little passage after the stairs when you reach Dracula (you get a Cross in the JPN version while in the international versions you get an Axe... which is not bad... especially for Dracula's phase 3, but still...) OR in the same situation of the final stage... if you lose all lives and pick continue... international releases sends you back to the start of the stage... and guess what the JPN version does... well, it sends you straight to the stairs (in other words... just like OG Castlevania, which means that you're not forced to do the entire final stage all over again), also, the international releases the 1st loop is kind of an hybrid of JPN version loop 1 and 2+ fused together, as some obstacles like bats in the room before the stairs in the final stage will appear in loop 1 when in the JPN version those only appear if you play on loop 2 or higher, also another difference is that Grant got nerfed in the international versions as his standard attack instead of just being the Knife sub-weapon is just a tiny dagger that forces you to risk contact damage with the enemy (yeah, Grant can use the Knife sub-weapon in the international versions but you know the deal for that case, unlike the JPN version in which he CAN'T get the sub-weapon because is his DEFAULT attack... also costing him zero hearts to use it for that obvious reason).
