jesus christ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlev...y_of_the_Night
Basically what SotN is is a reinvention of Castlevania, instead of going with the same linear action style gameplay they went in more of a Metroid direction. They also added RPG elements, i.e. leveling up and getting progressively more powerful shit. You're this Vampire Hunter Dish dude, Alucard, and you're basically going around Dracula's castle RUINING everyone until you meet him and kill him. There's probably more to it than that, but I've never actually played it so I really don't know.