Never played a Castlevania game in my life, but I saw a couple of the ports for sale on 360 a little while ago and I've been playing it constantly.
I just decided to get the one I heard the most about, so Symphony of the Night was it, and boy this game is awesome. Tough as hell too, I'm already stuck at the boss battle where you have to fight yourself.
Edit: HAHA!! I just beat him! Take that, self!!
Any tips? Nostalgic recollections?
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One of my favorite things to do was to get the fists that allow you to do a hadoken. I would just run through the castle when I got bored and throw fireballs at everything. Some of the grinding for the rare items gets a little repetitive but if you have the ring to increase drop rate, it actually doesn't take too long to get most of the items. Unless you are trying to get the ring that boosts all of your stats by a ridiculous amount. Those things can be difficult to get to drop.