Castlevania: Dracula X - Stage 6: Clock Tower (Vs. Death)
What’s a Castlevania game without a Clock Tower near the end?
However, the first half of this stage focuses on reaching the tower, first, while the second half takes place inside the tower, itself.
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At the clock of this tower, lies Dracula right-hand man: DEATH! You can only fight him if you successfully saved Maria and Annet. Otherwise, you would have to fight Annet, herself, being possessed to transform into Carmilla.
At first, Death will attack you with loads of mini-scythes, but if you damage him enough, he gains a more classic Grim Reaper look to attack you with a bigger scythe and high speed ninja like moves!
Once you have KILLED DEATH ITSELF, you proceed on to the final stage to confront Dracula, himself!
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Also, in the Japanese version of this game, Death would shed blood every time you hit him, and his death animation would’ve had his scythe decapitate his head.