Dracula's Castle (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Dracula's Castle appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see its article on the Castlevania wiki.
The second third-party stage to debut, as well as the oldest one surviving, Dracula's Castle is an active stage on Super Smash Stadium. It debuted close to the end of Season 4, and is the 30th stage to debut overall.
==Stage overview==
It's yet another one of the many "Battlefield Format" stages that seem to clog up SSS. The twists include the left and right soft platforms being able to move up and down, as well as a pile of stairs on the right side, "leading up" to the stage.
Floating candles appear regularly. Hit one for an item.
Also, the Castlevania incarnations of Frankenstein's monster/Igor, the Mummy, Medusa (not the Kid Icarus version), the Werewolf, Carmilla, and the Grim Reaper all make background cameo appearances. Dracula himself will occasionally be a stage boss, granting multiple power items and boosts to whoever can defeat him. When Dracula appears, the soft platforms disappear.
==Changes==
The last major change to this stage came on December 15, 1989, when it took on its current appearance. Previously, it had an 8-bit appearance resembling the NES Castlevania games.
*The stage originally bore a stronger resemblance to Battlefield, lacking the steps. The stage was also smaller at this time, and had a daytime scheme.
*Before January 31, 1977, Dracula was a permanent fixture on the stage. He was likely demoted to "infrequently-recurring stage boss" after complaints that the stage was too hard with him on, and that he was overcentralizing.
*On November 1, 1983, the stage finally began to take place at night.
*Starting April 22, 1983, a "deluxe" version of the stage, dubbed "Super Dracula's Castle" would occasionally make an appearance; this was the debut of the stage's current layout, as well as monsters other than Dracula. The final playing of the original version of the stage came on January 8, 1988.
==In its own universe==
Nearly every Castlevania game has a Dracula's Castle, in which Simon Belmont must climb up a huge tower and take on the Count himself.