Every year or two, I return to 1997’s Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The defining action ... because Konami added the option to play as Maria, a feature scrapped from all but the game ...

Maria Renard (Pixie Davies on the Netflix show) also features prominently. The biggest barrier to "Nocturne" doing a "Symphony of the Night" storyline in season 3 would be bringing Dracula back ...

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