Rope

Ropes are used for vertical navigation in the Game Boy Castlevania games, rather than the traditional Stairs used in other early titles. Ropes can be climbed up or down. It is also possible to attack with a whip or sub-weapon while on a rope. Some games allow you to slide quickly down the rope. Some enemies are also able to climb ropes, such as some Skeletons or Towers Guardians. Some ropes have weighted traps or Spiders at the bottom of them and can rise and fall. Others are hung from a moving platform.