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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse — Midnight Edition

Midnight Edition adds the Digital Sound & Art Gallery, Trevor and Sypha costumes, and Family’s Grace Relic to the game. The Alucard costume belongs to a separate qualifying purchase bonus, rather than the basic Midnight contents. The retained announcement and product references make that distinction explicit.

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The confirmed Midnight contents

KONAMI’s announcement lists the gallery and three named in-game extras. The costumes are Trevor and Sypha, and the Relic is Family’s Grace. These are the additions retained in the research alongside the game itself.

The gallery is identified as the Digital Sound & Art Gallery. Its digital description should be preserved when comparing it with physical items advertised elsewhere. The document does not establish a printed art book, a physical soundtrack, or another collectible as part of this gallery entry.

The two costumes and the Relic

Xbox Wire corroborates the three named in-game extras. That supports the costume and Relic names without creating additional effects for them. The research does not describe a numerical bonus or a tested combat advantage for Family’s Grace.

Use the included-item names to compare a store listing with the announced package. Do not infer new missions or playable campaigns from a costume name. The evidence identifies the items as edition additions, not a separate roster of protagonists.

A candlelit gallery folio with a blank musical sheet and abstract decorative costume fabrics, symbolic digital gallery contents. Original conceptual illustration.
Original AI-assisted concept illustration. Imagined objects, not official edition packaging or a product photograph.Created for this independent guide · Material statement

Why Alucard is a separate purchase bonus

The retained research explicitly separates the Alucard costume from Midnight’s contents. KONAMI’s product information treats purchase-bonus conditions as distinct from edition contents. That prevents a qualifying promotional offer from being presented as an unconditional feature of the edition.

A listing that includes the bonus needs to be read under its own conditions. Buying something called Midnight does not by itself establish eligibility for every promotion. This guide therefore identifies the separation without inventing an offer deadline or a retailer list not recorded in the file.

How the stores distinguish the products

Steam lists Midnight separately from Standard. The store therefore provides a place to compare the actual product options on PC. That distinction supports the edition’s identity without guaranteeing the same current price in every region.

Compare the product title with the detailed contents before purchasing. If the listing’s promotional language mentions another bonus, read that bonus separately from the Midnight package. The announcement, storefront, and product page answer related but different questions about what you receive.

What the gallery description does and does not mean

The confirmed title of the extra is Digital Sound & Art Gallery. That establishes the kind of addition described by the publisher. The source file does not retain a complete track list, image count, or description of every gallery feature.

This guide therefore gives the announced name without adding a numerical inventory. It also keeps the digital gallery separate from retailer packaging and physical incentives. A store can advertise both, but the presence of one does not establish the other.

Deciding whether the additions suit you

Midnight is the relevant option when the named gallery, costumes, and Relic are extras you want. Standard remains the base-game comparison in the retained research. The choice can be made from those contents without assuming an edition changes the story or unlocks a special ending.

For physical packaging, use the physical-Midnight and SteelBook references rather than this included-content list. For a promotional costume, check the qualifying-purchase information attached to the actual offer. Keeping those details separate makes the Midnight comparison more accurate.

Sources and research date

This article uses the material retained in the October 13, 2026 research. Official descriptions, developer statements, and hands-on observations are identified in the section references. Details are scoped to those sources and are not a claim of independently completed retail testing.

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