I've played hundreds of games, and yet the part where you color the drawing of the house and then the house you go to reflecting the colors you used was incredibly cool and exciting.
One of the best Castlevanias, but I feel like it's a slight regression from Super Castlevania IV gameplay-wise. If it had taken some ideas from that game, it'd likely be the best.
This has the best bosses in the series. A few of the repeating segments of going into the shadow world were annoying, but other than that, this is a solid entry.