Super Castlevania IV [Hard Mode] Stage 2 (NO DAMAGE / NO WHIP UPGRADE / NO SUB-WEAPONS)

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Boss fight in the middle of the stage, eh?
Boss: Medusa - 03:27
This level has its fair share of annoyances, like the birds and frogs. Their erratic movements can easily mess your timings or startle you into making more mistakes. Other than the level is easier than the first one.
The lack of whip upgrades and subweapons turns Medusa from the easiest into one of the tougher bosses. You have to be careful with the snakes she throws and keep a safe distance from her since there's no way you can attack, retreat and react to her projectiles all at once.

[@cherokeefit4248]

This game is 100% in my top 10 games of all time

[@MasterKnightDH]

So Medusa in this game is content with being a mid-boss who never moves past a certain point, merely throwing about small snakes that can be destroyed by the stage. Okay, Medusa, you do that. Apparently it's rather much to ask you to either throw about a shockingly fair and balanced fight where the most notable things in your involvement are a typo in your name and a Tear Jerker even by the involved game's jacked standards of such being forced by your death, or be a threat voiced by Cree Summer who ends up being a Disc One Final Boss while already requiring a flight-based power boost just to fight.

[@JohnEtter-z3o]

Does the difficulty progressively increase each time you beat the game and start again?