Castlevania Advance Collection - Available Now/$19.99 USD

[Abby_TheLastofUs]

 

A collection of the GBA games and Dracula X. 

 

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DRACULA is resurrected again... "Castlevania Advance Collection", a collection of masterpieces of exploratory action games, is here! In addition to the three exploratory action games of the Castlevania DRACULA series, this work also has undisclosed art collections for the first time. Please use this work equipped with a "rewind function" and other convenient functions. "Castlevania: Circle of the Moon", "Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance", "Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow", and "Castlevania: Dracula X"

 

Castlevania Advance Collection Is Real, And It’s Out Today

 

 

The anniversary collection was released two years ago. Should we expect a collection of the DS games two years from now? 

Edited September 24, 2021 by Abby_TheLastofUs

[Conor]

All three are awesome. Circle of the Moon is particularly underappreciated especially by Koji Igarashi (probably because he didn't help make it)

[Raidou Kuzunoha XIV]

Ah Konami, how you just re-release games nowadays and haven't made a new, good game in so long...

 

I'm not complaining though, it would be nice to have these on modern systems, along with the DS Castlevania games. It's fine there hasn't been a new Castlevania game in nearly a decade, really, I'm not salty or anything...

[Phantochi]

No way, Aria of Sorrow is my favorite in the series, the animations are smooth, the sprites and effects look great, even the music and sounds are also pretty good for a GBA title. Hopefully it's not only GBA games and they also throw some DS in there like Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin

[ShadeSplit]

I wouldn't mind replaying all three of them, but odds are very slim that these games will have good trophy lists. They will most likely combine all three games into one list, even though each game easily has enough content for its own full list.

[ZenaxPure]

Trophy wise I've found the Castlevania collections so far to be a bit of a let down. Anniversary is self explanatory and for Requiem I feel like both games are meaty enough they could have each had their own plat instead of a shared one. So not getting my hopes up about trophies for this.

 

BUT, don't get me wrong, that is just the trophy collector side of me venting a little. As far as new game announcements/leaks go this is seriously one of the most exciting ones of the year for me. Never played these and I've really been wanting to.

[ShadeSplit]

6 minutes ago, ZenaxPure said:

and for Requiem I feel like both games are meaty enough they could have each had their own plat instead of a shared one

 

I feel Rondo of Blood would have been fine with its own "100%" list, but Symphony of the Night certainly should have had its own platinum trophy list. I don't know why they started combining games in a collection into one list, especially when you had early collections like Sly Cooper with three platinum trophy lists and one 100%.

[Sylvanticore]

I own both Castlevania Collection and Requiem though I haven't got round to playing them yet but it got me thinking when I was looking at them the other day that it felt like the handheld games never got a home console release, seeing this has made me excited to play them, if it does infact come out and isn't only for Nintendo consoles. I say that because Requiem was never released on another other than PS4. So there is a slim chance they may not come out on anything other than a Nintendo console but that is just a guess.

[Phlegeth]

I'm always down for more Circle of the Moon.  And I've never played Harmony.

[AJ_-_808]

Lords of Shadows next please kthxbai

[ShadeSplit]

5 minutes ago, Sylvanticore said:

I own both Castlevania Collection and Requiem though I haven't got round to playing them yet but it got me thinking when I was looking at them the other day that it felt like the handheld games never got a home console release, seeing this has made me excited to play them, if it does infact come out and isn't only for Nintendo consoles. I say that because Requiem was never released on another other than PS4. So there is a slim chance they may not come out on anything other than a Nintendo console but that is just a guess.

 

According to what I read, Requiem used Sony's PSP emulator, so it makes sense that it was exclusive. The site claims this registration is for "multiple platforms", so it'll most likely be similar to the Anniversary Collection.

[locutus442]

Day one buy for me.  No way I am going to pass this up, as I love all three games (Aria of Sorrow especially).

[Zephrese]

After having Metroid: Dread announced recently, it's nice to see Castlevania also getting some semblance of a bone.

While this obviously isn't as good as getting an entirely new 2D Castlevania (Or a new Castlevania period, for that matter), it's still nice to see because I remember really enjoying these three games in the past so it'd be cool to get a chance to play them again on modern platforms. Hopefully they'll do something similar for the DS games, as others have already suggested.

Edited June 18, 2021 by Zephrese

[Bloodytears1666]

I'll buy it straight away. If someone unfamiliar, those are brilliant, probably best of the best from SOTN formula, worth every minute. Though COTM weakest from 3 in my opinion, still the gold collection.

[Lance_87]

FINALLY! I've always wished for this collection. But they should make one with the DS games, too!

[milanbarca82]

The DS games too, please.

[EmperorZetta]

I'd pick this up regardless, but a collection of this size does not justify a billion bronze trophies. A plat would be nice, three would be godly.

Edited June 18, 2021 by EmperorZetta

[tranquility101]

Absolutely positively excited for this! ? The GBA ones (that I tried) were a lot of fun! Though my favorite of all time is Harmony of Despair (online co-op). ? Thanks for the heads up! ?

[Pumpkin Head Cthulhu]

2 hours ago, Ilzaki said:

I'm always down for more Circle of the Moon.  And I've never played Harmony.

i played Harmony only very briefly. I loved Cirlce back in the dayI winder how it holds up

 

2 hours ago, AJ_-_808 said:

Lords of Shadows next please kthxbai

I agree all 3 games on Disc with all add-ons, even if it is a 2-disc set.

[Dantes_994]

That is one awesome collection! 

[Phlegeth]

2 hours ago, Void said:

I loved Cirlce back in the dayI winder how it holds up

 

 

I played it fairly recently on the WiiU and I still loved it.  The card system is a lot of fun.  It was my first Castlevania so rose-tinted glasses and all.

[Vampirehunter145]

Just like Paul Bearer yelled in his good years: "OOOOOOH, YEEEEES". Day one buy for me without any doubt.

[agorazUHD]

I had a GBA long time ago, and even had a couple of these games and never got around to playing them.

 

This will be awesome if it comes true. ?

[Pumpkin Head Cthulhu]

3 hours ago, Ilzaki said:

 

I played it fairly recently on the WiiU and I still loved it.  The card system is a lot of fun.  It was my first Castlevania so rose-tinted glasses and all.

nice, too bad the card drops are so random and no NG+. I am sure Limited Run will do a physical edition and I will buy that version guaranteed.

[LucasDragon570]

After Capcom released the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection it gave slight hope that Konami could do the same with the Castlevania series on Nintendo's handheld consoles.

 

Wait for the official announcement and who knows with the DS game and a possible physical media version.