This Wednesday: Castlevania mania straight from Romania

FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

norly, I'm excited!

I like the upside-down bit. Clever.

i think the xbla game are too expensive i jus bought tmnt 1989 i love it brings back memories but it cost too much

$10???

People are actually paying that much for these old games? Wow. What a scam.

"i think the xbla game are too expensive i jus bought tmnt 1989 i love it brings back memories but it cost too much"

If you played TMNT in the arcade and you and four of your friends died five times and continued, that would be the cost of this game. But in this case you get to play it over and over and over again. ON your couch or online with 3 other players.

Its a steal at 5 dollars.

March: Great XBLA month? Or the GREATEST XBLA month?

I beat the game 3x and never realized Alucard is Dracula backwards... I feel so slow =/
I'm interested in this "HD" update.

Boo for not integrating "Transexual Transylvania" in there somewhere.

FranktheCrank,

YOu have insulting what many consider to be the best castlevania game of all time, bad voice acting included.

I hope you brought your flamesuit. I bought this game brand new from e-bay maybe 5 years ago for full price, and I'd do it again if I didn't already own 2 copies.

Anyone who owns a 360 and does not have this game purchased when it comes out, eat babies.

You're not a baby eater... are you?

YES!!!! The one game I've been waiting on for XBLA. I think Calling All Cars hits the PSN next week... should be a great week for the console arcades.

Oh hell ya. I'm happy. XBLA is back on track.

Considering the original game is now a collector's item, $10 is a pretty damn good deal, especially since it's by most accounts "the best Castlevania game ever made."

http://product.half.ebay.com/Castlevania-Symphony-of-the-Night_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ2357

And who complains about $5 for the TMNT arcade game? I dropped that in my first 10 minutes at the arcades back in the day. If you're gonna complain about something complain about the lag or those last 4 impossible achievements.

mirrored article... I see what you did there ;)

I'm confused. Does the gallery show the "improved HD visuals" version?

OMFG! I never knew that the original was selling for that much! I've been trying to justify the 2nd guitar purchase on 4/3... now that SOTN is on Arcade, I can sell my original and get the 2nd guitar. Bwahahahaha!

Fucking Hell

I guess all that complaining people did paid off. Now I have to for out money 3 times in one month.

Alien Hominid, TMNT 1989 arcade game & CastleVania

>But enough talk, have at this gallery of Symphony of
>the Night images!
Mankind ill needs images such as this!

I'm a big fan of the 2D Castlevania games personally and am really looking forward to finally getting to play this one. $10 isn't a bad deal when you consider the original PS1 disc goes for more than that.

@benjamin

LOL

@FrankTheCrank

Are you INSANE? A quick search on ebay will show this going from anywhere from $30 to $60. Truly then, $10 is a rip off.

As I don't xbox I'm looking forward to:

http://psp.ign.com/articles/760/760806p1.html

as it will include Symphony of the Night

GAH! THIS MAKES ME WANT A 360 FOR THE FIRST TIME!

Yes, I'm being totally serious. No, it doesn't make me want one bad enough to buy one.

One of the best, if not THE best, Castlevania gave. Ever. Konami did right by this title.

brings back memories of dual crissagrims and last boss battles that lasted less than 10 seconds...

Ill stick with my original pre-greatest hits PS1 game.

I'll stick with my original post-greatest hits copy of this game.

(hey, fuck collecting, greatest hits copies are cheap)

I missed the original game so I'll get it and give it a try next week. I hope this game is as great as people been making it out to be. Some have even mentioned it in the same sentense as Super Metroid. That might just be going a little too far.

I can't wait to replay this and unlock all the achievements! I was honestly expecting this to be $15.

$10 for this classic is a steal. Seriously.

#2 - If you think this game is too expensive, why don't you go buy a used PSX version for $30. Or the Saturn version for even more..

does this have the extra level like in the saturn version??

Not only was this my favorite Castlevania game, this is one of my favorite games of all time. I like it just as much as Super Metroid, the only thing I didn't like about it was that it was too easy.

The game is just all fun man...

cute...
they even have a romanina "inverted" post in homage to the inverted castle...
but shouldn't the inverted post be on TOP instead? :D

anyway... this game goes to both 360 and PSP.. :( i got neither and it's my favorite game to boot!

oh well! back to the PS then!

forgot to ask.. but will the 360 version have maria as a playable extra char like in the saturn?

young maria in Portrait of Ruin (DS) was almost IMBA since most her attacks are spam-a-rific! i lvoed her :D :p

My god... this looks HORRIBLE!!
I'm looking forward to this as much as the next guy, but I am absolutely shocked at how bad this looks.

-First you have that huge, useless border... I could see why you would want something on the sides if you're playing on a 16:9 TV, but why doesn't the game video take up all the vertical space?
-PAL STYLE SQUASHED SCREEN?! What, is it running in 50Hz too?! This messes up the graphics completely, I can't see why they'd do this.
-And finally... THAT FILTER!!! It absolutely ruins the beautifully crafted pixel art of the original game. If they leave this in, without an option of disabling it, I'm going to seriously pissed. Who thinks this looks good?! If the sprites aren't affected bad enough, just look at any screenshot involving text!

Ugh. I am EXTREMELY disappointed, and I pray that this isn't representative of the final game. If it is, Konami and Ms REALLY dropped the ball on this.
I WAS excited about this, but if it looks this bad I'll just grab the PS1 version and play on my PS3 instead. More expensive maybe, but at least it'll look OK.

DIE, MONSTER! YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!

Boo-urns.... The PSP is getting a way better Castlevania come this fall.

Here's a link

http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_castlevaniadxchron_psp.wmv