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Joyswag: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

by Andrew Yoon on Aug 4th 2010 4:30PM

Since we've already reviewed Castlevania: Harmony of Despair -- check it out! -- there won't be an XBLA in Brief preview this week. In its place is this giveaway, in which five entrants will receive a code.

To enter:

Leave a comment telling us your favorite Castlevania game ever.
You must be 13 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec).
Limit 1 entry per person.
This entry period ends at 6:00PM ET, Thursday, August 5th.
At that time, we'll randomly select five grand prize winners to each receive a download code for Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (ARV $15). [Code requires an Xbox Live account to redeem.]
For a list of complete rules, click here.

What is Joyswag? Since we don't keep the games and merchandise we receive for review or promotional purposes, it becomes "Joyswag," which is passed along to our readers. Please note that Joyswag may be in "used" condition.

For more info on our policy, click here.

Tags: action, castlevania, castlevania-harmony-of-despair, konami, microsoft, platformer, xbox

Reader Comments (1021)

Definitely Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Order of Ecclesia FTW!

@yggfk

Naw, I'm all about Morris and Aulin in Portrait of Ruin.

Symphony of the Night

Super Castlevania, obviously.

Symphony of the Night

Aria of Sorrow

Comon... really? Symphony of the Night

castlevania 2 i guess. is that the one with the witches that come out at night?

Symphony of the Night, which, unless we all fell into a parallel dimension, should receive approximately 97% of the votes to come.

That one Castlevania on Gameboy that was hard and impossible to see anything.

I'll just copy everyone else's response.....Symphony of Night!

Super Castlevania IV!

I'm an original man

SotN, of course, but Aria of Sorrow comes in at a close second

Super Castlevania IV, no question.

Symphony of the Night, though only barely over Soma's debut.

Super Castlevania! Whip in any direction is win enough.

Aria of Sorrow

Castlevania 3

Original

The one I played a trial of on XBLA a while back... I've never played one for real :(

Symphony of the Night, Have at you!

Symphony of the Night, I bought a PlayStation especially for this game!

Castlevania 2

2>3>1

Symphony of the night

Symphony of the Night, of course :D

This game sucks, but free is free amirite.

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, because it was the first I ever beat.

Easy: "Symphony of the Night"

I actually imported it from Japan years ago on the PS1. Played through and beat it even though I couldn't read much of anything. Bought it when it launched in the US and beat it again. Then bought it on XBLA and beat it. And now also have a copy via PS1 Classics on PSN that I've beaten there too. I simply can't resist that game.

Obviously Symphony of the Night...

SATURN VERSION. Hellz yeah two small new areas and a whole bunch of bugs.

@Chronomaster

And a naked Succubus.

Symphony of the Night

Symphony of the Knight.

Without a doubt, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Symphony of the Night

Symphony of the Night!

hopefully...Harmony of Despair ;)

Symphony of the Night for sure with an honorable mention for the first NES Castlevania. :)

Castlevania III

I played thru it 3 times to use all the hidden characters!

Symphony Of The Night, for sure. Fantastic series all around, though.

Symphony of the Night, but Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow are both REALLY close.

Symphony of the Night

Super Castlevania

Castlevania 3, for sure. Followed by Order of Ecclesia and then SotN.

Favorite of all time? Gotta go with Castlevania: Bloodlines. I love Super CV4, but Bloodlines had better-looking stages, an equally fantastic soundtrack and two playable characters. Plus, I owned a Genesis as a kid, so I was playing this instead.

Symphony of the Night

Castlevania Bloodlines for the Sega Genesis.

Original all the way. its a classic

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