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It’s a testament to Konami’s developers that it truly did achieve its full potential – despite the visuals initially being a bit too dark for the vanilla Game Boy Advance. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA – 2001)Īs the first Castlevania title on the GBA and the first Castlevania to adopt the ‘Metroidvania’ style of RPG-esque exploration and upgrades since 1997’s Symphony of the Night, Circle of the Moon had a lot to live up to. This one even features on our Best Nintendo DS games list! 4. It slightly remixes the game with a new choice of playable characters and gives Dawn of Sorrow great longevity. The inclusion of a ‘Julius Mode’ unlocks when the story is completed.
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It boasts some superb use of the double screen console’s capabilities, including the use of ‘Magic Seals’, which see players using the DS touchscreen to actually draw patterns to a time limit in order to fully defeat the game’s bosses.Īs with the other games in the series from the PS1 and beyond (arguably even going back to the SNES and Genesis entries), the pixel art visuals are absolutely beautiful, though they’re in a slightly divisive, more animé-esque style. It’s another example of the exploration-based, RPG-style gameplay that the Castlevania series came to be known for. The first Castlevania game on Nintendo’s DS handheld, Dawn of Sorrow is a sequel to the 2003 GBA game, Aria of Sorrow. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS – 2006)
Naturally, it also appears on our very own list of the Best Sega Genesis games! 8. It also added a slightly less linear feel than the other action-focused titles in the series up to that point. Unusually for the earlier Castlevania titles, Bloodlines features two characters to choose from – each of which has unique abilities that’ll determine their path through some of the stages. Hence the name change – the reference to ‘blood’ in the title wasn’t even acceptable for us vulnerable Europeans and Aussies!).
It’s an excellent game too: set around the events of World War I, Bloodlines is surprisingly gory for its day – and fell foul of censors in PAL territories. This game was released prior to the evolution to exploration and RPG elements that occurred with series milestone, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. In any case, that’s what we’re here for, right? Let’s see what we at Retro Dodo consider to be the best of the best when it comes to Castlevania games.Īlso known as Castlevania: The New Generation in PAL regions, Bloodlines is one of the more action-oriented titles in the series. Konami’s Castlevania games set such a high water mark for quality regardless of genre that it’s a genuinely tough call as to what games we should include as the very best! The series is so popular that it’s spawned manga and even a Netflix adaptation of the material. Initially the games cast players in the role of vampire hunter Simon Belmont, with Dracula as an antagonist in many of the games.īut the series lore and timelines have expanded way beyond the Belmont clan and even beyond series big bad Dracula himself, spanning hundreds of years of history. With RPG elements being introduced as early as the very first sequel, 1987’s Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, which was a little too ambitious for its own good, the series doesn’t always fit neatly into a genre, however. Since the very first Castlevania game released on the NES in 1986, the series has evolved from a fairly straightforward, side-scrolling action adventure style to a more RPG-esque, albeit still side-scrolling – series.Īlong with Metroid, it’s been the basis of an entire genre (with the genre itself being known by the portmanteau combining the names of both series: Metroidvania). Don your best Dracula cloak it’s time to check out the best Castlevania games of all time!
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