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Castlevania Retrospective, Xbox Live Bound

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-times-with-the-belmonts dept.

astrokid writes "From last week, 1up is running an informative look back at the Castlevania series. Although I am looking forward to Portrait of Ruin for the Nintendo DS, I really hope Konami finds a way to release a 2D game for one of the next gen systems." Funny you should mention that. An anonymous reader writes "The greatest Castlevania game -- and possibly 2D game -- of all time, Symphony of the Night, is headed to Xbox 360 Arcade!."

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  1. Now the question is.... by ProppaT · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will we see the bonuses added to the Sega Saturn version of the game? As a die hard Castlevania fan (the only ones I haven't played and destroyed are Rhondo of Blood and the Saturn version of SOTN), this would definately be an incentive to rebuy a game that I already own three copies of (my original scratched disc, my replacement, and a sealed greatest hits version).

    Heck, it might be an incentive to buy a 360 if we see more of these kind of classic ports. Now when's Sega re-releasing Panzer Dragoon Saga?

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  2. Re:Lets hope they fix the balance by Tebriel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Simple fix: don't use those items!

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  3. Re:Simon's Quest by Madpony · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Simon's Quest always seemed to be quite the hack job to me. It had a great artistic feel, great music, but the level and monster design seemed pretty rushed. The bosses looked horrible and were incredibly easy to kill, the story and dialogue didn't make much sense at all, and the layout of the maps just seemed sloppy and uninspiring.

    I love how the game felt. I loved the day and night feature (What a horrible night to have a curse!) I probably beat the game about 30 times when I was a kid, but it just seemed like it was rushed out the door. I wish they would make another game more like Simon's Quest that felt more refined and played better.

  4. Re:Let's Get This Straight... by EGSonikku · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rewritten for Mario 3 to show the stupidity:

    A 2 decade old NES game is getting a port to the Wii.

    A game that 100 million NES people can and have been playing for the past 2 decades.

    A game that 100 million SNES people can and have been playing for the past ten years.

    A game that anyone with a GBA can play.

    A game that anyone with a NES emulator for your computer can play easily.

    IS GETTING A Wii PORT!!!

    How would this be different?

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