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[EviLore]

"Dracula is back! Rediscover Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia, bundled together in Castlevania Dominus Collection. Available today! These 3 classic metroidvania games originally released on Nintendo DS are now returning on Nintendo Switch. But that's not all! Haunted Castle, the very first Castlevania game on the Arcade, returns too in a completely reimagined version.Now with extra features such as save states or rewind, there has never been a better time to face Dracula and the forces of Evil!"

Also:

And on PSN/Xbox, too.

 

[protonion]

I will wait the physical limited run release!

Maybe time to sell the Ecclesia copy before it loses value.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Never played any of these.....interesting. How were they, and what platform were they originally released on?

 

[Punished Miku]

All 3 are great. Wondering if its Switch only. Even the GBA collection got ported everywhere.

 

[tamago84]

nostalgia kick

 

[kiphalfton]

Lots of ports, remasters, and remakes.

 

[Punished Miku]

Never played any of these.....interesting. How were they, and what platform were they originally released on?

They were on DS. They're all solid games.

 

[Fake]

Besides Portrait of Ruin with sucks, the others are fucking amazing.

 

[kunonabi]

These were all DS aside from haunted castle. All three of the DS games are considered to be rather excellent. Haunted Castle is awful but hopefully the remixed version is good.

 

[Generic]

But what about a new Castlevania?

 

[Gambit2483]

All 3 are great. Wondering if its Switch only. Even the GBA collection got ported everywhere.

No way it's Switch exclusive.

They'll also (probably) do the same where they will announce the physical edition 2-3 months after digital drops (today!) to get even more sales and double dippers.

 

[Wishmaster92]

Besides Portrait of Ruin with sucks, the others are fucking amazing.

This! I can’t believe they released this out of the blue. I love these games!

 

[Ulysses 31]

No doubt LRG will come up with an Ultimate Edition for this!

 

[MagiusNecros]

We all know why we are here

 

[Soltype]

Was hoping they would have snuck in rebirth, those rebirth games are stuck on the Wii.

 

[Come On Tars]

I never played symphony of the night. What’s the best route of playing that?

 

[The_hunter]

Never played any of these.....interesting. How were they, and what platform were they originally released on?

They are from the NDS, Dawn is considered one of the best, but a sequel to Aria.

Order of Eclesia you play as a witch.

 

[Fake]

Order of Eclesia you play as a witch.

Errr. I don't think Shanoa is a witch, she works for a church, aka the order of eclesia. Ghylphs become common for the church is their pursuit to eradicate lord Dracula.

 

[Saber]

Collection with the 2 best Castlevanias ever made?

Just shut up and take my money!

 

[The_hunter]

I never played symphony of the night. What’s the best route of playing that?

There isn't really a perfect version of this. The original has bad voice acting, but people will say it's the better version.

During the PSP they added new voice acting, you can play it as an unlockable extra from the Dracula X game. This version has colored borders unfortunately.

The ps4 has a remaster from japan studios with the new voice acting, but has some audio glitches.

 

[fart town usa]

Why is this only on Switch!?! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I've been wanting to revisit OOE for years. Too damn old to be playing on the DS, hands can't handle it anymore.

 

[SaiyanRaoh]

Why is this only on Switch!?! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I've been wanting to revisit OOE for years. Too damn old to be playing on the DS, hands can't handle it anymore.

It's also up on Steam and PSN.

 

[The_hunter]

Errr. I don't think Shanoa is a witch, she works for a church, aka the order of eclesia. Ghylphs become common for the church is their pursuit to eradicate lord Dracula.

Oops, yeah I forgot. It's been so long since I've played it.

 

[fart town usa]

It's also up on Steam and PSN.

Thank the Lord. I'm so glad this collection is finally available, all 3 games are bangers.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Needs a good shader that matches the DS screens. But I like the added features.

 

[SaiyanRaoh]

Looking great on the Steam Deck OLED and especially Legion Go. The screen real estate on the latter helps a lot!

 

[NeverYouMind]

I hope there are many graphics and audio emulation options. I do want to try the games in the collection, but weak options will likely leave me replaying Harmony of Despair.

 

[BlackTron]

WHAT.

 

[Kacho]

Insta cop

 

[NeverYouMind]

I never played symphony of the night. What’s the best route of playing that?

PS1 or Xbox Arcade. The PSP version and it's ports butchered the memorable dialogue. The Saturn version has technical issues despite extras.

 

[Robb]

These are great!

 

[00_Zer0]

I will wait the physical limited run release!

Maybe time to sell the Ecclesia copy before it loses value.

Unless M2 is doing these emulated ports input lag could be atrocious, so I would hold on tight to your original copies just in case.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Besides Portrait of Ruin with sucks, the others are fucking amazing.

Portrait is worth it for the music alone. Yuzo Koshiro, man.

 

[Fake]

Portrait is worth it for the music alone. Yuzo Koshiro, man.

The OST is great I have to agree.

 

[BbMajor7th]

Not long 'til the whole back catalog is on modern platforms. Praise be.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll have to pick this up tonight. I get all these day 1. More than worth it for the price.

Not long 'til the whole back catalog is on modern platforms. Praise be.

I'd love the 3D PS2 era stuff to get ported next.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Damn. I’m in.

 

[Evildoomnerd]

Hot damn, this is perfectly timed! I platinumed the Advance Collection just 3 days ago.

 

[Spukc]

HOLY FUCK
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[TheUsual]

It's showing on Steam as well. Insta buy

Edit: already beaten to the punch

 

[kunonabi]

PS1 or Xbox Arcade. The PSP version and it's ports butchered the memorable dialogue. The Saturn version has technical issues despite extras.

Xbox arcade was butchered due to size constraints wasn't it?

 

[lachesis]

Insta money for Konami - but gladly buying it again. Steam Deck or Switch, that's the question... (I bought the GBA collection on Switch, so I may end up going for Switch..)

 

[Saber]

Portrait is worth it for the music alone. Yuzo Koshiro, man.

Totally agree. Its the weakest of all Castlevanias from that age imo, but the soundtrack certainly delivers.

 

[The_hunter]

I wonder how the touch controls will work, would be cool to use the dualsense touch pad.

 

[Spukc]

Insta money for Konami - but gladly buying it again. Steam Deck or Switch, that's the question... (I bought the GBA collection on Switch, so I may end up going for Switch..)

Switch is more portable.

The games are portable so playing them on pc is not that much better.

Switch has oled (later steam deck too)

 

[NeverYouMind]

Xbox arcade was butchered due to size constraints wasn't it?

No. It has it all. Even has fast loading after dying and in transitions.

 

[menmustmow]

Symphony of the Night has never been on a nintendo console. its like there's an embargo against it. probably dating all the way back to the Sony / Nintendo split and the creation of psx.

 

[lachesis]

Switch is more portable.

The games are portable so playing them on pc is not that much better.

Switch has oled (later steam deck too)

I know. Thing is I only have a regular Switch (Animal Crossing) - and don't really play Switch on the go very often. I find it quite uncomfortable to hold for some reason - so 90% of the time, I play it on my OLED TV.

Steam deck isn't that comfortable to hold either - and substantially heavier - but at least it doesn't give me the hand cramps, and doesn't feel like it's going to break if I hold too hard like Switch Joycons.

Maybe I will invest in some good grip for Switch... I hope Nintendo will cross honor the Switch digital purchases to Switch 2, whenever it comes out...

 

[FoxMcChief]

$25 is the perfect price. I don’t think I’d jump in day one at $30 or higher. But $25, I’m in. Strange how we all have that weird line in our head.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Now release Symphony and Rondo on all platforms, Konami, you dicks. Original English PS dub will do fine. I want my memes.
And for Belmont’s sake throw in Adventure Rebirth as well.