Remember that awesome game that 1UP was talking about? It's finally revealed! Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles is a completely remastered version of Dracula X: Rondo of Blood. This long-forgotten entry in the Castlevania franchise was only available in Japan on the PC Engine Duo, a system I can't even remember existing. The PSP version features a brilliant graphical overhaul, which looks lightyears ahead of any of the DS Castlevania games.
Oh, and if that weren't enough, the game comes with a port of Symphony of the Night, considered by many as the best Castlevania of all time.
Go past the cut to see a video of the game in action. Expect to see even more of this new PSP-exclusive Castlevania on The 1UP Show tomorrow.
[Via 1UP]
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2-01-2007 @ 9:05PM
Andrew Yoon said...
http://www.pspfanboy.com/2007/01/13/really-awesome-psp-game-to-be-unveiled-soon/
Some of you may remember this post I made about the secret game that 1UP was referring to. I saw that on some other message boards, people figured out that my mentioning of Castlevania was quite peculiar. Well, now you know why.
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2-01-2007 @ 9:23PM
super yomaaa said...
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!
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2-01-2007 @ 9:33PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
Oh well game looks awesome anyway
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2-01-2007 @ 10:19PM
rice said...
I also heard that it comes with the original PCE version of Rondo of Blood, which is really great for the game fan like me
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2-01-2007 @ 10:36PM
Dave said...
Awesome. But why in the world did they change the music for the first level? The original Dracula X music ROCKED!
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2-01-2007 @ 10:46PM
Ric said...
What great news! I've always wanted to play Rondo of Blood. Plus, with the addition of SOTN, this is a (as if it needed to even be said) must-have game.
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2-01-2007 @ 10:47PM
Joe said...
This is really great new I will pay forty for this no more.
This is great news so I am happy with Konami.
I just hope the port of Symphony of the Night is the remake version that will come out soon on the 360.
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2-01-2007 @ 10:50PM
JC said...
I've got say this announcement is huge I never in a million years would I have thought konami would not only re-make Rondo of blood in 3D , but offer the original Rondo and Symphony of the night. The offer alone makes the little announcement of symphony on the Xbox live arcade seem like s***.
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2-01-2007 @ 10:56PM
vR said...
This is good news... not great. Let's hope this is a step in the right direction and maybe we can get an original Castlevania eventually. I've played every Castlevania, and I've enjoyed the GBA and DS versions immensely. The reason is that it's moved beyond it's traditional platforming (still some of the best ever), and expanded upon it with rpg elements. Soul collecting was great in DoS, and I enjoyed the tag team action in PoR.
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2-01-2007 @ 11:12PM
Sunny said...
Pretty cool but, um, this game has been released in America before. It was on the Playstation in 2001 as "Castlevania Chronicles."
http://www.gamespot.com/ps/adventure/castlevaniachronicles/index.html?q=castlevania%20chronicles
So that bit about it only being avalible in Japan on the PCED is incorrect. :D
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2-01-2007 @ 11:21PM
Andrew Yoon said...
Sunny, it appears that if you read the review, "Castlevania Chronicles" is actually "Akumajo Dracula, the more obscure and less impressive of the two games, to the PlayStation, and sell it in a package named Castlevania Chronicles." Rondo of Blood wasn't released.
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2-02-2007 @ 12:27AM
G said...
This is good news to me, I'm a huge castlevania fan. Always wanted to play Rondo of Blood, Symphony is a nice bonus too! Just what my psp needed.
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2-02-2007 @ 12:30AM
Marco Cano Jr said...
To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't really care for Castlevania after playing Circle of the Moon, I though it was pretty boring. Ironically, I love 2D Metriod games.
Anyways, like every other old great games that I never played before coming to the PSP, I will buy this game to see what the fuss is about.
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2-02-2007 @ 12:53AM
Strangler said...
Ports, ports, ports, ports
I can already play this game on my PC for free. And since I own a PSP, if I wanted to play this title I would. But at the end of the day its still a PORT.
Ports, ports, ports.
And doesn't everyone already know how absolutely horrible Ultimate Ghouls & Ghosts was? That game is one of the biggest disappointments in gaming history.
That's kind of funny when you think about it. Because so is the PSP.
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2-02-2007 @ 12:53AM
Strangler said...
After all these years of wanting to play Rondo on a home console, I now find out that I need to play it on a handheld that is terrible for sidescrolling games because of its horrible refresh rate. Thanks Konami.
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2-02-2007 @ 1:17AM
Saigon said...
This looks cool, I can't to for it to come out.
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2-02-2007 @ 2:12AM
pixelator said...
At first, honestly, I was skeptical. The video looked like it was hi-res visuals without real attention to detail, with repetitive background tiles and such. Then I looked more at the video, and some of the later levels.
WOW. You really need to watch that video before you even post to this thread. They've done some impressive stuff with this game and with the whole genre.
The PSP Killer App may have arrived in the ironically amusing form of a 'filthy port' (ha)..!
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2-02-2007 @ 2:46AM
pixelator said...
Nintendo fanboys trying every bullshit trick in the book to piss on the best PSP news of the year (great week thus far, actually): Priceless.
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2-02-2007 @ 3:19AM
G said...
Sounds like Strangler would rather download and play it on his pc for free rather than support Konami. What a disgrace of a gamer.
Considering that Rondo of Blood was never released overseas or translated, your point is basically useless.
Castlevania is a series worth supporting regardless of what console its on.
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2-02-2007 @ 5:03AM
Strangler said...
check out comments from:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/psp/psp-finally-gets-castlevania-233344.php
"I was excited at first, but after seeing the gameplay footage, I think I'll pass. Sorry PSP, but it's going to take more than shiny new graphics on antiquated gameplay to get me to bite again. From what I can see, it seems to play like Castlevania 1, and by today's standards, that's not going to cut it. Looks like Megaman Maverick Hunter X all over again. Might be good, but I've been there and done that.
Why can't the PSP get anything more than ports?"
"Yuck... the DS games look way better graphically...
Is this the best the PSP can do? ;)"
"What the hell are you talking about? The DS can't even pull off graphics even close to that. Why don't you look at games like tekken DR and see if the DS can pull off graphics like that. Blind fanboyism at its best..."
"well technically he's right
the 2D graphics of the DS castlevanias put this remake to shame :S"
"Not to be a flaming DSfanboy... but it the video doesn't look interesting to me. Sure the 3D looks kinda nice, but the walking pace makes the game slow and the whole thing just seemed kinda weak. I'd pick Portrait of Ruin anyday."
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