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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Official Announcement
After the semi-official announcement of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin in the next edition of Nintendo Power, Konami spills the beans with more details. Update: First two images added.
Konami's ever popular Castlevania series returns to Nintendo DS in November, with the release of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
Created by Koji Igarashi, who devised the long-running series, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin gives the player control of two different characters. The pair – vampire hunter Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Orlean, a young girl with magical abilities – must work to thwart a plan to resurrect Dracula's Castle and unleash a reign of evil upon the unsuspecting world, all within a new World War II setting.
The new setting captures the chaos and suffering the era, with thousands of lost souls wandering the world in search of salvation. Desperate to escape the limbo within their exist, the misguided spirits seek to rebuild Dracula's Castle from its ruins, and are lead by a pair of evil Vampire sisters out to resurrect their master's home for their own nefarious plans. Thrown together, Jonathan and Charlotte must combine their unusual skill sets to defeat the plans and restore harmony.
Retaining the same 2D platform realms for which the series is famed, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin uses a side-on view to oversee the scrolling stages. Players can switch freely between Jonathan and Charlotte as they progress through the levels, using their skills when appropriate. In addition to Jonathan's weapon expertise and Charlotte's spell-casting, both characters can utilise all-new 'Summon' attacks to raise demons to assist them against the Vampire sisters' army. Similarly, more conventional weapons can also be found on route, and saved for use against the hardier monsters that await in the shadows.
Featuring all-new locations and a cast of over 100 different adversaries, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin marks a welcome return to the DS for the series. Igarashi's Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow has already enjoyed massive success for the format, and his new epic is certain to wow Nintendo users when it is released later in the year.
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first post! hmm, neat. castlevania's are cool.
mmm...never got into the series, hopfuly it will look better, and get better reviews than the last games.
According to Gamerankings.com, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is the 2nd best DS game of all time (with 91% avg ratio) so I´m not sure ho much better reviews do you want, Trinest... Anyway, good news! :) Portable Castlevanias have always been awesome and I loved every second of DoS. Can´t wait!
Nice, Castlevania DS was great, now a follow up.
WWII setting? That should be interesting. But alas I was correct about the magic girl. I wish they made it so that you can't switch characters whenever you want, cause that increases replay.
Wait a second, Jonathan Morris? John Morris? The whip user of the son of Quincey Morris? The one with Elizabeth Bartley, the niece of Dracula?
holy shit
We need some trailer footage! Nice screens!
Those screenies are crazy, looks like a more contempourary in terms of setting. I hope its as good as teh first one :D
Trinest you are crazy. Even if they aren't your cup of tea, the Castlevania games usually have beautiful 2D graphics!
@ twilight gamesranking.com is bisit and has bisit reviews cause its part of some big media network I mean non-bisit reviews as in, high ranking reviews which dont say "THIS GAME IS PERFECT A MUST BUY" because no-game is perfect, some people might not like the music, or how the game is played, or the graphics and most reviews dont repersent that, if there from a high media soruce. @ xredmenacex those jpg images dont do the game good ay?
It is spelled biased... It looks like you may want to check the definition as well...
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