Castlevania Anniversary Collection Review! PERFECT PORT? (Ps4/Switch/Xbox One)

[@DreamcastGuy]

As a newer Castlevania fan I gotta say it is a great time to love this series. :D

[@nathanielenochs1843]

Where’s “Symphony Of The Night”?

[@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472]

Is Castlevania 3 the American version?

[@Captdrax]

I played CV2 for hours as a kid

[@cColinEigenmann]

Yup had to drive to a Wi-Fi just to get this

[@dewinter1411]

Max, fix your review, dude. The game does have save states. People are getting all worked up about it not having them. When the ability to save and load is right there in the pause menu.

[@Space__Burrito]

If only they would do this for silent hill 1-4

[@DreamcastGuy]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@nessadvantage9447]

I would personally like to see a suikoden collection. Who's with me?

[@brettquimby3274]

I've got my fingers crossed for remakes for Silent Hills' 1,2 and (my favorite) 3. With all the outcry, fan remakes of P.T. and the success of the RE2 Remake, I think the odds of it happening are getting better and better.

[@13Gangland]

Sunset Riders, Wild West COWboys, Bucky O'Hare, all Contra games, Final Round, TMNT arcade and III: Turtles in Time, The Simpson's arcade, Alien Vs Predator, Aliens, X-men arcade

[@KevinSatron]

The source code for oh SH1 and SH2 are lost

[@luchensky1886]

i know it's something really different but i would love if nintendo made the thing with metroid, just imagine having all those games, nes, snes, gb, gba

[@alucard624]

The fact that Konami is also adding the Japanese versions in a free update is icing on the cake for this compilation. I can't wait to play the Japanese version of Dracula's Curse due to the much better sounding soundtrack.

[@the-NightStar]

When did they say that? I'll be happy if true, but this is the first i'm hearing about this. It's the one major disappointment I have with the collection.

[@PikangsFutaba]

AND better difficulty balance (still hard, but is more fair compared to the USA and EUR releases).

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

They are? I might actually get this collection now!

[@dariusq8894]

Simon's Quest would also benefit from the upgrade. Originally it was a Famicom disk game which featured one additional sound channel. That doesn't sound like a lot on paper, but if you listen two the NA vs. JP versions side by side you will notice the difference.

[@KevinTheStickmansDisciple]

me: ooh do they have symphony of the night konami: *K I D D R A C U L A*

[@HonestJohn_01.19]

Symphony of the Night is already available alongside its prequel Rondo of Blood in the "Castlevania: Requiem" collection.

[@aberoy9957]

​@@HonestJohn_01.194 years later, Not on Switch or Xbox tho

[@Lyndis_]

​​@@HonestJohn_01.19 On literally one console and not PC lolll

[@matthuck378]

I'd love to see something like this for the middle Castlevania games, starting with Symphony of the Night. I missed all of those 1997-2003 because I wasn't gaming much towards the end of high school and through college.

[@ricardobelmont5984]

Hmm, Simon's Quest...Ah, shit here we go again! Excited but gotta agree would like to see the GBA and DS stuff down the line.

[@thestwinner680]

They could've *(SHOULD'VE)* put - or at least _included_ - the REDACTED *fixed* version of Simon's Quest, especially for the newcomers!..

[@symphomaniac]

Castlevania The Adventure is way worse than Simon's Quest

[@randomduck8679]

D-Sav should have been the remake

[@VitaEx]

The ds games are actually some of the best and most underrated Castlevania games people kept wondering why consoles were not returning to the sotn design meanwhile the ds wasn’t afraid to give us new awesome metroidvanias

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

@@symphomaniac Simon's Quest is amazing. The redacted version at least. Easily one of my favourite classic-vania games, which makes it all the more painful that they didn't include an actual translation of the Famicom game instead.

[@M31-Gaming-Boss]

If it will be a Castlevania Anniversary Collection vol 2 I wish they port the NDS and GBA Castlevania game

[@stephendix5919]

Circle of the moon is the best castlevania game of all time. Followed by Dawn of sorrow.

[@danielpaul9523]

Agreed. I'd like n64 Castlevanias too or at least Legacy of Darkness.

[@djlamar2]

And add symphony of the night please Konami

[@robbalan6969]

Rondo 🙏

[@DMCMT01]

@@djlamar2 there is a Requiem bundle with Symphony and Rondo on PS4

[@CSC52698]

Just found out this collection existed a few days ago. It was 80% off at the PlayStation Store, so I just paid $4.27 for the collection. Worth it.

[@Cinemaphile7783]

Heck yeah!

[@atmywitsend1984]

£1.59 now november 2023

[@trashasahi]

@@atmywitsend1984 free next week lol

[@VincentEternal]

Capcom: 1 game = 30 dollars Konami: 8 games = 20 dollars 🤔

[@thenextnx1765]

You know it's fucked up then Konami does something better

[@laneplain107]

To be fair MM11 is a newer game while this is a collection of 8 much older games, of course it’ll be cheaper. Now the Megaman Collections don’t have a excuse

[@VincentEternal]

Lane Plain I was thinking of the the resident evil games. They released re4 on the switch but it was 30 dollars. I love re4 but this is ridiculous since I can go buy re4 on the ps4 for just 10 dollars.

[@laneplain107]

Patrick PFC yeah, thats a thing that happens a lot when a game is on a Switch and PS4. I still don’t get why, but I’m guessing its because these titles are just now coming to Switch while they’ve been on the PS4 for years. Either way it should still be priced down. The FFX HD ports are $50 on Switch and $20 on PS4...

[@kdsavage1991]

Is that supposed to make us like Konami more?

[@KM-mz9db]

Who's here because this is currently 4.99 on Eshop?

[@monchopr3511]

I'm from the future. It is $3.99 now. 😎

[@fervcorsica3358]

​@@monchopr3511 lol I just bought it for PS4 too

[@o0oDangerMan]

I really want this. $20 is an excellent price. I hope more companies do this with their classic content

[@alexjn3626]

i think they'll make a separate collection for the metroidvania games

[@Notsram77]

I sure hope so, but I still need Rondo and Dracula X.

[@GraveKenshin1991]

@@Notsram77 Rondo of Blood is in the Requiem set with SotN

[@hnlgd37]

Grave Kenshin there's also the Dracula X Chronicles for psp/vita digital, which the Requiem collection is a remaster of those 2 from psp

[@GraveKenshin1991]

@@hnlgd37 I know. I own that one and had a lot fun with it...minus Dracula's third form.

[@myugenjin]

@@GraveKenshin1991 LOL

[@Casllisto]

This should have at least had Dracula X & Symphony of the Night.

[@garretts.2003]

I bet SOTN gets a full release, maybe bundled with another game. They know it's worth more than a $20 collection.

[@cheek077]

They already released a Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night collection called Requiem. Basically it's Dracula X Chronicles from the PSP without the 2.5 D version of Rondo. Unfortunately it's currently a PS4 exclusive

[@Casllisto]

@@cheek077 Thx I didn't know that. : )

[@faloel]

@@cheek077 sotn on switch would be so great

[@anthonybermudez77]

Aidan Ellis I couldn't agree more 👍

[@anthonyspecf]

I am really glad this exists, but I do wish we could get Symphony of the Night released on the PC. That would be amazing.

[@grigoregruesome3606]

anthonyspecf sotn would be so much better if they could bypass the whole dying and reloading loop that takes like 5 minuets. I don’t know if it’s still as bad on modern consoles but I had it on the Vita and the reload loop killed it for me.

[@dashrendar8739]

Dreamcastguy’s motto is: ‘I don’t play games, but i review them anyway’. Lol

[@thoughtstorn854]

Dash Rendar 😂

[@owenwalker1774]

Thanks for the review. I had no idea this existed until I saw this in my recommendations. Downloaded it today. Loving it!😁

[@merritt2014]

Not perfect but close. They need to fix the issue on Castlevania 1's second level where there's a constant random high pitch noise. They also need to add a control customization option. The first 3 games have bad mappings, which you're unfortunately stuck with on Switch since it doesn't have a universal mapping option in the system's OS.

[@PikangsFutaba]

Oh yeah, I noticed that high pitch noise in stage 2 (I recently did a full playthrough on Castlevania 1 in the collection), I hope the upcoming update not just adds the JPN versions of the games, I REALLY hope they allow to change the controller settings for all games (well, Bloodlines controller settings was pretty much the only one with good setup).

[@MarvinMr305]

They should of put Dracula X Rondo of Blood from the PCEngine also the DS titles.

[@Coophack6584]

It does have quick saves. Its options by pressing Lz it brings up save and load replays and game options

[@JustinLeeper]

Parody games are a big deal in Japan. I think it’s really cool they released Kid Dracula in the collection. You implying they chose it over a GBA game is not a good take, in my opinion. Having made games myself, I know that lots of “extras” would purely not exist if the team didn’t work “extra” to include them on top of what was planned.

[@dimebagshawn]

I picked this up yesterday and I think it still has a few days left on the PlayStation Store for 4.99. I also got the advanced collection for 14.98.

[@GaM3rOmega]

I know that we're getting bloodstained but damn, I would love a new sprite base Castlevania game, or if not sprites, then have the same graphics as guilty gear xrd.

[@Raiden3651]

You heard of Castlevania The Lecarde Chronicles 2? Give that a shot. Actual Robert Belgrade did new lines for it. Indie and 100% free(Konami OK'ed as well).

[@soulful_chris]

Play Curse of the Moon if you haven't.

[@GaM3rOmega]

@@soulful_chris I already have. (❍ᴥ❍ʋ)

[@GamerForLife514]

Wish Konami would bring us Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots. To PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch.

[@buschlord1571]

There is a version on PlayStation now. Better than nothing right?

[@GamerForLife514]

@@buschlord1571 my internet sucks.

[@myugenjin]

I missed everything after 2, except 5😢

[@markmorris6721]

They should have finished the gb collection with the 3rd game, the only one where you play as a girl

[@CDRW24]

It's not canon though.

[@markmorris6721]

Ahhh my world is destroyed....like the crack of a whip when killing a vamp. - but all kidding aside i mentioned it because it would have completed the set for the gb. If they wanted they could go era by era, hear is the GB’s then a download boom we now the GBA’s. It would have worked for the people whom want a done set. Also kid Dracula doesn’t fall in any set of the timeline, that’s y I was saying it would have been better to have the hole set rather than two from one and then this one. Double heck if they were gonna do kid D once again they should have done the GB for the fact that it was released to the US and the version the put was not. Regardless castlevania for life

[@TromaDogg]

Only one on the Game Boy where you play as a girl you mean. Don't forget there's also Castlevania: Order Of Ecclesia on DS where Shanoa is the main character, Portrait Of Ruin on DS allows you to switch to Charlotte anytime, Castlevania 64/Legacy Of Darkness that has Carrie Fernandez, and you can also play as Maria in Rondo Of Blood and some sections with Sypha in Castlevania 3. There's actually quite a lot of female heroes in the Castlevania timeline.

[@markmorris6721]

To the only girl, ok oops. How about you comment on the main things we were talking about and not one sentence which that sentence was not the point. Once again cool on more than one female and oops.

[@danielpaul9523]

Agreed. They should have given us Castlevania Legends on Gameboy where you play as Sonia instead of that silly Kid Dracula which I didn't like.

[@renereyes2648]

It does have save states it’s in the option menu.

[@johnathanretrogamer1975]

Oh wow. That is awesome!

[@tartuffethesprywonderdog5883]

@Johnathan Cunningham Cheating is awesome?

[@Manatarms25]

7:55 it does include Save Sates.

[@johnathanretrogamer1975]

Don't fret anyone. If you don't like your button configuration setup for some of these Castlevania games you can remap your buttons in the PS4 settings. I had no clue you could do this. That is awesome.

[@SonataFanatica]

I absolutely don't get this! WHY on Earth haven't they put the Game Boy Color versions of Castlevania Adventure and Belmont's Revenge in the collection? They were released on the compilation cartridges called Konami Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 4 back in the day and the colorization was great! It should have at least been an option! And where the heck is Castlevania Legends? Or the Game Boy version of Kid Dracula for that matter?

[@samyak128]

Adventure also had an amazing remake on the Wii eshop in the form of Adventure:Rebirth. Would have been awesome to have that version instead of the GB one, especially now that the Wii eshop has been shut down

[@PikangsFutaba]

You can change the settings for the Game Boy games to put them in their Super Game Boy/Game Boy Color look, and also you can put the OG Game Boy look as well.

[@SonataFanatica]

@@PikangsFutaba That's still not the full colorization the Game Boy Color versions got. It's just the basic Super Game Boy palette swap.

[@PikangsFutaba]

@@SonataFanatica I see, it would have been better the GBC palette.

[@JohnSmith-nj4zq]

@1:35 Kid Dracula was released in both Japan and the U.S. The U.S version was censored, they took out religious references. There's a KZbin video on censorship games describing the differences between the two. Another game that was censored was Ninja Saviors for the SNES. The U.S version, they took out the enemy girl robots and replaced them with guy ones.

[@DinobotTM2]

I had the Japanese version of Kid Dracula back in the day and loved it. It's a never released game, and deserves to be there. Pretty cool, very entertaining. And they are obviously keeping the classic gameplay, instead of the metroidvania ones.

[@sdlock83]

6:30 The most sensible game to replace Kid Dracula with is obviously Castlevania Dracula X, an alternate version of Rondo of Blood, released originally on the SNES. But hell what do I care. This entire package is just some ROM files running on decades-old emulators. No option for arranged music, remixed modes or challenges created using simple ROM hacks (as seen in NES Remix). Hell I heard that you can't even reconfigure the controls for the NES & GB games, making it worse than the ROMs running on emulators like Nesticle, SNES9x, Gens, etc. that we've seen for decades. It's just a cheap cash-grab... something I wouldn't even pay $5 for.

[@iampoch01]

To be honest, they could have inserted both Dracula X and Rondo of Blood in that cart without breaking a sweat. Heck, they can even put in the Dracula X Chronicles instead of the original Rondo of Blood (that PSP game has the original RoB anyway) and there's still a lot of space left over.

[@sdlock83]

@@iampoch01 The funny thing is the file sizes for those .pdf documents in the "gallery" and the front end UI themselves take up probably 98% of the game file size of the entire Castlevania Anniversary Collection while the actual ROMs take only less than 2% of the space. Castlevania "Dominus" Collection is even more shameful. Like there is no option for full screen mode. The remake of Haunted Castle (known as one of the WORST Castlevania games to be released) was nice. But I would have preferred the multiplayer game Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance with all DLCs included.

[@thisjointisloose]

Oh wow hes actually reviewing a game

[@TrutherRaps]

I love that they keep the slowdown and stuff, and CAN do that, effectively, with these games. That truly preserves the game that is then called a classic. When I play a classic to check it out, I want to play what people were actually talking about.

[@derekdash2179]

To me the big question is: did they fix Castlevania 2? The poor translation and the endings were mixed up on the NES.

[@MrZangetsu468]

Derek Dash They actually weren’t. There’s a translation line-for-line available now, the endings are also in the same order in the Japanese version.

[@SandroSensei]

You forgot to mention, and this is a HUGE deal for me, that they switched up the controls. For example, in ALL the megaman collections for ps4 X is jump and square is shoot your megabuster (just like on snes). Here, X is shoot and square is jump. AND YOU CANT CHANGE THIS. This is just like the megaman x collection on gamecube where they fucked up the controls and you could not switch it back. My brain just cant process the x is shoot and square is jump, and it makes all of the games unplayable. But wait, there is more! In bloodlines and C4 X is jump and square is shoot! So they did it right for 2 games on the whole collection. Cant believe you didnt mention this dreamcastguy.

[@Naimskus]

SandroSensei is that true? This is a huge problem and a no buy for me. These details are important

[@finalnuts6595]

Damn right. Not buying this garbage.

[@PikangsFutaba]

Well, in X Collection for Game Cube you HAD to change the control scheme INSIDE the games, the issue was Anniversary Collection were B was jump and A shoot for some weird reason (obviously if you use a backup you can patch the game to fix that, because other than that is impossible to change controller settings), for now without the controller settings for every game (minus Super Castlevania 4 and Bloodlines) I stick with using triangle for attack and circle to jump or pretend that I'm playing Ninja Gaiden 1, 2 or 3 for the NES in their SNES ports (those games on SNES had the same bogus issue with the controller scheme).

[@johnathanretrogamer1975]

I just looked it up and you can remap your button configuration in the PS4 settings in the accessibility options. I never knew you could remap ps4 buttons. You can switch the square and x buttons around for the original 3 Castlevania games. That is damn good news. 😊

[@rmeves]

They didn't switch up the controls. Just like on the NES and Gameboy, the button on the right (Circle on PS4) jumps and the button on the left (X on PS4) attacks. They should have included customizable controls though.

[@thestwinner680]

Very pleasantly surprised by this collection! The rare game that is Kid Dracula *to me* is like the cherry on top - I'd been trying to download the ROM *_everywhere_* on the internet, ever since I learned of its existence and saw gameplay of it, but I just couldn't find it, kept on hitting dead ends. Really glad they included it. Satisfied by the positive review! ;)

[@Bladeslingersgamepreserve]

Now what we need is a Vol. 2

[@alexanderstilianov]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've been a hardcore fan for almost a decade probably. I just bought the Steam version. All I'm gonna say is: _"Oh boy, here I go vampire killing again!"_

[@racoonm45t3r]

We need more collections like these. Might pick this one up for switch. Its fun to play old HD games on the go.

[@wolfofredwall455]

I hope you review the contra collection. Oh there is save states.

[@jw6588]

If there are no save states, this is a no go for me.

[@zero-theaveragegamer1159]

Every game in the world besides maybe the original Ninja Gaiden and a few others are as easy as a game of Solitaire when you have save states

[@jw6588]

@@zero-theaveragegamer1159 The difficulty does come down quite a bit. But for me, it's more a matter of only having 20-30 minutes free at a time to play games undistracted.

[@ChunzBunz]

Im a big castlevania fan and im loving it on switch!

[@Plow1000]

Another great review. Hyped that this collection even exists. Will be downloading on my switch as soon as I get home. Here's to hoping for a 2nd collection that includes all the advance and ds games.

[@toddinator2004]

A little note for ps4 users: the ps store kinda hides it a bit for whatever reason. It didnt show up when i searched for it and it wasnt featured anywhere. I found it under the new games list below stuff thats been out for a bit oddly enough. Maybe that was my own stupidity though.

[@AdAce21]

Bloodlines alone makes this compilation worth it. M2 is the absolute best!!!!

[@intergalactic242]

I just bought it for super castlevania 4 and bloodlines,, but I've also been playing the others,, definitely worth it

[@DiddyCanFly]

How is Castlevania Legends not in this!? It’s easily the best GameBoy Castlevania game and the other two are in this. How did this get missed!?

[@timetraveler5547]

My only wish is that they would have gave us Rondo of Blood as well. On that note, Kid Dracula definitely deserves to be here seeing as this is the only way to play it in english here in the west.

[@shinigami9851]

Hopefully Konami can be smart enough to let us get the Metroidvania Castlevanias in a collection. That would make for great sells and players would be happy its a win win

[@luciferslunchbox]

Growing up with these games was awesome, Nothing like sitting in front of a CRT tv with a paper plate filled with some hamburger helper and a box fan blowing in the room. I miss it all!!!

[@FidFighter]

Haunted Castle (Castlevania Arcade) should have been in the collection seeing Contra Collection has the arcade game as well

[@shelterfromcold8620]

I'm always so stoked for a new video from you man! Great stuff. Hoping for a Castlevania collection 2: Metroidvania edition. They could have slapped Castlvania Chronicle on this instead of Kid Dracula.

[@dragtogo2735]

"Castlevania NES version" in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection has two nasty bugs that still haven't gotten fix from both PC and Switch(referring to the crash bug in the pre-hallway reaching to Death and the crash bug when facing the Final Boss with the cross.) Either way the GBA games are being added and yet no "Castle Legends" or "Kid Dracula (GB, Sequel)".

[@TimDespairBear11]

For everybody complaining about no rondo of blood/symphony of night, IT IS ALREADY IN A COLLECTION ON PS4.

[@darkhorse2259]

AND YOUR POINT IS ? It wouldn't have hurt for Konami to include them in this collection.

[@TimDespairBear11]

David Humphrey Because then there would be no point of that collection as that collection costs $20 too

[@redcrimson1028]

But its not on the switch which is my prefered preferred system, i dont like ps4

[@Fonz128]

David Humphrey You’re not special nor entitled to get every game you want on this new collection.

[@TimDespairBear11]

red crimson102 Well Ps4 is my preferred system but I’m not gonna beg for the games on the switch, I know they’re never coming to PS4

[@bass2126]

It's an excellent collection but i wish they put Castlevania Rondo Of Blood instead of Kid Dracula.

[@tanookitoad979]

I get a lot of castlevania fans are kinda upset kid dracula is here, but I don't see how else they would've released it, and I'm happy it's finally in english. Retro translations like this from the original companies behind them should happen more often.

[@mmabuff101]

I was scared hearing about this collection, due to the fact so many ports of old 8 and 16 bit games suffer from button lag. many times only noticeable by people who religiously played the games in the 80s. megaman anniversary has it. but it's not quite game breaking. the nes and SNES mini has button lag that's game breaking to me, especially for games like Mario. so I was worried. I bought on xbox with the idea I would test it for an hour and decide if I'd ask for a refund. put a password for level 8-1 in CV3 to check reaction time and the lag....I hit jump and whip once and realized.... FLAWLESS. damn near flawless! I am SO pumped now for the contra anniversary

[@underthenorthernstar]

Got this today and was not disappointed, thanks Dreamcast guy!

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

You need to thank Konami, not some dumb KZbin turkey.

[@NicknLex]

Already finished Castlevania 1 tonight 👍

[@danielpaul9523]

Dude,great. Dracula is a bitch. Died like 8 times before I figured it out.

[@kingthunderstar]

I kept checking PS4 stores and the Castlevania Anniversary Collection is still not in there!

[@paulseidler1644]

I'm having the same issue. So pissed right now...

[@kingthunderstar]

@@paulseidler1644 Maybe they decided not to release it in the PS4 stores because they're fucking assholes

[@paulseidler1644]

@@kingthunderstar I've been trying to research it and every video or article up to today includes the ps4 for may 16 as well so it can't be. Castlevania has a very solid base on playstation too ever since symphony of the night on ps1. So confused right now...

[@kingthunderstar]

@@paulseidler1644 Maybe they said they will release it for the PS4 just to trick people

[@williampauljr.9381]

In store games/new games, go to see all + sign,in the 3rd row middle.Enjoy.

[@elec8101]

I'm actually pretty surprised that the box arts in the eBooks still have the seal of Nintendo, and the names of the consoles. I mean, this is in PS4, and seeing Nintendo's label in a PS4 is pretty surprising.

[@ggarzona]

Um there ARE savestates bro, press lz on switch or menu button on other consoles and you can save and load, dk if you can have more than 1 savesrate tho but i guess the one is more than enough to do the job

[@ggarzona]

@@HippeusOmega hahaha me 2 i suck at classic castlevania and it really helps! Having a lot if fun with it on my switch right now!

[@DAVIDDOSBORNE]

I think the later 2d games like the GBC, symphony etc will be a different collection

[@MrTmm97]

7:54 i thought they did add save states? I just bought it for super cheap on Xbox and multiple reviews praised the addition of saves states.

[@chadruland5460]

Yeah I got many digital copies of little anniversary collections. I got Castlevania, Contra, mega Man, Capcom arcade stadium 1 and 2. My favorite installment on Castlevania will always be super Castlevania. To this day that damn game still gives me a great challenge

[@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472]

I didn't think SotN would be on this collection simply because they just released it in a different package exclusive to the PS4. And I can only imagine that since it's Konami we're talking about, once it's exclusivity ends (if it ever does), it'll be one extra thing to sell.

[@Mr.Huggles]

Kid Dracula was released as an unlockable title in the Castlevania Chronicles for PSP. This is not it's first official locolaizaiton outside of japan (although it is it's first release outside of japan where it's initially playable).

[@captainstabbin5374]

that game isnt released in the united states and isnt in english and also no it doesnt have kid dracula idk where you got that info

[@Mr.Huggles]

@@captainstabbin5374 Don't know where you got your info, but it was released in the united stated (still have mine) and it does have kid dracula in it as an unlockable game (the first i ever played of it). Not sure where you got your info from. It's very bad.

[@captainstabbin5374]

@@Mr.Huggles you are in fact talking about the psp game , Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles right? Cuz nah, kid dracula isn't in it, and Castlevania chronicles is a PS1 game and it isn't an anthology or a collection

[@ScyllaWyrm]

On your Metroidvania comment: great as it is in and by itself, I think the franchise went south after Symphony of the Night became all the rage. It never quite had that dark, medieval feeling mixed with a special level of simple charm, catchy and atmospheric tunes, interesting level design and hard as nails and straightforward gameplay of the old games again.

[@braselthegamer]

Thanks for the review man. Helps my decision by a lot. Glad to know it wasn't as badly handled as the Symphony of the Night PS4 port.

[@JakobeOG]

After getting Advanced Remastered Collection I am now hoping for a DS Remastered Collection, as well as a re-release of SOTN. Konami have been sort of bringing back old franchises (a la MGS) so hopefully we see some more Castlevania love

[@Inunah]

I'm betting this collection has the only properly emulated version of Kid Dracula NES on the planet. Which is why I'm probably gonna buy it!

[@avjaarsveldt]

Amazingly enough, the game I am the happiest about was Kid Dracula. Back in the day it was absolutely SUPERB. And considering it was on the Nes, the graphics seemed impossible.

[@gamble777888]

Was going to pick this up day 1 but the pricing in Mexico for this is outrageous. 34.99 USD, which is almost twice what it costs in US. Thought it was a mistake on the Nintendo Switch shop but checked the price on Microsoft Marketplace and it's the same. Gonna have to wait for a pretty significant sale before picking this up.

[@frankhalgas9614]

I have Konami's Collector Series, and it features Castlevania 1-3. At this rate, we won't have all the games until 2 more collections and 20 years more. :(

[@borgie83]

Any news on Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth from the Wii?

[@guybeleeve]

Pretty sure that Kid Dracula released in the U.S back in the day. It is way more metroidvania than these other castlevania games here. It’s not bad but I had no idea it was in the castlevania series. I’d really love to see a elder scrolls anthology for consoles.

[@ZRKREVIEWS]

never heard of castlevania bloodline guess that is something i will get my hands on! super excited!

[@LucidCoder]

Instead of Kid Dracula, they should have put in Castlevania Legends, the third and last GB game. Or Dracula X. Basically, they should have put all the pre-Metroidvania games in there. Collection 2 can be the Metroidvania-style, item-maze games that started with Symphony of the Night and Circle of the Moon.

[@aaronm8228]

I HIGHLY recommend this collection IF u know anything about the Castlevania series OR if u even like ONE of the Castlevania games since the series was born. It costs $20 or less, so this is Konami's way of saying "thank u for all that hard earned money u have spent on us, we went ahead and put this collection together and are only charging u the lawful licenses fees, because the time we spent creating and packaging it is FREE!"

[@DarkOrderSolDjango]

Kid dracula was put in it so kids can have a less harder time with the collection, also a second collection pack should come at some point.

[@timetraveler5547]

No it was put in because it's never been released in the west outside of this collection

[@captainstabbin5374]

bro kid dracula is 10 times harder than all the nes titles and the gb games here

[@JimChristopherMAure]

I would have bought this if Aria/Dawn of Sorrow is in it

[@nero3948]

Been thinking on buying a ds just for those

[@emanuelrodri436]

They forgot about castlevania 64

[@Shock3d]

Lol

[@23tonylawrence]

So can you save your progress or is it true old school?

[@intergalactic242]

You can actually save anytime you want,,

[@TheJadeFist]

I almost bought this the other day, but I realized between the NES Classic, SNES Classic, Genesis Mini, and a physical copy of Castlevania 3, I have everything in it minus the gameboy games or kid dracula. Though to be honest, I never really played these games beyond just a few minutes, and it is something I really mean to do at some point.

[@sanjithechef]

It’s like $5 on the eshop. Thank you. Great review made me excited to play. Also got the advanced collection. Wish that a physical version

[@streakermaximus]

Have to admit, I was really lucky as a kid. Never had a ton of money and games were pretty limited. Mom I'm sure accidentally got me some absolute classics including Castlevania Bloodlines.

[@VOAN]

They should do a second collection and give us 10 more Castlevania games: 6 from the GBA, 6 from the Nintendo DS, The Adventure Rebirth plus Symphony of the Night, Dracula X, and Rondo of Blood.

[@SeñorFajita]

Voan Siam I thought there were only 3 castlevania games on the gba and DS.

[@TripleT706]

The only issue I have is no button mapping but otherwise it's dead on.

[@Lord_Deimos]

I would absolutely LOVE a collection that includes SOTN and the GBA/DS games.

[@DiddyCanFly]

We’re getting there I hope.

[@NintenDub]

0:49 Gasp* thats the exclusive bonus "e Book w/ extra content" that konami was talking about....which is weird how something digital can be called bonus . its like this video. its basicly a reading of the title of this collection...with bonus exclusive review included

[@bobskie321]

They released a patch to include the Japanese version including Castlevania 3 with an audio enhancement from the cartridge's built-in sound chip which is not on the NES version due to lack of audio pin on cartridge slot present on Famicom for extra sound effects.

[@Mikeyyyy]

glad you mentioned circle of the moon, that was the first one us poor 90's kids had lmao. but hey if they make a second collection with all the hand held games and sotn then as a pair they would be a sick collection. I love Bloodstained, i just wish there was more of them, or more castlevanias, i feel like right when developers get the formula right they get sick of making the games lmao. like Super Mario World, Super Metroid, SM64..etc but at least castlevania is a series that has quite a few games in the SOTN style. I would like to see more games like metroid fusion, and circle of the moon. Im surprised they havent tapped into that market more, they let it die off so hard hollow knight had to take the throne. (and with hollow knight 2 coming out i think it will retain the throne for the next 5 years at least)

[@ScubaDiverPicker]

Kid Dracula was released on the gameboy in the U.S

[@Jarno_Shadowy]

Awesome collection picked it up of steam. And I loved the first one already. Never played them so I can finally enter the lore. Wow M2 should make more collections. I am so impressed no input lag no fps dips.

[@LittleBigKid707b]

M2 does A LOT of games. Though, they focus more on arcade games. Shoot em Ups mostly. They also did the Genesis Mini. M2 is a treasure for us arcade fans and fans of classic gaming. Look up their work. They're amazing!

[@JR-zu9jk]

Should have put Rondo of blood

[@Control-Max]

Talking about Castlevania, what do you think about the newer ones like "Lords of Shadow" ?

[@jaysaiyajoestar1220]

i have no idea why they didn't put Rondo of Blood as well, since that game is also 2D one

[@danielpaul9523]

I'm enjoying it. Disappointed it wasn't released on disk,but I took my ps4 to a neighbor's house to download it since he has wifi,and I'm not regretting it. Really got me hooked on old Castlevania again,and I really like all the extra features. Well worth the money compared to alot of lacking titles on ps4 right now that don't have the magic these games do. Volume 2 release on disk and give us N64 Castlevanias and Gameboy Advance and Ds games. That would be terrific. The new save feature really breathes new life and fun into these games,because they are quite hard and being forced to repeat levels is really annoying,like in older releases.

[@NinteSegaRarew]

Just like what Super Mario All-Stars for the SNES did for the classic NES Super Mario games, does this game come with the ability to save (which the original Castlevania games lacked)?

[@getstew]

Boy you're hitting those consonants hard.

[@kami4242]

I ain't buying it until they release a physical version.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Same. I really don't want everything digital :/

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

I feel the same. And Digital only games have been getting physical copies recently. "Gang Beasts", "Remothered: Tormented Fathers", and "Worms Battlegrounds + W.M.D.". Along with two for one packs like, "Overcooked 1 + 2" for $40.00.

[@robbalan6969]

Could you imagine a full metroidvania remake of Simon's Quest with original 8bit graphics.