Reminder: Castlevania Anniversary Collection Is Available Now, And Here's The Full List Of Games

A few thoughts:

Weird that they waited until now to mention Simon's Quest and Adventure.

There goes any interest I had in the Genesis Classic/Mini.

Pretty sweet that Kid Dracula is included.

I expected to see Rondo on here. I guess they thought it was too close to the release of that dumb PS4 collection. Hopefully the next one will have it.

Really strange to me that they don't think something like this is worth releasing physically. Personally, I'm mainly a digital gamer anyway, so I don't care at all...just seems like it could be a cool collectible thing for CV fans. Maybe they're waiting for all the collections to be released for an ultimate collector's edition or something?

Sooner than I expected!

Man, I can't wait.

It's such a shame that Switch misses out on that Rondo/SotN collection because for me, that's when the series peaked.

@Zuljaras Haha, I'm the exact opposite, Kid Dracula is the game I'm most pumped for! I guess there's something here for everyone!

Dammit! My poor wallet! -_-

No Metroidvanias after all, but still a nice lineup - they even dug out Kid Dracula! Joining my not-so-miserable pile of Switch wishlist items.

Kind of disappointing : I was hoping for the GBA / NDS titles to show up here.

@Zuljaras Eh, I don't know how serious a game where you fight a bunch of movie monsters and eat wall meat is.

Cool Bloodlines and Kid Dracula two games I never had a chance to play.

Dissapointing, may buy if its cheap one day. I hope the Contra collection is better.

Yess yess yess day 1 purchase for me

No medroidvania no buy for me. I foundly hate old school Castlevania style

@Zuljaras Ha, gotcha. Yeah, I don’t know, I don’t mind them throwing some fun/lightness into the collection, but I see where you’re coming from.

I'll pass. I own most of these games on the Classics. I was really hoping for the GBA games and/or Rondo & SotN. Honestly, I have no desire to play the GB games again.

@Tibob Same here. After only playing the NES trilogy as a kid, Circle of the Moon is what pulled me back in to this franchise.

No GBA/DS Castlevania games. Personally very disappointed.

was really hoping for adventure rebirth. as for the gba/metroidvania titles, there is gonna be a second castlevania collection released right?

Gah! No rebirth?

Odd that Castlevania Legends is not included since the other two Game Boy Castlevanias are. I wonder what the last game on the Contra Collection will be if three of the four unrevealed games are Hard Corps, Operation C, and Contra: The Alien Wars (for Game Boy).

Aww, I was really hoping to get symphony of the night in this collection. It's still a good deal though.

Strange that they did a staggered reveal for this considering it’s quite a standard line up. Hopefully we will get a second and third volume with the others on there. Kid Dracula is a great inclusion.

Not including Rondo or Dracula X is a bit of an odd one to me

Really glad to see companies releasing retro content like this in collections like this! I can never see "Simon's Quest" and not think of the Angry Video Game Nerd, but I might will pick this collection up at some point.

Castlevania The Adventure?

That’s an oof

May just get Super Castlevania IV in the WiiU eshop & call it a day.

Was hoping for Rondo of Blood or Dracula X, but still a great collection of the classic Castlevania games, before the Super Metroid era.

Wasn’t expecting Kid Dracula or Bloodlines, so this just jumped up the Wishlist.

Odd that CV Legends isn’t on there though.

Fingers crossed there will be a second CV compilation in the future (presumably Symphony, Rondo, Dracula X, Legends, Kid Dracula GB, Vampire Killer and the N64 games)

I think it's a decent line up.
Having the first 4 mainline games is a must imo.
But the adventure games....not do much.
Those spots should have gone to rondo of blood and symphony of the night.
Or if they really wanted to represent the handheld side of castlevania why not bring up the GBA and DS games. Dawn of sorrow would be an awesome addition.

Maybe konami are just looking at the original castlevania formula for this collection and maybe we can get a part 2 with the metroidvania games.
Now that would be epic.

@kobalt Well, they already said there's another collection coming. Almost has to be a Metroidvania collection at this point.

I was really hyped for this now I’m not, a bunch of nes games and super Castlevania 4 which I have on SNES mini and bloodlines which I have on the MD they have missed the chance again to include rondo of blood and sotn this collection seems a bit second rate to me hard pass

If there is a physical release of the game eventually, I will buy it day one that it comes out.

@Krambo42
I sure hope so as alot of those games haven't been re released and would be wonderful to introduce to a whole new audience.

I’m not going to lie... I was really looking forward to playing Castlevania 64 again. But oh well. This looks great.
Has anyone else noticed how in the original article, it’s worded:
“The first Konami Castlevania Collection is designed to be a completed collection around the origins of the historic franchise.”

What do they mean by “THE FIRST...”

Are we (definitely) getting a second one?

Nice! Will be cool to get to play Kid Dracula.

I'd have dropped $60 on Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia.

What a waste.

@kobalt that would make far too much sense for Konami to do

@VoodooTrumpet
True 😂
But then it's easy money when they finally figure it out. And great value for the consumer.

So definitely not as interested in this anymore without any of the metroidvania's on there . Maybe if I could get it for like 20 bucks or less, but i'm sure this will be at least 40 at launch.

@dougphisig Perhaps I'm being way too optimistic, but I don't expect this to be even close to $40.

Hmph no Castlevania Legends or the Wii remaster of the first GB game, that's a cop out. Surprisingly including the Kid Dracula Famicom game, guess they translated it?

Kid Dracula? The Famicom version.
They would need to translate it, at least one boss fight would require it at the least.

It would have been a much better collection with the GBA games included.

Adventure ReBirth should have been included, since it literally can't be bought anywhere at the moment.

Also, which version of Belmont's Revenge will it be? The version with the axe, or the version with the cross?

I heard there will be a physical release so will wait for that. was hoping to see symphony of the night but I suppose he belongs on the ps?

Hmm, I wonder if Konami's plan is to keep Rondo of Blood and SOTN PS4 "exclusive". I could see an outcome where collection 2 is something like:
Castlevania (N64)
Legacy of Darkness (N64)
Circle of the Moon (GBA)
Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
Dawn of Sorrow (DS)
Portrait of Ruin (DS)
Order of Ecclesia (DS)

Excited just curious to see how much it costs first, before I decide to purchase it. Would love to see more game collections like this. Hopefully a physical release can possibly happen.

Skip. A very easy skip. I own all of these on other platforms, some several times over. I will just wait for reviews of BLOODSTAINED.

The WiiWare Rebirth's exclusion is a crime

I have nearly every physical release of every Castlevania. If these are on a cart I'll rebuy it. If not ....🙄

Very disappointing to not see Rebirth on here but this also gives me new hope for a Rebirth colelction release.

@sleepinglion I think it just means we are going to see a complete Rebirth colelction released, which will be fantastic. It's one of the best Contra's ever made.

Now, what should I get for my birthday, Castlevania Collection or Resident Evil 4?

@YANDMAN Sure hope so, those were awesome titles

In a way I'm kind of glad they put these titles together in one package. Most are solid games, though arent really my preference. But by doing this, they leave open the possibility of another package with other Castlevania games - Rondo of Blood, SotN, the GBA and DS games. That would be awesome.

I will definitely pick this up. I'm disappointed that Rondo isn't on there, but Super Castlevania IV and Bloodlines will be worth the purchase alone.

I am still getting it. having more retro games for the switch is a must.

@nhSnork It has Castlevania 2, which was the original vania of Metroidvania.

@RadioHedgeFund Just means the second collection might be even better. Assuming they exclude Rondo and Symphony of the Night so as not to step on the toes of that recent collection, it could have:

Circle of the Moon
Harmony of Dissonance
Aria of Sorrow
Dawn of Sorrow
Portrait of Ruin
Order of Ecclesia

And if it DID include Rondo and Symphony of the Night, we'd have one beastly 8 game collection.

I want to know which vocal Castlevania fans requested Simon’s Quest and The Adventure. 😂

I'll be picking this up day one, Kid Dracula and Bloodlines sealed the deal and it's only $20.

No SOTN, no buy. How hard could it be to port Symphony of the night to Switch for God's sake. Come on Konami, this is getting ridiculous.

Should had just replaced Simon's Quest with Rondo or Dracula X, nobody likes that crap.

This was rated by ESRB for physical release: https://twitter.com/ESRBRatings/status/1113529122867884034

Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood really should be in here.

Was hoping for Rondo, ReBirth, or even Dracula X SNES, but I'm so happy about Bloodlines/New Gen that I'm purchasing.

There's room for another collection with those and the MSX game before even messing abour with "IGAVanias".

I've always wanted to give this series a go. Count me in!

Ugh why Adventure? It's so slow and awkward, Re or Legends would have been my preference especially legends since (non canon) an origin game same with Lament of Innocence (canon).

@Tibob
This is a collection of classic Castlevania games, no Metroidvanias was going to be included.

I do expect a Metroidvania collection at some point though, hopefully with all the GBA and DS games on it.

Question is if we are going to get a 3d Castlevania's collection... And if people actually want that.

Absolutely awesome to see Kid Dracula and Bloodlines get a re-release. I was kinda holding out hope for Symphony of the Night, Dracula X, Rondo of Blood, or The Adventure ReBirth. Especially Symphony since that'd never been on a Nintendo system. It would have been a heck of a draw.

Also SIMON'S QUEST!!!!11!!!!1!!1!

@Deltath good call, shame on me for forgetting that.

BLOODLINES!!! 😁😁😁

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Bloodlines and Kid Dracula! Couple of real winners! Ans Simon's Quest, because of course.

Shame the fourth game is Castlevania: The Adventure for Game Boy. I'll play it for its historical value, but it is supposed to be one of the weakest entries in the series. Shame we didn't get the far superior remake for WiiWare, or Rondo of Blood, instead.

I’m looking forward to this, especially Bloodlines which I’ve never played before. I hope there will be a Castlevania Anniversary Collection part 2 with more Castlevania goodness.

Simon's Quest! My first open world game as a kid.

@Krambo42 only worth physical if it included a whole lot more of the castlevania games.

I’ll purchase this as soon as I can!

Big Castlevania fan here but I'm probably waiting on the next collection. Too many games out right now taking up my free time so I'll wait until they give me some Castlevania 64 and Metroidvania. I've played all these old ones too many times. If it gets a physical release I might bite.

I like those games but no post 16 bit era games? SotN+/CV64 or gtfo

@Tibob No, this collection should be the original-style Castlevania games and the NEXT collection should be the "Metroidvania" games.

@RandomLeo00 In terms of 3D Castlevanias, Lament of Innocence is decent and Curse of Darkness is pretty good.
If they include improved versions of the N64 Castlevanias, I would be interested.

VERY NICE collection.
I was NOT expecting KID DRACULA or Bloodlines. (because it's featured on the Genesis Mini)
I hope they include a faster frame-rate option for Castlevania Adventure or include the remake as an UNLOCKABLE because the original frame-rate is like molasses and nearly unplayable, if I recall.

Lame,no Rondo of Blood or any of the Metroidvanias, they are probably too lazy to rework the DS game for a single screen(Hopefully I'm wrong and a new collection is on the way).

I guess it's great for those who never play Castlevania 1,3 and 4

@Deltath I don't see why they wouldn't include Rondo and Symphony in the next "Metroidvania" collection, the PS4 2-game collection would have already been out for a few years by then.
Furthermore, they're including Bloodlines in this collection, which has been promoted as one of the big draws of the upcoming Genesis Mini.
And yes, that's EXACTLY what the "Metroidvania"-style collection should look like, including Rondo and Symphony.

@Zuljaras Haunted Castle is a horrible game, basically unplayable. Kid Dracula is a very good game.

Also Kid Dracula is not an arcade game, so that would make no sense.

Yeah I’m not sure what people expected. I never thought I’d see Ronda and SOTN on here. For those holding out hope for 64, I don’t think we’ll ever see that rereleased.

I'm glad to see Konami finally bringing Bloodlines out for this and for the mini Mega Drive after ignoring it for so many years. It's one of my favorites and makes a set like this worthwhile for me since I don't like CV4.

Many may disagree with me here, but who the hell wants to play game boy black & white titles? They should’ve only been chosen of there was no remaining choices! Where’s Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night?? The DS or GBA castlevanias?? If it wasn’t for Bloodlines being in here this would be a hard pass for me! But I’ll probably pick it up for Super Castlevania and Bloodlines. But still Konami...who the hell is running that show?

@CrazyZelda79 gotta be more than 5000 being I own 7000+ lol 😆

@Krambo42 did they say that?!? I’ve only read about this, today’s arcade collection and the contra one and I’ve been saying right along that Konami should NOT stop at 3 Collections!

I hope they have some sort of quick save feature, because they didn't have it for Castlevania Requiem, and these are some of the hardest games in the franchise.

@Zuljaras

Haunted Castle is probably the worst game in the franchise though, to give it a spot over the dozens of good games that are in the franchise makes no sense. Although I don't think it should be in the arcade collection either, especially given Konami's amazing track record on the arcade front.

Will get it when it goes on sale only for bloodlines though.....

This will be the first release of Castlevania Bloodlines on a Nintendo system.
And in case anyone was confused, this is not the same game as Vampire Killer for MSX2

I get it that it's nice to have a collection about the eariler games in the series, this being an anniversary collection, it makes sense to go where the series actually started. And there are some nice games in there.

But really, no SOTN? No GBA/DS games?

I was hoping more for a "here are the best games the franchise offered" instead of "here are the first games from the franchise". I think they shoul've labelled it the "Castlevania Origins Collection". It would've been a more accurate name for this compilation.

But let's just say I'm kind of disapointed. I was really thinking I'd be able to play SOTN on the go (like I did on PSP some time ago through the Dracula X chronicles), along with some GBA ones I missed (only played Cicrle of the Moon back in the days). Bummer.

So Richter still doesn't have any of the games he appeared in on the Switch even though he's in Smash. And here I thought either Rondo or Dracula X were a shoe-in...

One on the cartridge and the rest as a Day One “patch”

No Rondo no deal...

I'll wait a few months and see if it gets a physical release. Companies change their minds all the time.

When they waited to announce the final 4 games I assumed 2 of them wouldn't be Adventure and Simons Quest since thats kind of a downer. Maybe this means we'll get that Konami rebirth collection?

@Realnoize they at least should have kept Adventure off of this. MSX version of the original Castlevania would have been better. Still Castlevania 3 on the go is amazing.

@nhSnork isn't Simon's Quest teeeechnically a Metroidvania? Open level design, backtracking and level up capabilities?

@HeroOfCybertron Bloodlines and Kid Dracula are excellent games

If Rondo and SOTN made it instead of Simon's Quest and Adventure this collection would be perfect, but those who bought the earlier release of the duo on the PS4 would be pissed.

@joey302 I agree with you. Those Castlevania gameboy games seemed primitive even at the time.

I am upset that rebirth is not in this collection as it is now unavailable

Ooh! Its worth getting! At least I'm getting it for CV3 and Kid Drac. Not familiar with the other GB game, or the PS game. I don't like Bloodlines.

@Krambo42 Wall Meat is the most serious of meats my friend.

@robr I like Simon's Quest, though I don't need it again.

@coderkind In all fairness, there is the touchscreen issue with Dawn of Sorrow. Dunno if any of the other DS Vanias use it or not.

@Kasparius Yeah I agree. There is no way someone would be able to get through Castlevania 3 without save states. I gave up because on the NES it was so unreasonable. But it’s in my top 3 Castlevania games. Hope to beat it via this collection.

@dkxcalibur The only thing that aged well about Adventure is the soundtrack

@NotTelevision I got to the end back in the NES days, but I couldn’t beat Dracula’s third form

@Tempestryke Bloodlines has some bullshiz difficulty spikes at the end. Those stupid double Spear Guards!

Haha, and of course it doesn't have Symphony of the Night.

Very disappointing - for me its almost the opposite of the collection I would have liked.

Why no Symphony of the night? That's the only one I actually wanted.

I wanted Rondo of blood and Symphony of the night on Switch! I will be waiting for that collection to come to Switch.

Would rather see a Lord of Shadows Collection

This is a good collection but Rondo of blood will be sorely missed here. It and IV are my favorite classic vania titles. Hopefully this will sell and we get a second part with the later open world entries like sotn and the awesome gba and ds entries just don’t leave rondo in the dust please. I never was a fan of the gb titles but I’m sure many didn’t get the chance at those and kid Dracula I didn’t know had a home console release, I played that one on the gb and it’s good but never thought it actually tied to castlevania just an off branch to it like warioware to the warioland series but even more of a stem off.

@sleepinglion Rebirth's difficulty is the crime.

People complaining about the lineup make no sense. Konami has been up front about focusing on the franchise’s origins. Also, this is far more interesting to me than the PS4 comp, simply because it has Bloodlines and Kid Dracula. There’s more to the franchise than the Metroidvania titles, great as they were.

I still hope a physical version will come out eventually

Man, Legends for Gameboy gets NO love. Those Christopher games (especially the first) are a snooze fest. Even as a kid playing on my GB I couldn't stick with the first Adventure. Legends IMO is the closest to hitting that NES glory, with some neat tricks and plot ideas of its own.

@hihelloitsme Back in the day (ssshhh on this, it's a secret to everybody) I installed homebrew on my Wii which allowed the use of cheat codes. It was the only way I could complete any of Konami's ReBirth series, though I'd still love them included in a compilation

Aaaaaand..... no RoB or SotN. Bittersweet I feel right now.

@Krambo42 I wasn't holding my breath for Rondo because Konami said this specific collection explores the origins of the series' chronology, meaning basically everything leading up to Rondo, because that game was the point the series began to drastically change, being the last mainline Classicvania before SotN completely changed the series' formula

Although they also said this was the first Castlevania Collection, so perhaps they're saving Rondo and subsequent games for future collections. Plus, much like Kid Dracula NES and Bloodlines, we haven't seen proper remasters or rereleases for the likes of the GBA/DS Castlevania titles, or the early 3D games like CV64, Lament of Innocence, Legacy of Darkness or Curse of Darkness. It would be a good time to rejuvenate interest in those games considering the resurgence in popularity of characters like Leon, Hector and Issac thanks to their inclusion in Season 2 of the Netflix series

Kid Dracula and Belmont's Revenge are excellent additions to the line-up. Now the question is, how is the emulation? If it's good, then this is a no-brainer for me.

@BanjoPickles

I dunno, I think having Bloodlines on there kind of negates the excuse of focusing on the series’ origins. It was months apart from Dracula X, and it was equally it’s own thing. The X68000 port would make more sense to me. Either the recent PS4 double feature is to blame or they’re not sticking all of the best eggs in one basket.

mmmm a pretty mediocre "collection" they should ve include rondo of blood /dracula X , symphony of the night (imagine playing it on the switch) and at least one of the 64 games, i mean c´mon castlevania 64 and legacy of darkness were great and they were the first step of the series to the 3d

Kinda think ALL the 2D Castlevania games should be included in a collection like this, including the likes of Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night and all the DS games too. Then it would feel like a complete collection of all the games in the series that were from the 2D era. But what's there seems decent if you're into the series and looking to play a bunch of the older games.

Konami listening to fan feedback? What's happening?! I'll probably be getting this somewhere down the line. Just finished Rondo of Blood a few weeks ago and planning to play through Symphony of the Night again before taking the plunge.

those old castlevania games are unplayable.
SotN is the first one that actually stands the test of time.

I'll hold out for a physical release with a physical book.

Now that they decided to include the region version choice, I'll get them. But on a sale. They should have come in physical form.

@vitalemrecords

You must be joking!

Decent collection, but Rondo of Blood really should have been included. It would have been nice to see Adventure Rebirth on there now that it can't be obtained legally, and maybe even Vampire Killer MSX.

Glad about them adding tate mode to the arcade classics, makes it worth buying now...

Just wish snk would listen to feedback on their collection too and add Tate mode back to docked gameplay!!!

No Dracula's Kiss ?

It’s a shame they’ve missed out the later games. Who wouldn’t buy a Symphony if the Night/Aria of Sorrow bundle?

Oh the japanese versions are in too? As if I didn't have enough reason to get this. Castlevania 3 in particular is a better experience in the japanese version (even though I'm a freak who actually likes Grant's short range jab more that he has in the non-japanese version) though nonetheless that japanese Castlevania 3 soundtrack is SO good.

Though honestly Castlevania Bloodlines and Kid Dracula are the ones I'm most interested in in this collection, you don't get those games just everywhere.

E: Wow, I get a zero for reading comprehension, the japanese versions aren't in the game yet but only come out later in an update.

The only one in this collection of any real interest to me is Simon's Quest. I could save/resume/level up/buy items in that one. I could never make it through the original or 3 on the NES without getting quite frustrated - moreso when my super-useful special got replaced by something else because of a poor drop and needing to start completely over each time. I'll wait for a release that includes some of the latter titles where the level-up type experience was the norm.

@Krambo42 They revealed the games a few weeks ago. This isn't the first of us seeing the full list.

Now I will need the NES controller for the switch.

@Krambo42 The full lineup has been known for weeks.

@Dogtanian None of the rebirth games are present in their respective colelctions due to their being a rebirth colelction release on the way.

@StevenG No you wont because it only works with the online games, i just saved you seventy quid and some misery.

It’s been years since I played Bloodlines. Might get the collection just for this.

@YANDMAN No idea where you got that idea, but you are wrong.
On both how it works and the price I would pay.

@jswhitfield8 I agree, I’ll pass on this because I already have my favorites on virtual console, etc. the N64 games would have made this a must buy for me

Anyone else not seeing it on the eshop?

@Wavey84 They have already admitted a Volume 2 so I exepect we'll see the MetroidVania games then.

@BensonUii it's the Famicom version. I would love to see the GameBoy version in Volume 2

Such excite!! Buying ASAP!!

People that are commenting about other people not knowing the list of the games - look at the comment dates. It’s clear this was an old article from April that was updated now that the collection is out.

@Krambo42 Those games were announced weeks ago

@NintendoByNature I'm not seeing it, either!

@jswhitfield8 I am DYING to play Castlevania 64 again — I’m serious

I have fond memories of going back and forth between Starfox 64 and Castlevania 64 during a summer. That hedge maze and the brooch never got old.

@NintendoByNature Yeah I don't see it. It was never up for preorder and I don't see it available yet today either.

@pa261639 @YANDMAN @Knuckles-Fajita I know, this article is a repost. I commented on April 18th.

@StevenG To quote Nintendo's official release notes " Please note: Nintendo Entertainment System Controllers can only be used while detached from the Nintendo Switch system, and only to play NES – Nintendo Switch Online games. Nintendo Entertainment System Controllers can be charged by attaching to the Nintendo Switch system."
I think it is you who is very clearly wrong.

@YANDMAN I've used the NES controllers to play other games. Mega Man collection, Gunman Clive, NSMBU...

@Krambo42 Ahhhhhhhhhhh i cccccccccccccccc

@Krambo42 You sure about that?

@YANDMAN the NES controller thing? Yeah, of course I'm sure.

@YANDMAN it’s been officially reported, even on this site, that you can use the controllers with NSMBU:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/12/turns_out_the_switchs_wireless_nes_controllers_will_work_with_new_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe

@joedick same here as I’ve never played it. Have they announced the rest on the contra line up?

disappointed in this package, but hopeful it does well enough to get a 2nd collection with mostly metroidvania's.

@subpopz
Hollow Knight devs also said no physical release and now look.

Was hoping these games would be added to the Nintendo online service

Anybody know the price for this collection?

@Tibob same tbh though perhaps in a second collection?

Megaman collections games released as multiples collections rather than a single game featuring ALL the Megaman/X games and Castlevania is big enough a franchise to do similar

@YANDMAN
As far as I know that's just a rumour, but hopefully we will eventually see a compilation of the three Rebirth games.

Either way, this cannot be considered a definitive collection of Castlevania's classic style because of two or three omissions.

@ChromaticDracula You can't believe everything you read.

@PBandSmelly Never going to happen, have a good sleep.

@MrMichaelJames It's not on Nintendo.com either. I was hoping to have it loaded before I went to work today so I can play on lunch but oh well.

How messed up is it that on release day it's nowhere to be found on the eShop? It's not under recent releases, it was never under upcoming releases, and if you search for it, it doesn't come up. At this point, what does that release date even mean?

@YANDMAN Why the heck are you so insistent that the NES controllers aren't compatible with games beyond the NES online app? That simply isn't true.

@YANDMAN If you would have taken the time to actually look at the article that Chromatic posted, you’d see that there’s a video included showing that the NES Joy-Cons work with NSMBU. Before you comment back “You can’t believe everything you see, either”, maybe you should just take the L on this one. The controllers work with other games, but it depends on the control schemes of the games. For 2D / 3D side scrollers with simple button layouts, they work just fine.

Goemon collection next?

It still is not on the eshop

Nice to see they'll be patching TATE mode into the arcade collection.

Getting it to support the franchise!

@Mana_Knight Contra Collection is next. Hopefully a Ninja Turtles Collection is after that. Turtles 2, 3, and Turtles In Time with Online Co-Op, the Genesis games, and the Game Boy games. All by Konami. I’d love to see that. Hopefully they can settle any licensing issues and release that.

@YANDMAN What's supported and what works aren't the same thing. People have tested this. You can use them in other games, they just lack enough buttons.

@YANDMAN Yeah, anything you write is a good example. You have picked a strange and stupid hill to die on.

The link in the article only says PS4 is getting it. Come on Nintendo Life what is the real release date?

@StevenG Oh cool, so you can use them but just not properly enough to actually use them. That's a definite winning situation. I've also got a USB steering wheel that connects to my switch, the buttons don't work but you can use it to walk left and right in Super Mario bros.

@Dogtanian Well there is no rebirth Castlevania on it's colelction and no rebirth Contra on it's colelction. What does that look like to you. Why include them here when they can charge more money for a stand alone collection?

@YANDMAN Please stop. You're wrong. They work perfectly for games that only require a d-pad, an A button and a B button. There are even little triggers that can be used, though they aren't ideal. I'm sure they just put that warning out there so that people don't buy them expecting to use them with every game. But they are 100% fine-great, even-for everything that only needs the inputs found on an NES controller.

@Krambo42 Those two games were announced a few weeks ago.

@Edu23XWiiU This article is a repost. That comment is from April.

i dont understand why people like Kid Dracula so much

🤦‍♂️ Sorry Krambo; you’re going to be getting this all day. No one cares to read; they just see the first comment and jump to correct.

@Miadaskate Yeah, I'm sure. I won't keep responding to these, I just wanted a few messages out there so that hopefully some people see that and don't post. I'm kinda sick of getting email notifications, ha.

@NintendoByNature Yeah weird they wouldn’t display it on the Eshop for preorder or even display it in the coming soon section. It might be more Konami’s doing since it’s the same on PStore.

Strange they wouldn’t want to promote this title more on digital storefronts.

@YANDMAN Except for NES games, which is exactly what we are talking about!
Just stop, this is pathetic, I actually feel bad for you.

@StevenG Wow that's really nice, thanks. I hope you have a really good day.

@NotTelevision It has been on the Japanese eshop pre-order/coming for about a week.

Is this available in all regions or just Japan right now?

@Krambo42 I don't really think so, the announcement of the extra features was just posted today.

I keep loading the eShop in NA and its late. Where is it? I wanna play it before I go to work!

@Edu23XWiiU Just look at the date next to my comment.

@Krambo42 Nah, I believe you

How is this available now? It’s not on the US eshop anywhere.

@jswhitfield8 I'm another fan of Castlevania 64, still own it along with Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness which was kind of the same game with a few tweaks, they would pass it off as DLC now days.

I wonder if you get the option to play the Gameboy games in anything other than black and white (like when you play an original GB game on the GBC).

At least with the Switch version I can play using the 8 Bit Do SNES controller.

I found it by putting "castlevania" in the search field. It's up now.

I don't know why some listings don't show up on the Recent Releases list. It's happened a few times already.

@SuperWeird It’s up now. Hours later than the usual update. Weeeird.

It finally dropped. 30 mins before I have to go to work. Ugh. At least its here. Playing Bloodstained in the mean time.

Confirmed available on the US eShop through search. Purchased and downloading now.

Still not under Recent Releases.

@Miadaskate A turtles one would be great fun!

Hmm, I like the Castlevanias offered here but I don't love them. I'm definitely more of a Metroidvania guy.

Debating on when I wanna get this collection!

The emulation is great of course, as this is M2 at the helm. The odd omissions - Symphony of the Night, Rondo of Blood, the GBA entries may indicate a second volume at some point.

Looking forward to them patching in the Japanese ROMs. The NES games are vastly superior in their Japanese guises due to the far better music.

They just totally won me over with the news they are going to update the collection with the Famicom version of Castlevania 3. The music in that version is so much better than the NES one. That and the inclusion of Bloodlines(which remember, NEVER saw a release on Virtual Console) warrants purchasing this collection.

Has anybody tried the wireless NES controllers with this collection yet?
I might buy them, just for this game, if they do work.
It would also be nice if Konami let you remap the buttons on this title, so you could set it up to your preference. Maybe they will, with a patch.

@BlackenedHalo It's a well known fact that half of the worlds population are yound vampires, guess who's buying the game??

It's an ok collection I guess... I wish that GBA version was also included. They could use NDS and PSX version on the second collection since those are on better hardware.... well it's what it is. Never cared much for the earlier nes castlevania games. I prefer level up system since it feels more rewarding killing the monsters and playing through the map. Each his own

@Krambo42 Konami just doesn’t want to TRY anymore. Every single thing they do is half-arsed

@ramu-chan Wait. M2 ported these?

@ramu-chan That is not true about Simon’s Quest, as the Western version had the better sound chip. It is true about Akumajou Densetstu though.

@Antraxx777 They did indeed.

Hopefully the VRC6 chip in Akumajou Densetsu / Castlevania 3 has been emulated well. The music in that game is a treat!

@YANDMAN
Like I said, for now it's just a rumour. Given that we're talking about Konami I would only be cautiously optimistic for a Rebirth collection.

You appear to have gone from hopeful to certain during the lifetime of this thread. It's exciting to see that there is a clairvoyant on these forums and I eagerly await your future predictions

Kid Dracula should have been replaced by CastleVania Legends on GameBoy.

@Antraxx777

The Famicom version of Castlevania 2 was an FDS game, which provided an extra sound channel over the stock Famicom. Your ears may prefer the NES port, but technically the music was more advanced on the FDS.

@GravyThief Sadly the Famicom versions aren't in the Western release yet, but with M2 at the controls I have no doubt they'll do a great job with the VRC6.

@Antraxx777 Yep! I was surprised when I saw their logo pop up.

review upcoming on the emulation? package as a whole?

@Dogtanian When you can give me a more practical explanation to support the lack of inclusion against the likelihood of a collection i am all ears.

Super shocked the full color GBC versions of Castlevania: The Adventure and Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge are not included.

@Zuljaras What exactly is Kid Dracula?

Once again, id like to thank my peers for helping make the game industry worse than it already is. Instead of new exciting games, we get nickel and dimed on professional asset flips. <3

Can hardly wait until next gen when they try to sell this to you again.

Please guys. Help finance this irrelevant company so they can make more pachinko machines and squander the metal gear franchise. Thanks.

Why are they on eShop only.