Castlevania Dominus Collection Physical Release Confirmed, Pre-Orders Open Next Month

Bah, I hate when they give us options like this as I'm so indecisive.

Are they going to have a portrait mode for these games? Kinda mandatory to have that considering these are DS games.

I ordered the Advance Collection LRG and still haven't received it yet. To be honest I am not the biggest fan of the LRG model, i'd much prefer it games just had normal releases. especially games by Konami, who have more than enough resources to do it properly.

Hmmm. I have nice physical copies of all three of these on DS. Anyone know of any extras that make double-dipping irresistible?

And it’s LRG.

People ain’t gonna be happy.

Saw this coming as soon as they were shown on the direct. I'm trying to break my swag-hoarding habits, so I've been trying real hard to avoid these lavish (you know it will be) CEs.

I'll take the standard edition with Shanoa (Ecclesia) cover, please!
I never played the other Castlevania's on DS, so I was really hoping a collection was in the works. Like everyone else, though, I'd have much preferred that Konami just made these regular retail releases.

@Samalik : The bottom screen is shifted to the right of the screen, kind of like the status screens in classic dungeon crawlers (even though the games don't fall into that genre).

@EarthboundBenjy yeah I got mine a long time ago. That sounds like a mix up.

I'm so glad this collection was released. It's my blind spot for the series. Glad I get to correct that. Ecclesia is so damn cool so far.

@RupeeClock
@Zuljaras

Hmm, okay, the tracking info they provided me says "Estimated delivery time: Unknown". lol. I opened a ticket now, we'll see what they say.

Yeah, I haven't had the best track record with Limited Run Games, and this certainly isn't helping matters. ...
I think I will still get the Dominus Collection from them anyway because Castlevania - especially the DS Castlevania - is just that special to me. But I won't be happy about it. :/

Surprised to see Limited Run Games publishing these, especially since these are considered to be real Konami classics. BUT it seems they did a great job with different covers and all.

Hopefully they'll release SotN and RoB together someday...

Yay, it’s getting a physical…

sees LRG

…sigh. Never mind.

@SillyG If memory serves me right, that doesn't always work out. I think I recall Dawn of Sorrow using both screens that make it so you constantly shift from top to bottom a lot in the same room.

If these companies are gonna spout "preservation" they need to recognize that preservation of the initial experience to the best of their ability is also important. Even shmups have this on right when they port their games to always have portrait mode be an option, so if you want to change your setup to suit the original game so to be a true historian gamer, you can.

@Samalik

There isn't a single moment in Dawn of Sorrow where the game is on the top screen. It's always the map or enemy status.

There are some sidescrolling games that shift between screens such as Sonic Rush and Yoshi's Island DS. But Castlevania is not one of them.

@NielsNL LRG (unfortunately) does all the Castlevania re-releases. Nothing surprising here.

Yes, I will triple dip.

I'm 2/3 thru Dawn of Sorrow so far and played through it on DS. It does use the touch screen elements but has a clunky controller option for them, so get this on Switch if you can. (And change to handheld mode for boss fights.)

@Samalik @SillyG
There are 5 settings but no TATE mode, unfortunately. However, the default setting I would love to see in more games moving forward. In the original game, the top screen could toggle between data and map with the SELECT button. In this one it has options to have all 3 visible at once. And it's M2 developed, who is often behind the shmup porting excellence you cited.

@Olliemar28 Ecclesia does have the best cover art by far

@SillyG Yeah I wish they’d let you swap the main screen to the left, too.

@dskatter You had no other options unless Play-Asia or Strictly Limited gets involve.

LRG!!!!!!! LFG!!!!!!!!

more words.

After playing all of them couple of times, Ecclesia is probably the best one. Its so different from the other two and in a good way. Im going for that Portrait of Ruin cover though. Thats the first Castlevania I ever played and nothing beats the first love.. in video games.

Ecclesia is probably the one for me too, but Portrait of Ruin makes a respectable showing in my considerations (but all three are EXCELLENT).

Of course, we /might/ also get all three in whatever super deluxe ultra chocolatey fudge-coated mega ultra super expensive collection they offer too, so, there's that to consider.

Good. If GameFly can pick it up, that'll give me a chance to play that revamped Haunted Castle-- So much potential as a Castlevania forerunner, but so poorly done (Hey, it was a product of its arcade times so...).

I didnt see the tweet because that weirdo company mass blocked a bunch of people on Twitter.

Oh great another physical being handled by Limited Run......F#$%.

Not an official physical copy so I'll stick to download.

(Before anyone wants to argue, I don't regard a third party like Limited Run as official, especially with their ugly label on the packaging. You might, I don't. Period!)

What the heck is a Dominus?

@EarthboundBenjy my Advance Collection got delivered, but to someone else! So I opened a ticket and the service was quick and responsive, and in a few days I had my copy. Best of luck!

@vio it means master, or dominant, and the word dominus begins and ends with DS. That’s all the sense I can make lol ✌️

@anoyonmus I did not mind the company really till the CEO got all political and blocked half of Twitter in some paranoid cringe rage.

Twitter is the only place I get news from companies I buy from so they excluded me as a customer at that point.

Still because I dont like LRG, I will buy the asian / JPN physical release from Amazon or Play Asia every chance it's available.

@gcunit Haunted Castle revisited.
It's a new version of Haunted Castle, which is also included, but this version is playable.
Plus ofcourse all the included artwork and soundtracks.

@Serpenterror And LRG doesn’t get my money, so I guess I’ll live without it!

@StAmbrosius Sold! 😁