Feast your eyes! (Click to enlarge)
But it's a lovely screenshot nonetheless
Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth comes out in Japan on the 27th of this month, but aside from a few images in Famitsu, we've seen precious little of the game thus far.
That's changed somewhat, but not by much. A single screen from the game has been released onto the net, and while we'd rather have a few images to gaze longingly at, it's nice enough.
The game's visual style obviously owes a huge debt to the likes of Symphony of the Night and the recent GBA/DS titles.
Should any more screens emerge from their eternal slumber and stumble into the sunlight, then you'll be the first to know about it.
1. Swerd_Murd
22 Oct 2009, 09:09 BST
2. timp29
22 Oct 2009, 09:41 BST
yeah whip seems blocky... maybe its intended to be motion blur
3. Phalyn
22 Oct 2009, 09:46 BST
Cannot wait. Been playing all the old Castlevania games for Halloween.
4. Omega
22 Oct 2009, 10:22 BST
Wow! Look at all the colors! So pretty.
5. Sabrewing
22 Oct 2009, 10:35 BST
#1: His name is Christopher Belmont, since this is a remake of Castlevania: The Adventure. And just for trivia purposes, his son's name is Soleiyu (a corruption on the French word "soliel", meaning "sun". Yay, puns).
6. ReZon
22 Oct 2009, 11:04 BST
Do want!
Here's a nice comparison of that screen shot from GB Adventure and ReBirth.
http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101314
I think it's obvious that ReBirth is going to be more than just a standard remake.
7. LEGEND MARIOID
22 Oct 2009, 11:13 BST
Looks nice. Let's hope it holds up as a package eh.
8. Bass X0
22 Oct 2009, 11:36 BST
Oh I am sure it will. It would be difficult for Konami to get a Castlevania game completely wrong after all the hits they've made with their 2D Castlevania games. They know what makes for a good 2D Castlevania game and I am confident that this will be as good as any of the recent DS games. Just smaller. Please come out today, Castlevania! Although next week is more likely.
9. ReZon
22 Oct 2009, 12:09 BST
@Bass X0 "Just smaller."
And likely more difficult!
10. Turkey Brutus
22 Oct 2009, 12:10 BST
This does look wonderful. I'm definitely digging the deliberate SNES style...I was going to hold off on downloading until I saw some reviews, but seeing this, I've got the feeling it's well worth the gamble.
11. Kirk
22 Oct 2009, 12:25 BST
Oh I really hope this is good because I like the look of that screen...
12. motang
22 Oct 2009, 13:05 BST
Waiting for this one. So why is Konami being so secretive about this game?
13. Jockolantern
22 Oct 2009, 13:09 BST
Looking sexier all the time. Very much looking forward to playing this when it's released; hopefully that's by the end of the month. I can dream, at least. ^_~
14. Tony
22 Oct 2009, 13:31 BST
Lets just award this a 10/10 right now
15. That Guy from Faxanadu
22 Oct 2009, 14:24 BST
Gaah! This looks a lot better than the original "Stage 2"! I wonder if it will be only 4 stages like the GB game. Since this looks nothing like GB stage 2 and features the boss from stage 1, it should be pretty safe to say they´ve changed things around a lot. That´s good news.
16. LEGEND MARIOID
22 Oct 2009, 14:36 BST
I've only ever played the SNES version but I'm aware of the DS versins carrying a huge reputation.
17. Objection_Blaster
22 Oct 2009, 14:57 BST
I do feel the need for a Catlevania fix. Whether its this title or going and getting one of the GBA or DS games I don't have depends on this one's release.
18. Roebuck
22 Oct 2009, 15:12 BST
If it's coming out in Japan on the 27th does that mean US and EU wont see 'til much later?
19. Ren
22 Oct 2009, 15:15 BST
looks really nice, I could use a bit of real 2d castlevania. So glad theres so much retro goodness coming back. It's nice to fit the video game target audience so snugly these days (nostalgic 30 something guy).
20. Roebuck
22 Oct 2009, 16:46 BST
@Ren "(nostalgic 30 something guy)".
You too?
21. EdEN
22 Oct 2009, 17:05 BST
@ Ren @Roebuck: count me in as well. Just turned 30 on tuesday... still don't feel any changes, but I figured a fix of Contra Rebirth followed by a little Castlevania Rebirth should keep things in order. I DID have a hard time getting out of bed, but that can be totally not age related...
22. Ezekiel
22 Oct 2009, 17:06 BST
I doubt the west will get this before halloween and japan (26th is monday) Maybe in the next 2 months or early 2010 like contra rebirth toke along time to go worldwide.
23. Gigantorama
22 Oct 2009, 17:09 BST
I only heard about this game yesterday, it sounds AWESOME. It's been a long time since I played Castlevania The Adventure, so updating the graphics a bit is like a dream come true. When is it out in the west?
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24. Roebuck
22 Oct 2009, 17:17 BST
@Ezekiel Say it isn't so!!
25. Brionkendo
22 Oct 2009, 19:08 BST
why cant they come out with VC games on DSIWARE!?!?!??!? I would first crap myself and then spend all of my money.
26. Rhansley64
22 Oct 2009, 20:11 BST
Hopefully it will be out on every region next week.
27. WaveBoy
22 Oct 2009, 20:34 BST
Well Konami did a solid job on 'Contra ReBirth' EXCEPT that they ruined the experience because of the Unlimited Continues, which made the game shorter....I beat the game in less than an Hour. If you had limmited continues It would of tooken ALOT longer, and there would of been alot more trial and error.
Those Camel Robots did kick ass though ;p
28. Iapetus
22 Oct 2009, 21:06 BST
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/13/castlevania-the-adventure-rebirth-arises-in-scans/
Hype?
29. cheetahman91
22 Oct 2009, 21:40 BST
I highly doubt this game is coming next week.
By the way, that screenshot looks a trillion times better than what it looked like on the Game Boy.
30. Roebuck
22 Oct 2009, 21:52 BST
@ Rhansley64: I hope you're right. I have 1000 wii points burning a hole in my wii. If this game doesn't come out in US on the 26th I'm going to have to post a forum asking everyone how to spend it.
31. WaveBoy
22 Oct 2009, 23:24 BST
It better be Longer than what we got with Contra ReBirth...Then again, part of the reason why it felt so damn short was because of the unlimited continues. because of that you could restart at the same level at whatever check point you made it to once you lost all of your lives...It's a good game and everything...but eh. Unlimited continues argh!
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