What would a Castlevania Collection have?

Meelow · Aug 13, 2018

So with all the Castlevania hype because of Smash, and the fact that it is rumored that Konami is developing a brand new Castlevania and a collection for Switch, what do you guys think it would have?

My list would be...

Castlevania (NES)
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood/Dracula X (SNES)
Castlevania Symphony of the Night (PS1)

I wouldn't be shocked if they do a few collections, but at least in the first, I think it will contain these titles.

KZXcellent · Aug 13, 2018

I just want the PC Engine version of Rondo.

juliamcardinals · Aug 13, 2018

First collection will have all
The classic Castlevania games. The second collection the 7 Igavania Games

Keldroc · Aug 13, 2018

The first would be Castlevania 1-4. Dracula X and SOTN would almost certainly be their own separate collection, maybe with Bloodlines and Haunted Castle to round it out.

I'd buy a collection of the GBA/DS era in a heartbeat. In fact I think that would be my preferred collection.

MattWilsonCSS · Aug 13, 2018

Collection 1:

Castlevania 1
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth

Collection 2:

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

Collection 3: (the bad one)

Castlevania 64
Legacy of Darkness
Lament of Innocence
Curse of Darkness
Lords of Shadow 1 & 2
Mirror of Fate HD

Monster Zero · Aug 13, 2018

3D Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night, Castlevania 64 remastered

Salty Rice · Aug 13, 2018

A collection without Castlevania Judgement is a bad collection.

JetstreamRorschach · Aug 13, 2018

MattWilsonCSS said:
Collection 1:

Castlevania 1
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth

Collection 2:

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

Collection 3: (the bad one)

Castlevania 64
Legacy of Darkness
Lament of Innocence
Curse of Darkness
Lords of Shadow 1 & 2
Mirror of Fate HD

I'd buy the three of them on Switch without hesitation tbh.
Pack them with sprite, artwork and music galleries and we're golden.

HockeyBird · Aug 13, 2018

Keldroc said:
The first would be Castlevania 1-4. Dracula X and SOTN would almost certainly be their own separate collection, maybe with Bloodlines and Haunted Castle to round it out.

I'd buy a collection of the GBA/DS era in a heartbeat. In fact I think that would be my preferred collection.

This would be my guess. Some of people are way too optimistic about how generous Konami would be. No way they'd put all the Igavania's into one collection.

Bizzquik · Aug 13, 2018

I really wonder if it would be a chronological release list, or a mix.

If they do a mix, it'd be weird - but it would allow them to offer games that are both old and new, beloved and forgotten - and keep people interested in owning multiple Collections if they prefer one generation of the series over another.

futurevoid · Aug 13, 2018

As long as one of the collections includes the Japanese Rondo of Blood properly emulated/translated, it will have my money.

Zacmortar · Aug 13, 2018

Castlevania Judgement HD but they lost the original code so it's the beta kit of the game uprezzed.

Notaskwid · Aug 13, 2018

This, of course.

Machado · Aug 13, 2018

I would only buy one if it had Castlevania 64.

ImI being serious

Zaied · Aug 13, 2018

Just give me Super Castlevania IV, Bloodlines, and Rondo of Blood and I'm set.

duckroll · Aug 13, 2018

If it doesn't have X68000, it's worthless to me.

Deleted member 176 · Aug 13, 2018

Castlevania IV
Rondo
Symphony of the Night
Dawn of Sorrow
Portrait of Ruin
Order of Ecclesia

That's all you need. $60.

Subconian Dreamer · Aug 13, 2018

Castlevania: The Adrian Tepes Collection

Castlevania Legends
Castlevania III
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Ardiloso · Aug 13, 2018

Ideally should be The Essential Collection:

-1
-Sharp remake, ps1 port
-2
-3
-4
-Bloodlines
-Rondo (pce)
-Symphony
-Circle
-Harmony
-Aria
-Dawn
-Portrait
-Ecclesia

14 games are a good number.

Konami won't do it though.

andymcc · Aug 13, 2018

OP, Why in God's name would you want the SNES version of X over the PC-Engine one and where the heck is Bloodlines?

PhazonBlonde · Aug 13, 2018

Megaman Legacy style?

Vol 1 (Simon Belmont)

Castlevania 1 (NES)
Castlevania 2 (NES)
Castlevania 3 (NES)
Castlevania 4 (SSNES)
Bloodlines (Genesis)
Castlevania Chronicles(PS1)

Vol 2 (Richtor & Alucard, Misc.)

Rondo of Blood (PC Engine)
Symphony of the Night (PS1 & Saturn versions)
Lament of Innocence (PS2)
Curse of Darkness (PS2)

Vol 3 : All the GBA & DS games

Meelow · Aug 13, 2018

andymcc said:
OP, Why in God's name would you want the SNES version of X over the PC-Engine one and where the heck is Bloodlines?

I just feel like that's what Konami would do.

Noogy · Aug 13, 2018

No Circle of the Moon love? Would kill with a stake for a collection of all the handheld games, from CV:The Adventure through Order of Ecclesia.

cervanky · Aug 13, 2018

The most necessary classic-style game in the collection is Bloodlines since it's never been ported, it's only available on the Genesis/Megadrive.

AcademicSaucer · Aug 13, 2018

None of the 3D games in it.

JusDoIt · Aug 13, 2018

MattWilsonCSS said:
Collection 1:

Castlevania 1
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth

Collection 2:

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

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spam musubi · Aug 13, 2018

I'd pay $60 for a "remastered" SOTN that just runs on modern systems and maybe has some minor tweaks (loading times, music, etc)

Dreamboum · Aug 13, 2018

Considering that the series is all over the place I don't expect anything not disappointing from them.

I fully expect a fully-priced collection of CV 1 2 3 4 at MOST, throw in Dracula X for good measure. But they will certainly not go through the effort of emulating more than two systems.

They will absolutely not adapt the gameplay of the DS games to non-touchscreen devices

Deleted member 8468 · Aug 13, 2018

nynt9 said:
I'd pay $60 for a "remastered" SOTN that just runs on modern systems and maybe has some minor tweaks (loading times, music, etc)

The SOTN 360 remaster works on Xbox One now, and its much cheaper than that!

Metallix87 · Aug 13, 2018

Realistically, an initial collection would probably comprise something like:

- Castlevania
- Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
- Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
- Super Castlevania 4
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

If that initial collection sold well, a follow up would appear containing the MetroidVania entries, possibly with some adjustments for the DS entries removing the touch screen.

Blackage · Aug 13, 2018

MattWilsonCSS said:
Collection 2:

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

This would be the GOAT Castlevania collection. Take my money.

spam musubi · Aug 13, 2018

Baconmonk said:
The SOTN 360 remaster works on Xbox One now, and its much cheaper than that!

The 360 version has input lag, bad audio mixing compared to the original, removed cutscenes, has a weird "emulator" filter as the only filtering option that isn't all that great. It's not entirely definitive.

Metallix87 · Aug 13, 2018

nynt9 said:
The 360 version has input lag, bad audio mixing compared to the original, removed cutscenes, has a weird "emulator" filter as the only filtering option that isn't all that great. It's not entirely definitive.

Realistically, there should eventually be a new version created that also adds in the Saturn content. Still surprising that that wasn't in the 360 version.

Vanillalite · Aug 13, 2018

MattWilsonCSS said:
Collection 1:

Castlevania 1
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth

Collection 2:

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

Collection 3: (the bad one)

Castlevania 64
Legacy of Darkness
Lament of Innocence
Curse of Darkness
Lords of Shadow 1 & 2
Mirror of Fate HD

Ideally this and we wouldn't get the 3rd.

Just split it pre and post SOTN. So you get all of the clsssic level based games in a collection. Then you get SOTN and the GBA DS follow ups in a collection.

Both would sell like gangbusters. I think this would be a bigger deal than the current Mega Man collections, and those are assuredly money makers for Capcom.

newmoneytrash · Aug 13, 2018

juliamcardinals said:
First collection will have all
The classic Castlevania games. The second collection the 7 Igavania Games

exactly this

Dreamboum · Aug 13, 2018

Metallix87 said:
Realistically, there should eventually be a new version created that also adds in the Saturn content. Still surprising that that wasn't in the 360 version.

They barely had enough storage space to put the game in

PhazonBlonde · Aug 13, 2018

God... now I want a metroid collection but I know it'll never, ever happen....

super moustique · Aug 13, 2018

I'm only interested in the GBA/DS ones + Rondo and SOTN so all that :D

Ragnarok Flames · Aug 13, 2018

one Game on the disc and the rest as a download

Tom Nook · Aug 13, 2018

MattWilsonCSS said:
Collection 1:

Castlevania 1
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Super Castlevania IV
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth

Collection 2:

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

Collection 3: (the bad one)

Castlevania 64
Legacy of Darkness
Lament of Innocence
Curse of Darkness
Lords of Shadow 1 & 2
Mirror of Fate HD

Collection 2 is amazing.

Velocity:Design:Comfort · Aug 13, 2018

duckroll said:
If it doesn't have X68000, it's worthless to me.

Eh. RoB, Bloodlines, and 4 are all better. But I do like that it's a straight remake.

Keldroc · Aug 13, 2018

Metallix87 said:
Realistically, an initial collection would probably comprise something like:

- Castlevania
- Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
- Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
- Super Castlevania 4
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

If that initial collection sold well, a follow up would appear containing the MetroidVania entries, possibly with some adjustments for the DS entries removing the touch screen.

That's not realistic at all. No way does any collection contain more than four games.

Ardiloso · Aug 13, 2018

Metallix87 said:
Realistically, there should eventually be a new version created that also adds in the Saturn content. Still surprising that that wasn't in the 360 version.

I secretly think the saturn version is the definitive one just because of the third hand and sprint boots. Loosing the map button to use consumables without unnequiping the shield is a game changer.
Konami should remake sotn in 2.5D with all the saturn content.

Mauricio_Magus · Aug 13, 2018

It could just have Rondo of Blood and it would make me happy.

Metallix87 · Aug 13, 2018

Keldroc said:
That's not realistic at all. No way does any collection contain more than four games.

... What? Why do you say that?

Camstun187 · Aug 13, 2018

Dreamboum said:
Considering that the series is all over the place I don't expect anything not disappointing from them.

The main games in the series were never "all over the placr" until the PS2 console versions and so on.

2D-wise, the games have been excellent, with the exception of the original GB titles.

Dphex · Aug 13, 2018

exchange SOTN with Bloodlines and i agree with the OP´s list. Bloodlines needs a rerelease so badly, it is not available anywhere...

Foffy · Aug 13, 2018

- Castlevania
- Simon's Quest
- Dracula's Curse (with an option for VRC6 audio)
- Super Castlevania IV
- Bloodlines
- Rondo of Blood
- Belmont's Revenge
- Adventure ReBirth
- Symphony of the Night
- Circle of the Moon
- Harmony of Dissonance
- Aria of Sorrow
- Dawn of Sorrow (Soma given Julius' fixes around the touch screen stuff)
- Portrait of Ruin
- Order of Ecclesia

Mix and match and release that in two collections.

Duncan · Aug 13, 2018

Baconmonk said:
The SOTN 360 remaster works on Xbox One now, and its much cheaper than that!

The 360 version omitted this song from the credits.

Therefore it might as well end up in the digital trash.

zenspider · Aug 13, 2018

PhazonBlonde said:
Megaman Legacy style?

Vol 1 (Simon Belmont)

Castlevania 1 (NES)
Castlevania 2 (NES)
Castlevania 3 (NES)
Castlevania 4 (SSNES)
Bloodlines (Genesis)
Castlevania Chronicles(PS1)

Vol 2 (Richtor & Alucard, Misc.)

Rondo of Blood (PC Engine)
Symphony of the Night (PS1 & Saturn versions)
Lament of Innocence (PS2)
Curse of Darkness (PS2)

Vol 3 : All the GBA & DS games

This is probably best split for a collection, but I'd like to see Dracula X (SNES) in 2, and Adventure ReBirth (WiiWare) as well. Collection 3 should have the Game Boy games too.

Smart to split SotN from the other Igavanias. Makes them all strong compilations.

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