Review: Castlevania Anniversary Collection - You'll Want To Get Your Teeth Into This

Whip it good.

Konami recently kicked off its trio of Anniversary Collection compilations with an assortment of arcade shooters that, while certainly classics, were let down by limited emulation options (though since then Konami has confirmed it’ll be fixing most of our concerns with a patch). Now it’s time for the second helping, this time aimed at the Castlevania series: specifically, most of its 8-bit and 16-bit entries. Happily, it’s an improvement over the last offering, but there are still some areas where it could be better.

The eight games here cover (with one exception) the early Castlevania games on Nintendo systems. Naturally, the original NES version of Castlevania is the first on the list, and it still holds up brilliantly well 33 years after its initial release. The same can’t be said for Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, the NES sequel notorious for its decision to switch things to a more open-world RPG style similar to Zelda II. Although its attempt at a deeper adventure was a noble one, the horribly translated clues and clunky day/night cycle make it a real chore to play today.(not that it was a dream back in the late ‘80s or anything).

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