At this point, there's not a lot left to say about the next classic-in-the-making Castlevania. You'll run, jump and whip a path through a gory, gothic castle while discovering secret areas and new abilities, just like the past four handheld games. This time, however, you've got two vamp hunters to control and a series of haunted paintings that warp you out of the castle into environments most Castlevania games have never seen.
The single-player game may sound familiar, but the Wi-Fi enabled
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Suspiciously hot vampire sisters are all we need to see
Aug 25, 2006
We all know that Dracula's castle returns every 100 years, but what happens when all kinds of crazies try to bring him back sooner? Plenty of chances to see why Castlevania is the king of 2D adventure, that's what. A mad artist (and his undeadly attractive daughters) has created possessed paintings that need to be vanquished, and it's up to Jonathan Morris and his gal-pal Charlotte to dive in and tear 'em up from the inside out.
Fans of the series already know how Portrait of Ruin plays - run
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ESRB Rating
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is rated: Teen
Blood and Gore,
Suggestive Themes,
Violence