Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Xbox Live Arcade

The first "Metroidvania" game in the venerable Castlevania series makes its XBLA debut. The world is a better place because of it.

Genre: Action
Release date: Mar 21, 2007
Published by: Konami
Developed by: Digital Eclipse, Konami
Franchise: Castlevania
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Screenshots updated Mar 16, 2007
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If you read nothing else in this review, just know this: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of the greatest games ever made, and its yours for 10 bucks. Now go buy it. It was originally released on the PlayStation in 1997 and was the first of the “Metroidvania” games in the series, the one that set the stage for all of the handheld installments to follow. Rather than simply running left to right, whipping one undead baddie after another, Symphony charges you - as Draculas ...
ESRB Rating
Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Xbox Live Arcade is rated:
Teen
Blood and Gore, Animated Violence
Mediocre Game Babes
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