Castlevania Advance Collection is a compilation package that includes all three Castlevania titles originally released on the Game Boy Advance handheld console from 2001 to 2003: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. The bundle also includes Castlevania: Dracula X, which was originally released on the Super NES in 1995. The collection was released worldwide on Nintendo Switch, PC (via the Steam service) and PlayStation 4 on September 23, 2021, and on Xbox One on September 24, 2021.
Features[]
- Encyclopedia
- Gallery
- Trophies
- Music player
- Quick save/quick load
- Record/replay
- Rewind function
- ROM region selection for all games (American, Japanese, European)
- Sound settings (option to set High Quality Sound - changes frequency and bitrate heard in original hardware)
List of games[]
- Castlevania: Dracula X (originally released on SNES in 1995)
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (originally released on GBA in 2001)
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (originally released on GBA in 2002)
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (originally released on GBA in 2003)
Development[]
On June 18, 2021, the Australian Classification Board (ACB) published a rating for an application made by Konami Digital Entertainment titled "Castlevania Advance Collection" (classification number #293491). The product was rated "M" and stated to be multi-platform.[2]
On June 25, 2021, the Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea published a rating for an application made by H2 Interactive Co., Ltd. for "Castlevania Advance Collection" for PC. The product was rated for "12 year olds[+]".[3]
On September 22, 2021, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee published a rating for an application made by Konami Digital Entertainment for "Castlevania Advance Collection". The product was rated "PG-12" and stated to be for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In addition, the rating stated that the titles it covered were Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, and Castlevania: Dracula X. This rating also included an image featuring part of the cover artwork from Circle of the Moon, as well as a title logo.
On September 23, 2021, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) published a rating for an application made by Konami Digital Entertainment for "Castlevania Advance Collection". The product was rated "T" (Teen) and stated to be for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[4]
Also on September 23, during the September Nintendo Direct, Castlevania Advance Collection was officially announced for Nintendo Switch and released the same day. On the official website, it is mentioned that it would also be coming to Steam, PlayStation 4/5, and Xbox One/Series X/S.
A bundle including Castlevania Advance Collection and GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon was made available on Steam on February 17, 2022.
Gallery[]
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Related products[]
Related games[]
Other collections:
- Castlevania Anniversary Collection
- Castlevania Dominus Collection
- Castlevania: Double Pack - A previous Castlevania compilation including two of the Game Boy Advance games (Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow).
Related music albums[]
Vinyl soundtracks released with a Castlevania Advance Collection logo:
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon OST
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance OST
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow OST
See included game pages for other soundtracks related to those games.
References[]
- ↑ Development at M2.
- ↑ Australian Classification application rating for Castlevania Advance Collection.
- ↑ Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea application rating for Castlevania Advance Collection. (Korean)
- ↑ Entertainment Software Rating Board application rating for Castlevania Advance Collection.
External links[]
- Product page at Konami
- Product page at Microsoft
- Product page at Nintendo Switch eShop
- Product page at PlayStation Store
- Product page at Steam