Topic: Castlevania Anniversary Collection Incoming?

[Reinhart77]

i’m going to guess bloodlines, dracula x, and chronicles will make the cut.  assuming the fourth one isn’t simon’s quest (since it probably would have been announced already if it was), i’m not really sure what it’d be.  adventure rebirth is too recent, legends is too obscure, vampire killer is too different, adventure probably would have been announced before belmont’s revenge.  it’d be wild if it was a kid dracula game!

EDIT:  oh i see in the art the games are listed in chronicle order, so maybe all four of the unannounced games were released after Castlevania IV.  maybe adventure rebirth isnt too recent after all.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kotaku.com/konamis-new-anniversary-collections-bundle-castlevania-1833423700/amp

i wonder if there will be a chance of any of the more obscure titles coming in as either free or paid for dlc.

[Inccubus]

Wow. Looks like someone at Konami managed to get half their head out of their ass.

I'm going to echo it being a bit wierd not putting Haunted Castle in the Castlevania collection.
They should definitely include the rebirth games.

I wonder if the will have the second collection be the metroidvania games and include Simon's Quest on that one?
God forbid they should do something interesting like that.

[Dremn]

I'm excited! Those 4 mystery games have to be Bloodlines, Rondo, Rebirth, and Chronicles.

The wording on the site definitely makes it sound like another collection will be coming later too, very likely for the Metroidvanias!

[GuyStarwind]

Maybe it's been mentioned, but does anyone have details on the bonus book? I think I'm going to invest.

[Reinhart77]

yeah i was wondering if Simon’s Quest might be added to an rpg-elements collection myself.  I’d love it if Vampire Killer got lumped in with Simon’s Quest, whatever collection it might go in.

[DragonSlayr81]

Meh, I'm at the point where, for me to get excited, I'm gonna need a COMPLETE collection or nothing at all. And I mean every CV game sans the Lords of Shadow games, but even CV64, LoD, LoI, CoD and the Wii exclusive Rebirth. I could live without Harmony of Dispair or that Grimoire one. If it's Konami going, "Here's a few bones! You'll take 'em and you'll LIKE 'EM!", I'm like, "I'm good!"

[theplottwist]

For the last four remaining, I place my bets on Dracula X (SNES), Bloodlines, x68000 and Kid Dracula (GB).

[Reinhart77]

8 games is nothing to sneeze at, but if you’re good, you’re good

[Ralph]

I just want one of the last four to be Rebirth. There's no way to legally obtain it anymore.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I just want one of the last four to be Rebirth. There's no way to legally obtain it anymore.

Definitely. And it's a much more accessible and playable version than The Castlevania Adventure, which could teach Dark Souls a thing or two about crushing difficulty.

For the last four remaining, I place my bets on Dracula X (SNES), Bloodlines, x68000 and Kid Dracula (GB).

I question Kid Dracula, but would definitely welcome it. Just as I'd welcome Castlevania: Dracula X, which is still among my favorites.

[Reinhart77]

It’s not odd to me that Haunted Castle would be included in an arcade collection.  It is odd that it’s included in a collection that otherwise is all shooters.  Kinda spoils the collection.  Konami has other non-shooter arcade games they could have lumped it on with.

[theplottwist]

I question Kid Dracula, but would definitely welcome it. Just as I'd welcome Castlevania: Dracula X, which is still among my favorites.

My thinking is based on a few assumptions:

• The Collection says it's using "origin" games, so no newfangled stuff and, as much as I love Rebirth to DEATH, it qualifies as "newfangled".
• Rondo is already on Requiem so, no Rondo, but that says nothing about its less beloved yet very different SNES brother, Dracula X.
• Haunted Castle is already on the Arcade Collection.
• I suspect "Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge" was added EXACTLY to bridge the sequel gap between Castlevania I and Castlevania III. "See man, our actual CVII is not THAT hot and aged poorly, but we do have another CVII in here that could close that sequel gap", so no Simon's Quest. As pointed before, games are apparently listed by release date, we don't see original The Adventure in there between CVI and CVIII, and we know it's a sluggish game with terrible controls, so no The Adventure also.
• No Not-US-Released games. In fact I'm almost 100% sure the US will get the US version of CVIII in this collection while JP gets the JP version (the Japanese page talks extensively about the VRC6 chip used in Akumajo Densetsu but the English page makes zero mention of that difference); Still in that respect, x68000 qualified as no-go up until Chronicles became a thing and localized whatever there was to localize, enabling it to come up as it's technically released on the US now. Hence why GB Kid Dracula and not NES Boku Dracula Kun. Also why no Vampire Killer (which would also be one too many Simon games, and offers no significant conceptual differences, I think).

My assuming these things doesn't leave much on the table. But since they are just assumptions, I'd love (and expect) to be wrong and actually get that sweet Rebirth port. There's also a good possibility of the game having internal US-JP switches too, ruling some of these assumptions out, would be quite nice.

[Reinhart77]

oh interesting theory on why “chronicles” wouldn’t be included.

i’m holding onto some slim hope that we might get to see different localized versions of the games, but not much.  i got spoiled with Hamster’s Haunted Castle on PS4, which let me play the Japanese, American, and European versions.  I’m NOT looking forward to being forced to play the American version on the Arcade Collection since it’s simply TOO HARD for me, while the other versions are quite reasonable.

[FanOfDracula]

haunted castle is not because so whoever wants it will also have to buy the other arcade collection, I think it's marketing... me suppose

[Jazz Paladin Productions]

If I had my way, I would get the PSP DXC rendition since they never bothered getting this version ported correctly over to the PSTV like they said they would do...