HC Revisited gets me EXTREMELY hyped for a potential new Castlevania game in the near future, because it has all the makings of the smart, yet transparent strategy of using a collection/remake to test the waters regarding new series entries, which shows the kind of competence we’ve never really seen from Konami as of late
i swear to god if we get news of iga being "busy" for a special project and 3 years or something from now we finally get that julius belmont war of 1999 game...
@@8squared007 he has apparently been on the record saying he is willing to go back to direct specifically that julius belmont game in that time period iirc. honestly i really hope he does, even if it is kinda shoehorned to being closer to something like harmony of dissonance with only whip based combat and subweapons instead of the more varied style of the ds games. im sure theres something there that could make it unique. maybe it could be like julius mode in dawn with julius yoko and alucard all playable but with every character having their full movesets and equipment menus, imagine portrait but with 3 characters. itd be the biggest castlevania game ever to accomodate this but i would fucking love it imo. but no matter what form it takes if it ever happens we will be there lol.
Dominus is probably the closest you'll get to an actual word referencing DS as well (DominuS), which, while probably unintentional, I still find to be a nice touch.
They probably put Shanoa front and center because back in the day the anime style used for Dawn and Portrait was fairly controversial. Requiem on PS4 does something similar where it uses artwork from Rondo's PSP remake despite not including that version of the game
@@andrethyst905 It was absolutely intentional, and it's a double-meaning. Not only does "Dominus" begin and end with D and S, but it also references the ultimate three-part Dracula-destroying glyph in Order of Ecclesia's story, so it's also good for a collection of *three* games.
@@RA8IDP3NGUIN1 So you wouldn't mind buying me a copy, right? Edit: Ok I tried replying the guy below me like 3 god damn times now, once even on a different account, but my comments keep getting removed immedietely. Wtf is wrong with RUclips? Edit 2: Now it worked, only because I made a test reply and then edited that with the actual message I wrote. I guess something in that message got filtered automatically, but I have no idea what and why. It's funny that you can bypass it with an edit though. What a terrible platform YT has become. Edit 3: OK ITS GONE AGAIN SCREW THIS
Wait, what? Were they really going for that high of a price? I had no clue, I would have sold mine if I'd known... Though maybe I wouldn't. I have fond memories of the Lv 1 struggles I had with it.
That Full Resolution animation was probably the most unexpected part of this. Don't know why but I somehow liked those little anime intros, even on DS screen..
lol The gameplay isn't even full resolution. I'm pissed they didn't just set the DS screen stuff to a menu. I don't want it taking up 1/3rd of the screen THE WHOLE GAME
I mean FFS, it's literally just a map and bestiary. The ONLY reason that stuff is on the bottom screen on the DS games is bc they HAD TWO SCREENS. I don't want 1/3rd of my TV taken up by a map that I'm only going to look at every 10 minutes and enemy info that doesn't matter 99% of the time
@@THEGREATMAXmaybe in a future update, we get an option to turn it off. I have only been playing on switch so I didn't see it as a problem. More annoyed I can't zoom in on the map.
Includes also options to play the English, Japanese, and European releases of each game (plus Korean for Ecclesia) as well as galleries including concept art and several language versions of manuals. Additionally there's a full soundtrack section for all 5 games and you can even arrange them into a playlist! And for anyone grabbing the game on Switch yes it actually uses the touchscreen for once if you want to use that.
Was looking for whether or not the Switch version uses the touchscreen, so thanks. This makes the 3rd game on the system that I know of that actually uses touch-controls to some meaningful extend.
@@Pedrithor I think you might have misunderstood what I was asking. I was asking the comment above mine what the other Switch games that made significant use of the touch screen were, but I appreciate you ensuring I knew about Haunted Castle and its remake if I wasn't already aware of them.
Hopefully it takes less time considering all we really need for the remasters is just higher resolutions for the lords of shadow trilogy and wide screen support for the ps2, 64, and legacy of darkness and itll be great
@@shinigami9851 nobody cares about LoS sh*t, and no, higher resolution isnt enough for the 3D games, they need full blown remakes with better level design, controls, animations
@@wallacesousuke1433You sure ain't asking for much, huh? Sarcasm, btw. The 3D Vanias aren't very much to write home about, each and every one of them has flaws... But some of us enjoyed them. If they released the 3D games as they were (well, maybe also polishing some of the more egregious features like Dawn's seal system), it'd be a huge step toward game preservation and allowing those who have never played them before to play without needing to scour the net for consoles of the past.
The lords of shadows games will definitely be easier to port. Considering all they really need to do is add 4k/1080p(for switch)60fps on all three to consoles. The ones that need work are the ps2/64 games.
To be fair, Capcom released the Zero/ZX Legacy Collection a few years ago, so that was already on the table. But the Dominus Collection actually lets you use the touch screen for touch screen functions, and that's really cool.
@@devadiposegueda8409to be fair the original trilogy (minus case 1-5) was originally on GBA, and they aren't action games so swapping the touch controls for a cursor is no problem
Finally, my favourites games of the series were freed! As an Ecclesia fan I love the name of the collection. Also, dropping a new remake so randomly gives me little hope in Konami if there is brand new game in development. I don't believe in rumors until I see it with my own eyes. Good job to the people who made this awesome collection!
I'm glad that this is being as well received as it is and impressed that Konami gave us the DS trilogy on modern platforms. The inclusion of a new Haunted Castle done by the devs of Adventure Rebirth is also one hell of a bonus (cool that the OG was also included but weird since that was on a previous Konami collection via the Arcade Classics). My only gripe is I learned that this collection is not available on PS4 or Xbox One, and while I understand the sales figures might have been the driving factor to remove those consoles from the line-up for this release, it is still a bit of a let down. My biggest hope now is that the 3D Collection (64, LoD, Lament, and CoD with maybe the inclusion of Castlevania Legends as the bonus game considering its absence from the first CV collection) is in the works and potentially somewhere in the pipeline. Then all of the former titles will have modern access for those who never got to experience them, and might even have some quality of life improvements like faster load times and higher FPS settings (or at the very least just a solid lock on a consistent FPS). My other hope, is with this new Haunted Castle confirming the Adventure Rebirth devs are still around, is that a collection and port of the 3 Rebirth titles from the Wii will also eventually grace us. Or, at the very least, the Rebirth titles end up in future collections like a Gradius Collection or another Contra Collection.
The Rebirth devs are M2, which mainly releases high quality ports of old games (check out their ShotTriggers series of you like shmups) and a new game every once in a while. Sadly their self published games usually stay in Japan.
I have the main Castlevania collections released thus far (Anniversary, Advance, this one is on the to get list ASAP) and they've all done a pretty good job. On the Switch in handheld mode you can use the touchscreen for the touch features in each game if you want too which is a neat touch on that version. Also I think I understand why they chose "Dominus" for the title. First and last letters are "DS"
So happy to see that this collection is good, too. The classic-vania collections are legitimately some of the only good things Konami has done in the past 10 years.
I actually started freaking out, I have been waiting ever since the Advance Collection came out and holy am I happy. Can't wait to see (hopefully) all the runs you do on it
The only thing I'm wondering about is Portrait's Birthday Cake. The DS allowed you to tell it your birthday, and on your birthday, Vincent would sell you a birthday cake. However, new systems don't let you input your birthday, so I wonder if it's unbuyable, or if they made it always buyable, or what.
Omg, the button combos for the seals is SO CLEVER. It's definitely still tricky and tense because you still have to remember the order and essentially manually map out the order of buttons in your head quickly, but the awkwardness of needing to keep a stylus in a couple fingers while you play normally or something is just totally gone, along with the sometimes really frustrating issue of the precision. Aaaaaaaaa omg that's so good.
I was wondering how they would get past the seal thing in an acceptable way and I have to say, I'm satisfied with what they came up with. I think most people would have been fine with doing away with them completely but, in the name of preservation, I'm glad they figured out a much less annoying way of keeping them in there. They were, after all, a part of the games story, however small. I really dig the various screen layouts, too. It's really nice having both the map screen and the info screen up at all times.
Something important to note, and this was always true, is that the timer for the seals does not start until you make your first input, there is no tension in just looking for a moment to grasp the sequence
I think that loading time for saving was a design choice back then, adding weight to the transitions made these games look more like a movie, but I can understand why they'd change that
As soon as this was announced in the Direct, I was frantically refreshing the PS Store to get it. Saving my playthroughs of the games for livestreams, but I did play a bit of Dawn to see what they did with the Magic Seals, and I'm happy they simplified them.
Konami is getting their stuff together again. Not only porting these game but really polishing them really well on top of giving a bonus remake to HC. Konami did really great here.
It feels a little like they're just pulling out their old franchises, dusting them off, polishing them up some and then selling them as collections to make a quick buck though. Mind you though, if they all have this level of polish, and show they're listening to criticisms like with MGS Master Collection Vol 1, I don't mind it one bit. It also gives me hope that they'll finally release a collection down the line with Harmony of Despair because I never got to play it. I would love to get my mitts on it, not to mention the droves of people you could play with via Steam, or dare I hope, with cross-platform multiplayer as well.
I think they've been improving on feedback ever since they came back with the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection. Each one after that felt markedly improved. But these Castlevania collections are amazingly polished and put together.
The fact that you can still use touch controls for stuff like the magic seals in DoS while playing the switch in portable mode makes me so extremely happy
I was like "holy sh*t DS collection of games?? LETS GO" and then when I heard we got a brand new 2D level based CV I popped off so hard you wouldn't believe, it was an insta buy from there. Haunted Castle isn't my favorite CV game but man did Revisited do it so much justice, amazing. Good job Konami.
Some stuff I've noticed while playing PoR on the collection: Some enemy attacks stay after death, which lead into some interesting situations like the Behemoth killing with tentacle puke during the freeze frame or disembodied Cave Troll tongues and shock circles staying and dealing damage until they disappear. I got two crashes while I was in Forgotten City, once near the first save/teleporter room you can find and once in the room with the Attica Helmet The Birthday Cake was renamed into the Sunday Cake, I'm guessing it appears in the shop during Sunday. The special moves that you learn from Wind are easier to perform with a stick, however, the input for weapon critical arts seems harder to do for some reason (d-pad still works fine).
I would never have known about this game if it weren't for you) It just so happened that there was simply no hope, and I wouldn't have never checked the Konami page for new games. Thank you, great one JupiterClimb!
-Randomly drop a sick port of mobile game ports with no fanfare -it's actually great it's like Konami doesn't want this to sell or something. Seriously, I only heard about this dropping by complete accident
Omfg, je joue ces derniers temps à Curse Of Darkness étant donné que c'est un des quelques Castlevania auxquels je n'ai jamais joué, et je trouve que c'est un chef d'œuvre (j'ai connu Dawn Of Sorrow et Portrait Of Ruin comme étant mes premiers Castlevania !) et c'était des jeux que je voulais a tout pris gamin, tout de suite je suis devenu fan...et ça reste ma franchise préfèré tout jeux vidéos confondus et peut-être même mon Univers préféré de tout les Univers de tout les Divertissements qui puissent exister ! Il y a tellement de Magie, de Sorcellerie, de Religion, d'Alchimisme d'Histoire, de Musiques et Graphismes extraordinaires, puis aussi le Gameplay, puis aussi les symboles occultes et d'alchimisme cachés et les signes et liens avec la réalité et allégories sur notre Monde, cette Franchise est tellement incroyable et Badass ! (D'ailleurs Curse Of Darkness que j'adore maintenant que j'ai bientôt fini le jeu je m'aperçois a quel point ce jeu aurait été si parfait remake avec des graphismes actuels de 2024), sinon j'ai aussi fais Order Of Ecclesia sur emulateur par contre il y a quelques temps (1-2 ans) et aussi Lords Of Shadow il y a environs 6-7 ans quand j'avais la PS3 qui marchait encore mais je n'aimait pas trop leurs "redémarrage"... Du coup j'ai continué a chercher des jeux incroyable et Castledroid's/Metroidvania's et je me suis aussi fais le fameux SOTN que j'ai aussi adoré sur emulateur, que j'avais déjà fais sur PSP avec la compilation de Dracula X Chronicles avec évidemment Rondo Of Blood et Dracula X Chronicles, puis j'ai aussi joué a bcp de fangames sur PC et aussi Belmont's Revenge sur Game Boy, ensuite j'ai joué à beaucoups de Castlevania sur PC aussi que je n'avais jamais fais les 3 Metroidvania's de la GBA que j'aime bien aussi j'ai pu les finir sur Émulateurs, d'abord Harmony Of Dissonance puis Aria Of Sorrow et Circle Of The Moon, et j'ai joué a encore d'autres fan-games et aussi Super Castlevania IV que j'ai aussi sur ma SNES Mini, depuis tout ce temps je croyais la franchise éteinte...j'ai aussi tellement adoré les OST et le tristement méconnu (malheureusement il est si bien) Castlevania The Aventure Rebirth ! Et ce nouveau Castlevania (Remake mais on dirai que celà sonne comme presque un nouveau Jeu a quel point c'est bien refait !) et ça me rappel tellement The Aventure Rebirth, cnest génial ! Enfin du moins il y a pas mal d'éléments qui y ressemble et m'y font penser, c'est incroyable, comme quoi preuve que Castlevania perdurera a jamais dans l'histoire et existera pour l'éternité du temps et dans tout les Univers de l'Omnivers dans chaques morceau de l'Espace-Temps et pour Toujours ! (Et c'est magnifique cette reprise des Mines Du Jugement de Dawn Of Sorrow ! J'ai toujours rêvé de voir et entendre Konami reprendre les OST de Dawn Of Sorrow dans un futur Jeu et ils ont choisis l'une de mes favorites 😍💘) Merci encore du partage, je pense qu'un de ces quatres je vais me le faire ! Avant le Jugement Dernier 🙏🏻☄️🌌🌟🐉
What would be pretty awesome to see in the future when all is said and done is some sort of Castlevania Master Collection, aka all the collections wrapped into one. Maybe, and this is wistful thinking, SotN, Rondo, and Adventure Rebirth could be thrown in there too. That way we could finally have all the mainline games in one place.
There are still a good number of games that haven't been put into collections, right? Namely, the 3d games, Legends, Adventure Rebirth, and the Lords of Shadow games. (And Judgment ig) I could see a Steam bundle being made, but i shudder to think of the combined file size of everything
Picked up the collection and I agree. Totally worth it, great ports. The collection credits also have a fun little cutscene in them if you chose to watch them from the main menu.
Im playing Dawn of Sorrow in 55'' its impresive how good its looks, not even modern pixel art games looks this good. Castlevanias/Metroids always will be the best metroidvanias. Now on Switch you can play (legally) GBA/DS Castlevanias and also all 2D metroids.
If you talking about Luck not working properly then no, it didnt get fixed. @CB-L Jup didnt test succubus but you can still zip in Portrait so Im guessing it should still work in Dawn.
I recently got into the Castlevania games and got the advanced collection. Been watching you a lot and was excited when they announced this because I knew you’d be on it.
Grateful for this video. Didn't watch the Nintendo Direct and had no ideas this bundle dropped, I probably would found out about it much later were it not for this
So this is a pipe dream. My first castlevania game was the Dracula X chronicles and I want a remake of that so bad. I loved what the 3d was going for, it was trying to look like you were playing Ayami Kojima's art and I think it came as close as they could on the PSP.
I was so excited when I heard that these games were being released in this collection, they're some of my favorite Castlevania games! Here's hoping we might get a collection of the older 3d games, maybe a set of Curse of Darkness, Lament of Innocence, and Legacy of Darkness/Castlevania 64.
I really hope they release the dracula x chronicles on all modern platforms with upscaled graphics, all the neat features of this collection, and a version of symphony of the night with all the saturn exclusive features that runs well
Bought this for £16 and been loving it. Outstanding value considering all these games cost £200 in total to buy for DS from CEX (a second hand games retailer in the UK).
Didn't know this was out until I saw your review. I own every Castlevania game available on Xbox Series X and PS5 (alot of overlap but love this series). Great review, gonna go buy this
I just sold the DS trilogy the day before these got announced as i needed the money and was hoping for this one day. Looks like i did it at just the right time. This will go very nicely with the other 2 collections on Switch
Apparently switch has touch inputs for the seals. As someone who never played these on the DS I'd like the genuine, frustrating experience. 10% off in the eshop right now.
I've been waiting so long for this collection, and it's everything and more that I could've hoped for! Time to play the DSvanias for the first time ever!!! 😁
One of the first video games I ever played was Portrait of Ruin. I am glad to see it back, I'll probably pick up the collection soon, thanks for the video! I hope they go back to the big burly men of the series. I love Japan but they make everyone a twink. I CAN'T RELATE TO THIS!!!
My only tiny teensy minuscule complain is that the only pixel perfect option when playing on steam deck is the 4th one, and that layout could allow both side screens, but it only displays one of them. I'm fairly convinced that 4th option was put for 720p displays, like the switch on handheld mode, and on 720p you can't fit both side screens, but is understandable, because the 1280*800 resolution of the deck is a bit of an outlier. And is still fully playable using the select button like in the DS. The voice lines are so crisp I can finally hear the actual voiceline of the werebats.
The ending of the trailer is giving me hope for a Harmony of Despair port.
Harmony of Despair coming back for the PC would be amazing.
HoD had so much unused potential. I hope more than a port if it actually happens...
^ Me thinking last night.
@@CB-L Gimme 40 more DLC levels, I'll buy them all :D
@@Breakbeat. They even had Getsu Fuma. We could've seen more levels based on other Konami properties.
The button combos for the seals is a nice touch.
A great change
Absolutely.
Just the best! Makes the game way more enjoyable imo
I can finally beat the game!
*the* biggest thing I hoped for tbh
HC Revisited gets me EXTREMELY hyped for a potential new Castlevania game in the near future, because it has all the makings of the smart, yet transparent strategy of using a collection/remake to test the waters regarding new series entries, which shows the kind of competence we’ve never really seen from Konami as of late
Konami has been weirdly competent lately.
i swear to god if we get news of iga being "busy" for a special project and 3 years or something from now we finally get that julius belmont war of 1999 game...
@@Ixs4i Doesn’t Iga have his own company though
Plus the reference to the Demon Castle War in the Dead by Daylight crossover.
@@8squared007 he has apparently been on the record saying he is willing to go back to direct specifically that julius belmont game in that time period iirc. honestly i really hope he does, even if it is kinda shoehorned to being closer to something like harmony of dissonance with only whip based combat and subweapons instead of the more varied style of the ds games. im sure theres something there that could make it unique. maybe it could be like julius mode in dawn with julius yoko and alucard all playable but with every character having their full movesets and equipment menus, imagine portrait but with 3 characters. itd be the biggest castlevania game ever to accomodate this but i would fucking love it imo. but no matter what form it takes if it ever happens we will be there lol.
The fact that Shanoa is in the middle and the collections' name references her game makes me extremely happy
Ecclesia is the one I'm going through first.
True, Ecclesia was my favourite!
Dominus is probably the closest you'll get to an actual word referencing DS as well (DominuS), which, while probably unintentional, I still find to be a nice touch.
They probably put Shanoa front and center because back in the day the anime style used for Dawn and Portrait was fairly controversial. Requiem on PS4 does something similar where it uses artwork from Rondo's PSP remake despite not including that version of the game
@@andrethyst905 It was absolutely intentional, and it's a double-meaning. Not only does "Dominus" begin and end with D and S, but it also references the ultimate three-part Dracula-destroying glyph in Order of Ecclesia's story, so it's also good for a collection of *three* games.
What a horrible night to be flat broke.
Someone sucked you wallet dry ? :D
it's 25 bucks...
Your words are as empty as your wallet!
@@RA8IDP3NGUIN1 Fork it over then cause I barely have enough to eat.
@@RA8IDP3NGUIN1 So you wouldn't mind buying me a copy, right?
Edit: Ok I tried replying the guy below me like 3 god damn times now, once even on a different account, but my comments keep getting removed immedietely. Wtf is wrong with RUclips?
Edit 2: Now it worked, only because I made a test reply and then edited that with the actual message I wrote. I guess something in that message got filtered automatically, but I have no idea what and why. It's funny that you can bypass it with an edit though. What a terrible platform YT has become.
Edit 3: OK ITS GONE AGAIN SCREW THIS
And "suddenly" Order of Ecclesia copies are like 100+ bucks cheaper on eBay.
Wait, what? Were they really going for that high of a price? I had no clue, I would have sold mine if I'd known... Though maybe I wouldn't. I have fond memories of the Lv 1 struggles I had with it.
@@zebug4762 Yea, it's why I pretty much lost all hope on getting to play Ecclesia until this dropped. Rare Konami win.
@@Upsetkiller456 Emulation?
@@DemoniteBL the DS emulation is pretty scuffed
@@Upsetkiller456 order never uses the touch screen for like 80% of scenarios
The moment I saw the trailer I thought 'yeah, Jupiter is gonna make a video about that'
That Full Resolution animation was probably the most unexpected part of this.
Don't know why but I somehow liked those little anime intros, even on DS screen..
lol The gameplay isn't even full resolution. I'm pissed they didn't just set the DS screen stuff to a menu. I don't want it taking up 1/3rd of the screen THE WHOLE GAME
I mean FFS, it's literally just a map and bestiary. The ONLY reason that stuff is on the bottom screen on the DS games is bc they HAD TWO SCREENS. I don't want 1/3rd of my TV taken up by a map that I'm only going to look at every 10 minutes and enemy info that doesn't matter 99% of the time
@@THEGREATMAXmaybe in a future update, we get an option to turn it off. I have only been playing on switch so I didn't see it as a problem. More annoyed I can't zoom in on the map.
@@THEGREATMAXlazy port
@@armyofninjas9055 you are insanely ignorant if you think this port is lazy.
I'm so used to companies bungling ports and remasters that I'm surprised that this is just everything it ever could or should be.
Includes also options to play the English, Japanese, and European releases of each game (plus Korean for Ecclesia) as well as galleries including concept art and several language versions of manuals.
Additionally there's a full soundtrack section for all 5 games and you can even arrange them into a playlist!
And for anyone grabbing the game on Switch yes it actually uses the touchscreen for once if you want to use that.
Never thought they would even remember the Korean OoE. I still remember the interview about 'why it was actually made in english'
Was looking for whether or not the Switch version uses the touchscreen, so thanks. This makes the 3rd game on the system that I know of that actually uses touch-controls to some meaningful extend.
@@KazeNoKlonoa0out of curiosity, what are the other two?
@@shanegiorgio4713 Haunted Castle (original) and Haunted Castle Revisited (remaster/remake)
@@Pedrithor I think you might have misunderstood what I was asking. I was asking the comment above mine what the other Switch games that made significant use of the touch screen were, but I appreciate you ensuring I knew about Haunted Castle and its remake if I wasn't already aware of them.
Now we just need a 3d/ps2 collection and I can die happy
Hopefully it takes less time considering all we really need for the remasters is just higher resolutions for the lords of shadow trilogy and wide screen support for the ps2, 64, and legacy of darkness and itll be great
Konami probably lost the source code for those games, if not they would have re-released it back in '17.
Id love to have a Curse of Darkness Remaster
@@shinigami9851 nobody cares about LoS sh*t, and no, higher resolution isnt enough for the 3D games, they need full blown remakes with better level design, controls, animations
@@wallacesousuke1433You sure ain't asking for much, huh? Sarcasm, btw.
The 3D Vanias aren't very much to write home about, each and every one of them has flaws... But some of us enjoyed them. If they released the 3D games as they were (well, maybe also polishing some of the more egregious features like Dawn's seal system), it'd be a huge step toward game preservation and allowing those who have never played them before to play without needing to scour the net for consoles of the past.
It's pretty cool how they included the DS trilogy of Castlevania games with this new Haunted Castle remake
Now I have to 100% all of them again
...Maybe minus maxing out soul levels in Dawn, perhaps
@@CB-L I'm definitely getting Shanoa to LV255 with all attributes maxed out to 65535... again.
Don't forget Albus's _hidden_ attribute stats!
Now order of ecclessia Lvl1 max again
@@CB-Lnah man, 100% is 100%. I even maxed out all the sub weapons in PoR
Man, I'm so glad we have this. I love Ecclesia and Portrait.
So much good stuff in that Direct, honestly.
Ecclesia need more love, freaking hard game with a cool and badass protagonist
This collection opens up the doors for DS 3DS ports on switch, the QoL done for this collection is amazing
The lords of shadows games will definitely be easier to port. Considering all they really need to do is add 4k/1080p(for switch)60fps on all three to consoles. The ones that need work are the ps2/64 games.
@shinigami9851 I personally enjoy the LoS games so it'd be cool to see them come back
To be fair, Capcom released the Zero/ZX Legacy Collection a few years ago, so that was already on the table. But the Dominus Collection actually lets you use the touch screen for touch screen functions, and that's really cool.
@@jruler93the ace attorney collections have ds and 3ds games
@@devadiposegueda8409to be fair the original trilogy (minus case 1-5) was originally on GBA, and they aren't action games so swapping the touch controls for a cursor is no problem
NOT THE ICE BLOCKS!!! I think the HD videos existed before this but it's nice to finally see it in person
4:17 I'M SOLD! Buying this game right now.
If it's not expensive like a AAA game, I am 100% buying it. DS vanias are best vanias, Ecclesia being the most elegant vania tied with SotN.
It’s only 25 bucks, which isn’t too bad considering
DS Castlevania games all had outrageous prices till now - so 25 bucks is pretty good value.
Three of the best vanias in the series for less than the cost of one at standard market price now!
It's $25 USD (I live in Canada, so it's like $34.40-something CDN), while "fulll priced" games are like $60 USD/$80CDN.
I got it for 12$
Finally, my favourites games of the series were freed! As an Ecclesia fan I love the name of the collection. Also, dropping a new remake so randomly gives me little hope in Konami if there is brand new game in development. I don't believe in rumors until I see it with my own eyes. Good job to the people who made this awesome collection!
I'm glad that this is being as well received as it is and impressed that Konami gave us the DS trilogy on modern platforms. The inclusion of a new Haunted Castle done by the devs of Adventure Rebirth is also one hell of a bonus (cool that the OG was also included but weird since that was on a previous Konami collection via the Arcade Classics). My only gripe is I learned that this collection is not available on PS4 or Xbox One, and while I understand the sales figures might have been the driving factor to remove those consoles from the line-up for this release, it is still a bit of a let down.
My biggest hope now is that the 3D Collection (64, LoD, Lament, and CoD with maybe the inclusion of Castlevania Legends as the bonus game considering its absence from the first CV collection) is in the works and potentially somewhere in the pipeline. Then all of the former titles will have modern access for those who never got to experience them, and might even have some quality of life improvements like faster load times and higher FPS settings (or at the very least just a solid lock on a consistent FPS).
My other hope, is with this new Haunted Castle confirming the Adventure Rebirth devs are still around, is that a collection and port of the 3 Rebirth titles from the Wii will also eventually grace us. Or, at the very least, the Rebirth titles end up in future collections like a Gradius Collection or another Contra Collection.
I also hope Requiem Collection gets released on more platforms....
>Then all of the former titles will have modern access
Except for Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood.
@@HellNutcase And Konami should rectify that and release the Requiem collection on other platforms.
Don't give them reasons to include LESS roms in a collection!
The Rebirth devs are M2, which mainly releases high quality ports of old games (check out their ShotTriggers series of you like shmups) and a new game every once in a while. Sadly their self published games usually stay in Japan.
I have the main Castlevania collections released thus far (Anniversary, Advance, this one is on the to get list ASAP) and they've all done a pretty good job. On the Switch in handheld mode you can use the touchscreen for the touch features in each game if you want too which is a neat touch on that version. Also I think I understand why they chose "Dominus" for the title. First and last letters are "DS"
Dominus is also a key part of Order of Ecclesia, a three part item to destroy Dracula
So happy to see that this collection is good, too. The classic-vania collections are legitimately some of the only good things Konami has done in the past 10 years.
With portrait of ruin being one of my favorite games of all time and loved both sorrow and ecclessia this was a day one buy for me.
I actually started freaking out, I have been waiting ever since the Advance Collection came out and holy am I happy. Can't wait to see (hopefully) all the runs you do on it
I could tell we would get it this year, but I was expecting an October release.
The only thing I'm wondering about is Portrait's Birthday Cake. The DS allowed you to tell it your birthday, and on your birthday, Vincent would sell you a birthday cake. However, new systems don't let you input your birthday, so I wonder if it's unbuyable, or if they made it always buyable, or what.
Based on someone else's comment, apparently they swapped it out for a 'Sunday Cake' which you can buy on Sundays.
bro why is maximillion pegasus reviewing the dominus collection
Because Jinzo
Because he has good taste
Omg, the button combos for the seals is SO CLEVER. It's definitely still tricky and tense because you still have to remember the order and essentially manually map out the order of buttons in your head quickly, but the awkwardness of needing to keep a stylus in a couple fingers while you play normally or something is just totally gone, along with the sometimes really frustrating issue of the precision. Aaaaaaaaa omg that's so good.
I was wondering how they would get past the seal thing in an acceptable way and I have to say, I'm satisfied with what they came up with. I think most people would have been fine with doing away with them completely but, in the name of preservation, I'm glad they figured out a much less annoying way of keeping them in there. They were, after all, a part of the games story, however small. I really dig the various screen layouts, too. It's really nice having both the map screen and the info screen up at all times.
Something important to note, and this was always true, is that the timer for the seals does not start until you make your first input, there is no tension in just looking for a moment to grasp the sequence
I think that loading time for saving was a design choice back then, adding weight to the transitions made these games look more like a movie, but I can understand why they'd change that
Castlevania portraits of ruin is my favorite Castlevania game and finally for the switch❤❤❤
This is a better trailer than the official trailer
I can't stop playing this, it's among the very best compilation games I ever played!!!
As soon as this was announced in the Direct, I was frantically refreshing the PS Store to get it.
Saving my playthroughs of the games for livestreams, but I did play a bit of Dawn to see what they did with the Magic Seals, and I'm happy they simplified them.
Konami is getting their stuff together again. Not only porting these game but really polishing them really well on top of giving a bonus remake to HC.
Konami did really great here.
I like to think that they're making up for SH HD Collection.
It feels a little like they're just pulling out their old franchises, dusting them off, polishing them up some and then selling them as collections to make a quick buck though.
Mind you though, if they all have this level of polish, and show they're listening to criticisms like with MGS Master Collection Vol 1, I don't mind it one bit. It also gives me hope that they'll finally release a collection down the line with Harmony of Despair because I never got to play it. I would love to get my mitts on it, not to mention the droves of people you could play with via Steam, or dare I hope, with cross-platform multiplayer as well.
I think they've been improving on feedback ever since they came back with the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection. Each one after that felt markedly improved. But these Castlevania collections are amazingly polished and put together.
Hope all of this builds up to a Castlevania 1999 game starring Julius. I'd buy that it a heartbeat.
Now if only we could get SotN on switch, it still baffles me how nintendo has not once ported it to their systems
is more than likely on 3rd party side then the Nintendo side of things
It's not really like it's Nintendo's decision. Konami game, originally on a Sony system.
Some things should stay exclusive, to keep console wars alive.
I’m guessing the next collection will be sotn, rondo, and rebirth.
@@Infernal_Puppet There's already the Requiem Collection which has Symphony and Rondo. It's just not on the Switch.
The fact that you can still use touch controls for stuff like the magic seals in DoS while playing the switch in portable mode makes me so extremely happy
This collection has given me hope for Konami's future. I'm positively stoked.
Yeah they've honestly been knocking out of the park with these rereleases
Happy to report the Switch version, which I've been getting all the classic collections on, has been running perfect 20 hrs in
Also worth noting, the touch screen works on the switch in addition to the analog stick cursor, albeit not with a traditional stylus.
My Switch left analog is on it's way out. Can I play with directional button? Assuming I can.
@@jjwhy321y3 yes you can, that's how I usually play. You can set the left stick to the touchscreen in the options I'm pretty sure too
@@jack0lantrn ok thank you.
Ah finally, since 20 years I can enjoy opening in origin quality.
I was like "holy sh*t DS collection of games?? LETS GO" and then when I heard we got a brand new 2D level based CV I popped off so hard you wouldn't believe, it was an insta buy from there. Haunted Castle isn't my favorite CV game but man did Revisited do it so much justice, amazing. Good job Konami.
aside from the translation errors and missing US version of haunted castle it’s perfect
I’m so sad they didn’t tag symphony of the night onto the collection, but man am I happy this is here!
prob next collection
Next collection has to be SotN and The Adventure Rebirth. At least I hope so...
To think this is the same company that gave us the Silent Hill HD Collection a decade prior. What a turnaround!
No single screen is a huge bummer. When I play these, I always play single screen. The rebirth sequel is an awesome surprise though
I personally liked the seal gimmick for DoS. Using my finger to seal the boss away after killing it felt satisfying
good thing the touch screen functionality is still there. There was this strat I used to beat Death in lvl 1 Hard mode in PoR that used it.
I swear that this guys voice was a huge part of my childhood growing up on Flash cartoons but I can't pin where it's from
"It's so good that this seems like a sponsored review!"
Now you got the Rewind feature to help with the no hit runs 😂😂
Came back here to say I went and 100%-ed Portrait of Ruin as soon as I bought it. Game's great. Can't wait to play through the other two.
Some stuff I've noticed while playing PoR on the collection:
Some enemy attacks stay after death, which lead into some interesting situations like the Behemoth killing with tentacle puke during the freeze frame or disembodied Cave Troll tongues and shock circles staying and dealing damage until they disappear.
I got two crashes while I was in Forgotten City, once near the first save/teleporter room you can find and once in the room with the Attica Helmet
The Birthday Cake was renamed into the Sunday Cake, I'm guessing it appears in the shop during Sunday.
The special moves that you learn from Wind are easier to perform with a stick, however, the input for weapon critical arts seems harder to do for some reason (d-pad still works fine).
They really should have added single full screen mode and just gave you a bind to switch screens on the fly.
We are getting closer to video essays by jc
Playing through these on PC makes me feel like I'm a kid again playing these for the first time
I would never have known about this game if it weren't for you) It just so happened that there was simply no hope, and I wouldn't have never checked the Konami page for new games. Thank you, great one JupiterClimb!
-Randomly drop a sick port of mobile game ports with no fanfare
-it's actually great
it's like Konami doesn't want this to sell or something.
Seriously, I only heard about this dropping by complete accident
dude didn't watch the Nintendo direct
I saw the release note on steam
????
A: these are DS games, not mobile phone games, B: Nintendo Direct dropped it, and it got its own trailers, you being under a rock is not their fault
One of my favorite videos on this channel. Well done, Jupiter! 🎉
So glad this came out. My DS broke a couple years ago.
found this channel cause of this re-release. you got some cool stuff here
One important feature WAS removed in this collection: the 2-player co-op mode in Portrait of Ruin.
Omfg, je joue ces derniers temps à Curse Of Darkness étant donné que c'est un des quelques Castlevania auxquels je n'ai jamais joué, et je trouve que c'est un chef d'œuvre (j'ai connu Dawn Of Sorrow et Portrait Of Ruin comme étant mes premiers Castlevania !) et c'était des jeux que je voulais a tout pris gamin, tout de suite je suis devenu fan...et ça reste ma franchise préfèré tout jeux vidéos confondus et peut-être même mon Univers préféré de tout les Univers de tout les Divertissements qui puissent exister !
Il y a tellement de Magie, de Sorcellerie, de Religion, d'Alchimisme d'Histoire, de Musiques et Graphismes extraordinaires, puis aussi le Gameplay, puis aussi les symboles occultes et d'alchimisme cachés et les signes et liens avec la réalité et allégories sur notre Monde, cette Franchise est tellement incroyable et Badass !
(D'ailleurs Curse Of Darkness que j'adore maintenant que j'ai bientôt fini le jeu je m'aperçois a quel point ce jeu aurait été si parfait remake avec des graphismes actuels de 2024), sinon j'ai aussi fais Order Of Ecclesia sur emulateur par contre il y a quelques temps (1-2 ans) et aussi Lords Of Shadow il y a environs 6-7 ans quand j'avais la PS3 qui marchait encore mais je n'aimait pas trop leurs "redémarrage"...
Du coup j'ai continué a chercher des jeux incroyable et Castledroid's/Metroidvania's et je me suis aussi fais le fameux SOTN que j'ai aussi adoré sur emulateur, que j'avais déjà fais sur PSP avec la compilation de Dracula X Chronicles avec évidemment Rondo Of Blood et Dracula X Chronicles, puis j'ai aussi joué a bcp de fangames sur PC et aussi Belmont's Revenge sur Game Boy, ensuite j'ai joué à beaucoups de Castlevania sur PC aussi que je n'avais jamais fais les 3 Metroidvania's de la GBA que j'aime bien aussi j'ai pu les finir sur Émulateurs, d'abord Harmony Of Dissonance puis Aria Of Sorrow et Circle Of The Moon, et j'ai joué a encore d'autres fan-games et aussi Super Castlevania IV que j'ai aussi sur ma SNES Mini, depuis tout ce temps je croyais la franchise éteinte...j'ai aussi tellement adoré les OST et le tristement méconnu (malheureusement il est si bien) Castlevania The Aventure Rebirth !
Et ce nouveau Castlevania (Remake mais on dirai que celà sonne comme presque un nouveau Jeu a quel point c'est bien refait !) et ça me rappel tellement The Aventure Rebirth, cnest génial !
Enfin du moins il y a pas mal d'éléments qui y ressemble et m'y font penser, c'est incroyable, comme quoi preuve que Castlevania perdurera a jamais dans l'histoire et existera pour l'éternité du temps et dans tout les Univers de l'Omnivers dans chaques morceau de l'Espace-Temps et pour Toujours !
(Et c'est magnifique cette reprise des Mines Du Jugement de Dawn Of Sorrow ! J'ai toujours rêvé de voir et entendre Konami reprendre les OST de Dawn Of Sorrow dans un futur Jeu et ils ont choisis l'une de mes favorites 😍💘)
Merci encore du partage, je pense qu'un de ces quatres je vais me le faire ! Avant le Jugement Dernier
🙏🏻☄️🌌🌟🐉
What would be pretty awesome to see in the future when all is said and done is some sort of Castlevania Master Collection, aka all the collections wrapped into one. Maybe, and this is wistful thinking, SotN, Rondo, and Adventure Rebirth could be thrown in there too. That way we could finally have all the mainline games in one place.
There are still a good number of games that haven't been put into collections, right? Namely, the 3d games, Legends, Adventure Rebirth, and the Lords of Shadow games. (And Judgment ig) I could see a Steam bundle being made, but i shudder to think of the combined file size of everything
Probably will be a steam bundle
Great collection. Happy this found its way to Steam.
I never had a problem with the seal drawing
I really REALLY hope that finally after these amazing collection Curse of Darkness get ported too.
Picked up the collection and I agree. Totally worth it, great ports. The collection credits also have a fun little cutscene in them if you chose to watch them from the main menu.
The best part is when you talk about the original arcade Castle
Konami had a real bad stretch but it's cool to see them figure things out.
Great review! I appreciate that you explained what was changed in the ports.
(Imagine Rando on this, would be so hype!)
Im playing Dawn of Sorrow in 55'' its impresive how good its looks, not even modern pixel art games looks this good. Castlevanias/Metroids always will be the best metroidvanias. Now on Switch you can play (legally) GBA/DS Castlevanias and also all 2D metroids.
0:20 very best example of game preservation and it's from Konami is wild
Perfect review. Great job, convinced me so easily
Finally, I'll get to play all the games i never got to when i was a kid
I am so, so, so, so glad that this was made!
I've been waiting for it for ages and now I'm waiting for the physical copies
This is amazing and I can't wait to both play and see other people play this collection.
A quick question. Did they fix the luck glitch in dawn?
Speaking about glitches, I wonder if various data corruption glitch(such as swimming through map with succubus warp) got fixed?
I was thinking the same thing.
I will leave this comment here waiting for an answer
I am also leaving this comment here in hopes of conformation. That luck issue and the seals killed my enjoyment of that near masterpiece.
If you talking about Luck not working properly then no, it didnt get fixed.
@CB-L Jup didnt test succubus but you can still zip in Portrait so Im guessing it should still work in Dawn.
I recently got into the Castlevania games and got the advanced collection. Been watching you a lot and was excited when they announced this because I knew you’d be on it.
Grateful for this video. Didn't watch the Nintendo Direct and had no ideas this bundle dropped, I probably would found out about it much later were it not for this
this made me so happy I never bought a game so damn fast. Thank you for this amazing video presenting all the features so concisely
So this is a pipe dream. My first castlevania game was the Dracula X chronicles and I want a remake of that so bad. I loved what the 3d was going for, it was trying to look like you were playing Ayami Kojima's art and I think it came as close as they could on the PSP.
I was so excited when I heard that these games were being released in this collection, they're some of my favorite Castlevania games! Here's hoping we might get a collection of the older 3d games, maybe a set of Curse of Darkness, Lament of Innocence, and Legacy of Darkness/Castlevania 64.
I really hope they release the dracula x chronicles on all modern platforms with upscaled graphics, all the neat features of this collection, and a version of symphony of the night with all the saturn exclusive features that runs well
seeing what they change with the magic seal for dawn of sorrow is gonna mess with my brain hard.
Bought this for £16 and been loving it. Outstanding value considering all these games cost £200 in total to buy for DS from CEX (a second hand games retailer in the UK).
Not much is missing now. A collection with Symphony, Rebirth and I guess the N64 games.
Only Harmony of Despair and I can die happy...
Yes please!
There went my hopes of seeing Harmony of Despair included as the "omake" game of the DS set.
The reason the remake saves faster is because the DS versions use an 8-pin serial EEPROM to hold saves, which is slow to write.
Its a port, not a remake
Bro when I saw this yesterday the amount of hype I got. I can finally play these beauties again!
Didn't know this was out until I saw your review. I own every Castlevania game available on Xbox Series X and PS5 (alot of overlap but love this series). Great review, gonna go buy this
As soon as I heard Order of Eclessia theme on the trailer, I threw my money to the screen
I just sold the DS trilogy the day before these got announced as i needed the money and was hoping for this one day.
Looks like i did it at just the right time.
This will go very nicely with the other 2 collections on Switch
Apparently switch has touch inputs for the seals. As someone who never played these on the DS I'd like the genuine, frustrating experience. 10% off in the eshop right now.
I've been waiting so long for this collection, and it's everything and more that I could've hoped for! Time to play the DSvanias for the first time ever!!! 😁
One of the first video games I ever played was Portrait of Ruin. I am glad to see it back, I'll probably pick up the collection soon, thanks for the video!
I hope they go back to the big burly men of the series. I love Japan but they make everyone a twink. I CAN'T RELATE TO THIS!!!
My only tiny teensy minuscule complain is that the only pixel perfect option when playing on steam deck is the 4th one, and that layout could allow both side screens, but it only displays one of them. I'm fairly convinced that 4th option was put for 720p displays, like the switch on handheld mode, and on 720p you can't fit both side screens, but is understandable, because the 1280*800 resolution of the deck is a bit of an outlier. And is still fully playable using the select button like in the DS.
The voice lines are so crisp I can finally hear the actual voiceline of the werebats.
I was tired of waiting for this. I would buy it even if everyone was bashing the collection, I love those games.
It's shocking how good this looks, I might pick it up in the future especially since Dawn is the only one of games here I played.
Ain't no way it's shy guy mask
a 90° rotated layout would have been great. would work really great on switch and also pc for those who already have a vertical display