It sounds like we could be getting some retro classics, as Castlevania Advance Collection has been rated for Xbox One.
The since-removed rating was spotted by Gematsu via The Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee. This isn't the first time the game has appeared, having been rated in Australia back in June, but it is the first mention of a console release.
While nothing has been confirmed, it is expected by many fans, and our friends over at Nintendo Life, that the package will include the three GameBoy Advance titles: Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, and Aria of Sorrow.
Xbox players have already been graced with the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, but the GameBoy Advance titles are what some consider to be the best in the franchise. There's no official word on the Advance Collection as of yet, but we're hoping a Nintendo Direct may be around the corner to reveal all.
Would you play Castlevania Advance Collection? Let us know in the comments below.
[source gematsu.com]
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@Royalblues isn’t Dawn of sorrow a DS game. It would be difficult to put it on a single screen. Not impossible but difficult
Damn great trilogy. I'm just miffed that I've replayed them all recently on my Micro. Like @Royalblues said though, the DS games need to come back in some capacity. Harmony, Dawn, and Portrait cost an absolute blooming fortune.
Maybe Nintendo could reveal this at a direct cause the GBA castlevania games apart from SOTN and Rondo of Blood are some of the best castlevania games. gba is Nintendo hardware so maybe it will be announced at that event someday. It will be multiplatform of course.
This year is truly a year of Metroidvanias. We got the release of Axiom Verge 2 and other Metroidvanias games have come out during the years. Castlevania brought back Grimorie of Souls and also we have that rumored GBA collection for all platforms. And ofc Metroid Dread which is coming out next month
I've already bought these three games on Wii U Virtual Console so I'm all good. What I do want is the DS Castlevania games as they aren't available on Wii U and I really want to play them as well. Hopefully if this collection sells well we can get the rest of the games.
Got some good news. Ratings like these are almost always real. I meant that the game does exist. It’s only a matter time that Konami announces it.
It could be in the rumored Nintendo Direct. It could be at TGS OR on September 26th which is Castlevania’s 35th anniversary
@The_New_Butler I actually think with how good these games are it’s going to be a Xbox Digital; Switch Physical double-dip for me 👌
@LtSarge Yea I also have them on Wii U. Completed the first 2 a few years back and loved every second. Don’t believe I finished Aria. Never played the DS games so that would be perfect if they came to Xbox/Switch.
Aria of Sorrow is arguably the best Castlevania game ever — yes, even better than Symphony of the Night. And Circle of the Moon is pretty good too.
@K1LLEGAL : Because Switch cartridges have a 20-year-lifespan (an inherent issue with all forms of flash ROM) I haven't seen much of a point in collecting physical Switch releases.
@The_New_Butler really depends - my Wii U gamepad is a mess; and these are games I would definitely play again on Xbox for sure. The switch physical would be for the collection; but actually it might be just through LRG 😕
This will be a day 1 buy for me, the GBA Castlevanias are amazing.
@The_New_Butler I would buy it on Switch
@GunValkyrie @purexbox its real
The Castlevania Advance Collection is in fact real and was just announced in the Nintendo Direct today. It is also releasing today on Nintendo Switch (ofc), PC, Xbox One, and PS4
@GunValkyrie it is the same price as the Anniversary Collection. So yeah, $19.99.
Also it not only contains the three GBA games but also the SNEA Dracula X game
If you want proof that it is coming out on the day it was announced, watch the Nintendo Direct. There is only an Xbox One version but you can play it in Series X/S via backwards compatibility
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