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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin delayed [update 1]
With all the buzz about the newest Castlevania for DS, it was a huge disappointment to hear that it was delayed until February of next year. The good news is that Konami plans on fully utilizing these extra months to make the game better. They are adding a few online features to beef it up. Players will be able to trade spells online, sell their spells in an online shop and engage in battles against bosses in a two-player co-op Wi-Fi mode. We smell friend codes coming! To hold your attention until February, check out the bad ass stuff you get for pre-ordering the game. Not even a moderate Castlevania fan could say no to that beautiful bundle of Belmont joy. [Via News 4 Gamers] [update: Reader Daroga pointed out that this delay is in Europe only. We called our local GameStop and they still have the US release date as December 13. Thanks Daroga!]
Pre-order Portrait of Ruin and get some sweet stuff
For those of you chomping at the bit to bust out that whip and vanquish a force of evil or two in Konami's Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, you might want to pre-order the game through a GameStop, EB Games, or Gamecrazy store because you're going to get one sweet package. The package consists of: 48 page book detailing every game in the Castlevania series 20th anniversary soundtrack CD Timeline poster detailing key events and characters in the Castlevania universe Special edition Castlevania DS Lite extendable stylus and game case So who else plans on taking advantage of this sweet deal? [Thanks duscom and Andrew!]
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Japanese site up
There are few people allowed to crack whips other than Devo (they just do it so well). Fortunately for the gaming world we are more than happy to see a member of the Belmont family authoritatively crack one in the name of beating down one of time's most ferocious night stalkers -- vampires. Even though being able to live forever would be pretty cool, we aren't huge fans of sucking blood or having our blood sucked, so they must ultimately be destroyed. The poor Belmont family has been trying to do this for years and they do it so well, it almost looks like an art. Then again, if they were to ever fully succeed in killing off these blood suckers, what or who would they fight next? We see where you are going with this and no, cowboy-space-vampires riding pink mechanical horses across the galaxy is not a good idea. Sorry. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is really catching our eye and we recently found out that the Japanese site for the game is up. As usual, knowing Japanese would help while exploring it.
