So I finally got a chance to check this game out, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. I got 99% of the castle in normal mode, and played a little bit of Julius mode. The only thing I really didn't like was the whole seal thing: pain in the ass and if you screw it up you've got to re-fight the boss, but the bosses themselves were all great. From a demon who orchestrates the attack paterns of locusts, to a giant head with four arms, who performs voodoo magic to throw you in one of those spiked sarcophaguses, all of them felt really original.
Another good thing about this game, unlike most of the other portable castlevania titles, was most of the enemies were completely re-drawn, instead of just taking graphics from older 2D titles, it added a nice touch and really made it feel fresh. The soul-synthing aspect, where you can take your weapons, and upgrade them into better versions, gave you something to do with the souls, since most of them are fairly pointless, and is a nice touch too. The only bad thing about the big wealth of weapons in this game is you wont use anything but the scythe once you get it, that with the boomerang skeleton's soul makes for the most powerful weapon in the game, just because of how fast it goes, it goes through enemies, and goes the entire length of the screen.
Nintendo DS game, I'd buy it if I wasn't broke, and had a DS, and would suggest any fan of 2D platformers do the same.
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