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Product Description

Castlevania Anniversary Collection is a compilation of eight classic series games: Castlevania (NES), Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES), Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy), Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES), Kid Dracula (Famicom), Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy), Super Castlevania IV (SNES) and Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis). This multi-platform digital-only collection was released on May 16th, 2019, for the PS4, the Xbox One, the Nintendo Switch and the PC. Its price is currently set at $19.99. The package includes a bonus ebook titled The History of Castlevania: Book of the Crescent Moon, whose contents include a box art gallery, storyline and control-scheme information for each game, developer interviews, character histories, and scans of design documents. The version-1.1.0 patch added the Japanese versions of these games, save for Dracula II: Noroi no Fuiin (Simon's Quest), which was left out for an unspecified reason (likely because developer M2 couldn't emulate the Famicom Disk System, which would also explain why it went with the Famicom version of Akumajou Dracula instead of the original FDS version); and customizable controls for the games outside of Super Castlevania IV and Bloodlines.

For any of the eight games, pausing the action with the Z2 trigger will bring up a menu that offers six options/tweaks: (1) "Save Replay," which records the action of your current play-through and allows you to re-watch it at any time. (2) "Save," which creates a save-state file that you can restore with (3) "Load"; disappointingly, you can only create a single restore file. (4) "Controls," which brings up a sub-menu detailing the control inputs and nothing more, giving rise to a second disappointment: the complete lack of button-remapping. (5) "Display Settings," which offers six separate visual displays: Original; Pixel Perfect; 16:9; 4:3 with Scanlines; Pixel Perfect with Scanlines; and 16:9 with Scanlines. And (6) "Frame," which allows you to fill the surrounding empty space with one of three backgrounds: Type A (simple black); Type B (which combines Castlevania's box art with an engraved pattern); and Type C (a crimson-colored, fully engraved pattern). From here, you can otherwise reset the game or exit to the title screen.

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Cover Art

Logos

North American Marquee
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Japanese Marquee
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North American Title Art

Japanese Title Art

 

Screenshots

Title Screen

Menu Screenshots
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Ebook Samples
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Re-Release Information

On November 17, 2021, publisher Limited Run Games released four separate physical versions of Castlevania Anniversary Collection but only for the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 (you can also play it on a PlayStation 5). Each version contains the eight games plus the ebook and some new physical goodies. Below is information for each version and its newly added physical items. You can buy any of the four on Limited Run Game's website.

Standard Edition

This version adds 4 physical items: (1) A full-color manual. (2) A deluxe Sega Genesis-style plastic clamshell case that features all-new cover art as drawn by legendary Konami cover artist Tom duBois. (3) A physical soundtrack CD that features selected tracks from all of the games included in this collection. And (4) a reversible 18x24 inch poster.
The Switch version contains an exclusive item: a removable O-sleeve with Nintendo Switch branding (though, the cover sheet found beneath is free from branding).
It's priced at $59.99.

This version adds 5 physical items: (1) A full-color manual. (2) A throwback NES-style Konami Silver Box printed with metallic silver ink whose color is a perfect match for the ink used on Konami's old NES game boxes. (3) A retro-NES-style dust sleeve sized to fit your game case. (4) A physical soundtrack CD that features selected tracks from all of the games included in this collection. And (5) a reversible 18x24 inch poster.
The Switch version contains an exclusive item: a removable O-sleeve with Nintendo Switch branding (though, the cover sheet found beneath is free from branding).
The Switch version's box size is a a perfect match for for the standard NES box size, so it'll fit perfectly on the shelf with your other Konami NES games.
It's priced at $59.99.

This version adds 12 physical items: (1) A throwback NES-style Konami Silver Box printed with metallic silver ink whose color is a perfect match for the ink used on Konami's old NES game boxes. (2) A retro-NES-style dust sleeve sized to fit your game case. (3) A physical soundtrack CD that features selected tracks from all of the games included in this collection. (4) A reversible 18x24 inch poster. (5) The Bloodlines Edition clamshell case. (6) A physical version of The History of Castle: Book of the Crescent Moon book. (7) A miniature replica box collection featuring all eight games from this collection. (8) Three premium retro box art prints. (9) A Castlevania logo enamel pin. (10) For PS4, an official G2 Blu-ray-sized steelbook case; for Switch, a Switch-sized steelbook case. (11) Shadow Box featuring Tom duBois' stunning new art with button-activated lights and sound. And (12) a premium die-cut box that allows you to showcase the shadowbox even if the game remains sealed.
It's priced at $174.99.

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