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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

First Castlevania with cooperative multiplayer and English voice-overs.

The game is a 2D Metroidvania with side-scrolling action, exploration, and role-playing elements like leveling and equipment.[1] Released in 2006, the Nintendo DS title Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin was both developed and published by Konami as an action role-playing game.[2] This handheld entry in the Castlevania series was the first to include cooperative multiplayer and English voice-overs.[2]

Quick Facts

Developer
Konami
Director
Satoshi Kushibuchi
Producer
Koji Igarashi
Programmer
Shutaro Iida
Writer
  • Koji Igarashi
  • Hiroto Yamaguchi
  • Shutaro Iida
Composer
Michiru Yamane, Yuzo Koshiro
Series
Castlevania
Platforms
Nintendo DS

Facts from the source article.

Making and release

The World War II setting was chosen after deciding on Jonathan Morris as the main character.[3] The developers incorporated outdoor settings within Brauner's paintings to avoid creating only indoor stages.[3] Konami revealed the game's title and World War II setting on April 21, 2006.[4] The development group behind Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, under producer Koji Igarashi, also created Portrait of Ruin.[5]

Roughly 16 months were spent on the game's planning and production.[6] Igarashi's decision to target the Nintendo DS came from his belief that home console purchasers at that time only bought 3D games.[7] The game uses a graphics-enhanced version of the engine from Dawn of Sorrow.[8][9] Michiru Yamane returned as composer, and Yuzo Koshiro contributed additional tracks.[10]

The title was launched as part of the Castlevania series' 20th anniversary celebration.[11]

What the cited sources add

An IGN interview with Koji Igarashi confirms that the story's hero was selected early in production.[12][11] Igarashi stated that the hero's use of the Vampire Killer whip was because the game marked the series' 20th anniversary.[11] Burman wrote that the refined gameplay and "epic" boss fights compensate for that linearity.[13][14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mueller, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for DS", GameSpot, 2006-12-05; Bramwell, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Review", Eurogamer, 2006-12-13; Mueller, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for DS", GameSpot, 2006-12-05; Bramwell, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Review", Eurogamer, 2006-12-13; Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33; Deats, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Official Strategy Guide", BradyGames Publishing, 2006; "Castlevania returns to the Nintendo DS with Portrait of Ruin", Konami, 2006-04-21 en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Morcos, Antoine, "Un nouveau Castlevania sur Nintendo DS", Jeux France, 2006-04-21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nix, "IGN: TGS 2006: At the End with Koji Igarashi", IGN, 2006-09-24; Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33; Nix, "IGN: TGS 2006: At the End with Koji Igarashi", IGN, 2006-09-24 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Magic Box: International Videogame news", The Magic Box, 2005-10-05; Hatfield, "Drac is Back", IGN, 2006-04-21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Des Barres, "Tokyo Game Show 06 Interview: Koji "IGA" Igarashi & Michiru Yamane", Fusion Publishing, Dec 2006, p. 104–105; Vore, "Castlevania's Koji Igarashi: Chat of Ruin", Game Informer, 2006-06-22; Knezevic, "Symphony Of The Night Designer IGA Talks Bloodstained's Delay And His Favorite Castlevania", GameSpot, 2017-06-23; Knezevic, "Symphony Of The Night Designer IGA Talks Bloodstained's Delay And His Favorite Castlevania", GameSpot, 2017-06-23; Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33 (original n en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Light and Darkness of 2D Gaming", GDC Vault, 2007-03-08 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vore, "Castlevania's Koji Igarashi: Chat of Ruin", Game Informer, 2006-06-22; Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33; Staff, "Preview - Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin", Cybermedia, October 2006, p. 20–21; Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33; Staff, "Preview - Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin", Cybermedia, October 2006, p. 20–21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33; Nix, "IGN: TGS 2006: At the End with Koji Igarashi", IGN, 2006-09-24; Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33; Des Barres, "Tokyo Game Show 06 Interview: Koji "IGA" Igarashi & Michiru Yamane", Fusion Publishing, Dec 2006, p. 104–105; "TGS2005 – Koji Igarashi", Play; Payton, Ryan, "A new art style for Castlevania (Page 4 of 4)", 1UP.com, 2005-03-11; Des Barres, "Tokyo Game Show 06 Interview: Koji "IGA" Igarashi & Michiru Yamane", Fusion en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Thomason, "Dark Arts", Nintendo of America, June 2006, p. 29–33 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Des Barres, "Tokyo Game Show 06 Interview: Koji "IGA" Igarashi & Michiru Yamane", Fusion Publishing, Dec 2006, p. 104–105; Deats, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Official Strategy Guide", BradyGames Publishing, 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vore, "Castlevania's Koji Igarashi: Chat of Ruin", Game Informer, 2006-06-22; Nix, "IGN: TGS 2006: At the End with Koji Igarashi", IGN, 2006-09-24; Staff, "Castlevania 20th Anniversary Deluxe Art Collection", Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd., December 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Nix, "IGN: TGS 2006: At the End with Koji Igarashi", IGN, 2006-09-24. facts only, no text reused. ds.ign.com
  13. Rob Burman, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin UK Review", IGN, 2007-03-07. facts only, no text reused. ds.ign.com
  14. Wikipedia, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rob Burman, "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin UK Review", IGN, 2007-03-07 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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