Author Topic: CONFIRMED: Portrait of Ruin to have best preorder bonus ever (Read 12192 times)

TrueNerd · « **on:** October 23, 2006, 11:02:03 AM »

OMG!

I guess it will be five bucks more then normal, but godDAMN, it is so worth it. An art book, 20th anniversary soundtrack CD, Castlevania emblazoned stylus... yeah, that's worth five bucks to me.

Arbok · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2006, 11:14:44 AM »

Soundtrack? Sign me up! Custom Stylus oh man this is awesome... Thanks for pointing this out.

Kairon · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2006, 11:37:38 AM »

48 Page artbook?

This'll be my FIRST Castlevania game...I think ever...

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

JonLeung · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2006, 11:42:03 AM »

Holy water! When I first heard about this elsewhere, I just heard about the soundtrack CD and was, like, meh... CastleVania music is pretty good but a lot of it's been remixed to death.

The artbook sounds sweet, though. And the carrying case and stlyus might be cool. The fancy wax-sealed box makes this really sound like it could be a hot collectible set. I might be cross if I miss out on this.

Is it true about Circle Of The Moon and the two N64 games being axed from the official CastleVania timeline? That timeline thing might be neat for like two minutes...then later as a reference, but not for long since they'll keep making more games.

(Ummm...dagger. Yeah.)

Ian Sane · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2006, 01:24:41 PM »

"Is it true about Circle Of The Moon and the two N64 games being axed from the official CastleVania timeline?"

Yeah. I think there's some old Gameboy game that has been removed as well. I don't really get removing Circle of the Moon. Unlike the other axed titles it's really good. If it's removed then we can assume it will never be re-released in any form. That's not a big loss for the N64 games but Circle of the Moon is a classic and having it slowly disappear as the GBA becomes more obscure is kind of a bummer.

This pre-order stuff sounds great. My brother is a big Metroidvania nut so I'll have to give him the heads up.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2006, 01:46:23 PM »

Erasing Circle of the Moon is a crime.

Those CV guys have ego issues. Circle and the N64 games were made by the same studio. Iga LOVES to believe they didn't exist, considering it's THEIR handheld games that kept the series "alive", unlike the the PS2 disasters.

Ceric · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2006, 03:54:41 PM »

Dude. I stopped being a fan back in the NES days but this I might actually pre-order for.

Caliban · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2006, 04:52:02 PM »

Circle of the Moon rocks!

I'm going to try and see if I can get this pre-order deal at my local Canadian EB, I haven't been there in a while and I usually only go there to get pre-order bonuses.

JonLeung · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2006, 05:26:23 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ceric
Dude. I stopped being a fan back in the NES days but this I might actually pre-order for.

That should be a crime. The Castleroid/MetroidVania games are awesome. Those are Symphony Of The Night (PSX, also on Japanese Saturn and Xbox Live Arcade, supposedly), the three GBA games, and the two DS games. Basically, all the recent 2D games. Play them. NOW. And if you like the more linear games, supposedly the PC Engine game "Rondo Of Blood" is the best of them, but it's hard to find. VGMaps.com got maps of that game recently, in fact.

(VGMaps.com seems to have gotten the CastleVania bug, and probably all the 2D CastleVania games are mapped or in the process of being mapped. Symphony Of The Night is the current Atlas Project...that'll be exciting when it's done, but VERY LARGE. o_0)

And now that I notice that Ian Sane writes "Gameboy" when it's always been "Game Boy", I will keep pointing that out to him, just because I can.

I believe the removal of certain games from the "official timeline" doesn't necessarily mean we won't see them again. It's not like, say, the CD-i Zelda games, for instance. But then again those were never meant to be official. They could say they're part of another reality, much like how Mega Man Classic/X/Zero/ZX are part of the same Mega Man continuity, just a hundred years or so apart, but other series like Battle Network (and probably the upcoming Star Force) can exist in an alternate reality and yet still be considered Mega Man.

18 Days · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2006, 05:29:48 PM »

It's good they're including the artwork from these latest art atrocities alongside the regular, awesome Castlevania art.

JonLeung · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2006, 05:58:03 PM »

AHA!

Looks like Circle Of The Moon and Legacy Of Darkness and (64) aren't TOTALLY axed.

Take a look at these close-ups shots of the goodies at Game Informer Online.

The fifth picture shows the timeline. Most entries are actually readable, except for the center part because of the angle of it between the folds. But note the three entries right before the fold!

Unless my eyes deceive me, it looks like "Circle Of The Moon", "Legacy Of Darkness", and "64". Whether they're axed or not, they're there...just with no description.

Here's what bugs me, as a very anal person about details...CastleVania, like Superman, doesn't actually have a "64" in its title for its (first) N64 game. And yet they did say 64 here. You'd think it'd be to avoid confusion with CastleVania in 1691, and yet there's 2 "II"s. I know one is the Game Boy game, but would it kill them to put the consoles each of these are on? And despite saying II, they didn't say "III" for Dracula's Curse. Grrr...

Artimus · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2006, 06:47:24 PM »

I've never bought a Castlevania but I'll be preordering this Wednesday.

hudsonhawk · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2006, 06:57:51 PM »

I never preorder (as a rule) but this looks like it will actually get me to fork over a few bucks.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #13 on:** October 24, 2006, 06:52:37 AM »

I want that but the chance we'll see it in Europe is slim.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #14 on:** October 24, 2006, 07:22:26 AM »

Oh man, I want this. Maybe I should stop by the mall tonight...

For the record, I think Castlevania "64" was awesome. Not the best in the series or anything, but way better than people give it credit for.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #15 on:** October 24, 2006, 08:10:03 AM »

"And now that I notice that Ian Sane writes "Gameboy" when it's always been "Game Boy", I will keep pointing that out to him, just because I can.

"

I'll spell things however I want John Leung!

vudu · « **Reply #16 on:** October 24, 2006, 09:05:45 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
This'll be my FIRST Castlevania game...I think ever...

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Originally posted by: Ceric
Dude. I stopped being a fan back in the NES days but this I might actually pre-order for.

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Originally posted by: Artimus
I've never bought a Castlevania but I'll be preordering this Wednesday.

This is a sad world we live in. This isn't meant for you. This is meant for someone who actually cares about Castlevania. I weep for the fact that you guys will get this and never even look at it while KDR will (most likely) have to settle for downloading illegal PDF files.

Ceric · « **Reply #17 on:** October 24, 2006, 09:37:58 AM »

lol
I'll look at it alright. Especially if they have some nice looking artwork from the Castlevania 2. Actually I might not have actually been playing the game but I do try to keep a knowledge of the lore and everything. I'm really interested in the timeline.

Artimus · « **Reply #18 on:** October 24, 2006, 10:40:38 AM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
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Originally posted by: Kairon
This'll be my FIRST Castlevania game...I think ever...
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Originally posted by: Ceric
Dude. I stopped being a fan back in the NES days but this I might actually pre-order for.
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Originally posted by: Artimus
I've never bought a Castlevania but I'll be preordering this Wednesday.
This is a sad world we live in. This isn't meant for you. This is meant for someone who actually cares about Castlevania. I weep for the fact that you guys will get this and never even look at it while KDR will (most likely) have to settle for downloading illegal PDF files.

I said I've never owned one, I didn't say I've never played and loved them. And I'll definitely be looking through it like crazy. My friend had all the GBA games so I just borrowed them from him.

If KDR wants it I'll preorder him a copy and mail it to him, we can use PayPal.

MaryJane · « **Reply #19 on:** October 24, 2006, 01:58:30 PM »

I made the pre-order today and all i say is HELL YES!

definitely best preorder ever

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #20 on:** October 24, 2006, 02:50:24 PM »

I won't be pre-ordering this, because I don't really like Castlevania much at all, from what I've played of it.

(Thanks for the heads up anyway, it's nice to know these things)

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #21 on:** October 24, 2006, 02:56:41 PM »

Wind Waker's preorder bonus was better.

But that doesn't mean I won't get this. But I probably won't preorder. I'm not paying $5 bucks for that.

vudu · « **Reply #22 on:** October 24, 2006, 02:59:21 PM »

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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
I probably won't preorder. I'm not paying $5 bucks for that.

GameStop lowered the price. It's now $34.99, just like everywhere else.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #23 on:** October 24, 2006, 03:04:01 PM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
I probably won't preorder. I'm not paying $5 bucks for that.
GameStop lowered the price. It's now $34.99, just like everywhere else.

Now I'll preorder.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #24 on:** October 24, 2006, 08:10:56 PM »

So today after work I checked out my local EB. The clerk had never heard of it and suggested that it was only available in the United States. Sh!t. If anyone from Canada has been able to get some clarification about this let me know. There is after all a remarkably good chance that the clerk was just spazzed.

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Author Topic: CONFIRMED: Portrait of Ruin to have best preorder bonus ever (Read 12192 times)