Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is a platform-adventure game developed and published by Konami. The game was released on November 16, 2006 in Japan, and in the US on December 5, 2006 for the Nintendo DS handheld game console.

Portrait of Ruin is the first Castlevania to feature a cooperative multiplayer gameplay mode and the first handheld Castlevania to have English voice-overs, outside of its original Japanese release.

Plot
Portrait of Ruin takes place in the fictional universe of the Castlevania series. The series' premise is the conflict between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula. The story occurs in Dracula's castle and is set in 1944 Europe during World War II.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The game features cooperative mode gameplay, the first in the series!
 * 2) Explore one of the biggest Castlevania games ever.
 * 3) Customize both protagonists to form the ultimate team.
 * 4) Explore several worlds via magical portraits. This makes the game's setting feel not so confined to a castle.
 * 5) Expect tons of secrets and unlockables.
 * 6) Connect via Wi-Fi to unlock more secrets and bonuses.
 * 7) Many optional sidequests and missions add much more to an already lengthy game.
 * 8) Challenging difficulty which becomes more balanced as you progress and unlock better items and equipment.
 * 9) Master several magical spells and techniques.
 * 10) Exciting and challenging boss battles.
 * 11) Beautiful and epic soundtrack, as expected from a Castlevania game.
 * 12) The co-op AI is helpful.
 * 13) Plenty of more playable characters after beating the game.
 * 14) The final boss is objectively the best boss fight in the entire franchise.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There is a soft lock-glitch where if you skip the cutscene after fighting Death and re-enter the boss room, the game will glitch.
 * 2) Pretty bad dialogue at times.
 * 3) Copy-and-pasted boss fights from Dawn of Sorrow in the Nest of Evil. They also rehashed the Fake Trevor, Sypha, and Grant boss fight.

Reception
Portrait of Ruin has met with overall positive reviews and received various awards. Game Informer awarded it "Handheld Game of the Month" for January 2007, and listed it as one of the "Top 50 Games of 2006".

Portrait of Ruin also won "Best Original Score" and was runner-up for "Best Adventure Game" in several Best of 2006 video game lists.

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