Castlevania fans currently have a lot to look forward to, from the announcement that Netflix's anime adaptation of the franchise will be getting a new spin-off to Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi confirming a sequel to his spiritual successor to the series, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, is in production. It seems there could be one more thing to add to that list, with a new rating seemingly leaking the existence of a "Castlevania Advance Collection."
The listing comes from the Australian Classification Board, with the rating claiming it'll be "multiplatform" and published by Konami. Although there's no direct confirmation, the bundle's title seems to imply it will contain the trio of Castlevania games that wound up on the GameBoy Advance, those being Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, and Aria of Sorrow.
Circle of the Moon launched on the handheld system in 2001, focusing on a new protagonist known as Nathan Graves. As expected for a Castlevania game, it tasked players with exploring a large, monster-infested castle in an effort to find and defeat Dracula, who killed Graves' parents. Harmony of Dissonance took the reins from Circle of The Moon just one year later, following Juste Belmont, the grandson of original the Castlevania protagonist, Simon Belmont. The sequel sees players navigate Dracula's castle while battling against a range of dark forces.
Aria of Sorrow closed out the trilogy in 2003, slotting players into the shoes of a new protagonist by the name of Soma Cruz. Taking place in 2035, it transported players to Dracula's castle once again, although it offered a very different interpretation of the iconic Castlevania setting. The events of Aria of Sorrow and its popular Nintendo DS sequel, Dawn of Sorrow, occur right at the end of the franchise's long-spanning timeline, which stretches all the way back to 1094.
All three games definitely have their fans, so it'll be interesting to see how this potential Castlevania Advance Collection repackages them for modern hardware. In the meantime, players will be able to get their hands on a ton of remastered classics later this year, with Diablo 2: Resurrected bringing back the iconic RPG and the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series allowing players to jump into the first six iterations of the seminal JRPG franchise. There's even a remake of the first two Advance Wars games coming to Nintendo Switch, rebuilding the classic GameBoy Advance games from the ground up with new visuals and gameplay. The bundle will launch this December and is definitely one to watch for nostalgic GameBoy enthusiasts.
AÂ Castlevania Advance Collection is rumored to be in development.
Source: Australia Classification Board