Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth Review & Gameplay!

[Jarrecko]

Minor complaints? Yeah the minor-est of minor. I am so sick and tired of modern video game reviewers complaining about "difficulty". This Castlevania was a cakewalk compared to the original NES games( and it still managed to be very difficult). Games baby players so much nowadays that when they're hard at all, they get all pissy and look at difficulty as a detriment towards the game.

[MegaKid1999]

They did Belmonts reveng for one of htem,and was originally going to have battle of the holy,but got replaced with reincarnated soul.

[2ehaxuda]

Did you complain about the badass Konami arcade remix songs of this game??? Shame on you, sir, shame on you.

[doakiller666]

this game features the single greatest improvement to old school castlevania ever: you can change the direction of your jump in mid air!

[bland9876]

Y is this nothing like sotn or circle of the moon

[Satantransvertdeath]

@bland9876 Because that is false Castlevania!

[SymbolicWords]

@ 3:56; sorry Luke, but I gotta correct you on that one, friend. You CAN whip in the air in the old NES Castlevania games. That is all.

[bestgamer2112]

Your saying it is to hard when the original was just the same....

[theSpiritofVengence]

the flame whip is only available for a limited time so USE IT ALOT cuz it slowly runs out over time

[Kytseo]

sorry to nitpick, bt goem is pronounced go (as in stop & go)-lehm

[oooMFGooo]

I haveit only problem i cant SAVE!!! how do you save witch coulor is the currsor? red or blue?

[AspleniumHexe]

I do not really agree with this (though very nice) review. Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth deserves at least a 9/10. The music is epic and the whole game looks so luscious whit its gaudy graphics. The gameplay is perfect whit its classic style.

[chucky666jack666]

WOW i want it :D only 1000 wii points?? i hav to get it !!!

[TheDemoniusX]

I give the game a 10. it's perfect for any old school castlevania fan.

[theFFVIguy]

Weren't you able to whip in the air in the NES Castlevania?

[schtolteheim]

The colours in this game look horrible, only blind person would do a job like this. The colours are more aggressive than the undead and they don't fit the gothic horror setting at all.

I wonder if it can be mended by correcting the TV's colour saturation.

[TheGameSquid]

I really, REALLY hope Konami will create more new Castlevania games for WiiWare (or XBLA). The platform seems just perfect for this sort of games. If they finetune the difficulty and fix that awkward jump they have a real winner on their hands.

[Deanobucko917]

is it possible to save in this game, or at least or is there a password system, there doesn't seem to be a save feature. i don't care enough to beat it in one sit down

[theSpiritofVengence]

@Deanobucko917 i know it dosnt have a save feature so i had to leave my wii on overnight and while i was at work but oh well what can we do

[Deanobucko917]

@theSpiritofVengence why do they do that anyways, in this day and age. it doesn't make any sense. what is this, the nes era. I think they forget to add things like that deliberately to annoy people, to deliberately make it not as good as it could be. after all, it's castlevania and they can get away with it.

[theSpiritofVengence]

@Deanobucko917 yeah lol im still playing it right now on normal and im on lvl 5 iv left this damn thing on all week all i want to do is beat this so i can turn my wii off, i keep getting to death with no health lol the lvl is pretty crazy i can get threw the mini boss without getting hit but after that little things hit me oh well im just going to keep at it iv come this far lol i will beat this.... hopefully

[grim675]

this "revamp" looks very akin to castlevania bloodlines for the sega genesis.

[hessrf1981]

Great game.

[19Szabolcs91]

Here the difficuly differences are much larger than in other Castlevania games. Easy is VERY easy, normal is challenging (Castlevania 1 level), and hard is just insane, I still haven't got past stage 3.

[bickb22]

I have beaten Rebirth on Hard mode. I'm not bragging, but I'm just telling you it's not impossible. It's excruciating, but it's possible if you master the learning curve. :)

[spider486]

Awesome i subscribed

[BingoBird4]

God, out of all the castlevania games I've played, I hate using the axes! It's like throwing your own medusa heads.

[theSpiritofVengence]

@BingoBird4 axes kick as and are very usefull sometimes like for instance the big golem boss fight on lvl 4 you can just throw axes up at his stomach without having to climb his arm and jump on him to attack him.

[nynosix]

i just beat castlevania III. took me a week and a half to beat. now im thinking about playing this one. and im gonna get owned. lol

[deraickripper]

@nynosix if you can beat CV3 you should play ninja gaiden 2 (nes) instead of this

[AnthonyOnBass]

Thanks for doing well thought and presented reviews, people!

[luffan84]

I fucking love your reviews, you have a pleasant voice to listen to and i do like the more in-depth review of yours. would be awsome if you did a remake of your super castlevania review which I thought could be better.

[Izius7200]

Around 0:50 he's crushed by a boulder so that's why it cut, lol.

[Victus6]

Easiest Castlevania game ever.

[Rhoadhead]

Castlevania Adventure sucked big time. I remember I had it as a kid and after playing the console versions (yea I know it was early GB so I can't be so critical), I was totally not into the handheld version (you walk even slower than the console versions?). I'm glad they remade it in this fashion and the music is awesome. If you're going to do a modern remake, why would you keep the old music? I wasn't very attached to the GB soundtrack. This is supposed to be a throwback and it did its job

[ilovemaryam08]

i bought a wii partly just to play this game. Aria of Sorrow was my favorite though.

[JokinJoe]

EXACTLY! The reviewer had the EXACT same impressions of the music as me. I thought it sounded like a Sega Genesis game, particularly Ghouls N Ghosts, like he said. But you know what? I actually enjoy it, because I grew up playing Ghouls N Ghosts for Genesis.

Also, Aquarius is probably the most epic track in this game.

[ShakinJamacian]

I significantly doubt they're going to make more Castlevania Rebirth games. The Rebirth series has always been a "one-shot" kinda foray, like a kickback to familiar Konami franchises. It would be a disservice to that old-school homage to now start pumping out more vintage games based on the old formula in the Rebirth series.

Now, if they actually made NEW games and not remakes/re-imaginings, we'd be talking of a different bag when it comes to Classicvania.

[reviewmaster007]

if someone could hack this game so that we could fight knightwing instead of dracula, that would be so funny! (no offense to the best reviewer ever)

[reviewmaster007]

`mommy, im scared!'

[navarone4031]

alls the castlevania side-scroll are hard, you are a wimp

[scir91]

i only play games with game genie. does this game have game genie support?

[33k33k]

Why are you spoiling the whole game?

[Tyranic1993]

This was a pretty fair review but why did you show so many spoilers, seriously, i haven't played the game yet so i had to turn my eyes off the screen.

[19Szabolcs91]

That's nice, so it's not released in Europe because they want to release in on the 20th anniversary? This is BS because it would mean waiting for about a whole year.

The game looks very good and I hate the regional restrictions of the stupid Wii. The only console that does this crap in this generation.

[Vanon35435]

heem the X-box also got Regional Restrictions only the ps3 got region free

[19Szabolcs91]

Well, but at least the X360 games get released in US and EU at nearly the same time. This is due to Microsoft not having a significant Japanese market, so they can't just ignore and disregard Europe the way Nintendo does.

[Vanon35435]

no not rly i got an USA Wii and an EU Xbox it's 7 months im waiting Blazing Blue getting release in EU for the Xbox still nothing the games take too much time to reach Eu no matter wich Console ur blaming for it

[19Szabolcs91]

It seems like the DS is the only good console then in this sense?

Or maybe it's more about the developer.

But Capcom and Square-Enix don't delay their games on the DS and X360 that long anymore, FF13 for example will be released simultanously.

[Vanon35435]

that's true can be developer actually also retro studio released Metriod prime 3 quite early almost the same as USA and such

[truemomo]

What hidden bosses? I thought there were none. I know you can skip sub-bosses...but which bosses are hidden?

Also, great reviw but just a note: When showing clips of the gameplay, how about NOT showing scense from the ending or spoilers of Dracula (i.e. his last form). I had already finished this game so I wasn't affected, but to someone who hasn't downloaded this game yet, seeing those scenes could potentially ruin their experience playing it.

[jason2anime]

Great review and congrats on your PRRRRRRRRRRROMOTION!!

[Random326435]

omg this is awesome i pray to god it comes to australia, we already got denied contra rebirth i hope not this one

[animespartan2]

Hope your enjoying it! :)

[mllarson]

I dunno what you're on about, the music is awesome. I'd listen to these songs all day over the GB's tinny music. This game was fun, and I beat it in a single playthrough without continuing. I found everything to be just fine control-wise. Jumps were easy to pull off, and if you think they were difficult, perhaps you need to fire up an NES and play some old Castlevania games to remind yourself how the controls used to be...

[cursemarked555]

is Castlevania Dawn of Sorrows good? cause it looks cool

[fickminne]

It is.. It is one of my fav castlevanias..

But do yourself a favour, and play Aria of Sorrow first (GBA) since that Dawn is a direct sequel to Sorrow. Both are awsome games :)

[sonicdremgenesis]

Castlevania Adventure for GB BAD!!!!!!!!!!! Because it's slow as hell.Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth is GOOD!!!!!!!!!! IF Castlevania Adventure for GAME BOY wasn't slow it would be good.

[Kornmealz]

Nice review.

Kwing, how is the DVD coming along? I am looking forward to buying it when it comes out. Also are you going to make shirts like other reviewers do? (Ex. AVGN)

[kNIGHTWING01]

@Kornmealz

DVD and Tee shirts are coming along nicely. Although I will have to replicate them myself. Meaning it will take some time.

[FINbrutal1ty]

I really have to ask you couple questions...

First, why are you calling Castlevania the Adventure as "Legendary Game Boy port", have you played it? It's IMO the WORST Castlevania game ever! Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest was confusing and Castlevania for N64 was frustrating, but Castlevania the Adventure for the Game Boy is beyond frustrating. According to story, Chritopher Belmont hundreds of years old because of his "strong blood". Confused? It get's worse!

Contienues...

[FINbrutal1ty]

Well anyways, Chritopher has lived hundreds of years in the mountains in complete solitary, but now he has to defeat Dracula and conseive the next descendant to Belmont family.

So in other words, Castlevania the Adventure is a story about a thousand year old corpse fighting against 10.000 year old corpse to get laid. NICE!

But I haven't even talked about the gameplay, it sucks! Christopher walks slower then regular elderly people, wich actually makes sense because He IS hundreds...

[FINbrutal1ty]

...of years old. However, gameplay ways it sucks, because all the enemys in this game are two times faster then Christopher. Everytime you get hit it downgrades your whip wich makes the game frustradingly hard towards the end (trust me, I know).

But the thing that kills this game is the platforming. Because Chris moves so slowly and all jumps have to be made with perfect, and I do mean perfect timing, it causes player to die constantly. Lack of secondary weapons makes the game even more crappy.

[FINbrutal1ty]

I actually played this game all the way to last level (Level 4) but never defeted Dracula. Why, because his castle is a death trap with spikes with instant death and even more frustrating jumps, not to mention that Dracula has flying bat second form that is next to impossible to hit without getting hit and the boss of the first level is now regular enemy that you have defeat 2 or 3 times before you can face Dracula.

[FINbrutal1ty]

So Kwing, do you actually like this carbage? The only good thing to say about the Game Boy game is the music. That is also why I agree with you that they shoud've remake the music from original game. The music that I heard in this video is kinda crappy.

Second question: Why did you mention Vampire's Kiss? Don't you live in America? You guys got Dracula X and we Europeans Vampire's Kiss, but they are both identical, right?

Well, anyways god's bless for you too!

[kNIGHTWING01]

@FINbrutal1ty

Yes I liked the Adventure on Game Boy it was different then the console cv games at the time and hard as nails. But beat able. Like Fall of the foot clan, it was Konami's 1st portable Cv game. Now better CV games came out after Adventure. But I would still put Adventure over Rebirth. As far as naming it Vampire's Kiss,atleast 4,000 of my fans are from Europe,Germany or Ireland. So I threw that in for fan service for them. In the states the game was called Dracula X.

[FINbrutal1ty]

Allright, thanks buddy and god bless.

[zolken35]

i own the the gameboy and it will spank you time after time

[Speee55]

hmmm maybe I'll give this one a shot...after all I'm probably the only gamer that HASN'T played a Castlevania game in his life...anyway, great review as always Kwing!!!

[ThatGreenDude]

This game is good, but if you haven't played a Castlevania game before I recommend you to download Super Castlevania IV for the SNES instead, that's the best game in the series (in my opinion) and it's only 800 points.

[kNIGHTWING01]

If you haven't played game before try getting Super Castlevania off the virtual console for 800 Wiii points. Then after you get used to the series pick up this game. While this game is ok for intermediates, it was mainly fan service for Castlevania fans. So I don't think its good for ppl who have never played Castlevania cause in this day and age they won't understand why normal and hard are very frustrating. Its very different from games today, how they are push overs. This game isnt.

[Speee55]

i see you make a very good point. games are pretty easy today, after all the only Mega Man games (find them quite challenging) I've beaten are 1,2, and 8. Anyways, I was thinking about getting Super Castlevania 4 as well, so I'll start with that. Thanks guys!

[goemon7719]

ooh come on Kwing ! what is your problem with games with hard difficulty not to be mean or anything but ..come on now ! don't you like challenging games ? and besides the game is not in possible to play also the music dose not sound like the ninja turtles theme i don't know what made you got that idea ?

[kNIGHTWING01]

@goemon7719

Yes I do enjoy challenging games. But even I won't play classic cv games on harder difficulties cause I don't spend a lot of time on one particular game anymore. The music uses similar chord progression and adds the Arcade flam effect or eco effect. But its not from the percussion. But I don't know what musical effect is called, I just woke up so my brain isn't function 100% this morning. But this composer worked on Turtles Arcade and the arrangement is CV and Turtles Arcade games.

[goemon7719]

i guess that's understand've we all don't have the time to play one game sometimes and all that

also i did read somewhere the M2' team company that made ReBith games did use a hardware graphics technology thats very simmer're to what they use on a 16 bit system hardware which my guess is that the graphics and sound is like the old 16 bit systems which is i think the music and sounds sega genesis and or a MSX japanese computer

[deshadow52]

Great review kwing, seems like a awsome wiiware game. I was actually going to buy this today but the wii points cards were all sold out for some reason. just my luck :(

[desotowrong]

Yay! More K-Wing!

[RRPGReviews]

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth is a good game, but I felt that the music sounded more like it came from the SEGA Genesis. It just drones on me on why some Wiiware games cannot have any great music that comes from the sound qualities of a SNES game. I agree with you on that, Kwing, but it is a fun game, nonetheless. Great review.

[kNIGHTWING01]

I was able to watch the whole thing now. Maybe YT fixed it

[sundayseclipse]

2d must of been really mustve grown in popularity over the year with some major franchises.

[CamsEyeView]

i think it started when New Super Mario Brothers came out and people missed the 2D style of gaming.

yes i know New Super Mario Brothers is 2.5D, but its still 2D game play. and maybe it helped to release the latest castlevanias on the DS in 2D

[kNIGHTWING01]

Hmmmm the video is having issues with Youtube? Well it wouldn't be the 1st time. In a little bit this video will be available on screw Attack. I don't understand why ppl can watch it the 1st time and then have it give the error message.

[Linksapprentice100]

how come when i get to this one second in thew video, it stops working...is this just me here?

[puppetmaster983]

@Linksapprentice100 no.

[Linksapprentice100]

@puppetmaster983 good. hey K-wing/Swag, can you maybe fix this?

[gearsofwarplayer02]

@Linksapprentice100 keeps doing tht to me also

[herbsnspices772]

@Linksapprentice100 youtube is having problems with newly uploaded videos, I just watched it and it worked fine

[Linksapprentice100]

@herbsnspices772 yeah, it works jnow.  thank god!

[hobocamptheater]

@Linksapprentice100 (because this comment is so old I'll tell you what you said)

at one point the video stops working.

now this has happened to me on many occasions (but on other videos)

now I've seen this to be a problem with the "new" youtube.

Now if this is still going on then just reload the page\tab and it should be fixed

now if that doesn't work then I say report it to youtube as a suggested patch.

[zolken35]

cant watch!

[RealBigDeal22]

Congrats man you with screw attack now. Thats awesome and great review. Castlevania fan that i am, il go get that game.

[GameKnightsShow]

Argh Youtube cut our intro..... -sigh-

[LMNt8y]

do you know if you're gonna do a zelda wii review?

it would be awesome :D

[MegaBassMan12]

@LMNt8y I think it is pretty obvious...