http://www.xboxyde.com/news_4113_en.html Journey Into the Darkness With “Castlevania: Symphony of Night†on Xbox Live Arcade Celebrate more than two decades of the Castlevania franchise by reliving (or experiencing for the first time) one of the series’ most highly regarded games. The legendary 2D side-scrolling action adventure game from Konami Digital Entertainment, “Castlevania: Symphony of Night,†will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday, March 21 at 0900 GMT (2 a.m. PDT). The Castlevania franchise is well known for delivering exceptional quality in all elements that make a great game – story, music, level design, character development, gameplay and controls. In “Castlevania: Symphony of Night,†the 12th iteration of the series, gamers take on the role of Alucard, the half-vampire son of the blood-drinker Dracula, as he ventures into his infamous father’s foreboding castle. Along the way, Alucard must collect items, weapons and armor to defeat the powerful boss monsters that block access to key areas of the castle. “Castlevania: Symphony of Night†is the first full console classic to appear on Xbox Live Arcade and offers dozens of hours of non-linear action RPG gameplay. “Castlevania: Symphony of Night†will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated T for Teen (Animated Blood and Violence). Game Features * Play the original version of the game or experience it in enhanced mode with improved graphics and modernized audio and sound effects * New native widescreen and high-definition support * Earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points More information is available at http://www.xbox.com/games/livearcade. I'm there dude!! (already have 800 points waiting).
FUCKING FINALLY! Oddly enough, SoTN was the main reason I rebought a 360. Guess i'll pick up a point card this weekend. Also, 800 points is pretty good for it; people were expecting well over 1000.
The PS version is technically superior from what I hear. I repeat that the Saturn pad is better suited for 2d games though
As Barc0de stated the PS version is better from a technical perspective, however the Saturn version has a few extra areas (not a whole lot) in it. -hl718
4 extra map screens and maria as a selectable character along with AWFUL slowdowns... this is what the saturn version sadly was
Which the designer admitted where total shite. http://www.gamesradar.com/us/psp/game/features/article.jsp?articleId=20070312121437520086&releaseId=2007020210261331098§ionId=1003&pageId=20070312122143458087
Most of the time extras are just crap. Resident Evil 4 for the PS2 had fanboys foaming over the fact it had extras over the cube version. Overall it is the bad version due to graphics, FMVs not being real time and the fact the Ada side story is obviously tacked on. MGS2:Substance PS2 over XBox had that lame skateboarding addon afaik. Been a long time since I've seen a port get any really good extras.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/castlevania/clip-castlevania-sotn-360-gameplay-245177.php looks nice. I am excited and also worried it will play like crap on the 360 (d-pad blows and I am not a fan of using the analog stick on digital games, ps3 is spoiling me by having the d-pad where it is).
Looks like a good conversion but from the video it would appear it is neither high res or widescreen?
Considering the game port is (oddly enough) by digital eclipse, I think thoes options are tucked away in the menu (no shots showed thies options in tmnt but they are there).
