Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
North American box art featuring the two protagonists, Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin, who are new characters to the series
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Director(s)Satoshi Kushibuchi
Producer(s)Koji Igarashi
Programmer(s)Shutaro Iida
Writer(s)Koji Igarashi
Hiroto Yamaguchi
Shutaro Iida
Composer(s)Michiru Yamane
Yuzo Koshiro
SeriesCastlevania
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: November 16, 2006
  • NA: December 5, 2006
  • EU: March 9, 2007[1]
  • AU: March 22, 2007[2]
Genre(s)Platformer, action role-playing[3]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin[a] is a 2006 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami.[3] The game was released on November 16, 2006 in Japan, and in North America on December 5, 2006 for the Nintendo DS handheld game console.[5] 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.

Portrait of Ruin is set in 1944 Europe during World War II,[6] and is a continuation of the story from Castlevania: Bloodlines.[7] The game introduces protagonists and antagonists to the Castlevania series as well as expand on the two character gameplay found in the previous Nintendo DS Castlevania title, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Portrait of Ruin has met with an overall positive critical response and has received high ratings from reviews, along with several awards.

The game was re-released as part of the Castlevania Dominus Collection on August 27, 2024 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X alongside Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and Haunted Castle Revisited.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for DS". ToTheGame. 2006-09-11. Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  2. ^ "Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for DS". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-10-12.
  3. ^ a b "Konami – Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin". Konami. Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  4. ^ Konami (2010-08-04). Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. Konami. Japanese: 歴代の「悪魔城ドラキュラ」シリーズから選ばれた登場キャラクターを操作して、仲間たちと悪魔城に乗り込み、宿敵ドラキュラ伯爵に立ち向かおう。 English translation: Take control of past protagonists from the Castlevania series to brave the Demon Castle alongside friends and defeat the ancient enemy Count Dracula.
  5. ^ Morcos, Antoine (2006-04-21). "Un nouveau Castlevania sur Nintendo DS" (in French). Jeux France. Archived from the original on 2006-04-22. Retrieved 2006-04-23.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Instructions was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference PoR-EuroG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Webster, Andrew (August 27, 2024). "Castlevania's classic DS trilogy is coming to the Switch". The Verge. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  9. ^ Nightingale, Ed (August 28, 2024). "The Castlevania Dominus Collection re-releases Nintendo DS classics". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 28, 2024.


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