Castlevania Anniversary Collection

Enkeria

I had heard that one version had green goo in Australia I think but I never found anything to back that up, regardless the PAL version was water I'm pretty sure.

The image in question is for the English version the American site shows the American Bloodlines cover so I suspect I'm right Brit's will get New Generation and American's will get Bloodline. I don't know where you are but maybe importing is in order?

If anything I think it’s quite the contrary! I think this just means Konami has finally figured out whatever legal or technical hurdle they had that stopped this game from being ported and now that it’s coming to the Genesis it may now come to the Collection too.

I expect Bloodlines, even Rondo to show up on it. Of course, they could do anything, but it just wouldn't represent the classics if those games are missing. And as far as Rondo already being out with Requiem, that's only on PS4, and the price ($20 USD for Requiem) would be "justified" by charging $40-50 for this 8 game collection.

Welp... I'm sold now.

ovenkitty

Neither the Contra nor Castlevania collections had price's on them, presumably that will be revealed with the other half of the games, probably by the end of next month if they really are coming out early Summer.

RichterB, by HoD I assume you mean Harmony of Dissonance? Wouldn't it be cool if they re-released Harmony of Despair and added some new maps and characters! Never going happen, but I can dream.

That's a good list for an Igavania collection, but I wonder if that's what they'll do. They might even include some of the 3D ones like Curse of Darkness (which has never been re-released as far as know) and Lament.

To avoid confusion, the generally accepted abbreviations are HoD for Harmony of Dissonance and HD for Harmony of Despair (because it's also in high-def).

And yeah, I agree with RichterB that given all the phrasing about this collection thus far, I don't expect Simon's Quest until a second collection. What I am curious about is how they'll split the series overall. If this is indeed a Classicvania collection as we expect, other than the four we already have, I expect Bloodlines and Rondo are givens. The interesting thing is whether or not X68000/Chronicles will also be included since that would effectively make three versions of the same basic game. Add Haunted Castle and it's you've got half the collection being about Simon facing Drac. However, I would hope The Adventure ReBirth and possibly Castlevania Legends would be included instead.

That would next give us the question of what eight would be in the Metroidvania collection. That's fairly obvious, I think - Simon's Quest, Symphony, Circle, Harmony, Aria, Dawn, Portrait, and Ecclesia. If Legends does indeed get in the first, I'd consider that better odds for Circle in this one. If not, substitute the MSX title Vampire Killer instead as it's fairly close to a Metroidvania reinterpretation of the original game.

If a third collection happens, it would be the 3Dvanias. Again, presuming non-canon games are viable, I figure Legacy of Darkness, Lament, Curse, and possibly Dracula X Chronicles on its own. If the Lords of Shadow games are included, probably drop DxC and expand it to six games total. Now, if there ISN'T a third collection planned, it's possible the second half of the known upcoming collection will be 3D titles which are still closer to the classic style. In that case, it's going to be REALLY truncated overall and Mirror of Fate would likely be the 3D title for the second collection (and MAYBE DxC at a stretch).

A remastered DXC would be pretty cool. I have the game on PSP, and on PPSSPP it looks so much better. A true HD rendering would do it the justice the PSP just couldn't serve.

I don't think you have to be worried about Haunted Castle taking a spot on this because it's on their arcade collection instead.