I have it on an emulator, it is a difficult game right from the start. The zombies run at you non stop once you enter the castle, you kill one and then another shows up. It is different from Castlevania though, different castle layout, and you go room to room. Its too bad they never released it in the U.S.

Wow these videos are amazing, I didn't know they existed. I got a free download of Symphony of the Night for Playstation Network when I bought Lords of Shadow, and its funny that even though I have beaten SOTN several times already, I went ahead and already beat this free copy of SOTN, even though Lords of Shadow is a brand new game. I guess I just dont care for the 3D Castlevania games as much. Now I am going to replay all the GBA and DS games after watching this video. I will start with Circle of the Moon.

I just played both to compare them, actually the controller is not that bad, I can get used to it. But the color is different on the Xbox version in a bad way, at least on my TV. It was under the enhanced graphics which made the characters look a little too colored, and I switched to original and it did not look better than the Playstation version. Plus the instruction manual for the new one sucks. For me, I dont have a need to play the Xbox one, I am fine with the original. But like I said before, I still recommend this game for people who dont have access to the original one from 1997.

I bought it when it came out along with Volume 2. My original plan was to play Symphony of the Night again on the Xbox, however I could immediately tell this was a ported game. I have played SOTN so many times on the Playstation that I notice little differences. This one mainly had a few minor differences in color, and the screen just seemed different, it must have been the way it was ported. Also I was disappointed to see that the intro screen was not the same as the Playstation version, but that is expected since its a newer version of the game. The gameplay is the same since this is a direct port, but it did not feel right to me since I was not playing on a Playstation controller. I dont subscribe to Xbox Live so I have no idea what you can do online with this game. When you play Xbox games and reach certain achievements that have to do with Xbox Live you get these little pop ups telling you that, and seeing those while playing SOTN just did not feel right. Dont get me wrong though, this is still a decent version for only $20, especially since SOTN costs so much on Ebay. But for someone like me that loves SOTN and thought the original version was perfect, and am used to playing it on a Playstation controller, I did not care for this one as much. It made me want to play SOTN again on the Playstation, which I probably will do before spring. I recommend this game for people who dont have the original game or dont have a Playstation/PS2. You still get to see how great SOTN is.

Super Contra (aka Super C) and Frogger are also on this disc, they are arcade versions. Volume 2 comes with Contra, Rush N' Attack and Track N Field. Volume 2 also costs $20 which makes that one a complete ripoff. At least on Volume 1 you get SOTN, but for Konami to only include 3 games on each volume makes me think this wont be a good seller, except for the people who want SOTN.

Well 2011 is the 25th anniversary from the original Japan release in '86, so perhaps we will get something special then. They released Castlevania Chronicles in 2001 for the 15th year so I expect something in 2011, but hopefully a big compilation and not just 1 or 2 games.

This sounds too good to be true. Although look how many compilation games were on the PS2. Capcom Classics Collection Vol 1 and 2, Megaman, Street Fighter, SNK Anthology, A few different Sonic Compilations, at least 2 Sega Genesis Compilations. Its about time they do one for Castlevania. I would like to see the 3 NES games, Super CV4, Rondo of Blood, SOTN, all 3 GBA games, and I guess they would probably put Lament on there too.

I just bought this today, great game. I wonder if there will be a way to get the images of all the enemies, it may be hard since this is a Wii game. I see it has a saving option, but how do you select your saved game? I saved it on level 2, then when I started over all I saw was "start game" and "options". And under "start game" is began from the beginning again.

No I dont have the CD but I have scans of the Aria/Dawn of Sorrow Soundtrack Manual. They are not on my site, I might add them. But looking at the scan above I can see the insert photo through the clear part on the left side of the CD case and its the same tan color from the scans I have. This is an official soundtrack which was released in Japan around 2005.

You are correct, the person has the booklet backwards. This soundtrack is for both Aria and Dawn of Sorrow, with AOS as the front cover page of the manual, and DOS as the back cover page.

looks good so far, I cant wait for its US release