Castlevania Advance Collection

In all four games the action centers on Dracula's castle: in three of them the count returns to life, while in Aria of Sorrow it is about his legacy and rebirth.

The characters include Nathan Graves, Juste Belmont, Soma Cruz and Richter Belmont. Each part adds its own mechanic: cards, spell fusion, enemy souls or Item Crash.

Castlevania Advance Collection is a compilation of four games from the series: three Game Boy Advance titles from the early 2000s and Castlevania: Dracula X for Super Nintendo. Besides the games, it includes several previously unpublished sketches and illustrations. The three GBA games are built around exploring Dracula's castle, while Dracula X is a classic level-based action game. In most of the parts the count returns to life, while Aria of Sorrow is about his legacy and rebirth. Circle of the Moon tells the story of Nathan Graves, an apprentice vampire hunter. The game has the Dual Set-up system, where you combine action and attribute cards to get more than eighty spell effects. Harmony of Dissonance follows Juste Belmont, the grandson of Simon Belmont, and adds a Boss Rush mode and the Spell Fusion system for combining sub-weapons with spell books. In Aria of Sorrow the main character is Soma Cruz, and the Tactical Souls system appears: he takes the souls of defeated monsters and gains their abilities, of which there are more than a hundred. Dracula X is a reimagined version of Rondo of Blood, about Richter Belmont, with the Item Crash move. Modern features have been added that make the entry easier for newcomers: you can rewind the game, save and load at any moment, and play back recorded footage. There is an encyclopedia, a music player with all the soundtracks, and a ROM region switch for trying different versions of the games. The game was released in 2021. It suits those who want to play the classics again or get to know the series for the first time through its classic 2D parts. The game belongs to the action genre and is published by KONAMI.