'Castlevania Dominus Collection' Brings Three DS Classics To Switch Today

I'll be waiting for Limited Run to do the physical of this. Glad to see these games again!

(Though RIP to Castlevania Adventure Rebirth I guess)

This was the biggest surprise of the Direct for me.

More Castlevania on Switch is always a good thing!

Well that is a W.

No SOTN but this is a nice substitute for now.

Should I start with this collection or get the Advance Collection.

@nintendolife please review this asap.

I really hope they ditched that sealing mechanic in dawn of souls

Great, was wondering if Konami was going to rerelease the DS games.

@Ade117 I thought STALKER and Yakuza were tbh.

Still no Rondo of Blood or Symphony of the Night.

Pretty cool, but I already have these and a working DS. Or 2, maybe.

I will absolutely be getting this--the only question is when.
Somehow, it ended up that I got Dawn of Sorrow, Brother #1 got Portrait of Ruin, and Brother #2 got Order of Ecclesia back in the day.
It'll be fun actually getting to play all three of them for myself! Though tbh I'm honestly most looking forward to replaying Dawn of Sorrow lol

Next collection should be a castlevania 3D collection, featuring Castlevania 64, legacy of darkness, lament of innocence and curse of darkness

I find DS games obnoxious to emulate so I might actually pay for these, when they're on sale.

I was banking on this being released when i let all 3 of my DS copies go last year for a respectable glut of cash.
Ecclesia and Portrait are my two favorites of this style of ‘vania, and i am happy to return to them. Buying on sight.

I was lowkey expecting Symphony of the Night to be here since that one seems to be one of the most popular entries in the series, I wonder why that entry in particular has never graced a Nintendo platform yet.

Aw sweet! Didn't expect this. I like how Konami is giving us the collections, but it would be fantastic if they have Goemon, Parodius, and Twinbee the collection treatment too.

Surprised they did not include SoTN but still a good collection and I did not expect the shadow drop

Super surprised and excited! 😬

I'm actually interested in the remade version of Haunted Castle. The original was crap, but it could be a good action Castlevania game with some adjustments. It looks like they actually put some effort into the remake.

I suspect SotN isn't included because it's too big of a game. They won't re-release it because either they want to get it right or they want to better control a major release. Lumping it into a collection or just porting it wouldn't be enough. It's gotta be a big deal.

@Ade117 should I play Advance Collection or this first?

Konami is once again too lazy to when it comes to their games and rely on Limited Run to do everything for them.

I'm so happy that this was announced. If they had included Symphony on this collection, it would be perfect.

Still no Castlevania Legends either. That’s the one game I really want to own despite its lukewarm reception! I mean it’s a (now non canon) Castlevania origin game! And a female Belmont! Shanoa isn’t a descendant.

@Joker1234
The cowabunga collection is a mass market physical not tied to LRG.

@Ashina Why would they? It's a collection of the DS games.

“Plus Haunted Castle” has the same energy as “and Knuckles”.

@anoyonmus I would say Advance Collection first since Dawn of Sorrow is a sequel to Aria of Sorrow.

@GameOtaku it's on NSO

Easily one of the biggest win announcements of the Direct. Very curious how the 2-screen setup will work for these games.

Nice, I wonder how they'll implement the touch feature for these. Great that it's coming to Switch, Xbox, and PC.

@Sylamp
Yeah that’s the problem. I want to pay once for it not 20 or 50 dollars yearly to rent it.

@Ashina SOTN is not a DS game .-.

Nice! Dawn of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia are my favorite games in the franchise, along with SotN. Amazing little gems.

Wow, absolutely astonishing. I thought the DS games would be locked behind the secondhand market forever.
Everyone please enjoy these games! I'm super glad that everyone has the opportunity to play them again!

Also what the heck a BRAND NEW remake of Haunted Castle?? I always had a soft spot for the hilariously bad Haunted Castle game, and now Konami goes ahead and makes it actually good?

Absolutely the highlight of the Direct for me!

Put it on a disc or cart and take my moneyyyyyyyyyyyy

And we still don't have Symphony of the Night or Rondo of Blood ported to other platforms...

This'll go wonderfully with the GBA games I already own as apart of the advanced collection.

I watched a response that called this Direct underwhelming. This and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 would make me buy a Switch, lol. I've never played these!

I'm gonna have fuuuuun with this.

I guess that was the only moderately interesting thing about this direct for me.

This is a slow death to never getting SotN on Switch...

@dustinprewitt YES PLEASE! I'd buy that collection day one!

Definitely happy to have these underrated classics on switch and finally Playable on the big screen! Still confused why we couldn't get symphony of the night or Rondo on switch. I mean Nintendo got left out on the original release of rondo due to the snes limitations but we've had more than capable systems since then and still nothing?

Also would it kill Konami to make a new legit Castlevania game? Spiritual successors are nice but i miss actual Castlevania games.

I'm tempted to get this collection, Portrait of Ruin was a great game, but, to tell you the truth, I want to play Haunted Castle Revisited more than any of the other three games hahahaha.

This is rad and it looks like the implementation is pretty well thought-through, but MAN I wish this would include a tate mode so you could play it on the Flip Grip with the screens arranged vertically like they would be on the DS. Fingers crosssed...

The video above explains everything. The dual screen is a customizable side display now, with multiple options. The touch inputs are customizable as d-pad or analog stick movements now.

The extra UI layer is welcome

The Haunted Castle remake is a huge surprise!

Wow! And it’s out TODAY!

@dustinprewitt
Now this, this I'd jump all over!

@Serpenterror You can now use either a cursor controlled with the thumbsticks or the NS's touchscreen.

You can now also use a button QTE for the glyphs.

Wow what a pleasant suprise of a release. I do wonder if the Wii 'Adventure ReBirth' will appear at some point, but these games are very nostalgic for me. I owned all the DS Castlevania games at one point as they were released.

The DS Castlevania games were always my favourite. Great to see Konami finally re-releasing these after all these years and I'll definitely pick this up.

What I want to know is; who made the remake of Haunted Castle, and why Konami would do that in the first place. Was it made internally as a test for a new game? Are they finally doing Castlevania 1999?!

Order of Ecclesia to this day is one of my favorite games of all time. And I’m Not the biggest hardcore fan of Castlevania either. Don’t get me wrong I like the series, but it was the DS games that made become a better fan of the series if that makes sense.

@Dr_Fresh They did it for a few games from the Konami Arcade Classics Collection, so there's a chance!

@dustinprewitt Castlevania 3D Collection would be too good to be true. I would buy it for certain just to have Legacy of Darkness at a reasonable price.

Finally!!
Order of Eclessia is the best Castlevania imo, will be grabbing this if priced right

This is huge. Great games and were really hard/expensive to play before this

This is great, and I approve

But Rondo and SotN are literally right there, come on!!

HEY

Why is this collection more expensive than the other two?

NOT COOL.

@anoyonmus yeah, I was wondering the same...

Kinda bummed there is no full screen option with the gameplay only on screen. The options indicate there are at least 2 screens on screen at all times. I know they are DS games but it would ah e been nice for the second screen to be part of the pause menu

Well this was a nice surprise on a collection I wanted. I will be picking it up on steam (can get it 10% off there as I already have the other castlevania collections as part of a bundle).

@HarmanSmith yeah imma wait on a sale.

Imma get Advance Collection first maybe

I watched this at work and had to try so hard not to exclaim or tear up. So many hours were spent as a kid playing Portrait of Ruin on one of those DS cartridges with tons of games and cheats on them. Gonna be rough playing without those hehe. But I can't wait!!

(Oh yeah I technically don't have to 😅 just so much else to play right now)

Very best announcement by far. Just waiting til pay day. Too many bills these next few days!

Purchased it right away, been waiting for this since Advace Collection. It’s sad that other companies including Konami allow us to buy compilations of their classic games and Nintendo still keeps all their classic games behind a subscription paywall.

@PKDuckman That's good, will see how well those work.

@anoyonmus finish the GBA series first then dive into the DS series next. The latter games will make more sense if you do just that.

This news makes me so happy; loved these games as a kid!

I've been looking forward to this day for the Castlevania chapter in Dead by Daylight for months now. And then out of nowhere suddenly seeing this pop up in my feed as well, the DS collection that I hold so very dear and have been hoping for since... years...! Safe to say that today is a very good day for a Castlevania fan. Instant buy on multiple platforms.

@dustinprewitt Also an instant buy. I wish I hadn't sold my PS2.

Would be an instant buy if I didn't take the time to get them running on the Wii U a couple years ago. And I'd actually prefer that method because I can have the games full screen on the TV with the map in the gamepad. And if I want them portable they still look amazing on the N3DSXL. Also Haunted Castle is a horrible quarter muncher and best admired through a youtube playthrough.

@anoyonmus
Probably the extra work being put in for the DS second screen.

Hell yeah!
These are the best games in the series. I'm so incredibly happy right now. This announcement is all I wanted on my switch they can just stop releasing stuff now, I'll wait for the next machine <3

I played Castlevania the most on the DS
So this is great news. Great memories

This made my day. It was worth watching for this alone. Thanks Konami.

@anoyonmus why not both?

@RupeeClock this response cracked me up XD

@fenlix neither is haunted castle

@Zeebor15 what's castlevania 99?

@Tempestryke too much.

I want Yakuza too

Whaaaaat?! An unbroken Haunted Castle? That's damn near worth the double dip for me to play a better version.

@anoyonmus fair point

@Tempestryke Don't ask questions you aren't prepared to handle the answers too

@Zeebor15 ooookaaay

Hell yes!! These are my absolute favs in the series and I'm incredibly excited we got this instead of SOTN which is massively overrated imo

How I wish Sega can do the same for their Sonic Advance and Rush series and re-release them similar to how Konami does it…

Finally! But I need more information!

1. Sisters Mode in Portrait of Ruin, the original used the touchscreen for their attacks, what are they like to play as?
2. Albus in Order of Ecclesia, the original used the touchscreen to let him teleport around the screen with ease, how does that work now? Is it more cumbersome?
3. The "Birthday Cake" item in Portrait of Ruin, it was required to get all the items, but only appeared in Vincent's shop on your birthday, can you still get it somehow?
4. Mina Doll in Dawn of Sorrow, when playing Dawn of Sorrow on DS, with Aria of Sorrow in the GBA slot, a doll would appear in the background of Yoko's shop, is there a new way to trigger this?
5. Apparently for some reason they've rewritten or re-translated some lines? But they've introduced errors by doing so, both in the new lines and in lines that weren't changed. I've seen a screenshot that shows at least one double space where there wasn't one before.

Haunted Castle Revised is absolutely amazing! Definitely worth checking out.

I’ve eyed these up physically so for £20 on Xbox with all 3 games and achievements it’s a no brainer. Buying today!

@dustinprewitt YES PLEASE.... I was really hoping they'd announce a new round of N64 games on that direct yesterday (I mean, we got the Tetris announcement) and that Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness would be one of them. I guess it's still possible to just drop them before October but who knows...
I'll officially retire my N64 if we get Mystical Ninja and Castlevania on NSO.

@TopazLink Holy crap you are like next level Castlevania knowledge LOL. For you and others with questions about touch controls: I have been playing Ecclesia and haven't started the others yet but I can say that you move the "touch pointer" around the screen with the right analog stick. I believe you hold R and then you can move it around the screen. Kind of acts like a mouse pointer. You can click the right stick down to change the speed at which it moves at 3 different settings (slow,fast,very fast). If you're playing handheld, the Switch screen is just a big touch screen so you can use your finger too.
It's a little cumbersome but haven't had any issues yet. That seal mechanic in DoS is going to really be the test but I'm saving that game for last.

@ChromaticDracula Good to know that touchscreen stuff works in handheld mode! I wonder though if they could've added motion control for playing docked, seems like it might be awkward using an analogue stick controlled pointer for Sisters Mode and Albus, but we'll see.

I also have some answers of my own from Steam users, the Mina Doll is always there in Dawn of Sorrow and the Birthday Cake in Portrait of Ruin has been renamed "Sunday cake", presumably it appears in the shop every real-life sunday.