Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Several informal videos of gameplay from the E3 demo can be found here and here. Numerous details both cosmetic and mechanical can be gleamed from this footage; for example, hearts now rotate as they did back in Symphony of the Night, and if you choose to have your second character follow the character you're controlling, s/he'll teleport towards your primary character's location if they get separated.

Additionally, IGN published a brief interview with Igarashi yesterday. In it, he reveals that Michiru Yamane, the music composer behind Symphony of the Night, will be returning to compose the bulk of Portrait of Ruin's soundtrack. (She composed less than half of Dawn of Sorrow's soundtrack.) The secondary composer this time around is the renowned Yuzo Koshiro, whose past works include Streets of Rage, ActRaiser, and The Revenge of Shinobi.

[Rase]

The only little thing that bugs me from those videos is the new look of the "Peepers". I much preferred the look from DoS as opposed to thier new, blocky 3D style.

Other than that, it just keeps looking better and better. I especially liked the enemy with the gun, where it showed you the path before firing.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

IGN has two new videos and thirty-six new screenshots.

[Sephex]

Yeah, this looks like this is going to kick so much ass.

[DeathKnight]

loving the fact that's it's OUTDOORS(tired of those DAMN castles). Man and those outdoor stages look awesome...I've always liked creep 2D atmospheres (Ghosts n' Ghouls)

[KentaRawr!]

After playing Dawn of Sorrow, I think I'm going to need this.

[Rase]

Watching those videos, I couldn't help but stop and admire the music. Definetly some good stuff right there.

[DeathKnight]

Watching those videos, I couldn't help but stop and admire the music. Definetly some good stuff right there.

Castlevania music: One of the greatests music of ALL TIME.

[black orb]

>>> I wish i had a DS.

[eestlinc]

yea, i'll be buying this.

[Laguna]

Looks good to me. I recently finished Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance and now im playing through Dawn of Sorrow. Im really addicted.

[KentaRawr!]

Without counting area's besides the castle, it's an even bigger world than DoS's?

Awesome. Purely awesome. It seems like they are putting alot of hard work into this game.

[Reine]

Damn, I really need to start playing these games..ive played one, im sure of it.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Kurt Kalata of The Castlevania Dungeon has uploaded four arranged PoR MP3s, presumably from an E3 sampler disc. You need to register at FilePlanet in order to download them, but it only takes a second.

[Moon Rabbits]

All post snes Castlevania's sucked.

Well at least the PS2 ones anyway.