Developer: Konami
Developer: Konami
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: December 5, 2006 (US)
Release Date: March 9, 2007 (UK)
Release Date: March 16, 2007 (AU)
T for Teen: Animated Violence, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Blood and Gore
PEGI: 12+
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

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Developer: Konami
Developer: Konami
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: December 5, 2006 (US)
Release Date: March 9, 2007 (UK)
Release Date: March 16, 2007 (AU)
T for Teen: Animated Violence, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Blood and Gore
PEGI: 12+
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The second DS entry in Konami's blood-curdling vampire hunter series, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin gives the player control of two different characters. The pair – vampire hunter Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Orlean, a young girl with magical abilities – must work to thwart a plan to resurrect Dracula's Castle and unleash a reign of evil upon the unsuspecting world, all within a new World War II setting.

Retaining the same 2D platform realms for which the series is famed, players can switch freely between Jonathan and Charlotte as they progress through the levels. In addition to Jonathan's weapon expertise and Charlotte's spell-casting, both characters can utilise all-new 'Summon' attacks to raise demons to assist them against the Vampire sisters' army.


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Editions

Also known as: Akumajo Dracula: Gallery of Labyrinth

Akumajo Dracula: Gallery of Labyrinth (DS)

Release Region: Japan
Release Date: November 16, 2006
Publisher: Konami

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Publisher: Konami

ESRB T for Teen Animated Violence, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Blood and Gore

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: March 9, 2007
Publisher: Konami

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

Release Region: Australia
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Publisher: Konami

Features

  • A new setting for Castlevania, capturing the chaos and suffering the era, with thousands of lost souls wandering the world in search of salvation
  • Switch freely between two unique characters
  • Utilise all-new 'Summon' attacks to raise demons for assistance
  • A cast of over 100 different adversaries
  • Produced by Koji "Iga" Igarashi, who devised the long-running series