Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

Yeah.

I did when we had the Dracula X Chronicles or whatever on PSP.

Also very early, kind of like this game only came out in Japan.

This was kind of like one of the big Japan exclusives that we all look at because it just looks so freaking slick and cool.

It was on the

PSP too, right? Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles? Well, that's

Dracula X Chronicles, which has the Symphony of the Night In it, but I'm talking Castlevania Chronicles Which is a remake of 1

Yes, Castlevania Chronicles, yes Or you could get the Super Nintendo Is the Super Nintendo version of Rondo of Blood in that collection? I can't remember

No, that is in the So the Dracula X is in the GBA or DS collection

Of these super smash bros, like.

Yeah, yeah, played NGS1, damn this game rules, and then I, um, and then I played the remake of Rondo of Blood, um, Dracula X Chronicles, um, for the PSP, and I was like, "Damn, this game is awesome."

Mm.

Um, and it just so happens that Dr- um, Dracula X Chronicles: Rondo of Blood, uh, takes place directly before Symphony of the Night, and you don't really need to play it to understand what's going on.

Like, it gives you, like, enough details to kinda go off regardless, but it's just kinda-

Yeah

He just added another one that you're going to want to see.

Speaking of Castlevania and preservation, should a remake preserve as much of the visual and audio identity of the original game or change them to make them more in line with the rest of the franchise? For example, Dracula X Chronicle using Ayami Kojima's designs instead of the original Rondo's designs so that the game looks more in line with Symphony.

um no that's interesting to speculate on sure

i mean if you're making a remake you're not trying to preserve the original you're trying to you're trying to make changes to it uh like dracula x chronicles gets gets by on the fact that it includes the original but yeah like i think that a remake should do whatever the hell you want because you're not trying to preserve the original like a re-release is how you're preserving the original

yeah and no and i i had mentioned that i you know playing the uncharted remasters and then i also was just playing alan wake remaster and what both games have in common is that the remasters like yeah they updated the graphics but they like those games i thought had kind of ugly character models to start with and ugly faces but the remaster makes it so much worse by trying to smooth everything out and that happens yeah so i think i told this joke already but um elena in uncharted she uh looks like megan kelly now

oh sorry

It's emulating a game that they're not selling to you.

What it is, is an emulation of the bonus modes contained within the Dracula X Chronicles, which is the 3D PSP Rondo of Blood remake, which included Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night ROMs on the PSP, using Sony's PSP emulator to play those two decks.

I'm so mad right

now.