It's all here: asset re-use, kickin remixes, a soaring difficulty curve, and infinite continues. All the things we want to see in a Classicvania.
The branching paths are really neat, even if they don't branch very far. Second mention to the kickass remixes, they are so good. Gets really hard at the end, but nothing I'd consider to be unfair (but stage 4's boss is shamefully tedious).

If you could backflip, this would be my favorite Classicvania.

This was the first game I played through after HDMI modding my Wii, and, um, how come this game has a bilinear filter over all of the game? But the pause menu and title screen is crispy clear? Can I turn off the bilinear filter please? What about 240p maybe? No?

Also: this game has a penchant for using really inappropriate sound effects. Dracula rereads some lines from the end of SOTN, skeletons make Ape Escape noises when they throw bones, it's pretty cute.

Reviewed on Jan 04, 2024


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