One of the best Castlevania The games of all time are officially 22 years ancient. No, I’m not talking about Symphony of the Night, although she deserves as much praise, and some consider it better than Sotn. Castlevania: Aria of Smor This is the game Game Boy Advance in 2003, which is the third in the series that appears on the platform, and it is wild for me that in ten years we will be in the same year in which the game will take place in 2035 it seemed so far in 2003.
Not only the fantastic game of Castlevania, Aria of Sorrow is one of the best GBA games, the period is the final experience of Metroidvania for the platform. There are many reasons to compare it with Symphony of the Night, which this year celebrated a huge milestone, and one of them is its initial edition. Both games had a destitute reception during the premiere, and Aria apologized, changing just over 27,000 units in Japan in the first month, although its reception in the West was much larger, from 158 thousand. Copies sold in the US in the same period.
If you do not know Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, it offers something a bit different, it is done rather in the future than in the past, which is the first for the franchise. Speaking of the first, Aria Sorrow introduced a tactical soul system, an groundbreaking function that would appear in some subsequent games.
Although you can expect as Belmont, as he is typical in most Castlevania games, you play as a recent character called Soma Cruz, who strives to ensure that Dracula’s power has not fallen into the wrong hands. Fortunately, the days of a desperate attempt to hit enemies in the bat is because you can get involved in the fight with the gun, although you have primitive weapons options, such as swords and axes.
For example, I think that the level in Aria of Sorrow is unmatched, and this is my second favorite game in the series – I am a symphony of a night girl. It is particularly nice to experience it again in the Castlevania Advance collection, which also contains Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Disonance and Dracula X.
Although we have this collection, I can’t not miss the full remake of Aria of Sorrow, especially with the upcoming release of Nintendo Switch 2, although I admit that this is unlikely. If Konami converts Symphony of the Night, Silent Hill 2 Style, I can be a little more hopeful.
