GRADIUS REBIRTH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK UPGRADE
GRADIUS REBIRTH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK SERIES

How does this new release stand up? Let's find out. Once again, Manabu Namiki was put in charge of bringing more retro-styled music to these new releases. This time, though, it took a while before they decided to release a soundtrack album for the games, but eventually they compiled both on the album present here.

GRADIUS REBIRTH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK SERIES

Wii Shop Closing in 2019 - Announcement post on Nintendo's website.Following their previous Gradius ReBirth release, Konami revived both the Contra and Castlevania series for WiiWare throughout 2009, with certain success.

Nintendo WiiWare Information Page (Japanese) - In 2019 (Wayback Machine).

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth & Contra ReBirth Original Soundtrack - Includes the soundtrack for this game.

Contra ReBirth - The second game in the ' ReBirth' series of WiiWare games.

Gradius ReBirth - The first game in the ' ReBirth' series of WiiWare games.

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - The game this remake is also a prequel of.

Castlevania: The Adventure - The original game this is a remake of.

A remix of the music track ' Battle of the Holy' from the original game can be found as a bonus track in the Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth & Contra ReBirth Original Soundtrack, alongside the track Lost Painting but goes unused in the game.

Most of the music in this game is reused from other games, generally lesser known titles in the series ( Bloodlines, Haunted Castle, etc).

If the game is played on Easy difficulty setting, after defeating Dracula's second form, the game will end, thus players don't have to fight his third form.

The Fireball Whip power-up will also end as soon as the player is hit. In Classic Mode, Christopher can't control his movement in midair and only two sub-weapons can be used ( Cross, Holy Water) as well as keys.

By returning to title screen during gameplay, Classic Mode will be unlocked.

In 2011, Robert Workman of GameZone ranked it as the 10th best Castlevania game and complimented Konami for making this game in light of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Game Informer's Tim Turi praised its audio and noted that it was a better game than Castlevania: The Adventure though still felt it was 'unforgiving'. The Adventure ReBirth garnered positive reviews, achieving a Metacritic score of 78/100 based on 22 critic reviews.

Contrary to The Adventure, the whip won't downgrade when damage is taken, only after its special power has burned out.

GRADIUS REBIRTH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK UPGRADE

The whip upgrades are like the Game Boy games, with the first upgrade turning the whip into a Morning Star, and the second turning it into a timed Fireball Whip. The game also has five sub-weapons the player can use ( Dagger, Holy Water, Stopwatch, Axe and Cross), as well as keys that unlock secret doors. The Prince of darkness, main villain and final boss of the game.Ĭastlevania: The Adventure ReBirth plays more in the traditional style of the original Castlevania than the game it is based upon, Castlevania: The Adventure, having traditional stairs instead of ropes. With this, a new legend in the history of the Belmonts came to pass to be talked about for generations, but this would not be the last. The evil scheme of Count Dracula was thwarted by a single vampire hunter. When the dust settled, Christopher stood tall. Spoiler: Click 'Expand' to view the ending. Now that Dracula has become a demon king, Christopher Belmont from a long line of vampire hunter ancestry set out on his journey to Dracula's castle in order to defeat him. The evil Count Dracula built his castle in the suburbs of Transylvania, summoning monsters from the other world by using innocent people as sacrifice. This goes way back.before the era of Simon Belmont. He alone seeks to infiltrate the dark castle where demons run rampant.

With such a tragic history repeating itself, Christopher, a descendant of the Belmonts, decided to stand up for humanity against the demon. 100 years have past since Dracula's demise, and with the fear of him gone, he rose again along with his castle to scourge the land with his evil. Count Dracula, a demon king with a once great demonic power who seeks to hold the people of this land in the grip of terror! Time after time, throughout history, Dracula was defeated by the Belmonts, a family of vampire hunters who brought peace to this land.

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