Limited Run Announces Physical Castlevania Advance Collection

Castlevania is making a return to Limited Run Games with a 4 game collection.

During the Limited Run Games Summer Showcase, a new Castlevania collection was revealed. The Castlevania Advance Collection is a collection of the GameBoy Advance titles refitted for PS4, Xbox, and Switch. Pre orders for the collection will start July 28th and last until September 10th.

The games included are:

• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) -The first Castlevania title released on Game Boy Advance! The story follows Nathan Graves, a vampire hunter apprentice who enters Dracula’s Castle along with his Master in order to prevent the dreaded return of the Count.

• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) – The second Castlevania title released on Game Boy Advance! Play as Juste Belmont, the grandson of legendary Vampire Hunter Simon Belmont!

• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) – The third and final Castlevania game on Game Boy Advance! Soma Cruz, a young high school exchange student in Japan, is somehow involved in the eternal cycle of reincarnation of the Dark Lord himself. What role does Soma play in all of this? Will he be able to return to his own world?

• Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) – A re-imagination of the cult action game Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. Released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ (SNES), Dracula X has been acclaimed as one of the most challenging Castlevania titles ever created.

There will be several tiers of different editions of the game too. The standard edition will come with the game, manual, cover sheet, and standard modern case. This edition also has 4 variants that you can choose from for different covers.

Other editions get a little more pricey and include:

Classic Edition (Switch, Xbox, PS4 & PC) | $69.99:

A physical copy of Castlevania Advance Collection (Standard Edition Contents Included)
Extra Cover Sheets (includes all four standard cover sheets)
Soundtrack CD
Poster
Classic Silver Box packaging

Advanced Edition (Switch, Xbox, PS4 & PC) | $84.99:

A physical copy of Castlevania Advance Collection (Standard Edition contents included)
Extra Cover Sheets (includes all four standard cover sheets)
Soundtrack selection CD
Poster
SteelBook
Oversized Game Boy Advance box throwback packaging

Ultimate Edition (Switch, Xbox, PS4 & PC) | $174.99:

The Castlevania Advance Collection Advanced Edition
Included OST upgraded to a comprehensive, 3-disc collection of music
Maps for each of the three Game Boy Advance games
Miniature cartridge keychains for each of the four titles in the collecton
Set of 20 “Dual Set-up System” cards
Set of four cover art lithographs
Light and sound shadow box

Some of the enhanced features of the re-release include a gallery to look at the in-game art, region select so you can pick to play with the Japanese, US, or EU version, and a music player to listen to in-game music. And while it might not seem like that big of a deal in modern times, a new save/load feature was also added in.

Check it out on Limited Run later this month.