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More wall-meat! Castlevania ReBirth gets ESRB-nounced photo

I feel bad for PR firms that work for game publishers. They can spend years planning the perfect launch announcement for an upcoming game, only to have the ESRB unceremoniously list it on their web page with absolutely no pageantry to be found. I guess telling the world that a game will contain "animated blood and fantasy violence" is more important than properly hyping said game to modern society. Damn you, society. Damn you and your obsession with monitoring "mild cartoon violence".

Though Konami hasn't said anything official about Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth, the ESRB is seldom wrong about these things. We'll probably get an official announcement about this upcoming Wii title any second now. If this new game is anything like previously released Gradius ReBirth and Contra ReBirth, then this is cause for serious joy. So far, the ReBirth series has proven to be some of the best stuff on WiiWare, and we can hope that Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth will be no different.

Check out the full ESRB description of Castlevania Adventure ReBirth below. "Spikes or spears stained with red, blood-like splotches" confirmed!

[via examiner]

Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth
Platform: Wii
Rating: Teen
Content descriptors: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence
Rating summary: This is a side-scrolling action game in which players battle against monsters in Dracula's castle. Players use a chained whip to fight their way through halls and dungeons filled with zombies, skeletons, flying eyeballs, and bats. The enemy creatures frequently shoot projectiles and attack players in hand-to-hand combat. If players sustain too much damage, they keel over and emit a burst of red blood. Some rooms in the castle also have spikes or spears stained with red, blood-like splotches.

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25 comments | showing # 1 to 25

timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:01
timtheterrible
Oh, that game was so bad.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:10
Xzyliac
I want ESRB-nounce to be an official term. It's a common enough occurence.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:37
Dan CiTi
If the past ReBirth games are any indication, this game will be awesome. Let's hope they do Metal Gear or Goemon next.
anchorman84's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:40
anchorman84
why didn't i see this coming. I fucking love konami.
anchorman84's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:43
anchorman84
I always thought it was called "The Castlevania Adventure".
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:51
phantomile
Hopefully it's an all new game, like the other Rebirth titles, and not just a remake of Adventure.
megaStryke's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:52
megaStryke
Glee.
Tanukitsune's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:54
Tanukitsune
I wonder if it will be like the classic Castlevania games or like CSOTN? Either way it will be awesome! <3
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:56
Naim Master
Maybe they're gonna do like Rondo of Blood for the PSP! *girly scream*
norm9's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 16:58
norm9
The Rebirth series is f'n kickass. I'm playing through the other two Rebirth games right now and having an absolute blast. Look forward to Castlevania too.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 17:13
Jonathan Holmes
@ Xzyliac- Thanks! I made it up myself.

@ Phantomile- Yeah, I hear you. I really don't want a remake of Adventure either. Still, even that could be made to be a lot of fun. I love the old-school Castlevanias, especially the games in the re-release Chronicles series (Rondo and MSX-vania). If this game matches that brand of fun, I'll be all for it.

Also, where the hell is the Virtual Console version of Rondo of Blood? The Japanese have been playing it for months now...
TAYREL713's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 17:22
TAYREL713
I remember saving my allowance for like weeks to buy that game. I played it to death but don't recall ever finishing it. I would mos def take a remake of it, or just another game in the adventure series, wait was it really a series? [looks up on Wikipedia] Okay, not a series per se but a collection of titles for the OG Gameboy.
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 17:32
welkstar
Contra ReBirth is amazing, here's hoping Castlevania ReBirth lives up to that same standard of awesomesauce.
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 18:03
Doomsday Forte
A new pre-SOTN CV (barring a remake like DXC) would be pretty interesting. I wonder how fans who came in after Symphony would take it?
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 18:14
bluemeep
Ffffffuuuuuuuck, I hated this game. I could never get past the vertical scrolling stage with the spikes. THE SCREEN SCROLLED AS FAST AS YOU CLIMBED. THERE WAS NO MARGIN FOR ERROR.

That said, imma buy it.
FistfulOAwesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 18:18
FistfulOAwesome
Freaking Finally! I've waited forever for the series to return to it's roots as a level-based platformer. I mean, I know people like the Metroid style ones, but that was no reason to stop making the level-based ones. It was almost as stupid a decision as when Nintendo stopped making 2D Mario games in favor of 3D ones. Just because people like the different take is no reason to stop making the original take.

Anyway, I do hope that they don't forget the advancements of Super Castlevania. That game came up with 8-way whip control, swinging, and a separate button for the subweapon, only to have all those advancements dropped in subsequent entries in the series. I don't know why they dropped those things, though I sure would like them back.

Otherwise, here's hoping.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 19:07
Dan CiTi
Maybe they'll do Symphony of the Night style ReBirth too.
timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 19:25
timtheterrible
I'd ask for a Super Castlevania IV remake, but it was already so damned-near perfect. God bless Treasure.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 19:29
Ganjookie
wall meat makes me hungry
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2009 20:59
Tubatic
Wasn't this the GameBoy game?

With such an awkward name, I'm not so sure I'm excited about this...
FistfulOAwesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/14/2009 01:19
FistfulOAwesome
@Dan Citi
They already did, 6 times!

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Castlevania_games
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/14/2009 02:42
Necros
@ Jonathan Holmes

The US branch of Konami stated a while back that they've dropped support for the VC in the US, so I sadly doubt we'll ever get Rondo of Blood. The worst part was that they announced it just after Rondo of Blood came out in Japan.
zod000's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/14/2009 06:32
zod000
I sincerely hope that Konami does start releases AfterBirth games...because that would be gross.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/14/2009 07:00
lewness
I want that image up in my room.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/14/2009 09:23
Im OK
Holy shit... this is awesome news. This was the first Castlevania game I ever owned and completed (having only a Game Boy at the time). Despite how horrible and nigh unplayable the game is, looking back on it, I still played it so much as to be able to manage getting through it without taking a hit.

I'd prefer a redo of Belmont's Revenge though. That one was so much better. But I guess they have to start somewhere. And, I guess, redoing the worse one is probably a smarter move.
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