Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin By WreathofBarbs on Oct 01, 2007 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is a sidescrolling action/RPG by Konami, released for the Nintendo DS handheld system. In this game, you take control of a relative of the Belmont family, from the previous Castlevania games. Dracula is dead, but his castle has mysteriously appeared in wartorn Europe. The gameplay of this installment of Castlevania is pretty traditional with a few new twists. Explore the castle, fight the baddies, level up, get new weapons and spells...but wait, change characters on the fly? The game allows you play as either Jonathan or Charlotte, switching between the two at will and having your AI-controlled partner back you up. Along with this comes the addition of super-attacks using the power of both characters. Using the two newcomers to the franchise, it is up to you to find out why Dracula's castle has returned if the Vampire himself is no longer living.