Game Informer: Hard-To-Find SNES Title Castlevania Dracula X Now Available On Wii U

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One of the hardest to find entries in the Castlevania saga is now available to download on the Wii U's Virtual Console.

A remake of shorts of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood , which chronologically takes place immediately before Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Castelvania Dracula X released for the Super Nintendo in 1995. It's one of the Super Nintendo's harder-to-come-by games, and is currently valued at being worth $550 for a complete version of the game on videogames.pricecharting.com. You can check out a trailer for its Virtual Console release below.

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Our Take
Recently, I put together a list of the Super Nintendo's rarest games and whether or not they were available on the Virtual Console. At the time, Castlevania Dracula X was not available, and I said it should be the next game to be made available for the Virtual Console. Happy to see its finally available in an easy-to-find way.

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[Z A C K]

Wonder if the game was worth anything to collectors before hand and what kind of impact this would have if any.

 

[Dehnus]

You know, I would love Rondo of Blood instead. Something about that one was just better than this incarnation about it. It had more atmosphere and bigger levels. Music in this one is phenomenal though.