DS Critic Reviews

I'm simply astonished at the fact that Konami has created two of my favorite DS games in only a year apart from each other.

Konami delivers once again another fantastic Castlevania game that will not only please fans of the DS, but Castlevania fans as well.

The consistent level of quality has never been a question with the series and the addictive nature of the gameplay always leaves you wanting more...You can bet that Portrait of Ruin will be one of my top-10, DS picks of 06.

It’s just as good as Dawn of Sorrow, and has the online modes to help promote the longevity.

A game that stays true to the Castlevania series. [JPN Import]

While it doesn’t innovate that much, it adds just enough and gives you a more than satisfactory amount of new areas to explore to make it a worthy sequel.

A great example of what's possible on the DS, despite the fact that the game really doesn't go out of its way to utilize many of the DS' marquee technologies. The game is wonderful simply because it delivers a pure unadulterated classic Castlevania experience that looks great and plays like a dream.

Portrait of Ruin provides a whole lot more of a very good thing, and Castlevania fans won't be disappointed with the results. [Jan. 2007, p.114]

A game that not only reaffirms the series' greatness, but is easily once of the best handheld games released this year.

Putting two characters in the player’s hands proves to be an ingenious way of expanding on Castlevania’s bread-and-butter action. It’s been done before, but Portrait of Ruin’s system is particularly smooth in execution.