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Symphony of the Night whips XBLA next week


Wow. We never thought we'd say this, but Xbox Live Arcade is on a roll. Two weeks ago, we got Alien Hominid, last week was Worms, and TMNT dropped this week. That's three decent titles in a row. How in heaven could Microsoft keep this up? The answer is Symphony of the Night. Marked by many as the official game to whine about now that Worms is out, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will arrive next Wednesday on Xbox Live Arcade. Most Castlevania fans agree that SOTN is the best in the series, so seeing it on Live Arcade is a real treat. The game provides many, many hours of action RPG gameplay and features either classic or "modernized" graphics and sound. Symphony of the Night will be available next Wednesday for 800 points.

Is Xbox Live Arcade finally coming into its own? Dare we dream?

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21. omg I have been waiting for this for so long it seems. now I know what i'll be doing all wednesday now lol

Posted at 5:34PM on Mar 16th 2007 by Richard DeV

22. Sweet. XBL Arcade looks to be picking up. First TMNT now this?? As a gamer.. I'm loving my 360.

Posted at 6:53PM on Mar 16th 2007 by 360 rulez

23. i have never heard of this game before, but becuase of all the commotion im guessing it wont hurt to try it.

Posted at 7:28PM on Mar 16th 2007 by Miguel

24. Sonic needs to be on the XBLA for 400 points!

Posted at 9:54PM on Mar 16th 2007 by Gemini Ace

25. Well its a good thing it doesnt fill the whole screen, I mean I bought I paid a lot of money for my 42" TV, wouldnt want to waste all of those inches on the actual game when I could have lame bezel art surrounding it!

Sometimes I wonder how many much crack the game designer smoked when they make decisions like this...

Posted at 10:54PM on Mar 16th 2007 by Logan

26. testing

Posted at 12:09AM on Mar 17th 2007 by Type105x

27. First off, Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is the best. Period. Secondly, yeah it's 4 decent games in a row, but they will be hard pressed to keep it up. And nothing on XBLA is anything close to Tekken 5 DR. Without a larger hard drive and a much higher limit, MS just won't be able to compete with sony, once they actually get their act together. Tekken 5 DR, Flow, and Gripshift are sure as hell good steps in the right direction though. As an aside, I'm really glad I sold my PS1 copy for $50 last year now.

Posted at 1:32AM on Mar 17th 2007 by Eric

28. ShaleX: im assuming that the spring update will come out when Live Anywhere comes out when halo 2 for vista releases.

Posted at 1:59AM on Mar 17th 2007 by homer34

29. wow, I was expecting this to git for a while. I guess I need to add $12 worth of gamerpoints next week. I spent months not buying anything from the marketplace, and in the span of a couple of weeks looks like I will have spent about $20 (Geo Wars, TMNT, and now SotN.)

Never played SotN (didn't have a PS at the time), but I have greatly enjoyed Castlevania on the GBA. I've heard so many great things about this game, and love the Metroid/Castlevania open ended design- Can't wait.

Posted at 4:15AM on Mar 17th 2007 by Conbus

30. yey what price is this game going to be??

800 would be great for a great game like this

1200 would be over the top :(

Posted at 7:31AM on Mar 17th 2007 by L

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