Castlevania Anniversary Collection launches on Xbox One with heaps of classic video games

Brad Stephenson

Castlevania Anniversary Collection video game on Xbox One

Castlevania Anniversary Collection is now available to play on Microsoft’s family of Xbox One consoles. This new collections contains eight classic Castlevania video games, most now playable for the first time on Xbox One.

All of the video games are playable in their original aspect ratios and graphic styles including Castlevania The Adventure and Castlevania II Belmont’s Revenge which both originally came out on the Nintendo GameBoy in black and white (well, black and green).

This collections also contains Kid Dracula which has never before been released in English.

Here’s the official game description and trailer:

Konami’s Castlevania Anniversary Collection traces the origins of the historic vampire franchise. Included is a unique eBook with details provided by developers, artists and others inspired by the Castlevania legacy which sheds a fresh light into the world of Castlevania.

Released as part of the Konami 50th Anniversary celebration, relive these timeless classics that helped define the platformer genre. From the Belmont clan to their extended bloodlines and allies, the Castlevania Anniversary Collection is the best first step for anyone to take into the world of Castlevania and the fight against Dracula!

Here’s the full list of included video games in Castlevania Anniversary Collection on Xbox One:

  • Castlevania
  • Castlevania II Simon’s Quest
  • Castlevania III Dracula’s Curse
  • Super Castlevania IV
  • Castlevania The Adventure
  • Castlevania II Belmont’s Revenge
  • Castlevania Bloodlines
  • Kid Dracula (never released in English before)

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