Symphony of the Night XBLA Footage
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, heralded by many to be the finest of the Castlevania series and one of the top side-scrolling platformers to date. We mentioned a while back that it would be coming to Xbox Live Arcade, now we see that it truly exists. Looking as gorgeous as it did when it was released, I wonder if the music will be completely intact? I’ll remind you that Microsoft set a size limit of 50MB. Is that enough to contain the game AND it’s glorious soundtrack? We’ll find out soon enough. If you don’t already have the original, this might be a fantastic investment for you. Now we just need to know when it will come out.
Super Timsy
Posted to Video Games on 9 January 2007
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Is the size restriction for the downloaded file or the game when its on the hard drive? While the game took up a CD back in the day, its possible that file compression algorithms have advanced to the point that the game could be compressed to less than 50MB. If the restriction applies to the uncompressed game though, then I doubt it.
OMFG..
you have just made my day!
SOTN is one of my all time favourite games and i have been expecting an online release for a long time.. i have to say that i thought it was going to be available on the PS3 marketplace for PSP …
XBLA rulz.
about the soundtrack…. that is one of the most delicious game OST ever made—if they remove it…....
(insert wishful thinking about having Japanese voices selectable here)
I have an import copy of the PSX original, with the music CD and art book. It’s one of my favorite posessions.
And I paid $60 for an actual CD of the soundtrack, such was it’s glory. It’s quite literally the best game soundtrack I’ve ever heard, nothing before or since has been it’s equal.
The size restriction, I believe, is on the size of each download. Lumines, for instance, had those multiple purchases which, while annoying, gave the game considerably more HDD space…
Remember MP3 or some other compressed format for music will be used this time. The soundtrack was what took up a lot of space IIRC.