NDS ROM: 0735 - Castlevania - Portrait Of Ruin - USA

Maz7006 2008-08-01

Severinswinehart, was it freeving when you were emulating it or when you are running it on a Flash card... because if you had the problem with the flash card it could be your micro SD that is slowing things down... other than that this is a great game.

urmean15 2008-08-03

Had freezing problems too, it even deleted my save data!

da-kash 2008-10-11

Great game, good music, thanks for the rom! Still, same problem with freezing as these guys so you have so save regularly and back it up on the computer >_>

azmi_mumin 2008-11-13

For those experiencing occasional freezes during the gameplay, please download the EU release for this ROM as apparently this particular problem has been fixed in that version... Cheers...!!!

Huntna 2009-05-18

Ok...there are few ways to solve the freeze problem (even the official game freezes occasionally...or so I heard)

1. Get the no music stripped version from online. Some people posted the non-music/sound version, little chance of freeze but takes away the fun

2.Get a fast TF card...or the SD card...(or the little card you put into your R4 or Cyc etc) Preferably made in Japan that has fast processing speed rather than the ones made in China or Taiwan (not saying they are crap...they are just slower)

The two ways doesnt eliminate the freeze problem but minimize them more ....otherwise..keep on saving!!!

mkurtk01 2009-06-08

Love this game but always freezes when im i ask wind for help im going to try the e version

Bliciant 2009-06-23

Its awesome good graphics and dialogs are fun but it freezes when u talk to the ghost or things lik that even sometimes on save spots im running it on a R4i-SDHC .

blazemastez 2009-07-21

Hey if the game is freezing?i need to restart it back?such a waste time!!

Volvagia077 2009-08-31

I luv this game :). Its my 1st ever castlevania I finished and enjoyed every second of it. I really hope Charlotte and Jonothan get a new adventure togetha and go out with eachotha :).

mystery01 2009-09-05

well this game was good but short

psycobanna 2009-10-11

This is a good game but Dawn Of Sorrow is better in my opinion. I hate how they made Dracula I think they should have put the Symphony Of The Night Dracula sprite in there.

Compubot 2009-10-28

First of all, I would have to say this is not as good as Dawn of Sorrow. Also, it doesn't follow the same story line (all new characters), but does play about the same. You have two characters you can switch between on the fly, a spell caster and a fighter. Unfortunately, I rarely feel the need to switch from the fighter. DOS was definetely better.

As for the freezing, I also had that problem. I just turned off the battery saver option on my card, and it hasn't frozen since. I am using a CycloDS, so maybe that won't work with other cards?

7Meeth 2009-11-01

And if you dont know they are part of one Castlevania family Hunters, they arent out of the line as you said; do some research before say something

MindFever 2009-11-10

it forze every not and then...but the last few times,not ever once.

I agree,that character changing is a bit of a strange option.But i seriously think they come in handy,both of them.Sure,the spellcaster has cool spells but is alot weaker in attack (unless you have alot of mindUP potions).It depends on your gaming style ,i think... but i must note that i am totaly new to the Castlevania series and i am 27 years old! what a blasphemy huh ? :D

Well, after playing Dawn of Sorrow (i tried this one first,then Dawn of Sorrow when i got stuck in Potrait of Ruin),i do miss the souls that you capture and the weapon forging. But in certain parts i enjoyed Portrait of Ruin more than Dawn of Sorrow.I cant explain where or why,but it just happened this way. I will first finish Dawn of Sorrow.But it is cool to know that the storylines are totaly separate,this way i can switch both games in the same day and not feeling guilty of ruining the storylines of both of them :)

Cheers,hope this was helpful.

Oh,i think that Portrait of Ruin is harder than Dawn of Sorrow ...if this helps,from a total newbie in Castlevania franchise.

7Meeth 2009-11-13

Agreed with MindFever.