Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon for Game Boy Advance (GBA)

Pros: DSS Cards, animations, sound, pace
Cons: Story, relatively easy, Not Bright Enough for owners of Classic GBAs

Over the past year or so I've been trying to catch up on all the games I've missed out on. There are tons of games that make certain genres fun even if you normally aren't interested in them. Case in point, I've never really been a big fan of ...

Pros: Tons to find and explore, replay value through the roof
Cons: You'll go blind if you play without night-vision goggles

Ever since the glory days of 8-bit gaming, decent gamers like us have seen good old Count Dracula rise up from his grave time and time again, only so we could lay him to rest time and time again. I'm sure that part of this phenomenon lies in the fact...

Pros: Some creative boss encounters, nice sound effects
Cons: little innovation, DSS Card System is pointless, Graphics much too dark

Yessiree, I have heard the endless praises of Konami's Circle of the Moon on Epinions and from well known and respected publications. And yes I have heard this game being regarded as the best thing all year, which, though admittedly a matter of opinion,...

Pros: Fun, deep, addictive, great battle system, a great RPG/Action game
Cons: Dark graphics, easy to get lost in the castle, steep difficulty

Ever since I completed Metroid Fusion my Gameboy Advance has been out of commission. Dormant. Unused. Gathering dust. I’ve been too lazy to buy Golden Sun: The Lost Age and Final Fantasy Tactics so my GBA use has just been halted. ...

Pros: Great sound, gameplay, action and fun.
Cons: Dark screens can it difficult to see what is going on.

I bought Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (CoTM) the week that the Game Boy Advance came out way back in June, as I really enjoy side scrolling games, and had read that this was a “must buy” game. So, I when I got home, I ripped the package open,...

Pros: Really nice gameplay.
Cons: It's too damn dark, especially considering the GBA's lighting inadequacies.

Along with Street Fighter and Final Fantasy, when the discussions of the longest, most succesful video game franchises have to include the Castlevania series.

I am not able to comment on the series' earlier incarnations, as I haven't played...

Pros: Outstanding balanced Castlevania gameplay, good translation, great sound and RPG elements.
Cons: The dark graphics can indeed be difficult to see on the GBA's reflective screen.

Castlevania... no matter who you are, even if you don't really play video games that much, you've played an incarnation of Konami’s Castlevania series at some point or another.

My story begins long ago with the first official...

Pros: Good challenge, lots of replay, great control
Cons: Black-on-black graphics, no Belmonts, secret controller motion

Given the raves you hear about this game from other people, you would have thought that this game would have been the toast of E3 2001. Oddly enough, though, Konami only set up one booth, well off to the side, with the game set up. I still wonder to...

Pros: The game may be old and it still plays very well.
Cons: Konami still could have put more games in the GBA cart.

CASTLEVANIA (October, 2004) There are a lot of things I hate about Nintendo! Sure, I love video games and all and everything about them but Nintendo really upset me when they re-released only a hand full of their old 8-bit NES games to ...

Pros: Boss battle great, solid gameplay.
Cons: Parts of the game difficult to figure out without a walkthrough.

Quick Facts: Castlevania, Circle of the Moon. Action/Adventure game, published by Konami - released in June of 2001. Rated Teen, about $20 at the time of this writing. 1 Player. NOTE: The review gives important details/tips to winning this ...

Pros: Extremely addictive, engaging background music, well-done overall
Cons: Graphics too dark for GBA screen, high difficulty

Ahh, Castlevania. A more venerable video game series there never was. (OK, Mario, I guess, but what has he done for you lately, I ask you.) Granted, Simon Belmont may no longer be the one wielding the whip, and there were a couple of blunders on the...

Pros: Excellent graphics, sound and music baby, gameplay, DSS is nice!
Cons: Without a backlight the game is pitch-friggin-black.

Official Name: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Developer: Konami Publisher: Konam ...

Pros: it's a classic game
Cons: it's hard has heck

I got Castlevania when I notice it at game stop for about 15 dollars I decided since this was probably the only game in the 2nd wave of classic NES titles worth owning, or haven’t been ported a million times over in the past couple of years. ...

Pros: Visuals, Sound, Gameplay
Cons: Sooner or later, the game is over

Every system debut has one or two games that really stands out from the rest of the bunch. It's the game that people will wait and talk about for month’s cause they know that without a shadow of a doubt, the game will succeed. And for the GBA's case,...

Pros: Nice gameplay elements
Cons: Dark graphics make it hard to see

To TOYS’R’US (Not politically correct without the backwards R, damn) went Sephiroth and his evil minions to check out the new GAME BOY ADVANCE. As Sephiroth stared at the tiny screen that had for previewing, which was playing MARIO ADVANCE, he began to...