Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is a 2006 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami. The game was released on November 16, 2006 in Japan, and in North America on December 5, 2006 for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. Portrait of Ruin is the first Castlevania to feature a cooperative multiplayer gameplay mode and the first handheld Castlevania to have English voice-overs, outside of its original Japanese release.
| Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin | |
|---|---|
North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Satoshi Kushibuchi |
| Producer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
| Programmer(s) | Shutaro Iida |
| Writer(s) | Koji Igarashi Hiroto Yamaguchi Shutaro Iida |
| Composer(s) | Michiru Yamane Yuzo Koshiro |
| Series | Castlevania |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Platform-adventure, action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Portrait of Ruin is set in 1944 Europe during World War II, and is a continuation of the story from Castlevania: Bloodlines. The game introduces protagonists and antagonists to the Castlevania series as well as expand on the two character gameplay found in the previous Nintendo DS Castlevania title, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Portrait of Ruin has met with an overall positive critical response and has received high ratings from reviews, along with several awards.