Is Castlevania: The Adventure: ReBirth a good remake? | Bofner

I can't stay away from Castlevania Adventure. I feel like it is my duty to defend it. While it's pretty much common knowledge that Rebirth is a good Castlevania game, where does it's identity come from? Is it truly a remake of Adventure, or are there more influences that haven't been discussed at as much length? I played through this game, then Adventure, then Belmont's Revenge, then Legends, then Rondo, then Bloodlines twice for this review. It felt good. Freaking heck, Bloodlines and Rondo are so good. Look out for a Rondo video one of these months...
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  • @Mingodough
    @Mingodough3 жыл бұрын

    Still salty that they didn’t put this game and rondo of blood on that castlevania collection that came out a bit ago

  • @qwertqwert3884
    @qwertqwert38843 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this video! I can't wait to try it on dolphin. It's pretty stupid that this game isn't included in the castlevania collection. Both were made by M2

  • @baval5
    @baval5

    Its amazing how you were able to review this entire game without having ever played it, being not in the years between 2009 and 2019!

  • @Demonskunk
    @Demonskunk Жыл бұрын

    I’m disappointed with the not-pixel-perfect thing because they could have forced pixel perfect rendering, even while freely rotating sprites, and it would have looked about a billion times better.

  • @dancarr3110
    @dancarr3110 Жыл бұрын

    The 3 Rebirth games on Wii are amazing. This is probably the best of the 3

  • @Filmonaut
    @Filmonaut Жыл бұрын

    On the other hand "Reincarnated Soul" fits Rebirth!

  • @zeroXshinobi
    @zeroXshinobi3 жыл бұрын

    RIP to contra rebirth as well

  • @samikaze1862
    @samikaze1862 Жыл бұрын

    This is still infinitely better than Adventure even if it doesn't reuse the handful of Adventure's "good" ideas. It was really cool of Konami to remake one of their most disliked and poor titles in the series and make it far more akin to their best entries, making yet another amazing title for the franchise.

  • @thomasffrench3639
    @thomasffrench3639

    I’ve seen a lot of people be confused that they would remake the adventure, but it makes all of the sense in the world. Castlevania 1 has been remade so many times, Castlevania 2 doesn’t fit the classic style, Castlevania 3 is pretty complex and Bloodlines is too unknown (at that time). So that left Rondo of Blood and The Adventure, and Rondo of Blood is perfect and already has a reimagining. So why not improve a game that most people, myself included dislike, and make a remake of that? It also makes the original Christopher Belmont story better, as it shows when he is young and on the top of his game. He’s super slow in the adventure, which doesn’t make sense because he’s more athletic as a father than as a young man. I also like the idea that he has a more standard Dracula fight which contrasts with how Belmont’s revenge is different from the other Belmont’s stories are.

  • @hypnos9336
    @hypnos9336

    I was fortunate enough to download this on my wii back in like 2015, and I'm glad I did because I didn't even consider the possibility that it might no longer be available one day. this is a great game that no castlevania fan should miss out on

  • @Real_The_Goof
    @Real_The_Goof2 жыл бұрын

    A little information about the music.

  • @Creidexe
    @Creidexe2 жыл бұрын

    i've patched my "copy" of the game to play battle of the holy in the first stage, and it's cool af now. Soundfont sounds so familiar not only because of the genesis, but because of the arcade boards that used a different iteration of yamaha soundchips, haunted castle comes a lot to mind in this regard. Absolutely loved this game.

  • @Leos5037
    @Leos5037 Жыл бұрын

    I just turned my wii on after years and realized I had this game on there . So I looked up reviews on it. Love the video

  • @GenghisConnThr333
    @GenghisConnThr333

    One Castlevania game you should've mentioned is Chronicles on the PS1/X68000, it's another 16-bit styled Castlevania and another remake of Castlevania 1, it's criminally overlooked considering how good it is.

  • @brunch1572
    @brunch15722 жыл бұрын

    Can't help but think of Turtles in Time when I hear that "bark".

  • @bobbydazzler329
    @bobbydazzler329

    That bark sound you speak of is very Turtles in Time

  • @StockeTepes
    @StockeTepes2 жыл бұрын

    This was such a good video, legally lost media is the best way to describe this game in terms of accessibility 😂 Great overview I really resonate with your thoughts on ReBirth. You articulate yourself a bit like Tim Rodgers which was super entertaining. As a fan of the series this was what I hoped to see on this game, well done!

  • @thanksbetotap
    @thanksbetotap3 жыл бұрын

    This was super in-depth, and you clearly put a ton of work into it. Well done!

  • @welfarewalrus597
    @welfarewalrus5972 жыл бұрын

    I recently made a video about lost media and used Castlevania Rebirth as an example as well. I recently discovered your channel and love it. You make great videos!

  • @timi0276
    @timi0276 Жыл бұрын

    I never played a singel castlevania game, but i randomly found this video on KZread and i gotta say, you definitely deserve more subs man, this video was really informative and well executed :)