Vampire Survivors comes full circle on Halloween, when characters from the Castlevania sequence will be a part of the roster of the roguelike. Developer Poncle introduced Monday that its Ode to Castlevania DLC will convey greater than 20 new playable Castlevania characters and perhaps — simply perhaps — an precise vampire to Vampire Survivors for the primary time.
The checklist of recent playable survivors contains acquainted Castlevania characters like Simon, Richter, and Trevor Belmont; Sypha and Yoko Belnades; half-vampire Alucard; and even some deeper cuts. Poncle is pitching Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania as an “everyone seems to be right here” affair, so it’s probably that your favourite Castlevania hero or heroine will seem.
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania may also embrace greater than 40 new weapons, 30 new music tracks, and “the biggest map Vampire Survivors has ever seen,” in response to Poncle. Plus, the developer teased, Ode to Castlevania will embrace “a person” — which means a pile of secrets and techniques. Count on a lavish love letter to all issues Castlevania.
Ode to Castlevania might be launched on Oct. 31 for the Android, iOS, Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X. The DLC prices $3.99.
Poncle and Konami’s collaboration is a long-awaited leveling up for Vampire Survivors, which began its life in 2021 as half (blatant) homage to the Castlevania sequence. Vampire Survivors developer Luca Galante used a set of Castlevania-inspired, off-the-shelf sprites to assist glam up his recreation, which was nonetheless in a rudimentary state on the time. Since then, Poncle has added dozens of recent characters, together with marquee collaborations with Amongst Us and Konami’s Contra sequence.
The addition of beloved characters, enemies, weapons, and spells from Konami’s venerable motion franchise will definitely give Vampire Survivors a good stronger Castlevania really feel. Lots of the new character sprites, a few of that are very near their authentic Vampire Survivors counterparts, are significantly nicer extra detailed and well-animated than a few of Poncle’s earlier makes an attempt.
