The Castlevania Dominus Collection re-releases Nintendo DS classics

Konami has announced the Castlevania Dominus Collection, a re-release of classic games from the series that originally appeared on Nintendo DS.

As announced in yesterday's Nintendo Direct, the collection includes Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. In addition, two bonus games are included: Haunted Castle (the arcade version of Castlevania) and Haunted Castle Revisited (a reimagined version).

The collection is now available for Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC (Steam).

Dawn of Sorrow was the first of these games, released in 2005. The name was a nod to the DS console. It continued the Metroidvania design established with Symphony of the Night and continued on the Game Boy Advance with Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow.

“Portrait of Ruin” followed in 2006 and “Order of Ecclesia” in 2008.

The collection includes quality of life improvements such as rewind and quick save, and the buttons and layouts for the original dual screens are fully customizable.

A gallery mode and encyclopedia contain previously unreleased artwork and a comprehensive compendium of information about each game, while a music player features tracks from each game.

This Dominus collection also follows the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, which includes classics from the series, and the Castlevania Advance Collection, which includes the three Game Boy Advance games as well as Dracula X.

But when will there be a re-release of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?

The series was featured in last year's excellent indie roguelite Dead Cells. Additionally, the latest chapter of Dead by Daylight celebrates the Castlevania series.