It's probably the best title in the huge Castlevania saga that finally got ported on the Nintendo DS. There's no console in the world that hasn't had the honor of hosting Konami's masterpiece and our favorite vampire hunting heroes are back, with the same manga hair-styles and the trademark whip that would make Indiana Jones jealous. You will be able to control two different characters: vampire hunter Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin, a young witch. Also, you can switch characters whenever you want or combine their powers into extreme combos.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is a platform game with RPG stat-building elements. Similar to the Metroid series, certain areas are inaccessible until the player defeats key enemies and obtains critical items. Along the way, the player must defeat a horde of monsters that roam the various rooms of the castle with the weapons he or she finds along the way. The more enemies the player defeats and the stronger the enemy, the more experience points they get, which enables them to level up and improve their abilities.
HINTS
Easy SP
Before you go through with this, you must be able to access the 13th Street portrait, have the Undead Killer and quite a few tonics. Go to 13th Street and use the warp to the second warp room. Walk out the room and jump up on the platforms and into the next room. There will be three Red Axe Armors walking back and forth. Use your subweapon (Knife, Javelin, Bible etc.) and make sure it makes contact with all three Red Axe Armors. Then, equip the Undead Killer and kill the three Red Axe Armors. You will then get 12 SP for each Red Axe Armor, giving you a total of 36 SP.
Use the following trick to easily max out Jonathan's sub-weapons. When you reach the end of the Nest Of Evil and fight the Doppleganger, although it has 2,000 HP, it also has 99 SP (the highest available). Before you fight it, unequip all your armor and weapons. Then, enter the room. Your enemy will have little or no defense against you. Once inside, re-equip what you need and the sub-weapon you wish to build up. Once the Doppleganger is defeated, leave the nest Of Evil and repeat. Also, if you have the Master Ring, the 99 SP is doubled to 198. If you have two rings, you will receive 396 SP from one enemy.
Skull Bartender
In the City of Haze in the room across from the Bakery, is a room with a Skull Bartender. Aside from just killing him, if you stand at the end of the bar for a few seconds he will mix a drink and slide it at you. The different drinks do the following. Tall Red Glass: Curse Tall Green Glass: Poison Tall Blue Glass: Heals you for 999 Short Orange Glass: Petrify Short Blue Glass: Damage (exact amount unknown). For example, you will take 150 damage on Axe Armor at level 20.
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