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Never played either of these Castlevania games.

I love Symphony of the Night, all three DS games and Bloodstained. How do these compare? I've always put them off cause I felt like they probably wouldn't hold up to the DS games, but I have some down time at work so considering giving them a shot.

I played Aria of Sorrow last year and it was honestly probably just as good as symphony of the night

aria is extremely good and one of the best gba game

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aria of sorrow is one of the best

circle of the moon is divisive because its closer in design philosophy to classicvania, but also very good

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Wow, this is good news cause comparing to SotN is a high compliment and I also love Classicvania.

Aria is superb.

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The Sorrow games swing heavily on the SotN end. Basically the same gameplay verbatim but with a Blue Mage gimmick.

Circle swings more towards classic Castlevania but does keep some things like Metroidvania and minor RPG elements.

I enjoy them both.

Both games are awesome. PLAY. THEM.

Aria is considered the best of the handheld ones. I really like Circle of the Moon too though, I don't think it gets enough credit.

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Aria was one of my favorite games. I remember not liking circle because of the whip

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Aria is pretty good. Circle of the Moon is trash.

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Wow, you guys are telling me Aria is better than Portrait of Ruin, Dawn of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia????

I loved those games. I am replaying PoR right now and the only complaints I have are the animu art style and Skeletor Death. Hard to believe Aria ranks higher.

Aria is probably the second worse in the 6 ones between GBA and CotM is the 3rd best

For me, Aria is the best Castlevania game. I know a lot of people prefer SotN, but everything just kinda flows better in Aria.

Circle of the Moon is decent, but feels like a game from a previous decade compared to Aria, and even SotN.

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Aria is amazing and gots that Kojima art style instead of that animeh shit they used in the sequel.

Circle is the moon is tight although it looks a bit dated and got slowdown issues in some areas.

Seriously get both

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My main gripe w/SotN as classic as it is is that it's too easy to become OP and ruin the game.

Like I still remember a friend of mine getting the Crissogram early on and cheesing the entire second castle.

Is Aria a challenge? The DS games seemed to address this.

Aria is probably the best metroidvania I've played

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EnglishBullDoug posted...

My main gripe w/SotN as classic as it is is that it's too easy to become OP and ruin the game.

Like I still remember a friend of mine getting the Crissogram early on and cheesing the entire second castle.

Is Aria a challenge? The DS games seemed to address this.

From an LP I remember, they definitely balanced some things about the game. Like, an item similar to the Crissagrim is in Aria, but it's massively downscaled. Range is pretty terrible and doesn't do as much damage.

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Damn you guys have me pumped to play this. I'm glad CE can be counted on to know about Nintendo handhelds.

How many of you guys are hyped for Ace Attorney Chronicles????

If you end up playing circle of the moon be sure to hit walls all of the time. It's ridiculous how many of them break and reveal a permanent stat up.

Aria of sorrow is just good, no warnings necessary

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EnglishBullDoug posted...

Is Aria a challenge?

Not really. It's pretty easy as far as most enemies and bosses go. I've only died a few times playing it, usually due to attrition between health drops and save points. The real challenge is navigating the castle. It feels more like Metroid than Castlevania in that respect.

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Aria is great. Circle of the Moon is good, too. You'll enjoy them.

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The magic cards in Circle are fun to play around with, and the additional game modes are really cool too for subsequent plays.

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