Wonderful 2D sidescrolling. Must own title for the DS.
Gameplay: Its a 2D sidescroller so thers not much they could have done wrong. The controls are nice and smooth and precise. The symbol drawings that you have to draw to defeat the bosses is a good use of stylus, but the only problem I have with their use of the touch screen is the ability to destroy little ice blocks(or whatever they are) by touching them. I thought that was just a gimmick just to include more touch screen compatibility. 9/10
Graphics: For a 2D game this is very nicely done. The character models look like they should and move fluidly. Although they show no facial expressions during the game the cutscenes offer a little emotion. The enviroments is beautiful, and the design is intuitive. 9/10
Sound: Absolutely wonderful. This game has one of the best soundtracks on the DS(if not ever). Evey area has different music to it that fits the setting, and it never gets old. There isnt any voice overs but there never is on a handheld title. 10/10
Value: The story mode is long. Ive put about 15 hours into it and am nearly to the end. There is plenty of replay value due to the alternate endings and hidden items hiddne throughout the game. There is even some multiplayer, but nothing big its just a little create a map kind of thing that you can share with others, but its pretty fun, my friends and I made some and its actually very entertaining. 10/10
Castlevania knocks it out of the park in its DS debut, and I am hoping they make another. 9.5/10