Konami reveals Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth for WiiWare

Considering that Konami already released throwback Rebirth games for Contra and Gradius to WiiWare, it’s unsurprising to see this new ESRB listing pop up:

Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth

Platform: Wii

Rating: Teen

Content descriptors: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence

Rating summary: This is a side-scrolling action game in which players battle against monsters in Dracula’s castle. Players use a chained whip to fight their way through halls and dungeons filled with zombies, skeletons, flying eyeballs, and bats. The enemy creatures frequently shoot projectiles and attack players in hand-to-hand combat. If players sustain too much damage, they keel over and emit a burst of red blood. Some rooms in the castle also have spikes or spears stained with red, blood-like splotches.

GamerBytes, which first spotted the ESRB listing, suspects the game is a remake of Game Boy’s Castlevania: The Adventure, originally released in 1989 (see video above).

This first Game Boy entry for the series is universally regarded as crummy and much less impressive than its follow-up Belmont’s Revenge, but who knows, maybe Konami’s remake will atone for the original’s sins.

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