Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is finally out on the Switch!
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is Castlevania, just without the name! Even though the Castlevania games have been around since the original NES, I don`t think I really got into them until I picked up Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow on the Nintendo DS. This was my first real Castlevania game that I bought and played through, and I got hooked like no other. I`ve always been a fan of RPG mechanics like leveling up, equipping items, and gaining abilities as the game progressed. This is one of the reasons why I fell in love with Dawn of Sorrow when I first played it. After Dawn of Sorrow, I picked up Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin when it came out, as well as Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. After that, I longed for more 2-D side-scrolling Castlevania games but entered a drought period. I wasn`t sure I`d ever see another Castlevania title that would make me fall in love like Dawn of Sorrow did. Then came the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Kickstarter campaign several years ago, with Ko...