Oh, wow. I didn’t think they would do it, butVampire Survivorsiscoming in hotwith theOde to Castlevaniaexpansion. It’s almost here, releasing on Jun 09, 2025.
It was a pretty great misdirection when Poncle announced that their big Konami crossover was withContraforOperation Gunsearlier this year. I thought they might really play up its “featuring no vampires” jest and release everything adjacent toCastlevaniawithout actually crossing over withCastlevania. Doing the crossover just seems too obvious. But, I guess when Konami has their portfolio open, you should grab all you can.
I mean,Vampire Survivorsalready has a lot of legally distinct homages toCastlevania, and now it’s going to have actual characters from the games in it. Over 20 characters, apparently. That’s a real Belmont family reunion. One must assume that Dracula won’t be able to attend. There are also going to be 40 (plus) weapons to the game, 30 music tracks, and the biggest level yet featured in the game. I’ll give you the whole bullet-pointed list I was sent in a moment, because it’s a lot.
I’ve been digging the expansions getting piled intoVampire Survivors, but I’m a bit afraid that the central, non-adventure gameplay mode is going to get buried under a glut of weapons. But I don’t know, excess is sort ofVampire Survivor’sthing. Asking it to take the foot off the pedal isn’t going to do much. Anyway, here’s the bulleted list. I added an Oxford comma:
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevaniais out on July 01, 2025 and will run you $3.99.
