| Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth | |
| Developer: | M2 |
| Publisher: | Konami |
| Director: | Toshiyasu Kamiko Akihiro Minakata Keisuke Koga |
| Producer: | Koji Igarashi |
| Designer: | Keisuke Koga |
| Composer: | Manabu Namiki |
| Series: | Castlevania |
| Platforms: | WiiWare |
| Genre: | Action, platform |
| Modes: | Single-player |
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth is a 2009 action-platform game developed by M2 and released by Konami for the Wii as a WiiWare title. It is a remake of the 1989 Game Boy title and is the third game in M2's ReBirth series, following Gradius ReBirth and Contra ReBirth. The setting of the game is a century before the original Castlevania title, where the player controls an ancestor of Simon Belmont named Christopher Belmont, who must defeat the vampire Dracula.[1]
The Adventure ReBirth consists of six areas that the player has to complete in order to finish the game. Toward the end of each area is a boss the player has to defeat before advancing to the next stage.[2]
The player's main weapon for attacking in-game enemies is a whip, which can upgraded by collecting orbs. The last upgrade lets the player shoot fire from Christopher's whip for a short duration.[1] Unlike the original Adventure title for the Game Boy, there are sub-weapons which are powered with items called hearts. There are five sub-weapons and each has a different use.[2]
The game's soundtrack was composed by Manabu Namiki, who worked on the other titles in the ReBirth series. The music consists of remixes of previous Castlevania tracks.[3] The official album was released on March 24, 2010 in a compilation with Contra ReBirths music.[4]
The Adventure ReBirth garnered positive reviews, achieving a Metacritic score of 78/100 based on 22 critic reviews. Game Informer Tim Turi praised its audio and noted that it was a better game than Castlevania: The Adventure though still felt it was "unforgiving".[5] In 2011, Robert Workman of GameZone ranked it as the 10th best Castlevania game and complimented Konami for making this game in light of .[6]