Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night

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Castlevania Puzzle:
Encore of the Night
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Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Series Castlevania
Platform(s) iOS, Windows Phone
ReleaseiOS
July 21, 2010
Windows Phone
January 18, 2011
Genre(s) Puzzle, role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player

Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night is a 2010 Castlevania puzzle game featuring Alucard and other Castlevania: Symphony of the Night characters for iOS and Windows Phone. It retells the story of Symphony of the Night. It features a role-playing game system and touched up sprites. The game was released on iOS on July 21, 2010, and for Windows Phone on January 18, 2011. [1]

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Reception

The iOS version received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2]

Game Informer 's Tim Turi called it his "go-to puzzle game" on his iPhone in part due to its use of Symphony of the Night's sprites. [12]

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