Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin/Controls

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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin | Table of Contents | Gameplay | Walkthrough

Table of Contents

Gameplay
Skills
Walkthrough
  1. The Adventure Begins
  2. City of Haze
  3. To the Buried Chamber and the Great Stairway
  4. Sandy Grave
  5. Path to the Nation of Fools
  6. Nation of Fools
  7. To the Tower of Death
  8. Forest of Doom
  9. Further exploring the Tower of Death
  10. Master's Keep
  11. Getting the Sanctuary Spell
  12. Return to the Master's Keep
  13. Defeating Whip's Memory
  14. Dark Academy
  15. Burnt Paradse
  16. Forgotten City
  17. 13th Street
  18. Fighting Brauner
  19. The Throne Room
Sidequests & Secrets
Modes

Basic Controls[edit]

These are the controls you have at or soon after the beginning of the game.

Nintendo DS Action
Stylus button
  • Instruct partner to go to area where you tap the stylus.
  • Confirm on the menu screen.
Start button
  • Open Main Menu.
  • Pause.
Select button
  • toggle between player and enemy status and map display.
Neutral dpad
  • Move character
R button
  • Activate partners skill when partner is on screen.
L button
  • Back dash
A button
  • Confirm on menu screen
  • Call partner (press again to send them away)
B button
  • Cancel on menu screen
  • Jump
X button
  • Switch characters.
Y button
  • Attack
L button + R button + Select button + Start button
  • Soft Reset (return to title screen without manually turning the system off and on).

Special Controls[edit]

These are controls that are available only after gaining a special relic. Locations of these relics are detailed in the Walkthrough

Nintendo DS Action
Up dpad + Y button
  • Attack with equipped skill (either a subweapon or magic, depending on who you're playing as)
Up dpad + X button
  • Activate Dual Crush (special attack that uses up both Jonathan's and Charlotte's MP)
Up dpad + L button
  • High-Jump (only available after obtaining the relic).
Down dpad + B button
  • When on a thin floor, drop down (this is available from the start).
  • When on the ground, slide (only available after obtaining the relic).
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Table of Contents

Gameplay
Skills
Walkthrough
  1. The Adventure Begins
  2. City of Haze
  3. To the Buried Chamber and the Great Stairway
  4. Sandy Grave
  5. Path to the Nation of Fools
  6. Nation of Fools
  7. To the Tower of Death
  8. Forest of Doom
  9. Further exploring the Tower of Death
  10. Master's Keep
  11. Getting the Sanctuary Spell
  12. Return to the Master's Keep
  13. Defeating Whip's Memory
  14. Dark Academy
  15. Burnt Paradse
  16. Forgotten City
  17. 13th Street
  18. Fighting Brauner
  19. The Throne Room
Sidequests & Secrets
Modes

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