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By now, European Wii owners probably feel like they've been waiting for Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth since the actual 16-bit generation. We're happy to report that, according to the Nintendo Channel, the WiiWare reimagining of the Game Boy's Castlevania: The Adventure will be released in Europe next Friday, February 26.

As always, it's a rare treat to know ahead of time when a WiiWare game's coming out -- especially when it's a game someone out there may actually be interested in buying. Everyone, buy the Rebirth games so we can get a Parodius or Mystical Ninja Rebirth!

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Dracula built his castle in the suburbs?!

Relive the adventure in this gameplay of stage five of Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth.

Collect tons of power-ups in stage six of Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth.

Brave the ghoulish castle and dungeons only to meet the stone golem at the end of Stage IV of Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth.

Ascend the deadly tower of Stage III as Simon Belmont in Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth on WiiWare.

Players embark on a quest to destroy Dracula in Konami's new 2D side-scroller.

Talk about a big issue. For whatever reason, sometime the level 5 boss just doesn’t drop the level-ending crystal after you defeat him. That means you’re left to wander about the boss room until time runs out…and then you get to fight him all over again.

A portion of a Hanafuda Times review… I say unto you, Castlevania fans, yearning to play the forgotten adventure, the one so terribly rendered in 8-bits, there is a better way! Castlevania has gone back to it’s roots, just the way you liked it. It may not be as long as you would have hoped, but [...]

We get our hands dirty with the afterbirth.

Witness new gameplay vids of the ReBirth.

This troll's got better things to do than surf the web and scare children from under bridges. This troll got a gig in a classic video game.

The landscape really brings out Castlevania's eyes.

This hidden passage used to be secret. You're welcome.

Man and Beast collide.

Short “Vampire Killer” tune for the Starting Menu / Level Entrance “Start BGM” from Castlevania The Adventure as the Title Screen / Map Screen music The map music from Castlevania Dracula X as the Opening Cutscene music “Reincarnated Soul” from Bloodlines as the Stage 1 music “Lullaby Sent To The Devil” from Haunted Castle as the Stage 2 music “New [...]

- 3 difficulty modes - 6 stages with alternate paths - no jumping onto/off of stairs - control jumps in mid-air - beat the game to open ‘Classic’ style which doesn’t allow mid-air jump changes - Igarashi is the producer - M2 developed - Nobuhiko Matsufuji (Dawn of Sorrow), Basiscape’s Manabu Namiki, and M2’s Keisuke Koga and Jason “Chip-Tech” Nisperos did the [...]

Upon close inspection of two new videos of the WiiWare title, Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, we can confirm the following: It's definitely a Castlevania game. While the game is a remake of the Gameboy title of the same name -- sans the "ReBirth" bit -- the WiiWare version is more reminiscent of the 16-bit games found on the Super Nintendo and Genesis. In fact, we're fairly certain we spotted some reused art from said 16-bit games, which is pretty characteristic for a Castlevania title! Still, the classic monster-slaying, holy-water-tossing gameplay looks to be firmly intact. Check out the footage after the break.

Konami's WiiWare remake hits Japan today.