Good and better than Dawn of Sorrow
This game is one of the best Castlevania ever!! First, you can switch your character anytime you want, although Charlotte could be a little weaker than Jonathan. Second, the pace is faster than Dawn of Sorrow. Third, IMO, the music kicks ass. Finally, this game has better storyline and more conversations. Of course there are some weaknesses in this game: enemies are mostly repetitive (you can see most of them from previous Castlevania games). After you beat the game, new modes are kinda boring (Richter's mode and sister's mode). Hard difficult is far too difficult (just like playing Dracula Chronicle X). However, if you like AVG and RPG this is a must have!

Amazing
This game is simply amazing. And delivery is fast and flawless as always. :)

A very good platformer, but but with tiny flaws
This game doesn't stray far from the classic castlevania formula which is very good. It provides great gameplay in varied environments with a great selection of weapons, enemies, bosses and sub quests. However it is very easy compared to previous castlevania games and I find myself drawing to the end (or so it seems) quite quickly, some bosses are challenging but once their system is figured out they can easily be trodden over. personally I haven't tried the multiplayer feature yet so I cannot comment on it. However all of the flaws described do not detract from the experience and is still worth buying by both seasoned castlevania fans and anyone looking for a good platformer for their ds

Excellent
This game is absolutely awesome. Pure and simple. Basically, If you're semi new to the franchise (like me) or if you liked everything about Dawn of Sorrow except the touch screen features, this is the game for you. It is well-polished, deep and even though it's not really a giant step foward for Castlevania, it's basically the sum of everything that made the past Castlevania games fun, minus the bad parts. So if you don't have DoS, get this game. If you have it, you may not want this game as you're basically getting the same thing, but more polished. If you're a fan of the series get this game. I've played Aria of Sorrow and I will say the graphical leap is substantial, though you have to pay close attention to the subtle details.

Excellent Service from Play-Asia. Kept me informed throughout my purchase. Best thing about the service was that I received an email answer to a query I had within 24 hours, which put my mind to ease. Shipping took roughly 7 days (Take into consideration that my mailing service doesn't operate on Weekends and I received the package first thing on Monday, you can assume 5 days instead).

This was my first purchase from Play-Asia. But it will not be my last.
Nice Job Play-Asia.com

This game is awesome!!!!
Portrait of Ruin is an Awesome Game. I have both DS games Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of ruin, and I like both games. They are fun to play. Now please Konami all I need for the Nintendo DS is Castlevania III, Dracula X (PCE version which never come out from Japan) and Symphony of the Night, this three games for the Nintendo DS.