Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - multiplayer hands-on
Grab a friend and put Dracula's bestiary on ice
Portrait of Ruin's Wi-Fi modes don't end there. Every save point in the game gives you access to an online marketplace, where anyone on the planet can open up shop and offer items for a bit of cash. In past games, you'd have to trudge all the way back to the item shop for everything, so hopping online to grab a couple of super potions is a rather appealing alternative.
What's even better is that anything you sell stays in your inventory. So let's say you've uncovered some super-rare ring or cape or enchanted doohickey - you can sell it for mad profit but still keep the item. You don't even have to obey Nintendo's Friend Code rules, just choose a person and do business. Nice.
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A fomer Executive Editor at GamesRadar, Brett also contributed content to many other Future gaming publications including Nintendo Power, PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazine. Brett has worked at Capcom in several senior roles, is an experienced podcaster, and now works as a Senior Manager of Content Communications at PlayStation SIE.