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Maldita Castilla Ex

Maldita Castilla tributes Spanish mythology Ghosts 'n Goblins style

The Extended Version of the game lands on Xbox One in just two days.

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A couple of years back a game called Maldita Castilla scratched an itch for many of those PC fans who were eager to play more retro-styled arcade games. Now, Maldita Castilla Ex is about to launch on Xbox One with a bunch of improvements, tweaks and additional content.

In a presentation held in Madrid the other day, developer Locomalito and publisher Abylight shared more insight on a game that could very well be compared to the original Kid Icarus by Nintendo, the first Castlevania games by Konami (before the Metroid trend) or the classic Ghosts 'n Goblins by Capcom. Maldita Castilla Ex offers side-scrolling action platforming with a good bunch of weapons and enemies, the kick to the latter being the bestiary not being based on the usual suspects (Norse, Greek, Celtic mythology), but in creatures taken from traditional Spanish medieval fairytales, including a well-documented encyclopaedia for more reference.

For those who played the PC version back in the day, besides several gameplay tweaks, the game includes 7 weapons (3 new), 8 stages (2 new), 19 bosses (5 new), 48 enemy types (8 new) and 4 possible endings, all to the tunes of a heavily-expanded original soundtrack.

If you want the pure arcade experience you can use your Xbox One-compatible arcade sticks, as the devs confirmed Gamereactor. They also told us they're planning on launching on more platforms in the near future (we take PS4 as pretty much a given), but they weren't able to deliver on the Play Everywhere Windows 10 package in time.

Maldita Castilla Ex includes English, German, French and Spanish texts and launches July 20th on the Xbox Store for 11,99 euros/dollars. Take 10% off of that if you buy before August 1st. Here's English trailer and screens:

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