Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
| Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance | |
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North American box art depicting main protagonist Juste Belmont | |
| Developer(s) | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Takashi Takeda |
| Producer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
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| Programmer(s) | Kenji Miura |
| Artist(s) | Ayami Kojima |
| Writer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
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| Series | Castlevania |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing, Metroidvania |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is a 2002 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance. The second installment of the Castlevania series on the Game Boy Advance, the game was released in Japan in June 2002 and in North America and PAL regions later that same year.
Harmony of Dissonance is set in the year 1748, fifty years after Simon Belmont vanquished Dracula's curse in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Harmony of Dissonance focuses on Simon's grandson, Juste Belmont, and his quest to rescue a kidnapped childhood friend. Similarly to previous Castlevania titles, the game employs role-playing game features alongside more traditional action adventure game elements.
Koji Igarashi produced Harmony of Dissonance with the intent of "creat[ing] a game that was similar to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night", the critically acclaimed PlayStation game that he had worked on. Harmony of Dissonance sold 126,000 units in the United States in its first three months of sales, but it was not a success in Japan. Critics praised its graphics which was considered an improvement over its predecessor, gameplay, and return to elements from Symphony of the Night, while criticism was directed towards its confusing map design, story, and music.
The game was re-released as part of the Castlevania Advance Collection on September 23, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One alongside Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, and Castlevania: Dracula X.