Contravania - Ecclesia Edition+
Akumajou Dracula: Ubawareta Kokuin · 悪魔城ドラキュラ 奪われた刻印
Turns Order of Ecclesia into a Contra crossover: the Albus mode is replaced by five playable Contra heroes armed with machine guns, with retuned enemies and bosses.
What it is
Contravania (formerly Contravania in Ecclesia) swaps the Castlevania cast for Contra characters. Only the Albus mode is used, and in place of Albus you can play as Bill Rizer, Genbei Yagyu, the Probotector robot, Newt Plissken or Brad Fang, each provided as a separate patch. Weapons are built around gunfire, and no enemy is weak or resistant to the machine gun, so the challenge is in using your arsenal well.
Changes
Difficulty climbs steadily from area to area in the spirit of Contra. Extra power-ups are scattered across the map, a double jump shrinks your hitbox to help you dodge, and some characters have perks such as longer invincibility after a hit or more damage. Several bosses that were too easy were made tougher, while Eligor, Death and Dracula were toned down in version 1.2.0, which also fixed bugs and improved the music.
A separate bonus release by the same author adds three more playable characters, including Richter Belmont and Soma Cruz.
Playing it
The patches are made for the US release of Order of Ecclesia. Apply the one for your chosen character to your own clean copy of the game, following the instructions on the hack's page. Created by ncoZ.