"Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula: Gallery of Labyrinth (悪魔城ドラキュラ ギャラリー・オブ・ラビリンス?, lit. "Devil's Castle Dracula: Gallery of Labyrinth"), is an action video game developed and published by Konami.[3] The game was released on November 16, 2006 in Japan, and in the US on December 5, 2006 for the Nintendo DS handheld game console.[4] Portrait of Ruin is the first Castlevania to feature a cooperative multiplayer gameplay mode and the first handheld Castlevania to have English voice-overs. Portrait of Ruin is set in 1944 Europe during World War II,[5] and is a continuation of the story from Castlevania: Bloodlines.[6] The game introduces new protagonists and antagonists to the Castlevania series as well as expand on the two character gameplay found in the previous Nintendo DS Castlevania title, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Portrait of Ruin has met with an overall positive critical response and has received high ratings from reviews, along with several awards." Source: Wikipedia, "Castlevania:_Portrait_of_Ruin," available under the CC-BY-SA License.