Topic: Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody (formerly Code C (Chinese Castlevania mobile))

[Nagumo]

So, what exactly confirms that this is a copy and not a product by Konami at least in some degree?

Nothing, some people just automatically dismissed it as a knock-off just because it's from China. 

[Solo]

Nothing, some people just automatically dismissed it as a knock-off just because it's from China.

In that case as far as we know it should pretty much be a wip official game, i'm fine with that.

[Belmontoya]

Does someone have something, anything to show Konami themselves acknowledging this game?

2+2 doesn't equal 5.

I wouldn't assume this game has anything to do with Castlevania until you hear it from the horses mouth.

My thoughts: this was probably a game being developed and pitched to Konami. Konami may have passed and now the developer is re-branding it.

There is nothing consistent with konami about how this game has been announced. And it would be foolish for them to let this come into the public and muddy the waters right as they are about to release grimoir of souls.

[Solo]

Does someone have something, anything to show Konami themselves acknowledging this game?

As much as they have to say they DON'T. Judging the book by the cover, it must, it's literally GoS's engine, or you think some random company decided to do a game with the same feel, art style, gameplay and engine from scratch and "steal" Konami's property, smart move, Grimoire of Souls is being such a hit (/sarcasm).

[SecretWeapon]

I'm unsure of it being the same engine. And yeah, given Konami's lack of mention about it, it cannot be said it's official. However, given their FABULOUS track record regarding the mobile CVs, it's hard to say it IS NOT either.

I kinda hope it is tho. Their Yoko looks fab

[Belmontoya]

As much as they have to say they DON'T. Judging the book by the cover, it must, it's literally GoS's engine, or you think some random company decided to do a game with the same feel, art style, gameplay and engine from scratch and "steal" Konami's property, smart move, Grimoire of Souls is being such a hit (/sarcasm).

As I said above, I think they probably developed this as a pitch to Konami, but that Konami may have passed on it. Which explains all of the above.

I would be happy to be wrong because it looks pretty cool.

However I don't think it's wise to get our hopes up without a single murmur of this from Konami.

[AlexCalvo]

Code C certainly sounds like a lame smokescreen title for a Castlevania game.  At the same time it is weird that there is absolutely no word from Konami.  But then again, I remember when Lords of Shadow was just some new IP that seemed to borrow heavily from Castlevania ideas.

[FlyingMudBlock]

I ripped all the recent models from this game, i converted them to .fbx format for easy viewing.
But i kinda messed up with the NPC animations(i combined all of the animations on all characters by accident) so expect to see some funky stuff there.

Player:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/d3aacxea5c2h7pk/Player.rar/file

NPC:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/vfi1dm646gfu08i/Npc.rar/file

Weapon:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/uk0d7hkwtgteb2f/Weapon.rar/file

Enemy:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/k8tvnrdw7mfkshv/Enemy.rar/file

Boss:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/w2jkc6ak614tyu2/Boss.rar/file

Enjoy.   

[FanOfDracula]

wow! hey FlyingMudBlock could the same be done with GOS?

[FlyingMudBlock]

wow! hey FlyingMudBlock could the same be done with GOS?

In theory, i could since it uses Unity just like this game.
Problem is, the models are not in either the .apk nor .obb files, they are streamed for what i know.
If somebody could copy the server files, i could give a shot at it.

[X]

wow! hey FlyingMudBlock could the same be done with GOS?

It already has. I was perusing the spriter's resource and saw some some GoS sheets being featured there. Not a whole lot right now mind you.

https://www.spriters-resource.com/mobile/castlevaniagrimoireofsouls/sheet/123382/

[FanOfDracula]

hey thanks X and FlyingMudBlock, looking for I found this too

https://www.vg-resource.com/thread-36165.html

 

[AlexCalvo]

Anything happening with this thing?  Now that GoS is dead I'm kind of desperate.

[Nagumo]

Officially confirmed this is going to be a Castlevania title:



Google translate:

"The Castlevania series of Shengqu games, which inherited KONAMI, announced the official appointment for the new mobile game "Moonnight Rhapsody". Today, Shengqu Games (headquarters: Shanghai, China, legal representative: Jie Fei) announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Japanese game company Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (  The following KONAMI) has reached a cooperation to develop a new mobile game "Moonnight Rhapsody" that inherits the world view of its Castlevania (Japanese name: 悪魔城ドラキュラ) series for the Chinese market.  KONAMI is one of Japan's most influential game development companies. It has produced many well-known game products such as "Contra" and "Red Room". Among them, the Castlevania series has a 34-year history.  Shengqu Games is currently fully."

[VladCT]

Excuse me, what?