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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by GuyStarwind on February 14, 2026, 12:04:23 AM »

Ok, I've been reading up more on this, and I'm cautiously optimistic. I don't mind the new art style. According to the site you're some girl Belmont, maybe a new retelling of Sonia or someone entirely new. These guys aren't following past timelines I'm sure, so they can do what they want. I'm curious what the Belmont curse is though. I just hope it's something appropriate and not that they're actually vampires or some kind of monster. Personally, I always thought the Belmonts were cool because they were holy warriors and I've always had a soft spot for Paladins. Anywho, I hope the curse is appropriate.

As for other projects mentioned, I doubt it would happen, but I would crap twinkies (you read that right) if the team that made Infernax made a Castlevania game. I thought that game was great and the game play was the perfect balance of leveling up but still keeping that retro feel. It was like Castlevania 2 and Zelda 2 combined.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by whipsmemory on February 13, 2026, 07:35:40 PM »

Ok, i have mixed feelings. For starters, i'm really pushed back by the visuals, and the overall production quality looks very low. It also reminds me a lot of the netflix series design-wise, which isn't a good thing at all. Gameplay-wise, it looks pretty cool, and it should hopefully be very fun to play and with some interesting new bits of lores for the some of the blank decades in the original timeline (btw, very good they are sticking with the original timeline  / universe). I'll get it and enjoy for what it is, an indie game Castlevania wannabe. Now on the silver lining notes: I like to think this is the low budget project they have to kickstart the whole 40th Anniversary thing, and we're eventually getting a new announcement with a bigger scale-in house developed japanese title, with similar vibes to the Ouverture video they posted on the Anniversary page, which really gets the vibe both in music and visual of what I'd expect a new Castlevania to be. Pretty excited to be honest. Hoping for a 3d collection as well.

On an interesting note, it seems we're back to the unified regions title, the game bears the same name in the Japanese trailer, and even Trevor retains his western name.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by K.G. Morder on February 13, 2026, 06:47:58 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsIye_bWY_8

https://www.konami.com/games/castlevania/belmonts_curse/us/en-us/

oh thank god it's confirmed for Switch. 

the fact they're calling stages biomes is making me think this is procedurally generated...  disappointing, but, if it's by the guys who made Dead Cells, well, i can give them a pass.

honestly, considering the whole creature of chaos ever shifting thing, its amazing it didnt happen sooner. though I guess now that I think about it, metroidvanias kind of predate the popularity boom of things like rogue legacy and other roguelikes, which makes me feel old to think.

EDIT AGAIN: man it feels good to be posting on a forum again, and not just discord or 4chan. I missed this internet discussion format and id forgotten just how much.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by K.G. Morder on February 13, 2026, 06:41:57 PM »

>Konami subcontracting to a western dev that is subcontracting to another dev
>for a huge occasion like a 40th anniversary

grim tbh.
Extremely grim.

At least when Capcom outsources Megaman it's to inticreates, which is made of ex-capcom employees. But MegaMan 11 was made in house, very craft oriented. I remember videos about the foley work that went into it, and stuff like that.

Also good to know that password reset does not work. never sends an email. Had to wait till I got home where the password is saved.

EDIT: Hi guys. Good to see we're not *totally* dead. Love you all

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on February 13, 2026, 04:01:55 PM »

The music sounds good at least.

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The Castlevania 40th Anniversary Overture video is cool. It shows an eclipse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsIye_bWY_8&list=RDlsIye_bWY_8&start_radio=1

The contrast between this and the Belmont's Curse trailer is incredible. The mood, the style, the horror imagery. You can immediately recognize it as something that was made by Konami themselves rather than outsourced.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by VEP on February 13, 2026, 03:41:00 PM »

Let’s goooooooooooooooo!

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by The Silverlord on February 13, 2026, 03:21:41 PM »

Great to see the CV Dungeon and diehard fans still here!

This is great news, this. Game looks really slick, loving these vibrant colours and the atmosphere. Seeing a lot of enemy variation, including a lot of the original classics. Love that whip swinging is being used as a regular gameplay mechanic. Also adore the classic logo return too and Belmont's Revenge vibe.

Have played a lot of indie Metroidvanias in the intervening years and hoping that doesn't dilute my experience here, but it does look a cut above visually.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by EstebanT on February 13, 2026, 11:44:44 AM »

Anyone think this looks like a Mayan Calendar?

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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Re: What game(s) have you been playing lately?

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on February 13, 2026, 11:35:06 AM »

Trying once again to finish Silksong but I just don't like it.

Replaying Lecarde Chronicles I. I'm near the end. But holy shit is this game tilting.
Playing og Oblivion because I never rly played its questlines, just messed around for like 40 hours with vampire mods when I was a teenager.
Finished the Dawn of Sorrow mod which recently came out. Pretty cool.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Trevor/Sypha's Offspring (Belmont's Curse Discussion)

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on February 13, 2026, 11:30:21 AM »

So, yes, I know...this is brand new info and we still don't know who she is...but she certainly seems inspired by Sonia Belmont. I wonder if they're going to shoehorn Sonia back into lore somehow? Doubtful, but we at least know it's a female protagonist this time around. She seems to be affected by something with her hand...which I wonder if this is the curse the game is referencing? It actually makes a lot of sense for Dracula to curse the one thing needed to destroy him...a Belmont's hands. Thoughts?

Whether she's called Sonia or not, she is not that Sonia ofc. They just wanted to recycle the female blonde Belmont because women protags sell more or something. Konami can't afford to lose the 500$ they invested on this game!