Topic: Koji Igarashi Leaves Konami, Founding New Studio, Metroidvania GDC

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Then we can just safely assume that his minions are idiots.

Possibly, and they probably where slaughtered for said idiocy.

[Koutei]

Lisa

http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/dracula_ps2/
World -> Character -> Dracula

This is because it was daytime.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

The "killed during daytime" is the easiest explanation.
But also, there's a chance his human minions (Renfield-ish characters) betrayed him.
This would make him rage against humanity even further.

Going back to an earlier recurring point, there is nothing wrong with Belmonts and Dracula being related (the "Sonia" argument).  It happens in Lords of Shadow (although in a different way) and no one cares there.  But bring up Sonia and all of a sudden 'It's such a stupid idea, it would never happen, the thoughy of it makes me barf' blah blah blah.  It's huge hypocrisy.

I say, let it have happened, which makes the Belmonts not-so-pure, which enables Dracula later on to do things like Curse them more easily (already shown with Soleiyu, Simon, Richter), and makes the other bloodlines more important (Lecardes, etc.).

Belmonts are only human... they are not the pure holy warriors people perceive them to be.

In this interview, this question is cool:
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USG: I interviewed her (Ayami Kojima) a couple of years ago and she seemed like she'd be pretty interested in working on another Castlevania-style game.
IGA: Oh, really? Whenever I go drinking with her, she always talks about all the times I screwed up before on the games that we worked together, so it's nice to hear that she's interested in that sort of game, working with me again. [laughs] 'Cause the only image I have is all the times I screwed up.
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I wanna go drinking with these people (although I probably would have to know Japanese to do so).

[Nagumo]

Back when I first played Harmony of Dissonance I thought Juste was a vampire because of his pale skin and that weird aura he had around him. I always thought it was a cool idea. Makes me wish they would implement that idea in a future game. It's actually very fitting since dhampirs hunt vampires and stuff. I mean yeah, they would basically combine a Belmont character with Alucard, but still.   

[crisis]

It happens in Lords of Shadow (although in a different way) and no one cares there.

axtually a lot of ppl here hated that in los too, lol

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

axtually a lot of ppl here hated that in los too, lol

And I was one of them lol.

Did not like Trevor Belmont becoming Alucard at all, but over time I just got over it.

EDIT

Also didn't like the Gabriel becoming Dracula thing.

[derision]

Going back to an earlier recurring point, there is nothing wrong with Belmonts and Dracula being related (the "Sonia" argument).  It happens in Lords of Shadow (although in a different way) and no one cares there.  But bring up Sonia and all of a sudden 'It's such a stupid idea, it would never happen, the thoughy of it makes me barf' blah blah blah.  It's huge hypocrisy.

I wouldn't say it's hypocrisy. The biggest problem with Legends' go at the idea is that they tried to pull it so late in the series. None of the other games even hinted at such a relationship, so you suddenly bring that up and it's going to rub a lot of people the wrong way. It's going to change how they view the previous games. Plus, the title that decided to "reveal" this was merely a small little Gameboy release that wasn't very well received. I can see why people would be upset.

With Lords of Shadow, the Belmont/Dracula relationship was revealed at the beginning and was a central plot point for the rest of its series.

[Ahasverus]

Sonia + Alucard is fine with me, but as usual in the old series it just "happens" and then dissapears,; such thing in LoS was pretty much the point of the series, in the old we're given 2 lines of dialogue and an endgame pic.

Edit: lol Ayami Kojima, what a hater heheh.

[Kamirine]

Yeah: in LoS, the story was more fleshed out (and tragic) on the entire 'related to Dracula' angle.  With Legends, it felt more 'tacked on at the last minute'-ish.  It was never fleshed out and made me start asking too many questions.

I think Legends should be remade and the story fleshed out.  Got issues with the whole time period/woman fighting thing?  Let her dress up as a male, maybe Alucard figures it out.  She can still have a baby, explains the Belmont power, Trevor beats Dracula with his dad...I dunno.  Working on two hours of sleep and on a cell phone, lol.  You get the gist.

[crisis]

theres also no one against trevors mom being named sonia, the issue most people have is that sonia killed dracula first, where it was supposed to be trevor & friends. legends intent was to retcon cv3 as being draculas first defeat

iga made sure loi didnt retcon cv3 either by having leon fight pre-dracula, so he didnt. if they were to remake cv3 & give some insight into trevors lineage (remember the Belmonts were feared & exiled from society at that time due to their reputation) then it would be cool to throw in a rebooted Sonia, i dont think nobody would be opposed to that. JUST DONT MAKE HER FIGHT DRACULA

[Nagumo]

I think Legends should be remade and the story fleshed out.  Got issues with the whole time period/woman fighting thing?  Let her dress up as a male, maybe Alucard figures it out.  She can still have a baby, explains the Belmont power, Trevor beats Dracula with his dad...I dunno.  Working on two hours of sleep and on a cell phone, lol.  You get the gist.

Like Oscar from Rose of Versailles? That could be an interesting character arc if they would handle it well.

On another note, I found this quote from Konami magazine from 1997, shortly after IGA published his timeline during SotN:

"The timeline from the previous volume was developed for Symphony of the Night. It's unrelated to Legends."

http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Konami_Magazine

Could Legends originally have been unrelated to the other games? It would explain a lot.

[Dremn]

If I'm correct, IGA's GDC panel is today right?

[beingthehero]

Yes. If you can scrape together $495, you can watch it on the GDC website too. Start digging around your couch for change.

[crisis]

why did i "make it rain" last night

that money coulda been put towards this instead >.<

[ganonfloyd]

I liked Fusion. ;____;
It was weaker than Super Metroid, but most things are.

Fusion happens to be my favorite 2D Metroid. Rad game.

Any word on whether there'll be transcripts or reviews of what happens at the panel? I find myself super curious about it, even before the news of his departure was made known.