Topic: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Metroid is just as dead as Castlevania, if not even more. I mean, at least Konami released some albuns for Castlevania 25th anniversary, Nintendo didn't even said nothing about Metroid, lol.

This all comes from the fact that Metroid other M sold FAR below Nintendo's expectations.

It still till this day has yet to even sell close to 1 million which is pretty darn bad by Nintendo's standards.

So its obvious why a company as money motivated as Nintendo would just completely disregard its anniversary since its last title was a major flop.

[Neobelmont]

This all comes from the fact that Metroid other M sold FAR below Nintendo's expectations.

It still till this day has yet to even sell close to 1 million which is pretty darn bad by Nintendo's standards.

So its obvious why a company as money motivated as Nintendo would just completely disregard its anniversary since its last title was a major flop.

While Lords of Shadow sold not only over a million, but was a best selling action game at that time. it sold more than other m, vanquished, enslaved, majin and the forsaken kingdom, and some other games at that time and it had little to no publicity to boot other m, vanquished, and even enslaved had comercials to help boost sales, Cv-los only had commercials in japan. So this time cv wins 

[Maedhros]

While Lords of Shadow sold not only over a million, but was a best selling action game at that time. it sold more than other m, vanquished, enslaved, majin and the forsaken kingdom, and some other games at that time and it had little to no publicity to boot other m, vanquished, and even enslaved had comercials to help boost sales, Cv-los only had commercials in japan. So this time cv wins 

CV SHIPPED 1M, that's the last official number we have. Shipped != Sales to consumers (even though to Konami, they're the same thing). I really doubt it really SOLD above 1M, the only one we know that made this was COTM, which we had NPD numbers.

And please, don't quote VGChartz numbers here. They're made up and fake.

[uzo]

This is what happens when you hand over gaming's strongest female character to a dumbass who makes his living on the objectification of women.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I enjoyed Other M, but it's definitely NO Super, or even Fusion, or even Prime.
Prime series rocks (even though I haaaaaate Echoes).

[Inccubus]

I enjoyed Other M, but it's definitely NO Super, or even Fusion, or even Prime.
Prime series rocks (even though I haaaaaate Echoes).

I agree. They just made some decisions that ruined the feel of the game. First and foremost not having health pickups felt too different, as did being forced to use first person mode to use missiles, and the sometimes too Ninja Gaiden -like jumps.

EDIT: Also, there was no fucking reason to redesign the Power Suit from what it was in Super Metroid if the whole idea behind the power up system was the deactivation of her existing equipment immediately proceeding the events of SM. For a story heavy game like this they should have at least mentioned a reason for the changed designs.

*Get equipped with [ON TOPIC]*

These are similar to the issues I had with LoS when compared to the rest of the series, only Other M kept the basic feel of Metroid better I think.

[Flame]

I definitely liked some of other M's ideas, and I had no problem with the Adam authorizations. I mean, she was on a Federation ship, with a Federation crew present, therefore, since she wasnt actually hired and instead went on her own due to the distress call, she was allowed to stay as long as she followed his rules.

the ONLY instance of badly thought out execution of that point though, was the Varia suit, and the Gravity suit.

But as a prequel to Fusion, it wasnt too bad, I loved the Cameos of Ridley, (the one who's corpse would later appear in Fusion) and Nightmare.

back to MoF though.

Uh, yeah. whips. And stuff.

[Sumac]

CV SHIPPED 1M, that's the last official number we have. Shipped != Sales to consumers (even though to Konami, they're the same thing)

Cox said in the interview that LOS was the best selling Castlevania game. I believe he have more detailed information about the issue.
So, yes, as of now LOS - is the best selling (or the most profitable) Castlevania game ever. Sad for some people. 

[thernz]

This is what happens when you hand over gaming's strongest female character to a dumbass who makes his living on the objectification of women.

I think Itagaki quit Tecmo before that. Of course, it wouldn't surprise me if Yoshio Sakamoto lost a few screws in his head before he started writing for Other M.

[Neobelmont]

At least Samus was nice too look at(and the controls were very good except the first person stuff)   . I liked her beauty spot and her short hair grew on me    , but that kind of attitude she had seems more suited to a prequel rather then the sequel to one of the best games of all time even though I have never beat it 

Also anyone remember the x-play review?

[Dremn]

http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=180244

Following the incredible success of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow which was developed by Mercury Steam, KONAMI will also be showing a playable version of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, which will be available in autumn exclusively for Nintendo 3DS™. Set 25 years after the events of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, it reveals the story of Simon and Trevor Belmont and their personal fight against Dracula. During the stunning action title, players take on roles of several different characters and can use a variety of strategic fight elements within the game’s unique setting, which features both high-resolution 3D Polygon graphics and sidewise scrollable game layers.

MoF will be at Gamescom, perhaps we'll see some new info and a new demo.

[thernz]

I liked her beauty spot and her short hair grew on me 

the fact that sakamoto once remarked about being the only person who knew where samus's beauty mark was before other m's release was pretty creepy and probably a glaring red sign.

[Neobelmont]

the fact that sakamoto once remarked about being the only person who knew where samus's beauty mark was before other m's release was pretty creepy and probably a glaring red sign.

Really only he knew huh? I never even knew she had one till other M    A red sign to failure thernz?

[Dremn]

the fact that sakamoto once remarked about being the only person who knew where samus's beauty mark was before other m's release was pretty creepy and probably a glaring red sign.

Man that is hella creepy.

[Johnny Alucard]

ANYWHO... to get this thread back on track

Check out this 27 minute gameplay footage of the demo, you can actually hear the music very clearly in this one and it sounds like they just took the Lords of Shadow OST and stuck here. Disappointing:

Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - 27 Minutes Full Demo footage