Topic: will a new Castlevania be announced this year? more CVs?

[Saner]

yeah I wonder, I know we got teaser media or something and rumors of a console game, but it would be nice if they take advantage of the marketplace for next-gen consoles and
release SOTN-quality original Castlevania games on it.
they would make more money than they do on portables.

this way, they can sustain a new Castlevania made on a yearly basis,  and they wouldn't have spend so much on R&D and trying to making a 3-D Castlevania work or something.

but maybe Konami is planning on creating a template for the next generation of Castlevania titles for XBLA and PSN,
with high quality sprites a la Blazblue, but classic
SOTN-like gameplay, with some occasional styles that are
more like CV2's town and open exploration beyond castles,  or CV3's classic stage based style also. 

they could create a whole empire of new Castlevania titles this way without risking reinventing the wheel in a bad way.   

I mean seriously, if something basic like N+ could make
sales on XBLA, so can original Castlevania titles.
plus it would save Konami money from producing disks and
costs of distribution.

sigh, I wonder how cool it would be if Konami just pushed aside MGS and focused their best resources and funding on the Castlevania franchise.   but then those idiots would probably think "big budget title = 3-D!"   blah.   I liked LOI and COD but 2D is better.  even better than 2.5D

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #1

The new E3 is June 2 - 4 2009.

Let's see what we will see............

[Oralox]

IGA should do the Kojima!!!
Make a ***** about the new ********** so that **** can be ***** on it. So we have Alucard as the main character and he's going through a **** ********* thingy. ***** Renard and Alucard have *** at the end of the **** and that creates a ***** for a new ********** ****** that will ****** the *** between some time *****.
A **** ******* is created and the ***** is destroyed.

[Algernon]

Another game starring Shanoa would be good. She's one of the coolest CV characters in some time.

[Saner]

IGA should remind Konami the only reason CV is popular these days is because SOTN (a 2-D game) was released on a console.   portable systems don't do these any games justice.

[Gunlord]

In Reply To #1

Hopefully...I need a CV fix!!!!! n_n

[Profbeanburrito]

IGA should remind Konami the only reason CV is popular these days is because SOTN (a 2-D game) was released on a console.

[Saner]

those games are GREAT

[Profbeanburrito]

In Reply To #8

I see you point, and I mostly agree. But I don't think 2D games are just as popular anymore. People today getting into the series, I think if they saw a 2D game on a console might steer clear of it. Unfortunately these days, a lot of kids care only about graphics and blood and violence, and if something like, lets say, Aria of Sorrow would be released on a console, even with better graphics, I just don't think it'd sell as well as something like Devil may Cry.

The handheld has been good to Castlevania, and I'd love to see more 2D games on a console, but I don't think that'll happen, at least not for some time. This is why I'm putting my money on the new CV for PS3/360 being completly 3D. I don't think newer gamers or people that don't play the series would find it as appealing as other games.

I'm sure we'll get a downloadable 2D game at some point, but the big console games will most likely be 3D

[Saner]

Shanoa is one of the greatest characters in history!

[Wallachia]

I found this CV flash game today. it was new to me..
http://www.play-free-games.org/play-268.html

[Wallachia]

heres another:
http://www.y8.com/games/Castlevania

[Saner]

hey that first one is pretty good.  I wonder how hard it was to program. 

[uzo]

We already got a teaser with a 3D Alucard. 2D is out of the question, really.

As for Shanoa;

Shanoa is one of the greatest characters in history!   

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[Super Waffle]

Shanoa is an LOL character just because of how much she seems to confirm the myth that Iga is a misogynist.

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Out of all the neglected (if not completely retconned) female Castlevania characters, she's the one that was specifically designed in a way so that there is an actual canon explanation for why her win against Dracula goes unnoticed and nobody from the main series knows about her.