Topic: D'you Think The Next CV Game Should Have Been Cancelled?

[Jowceph]

As i've been looking on all the CV games there is i (as i would think many people also) have stumbled across the notice that the next CV game for the dreamcast has been cancelled.

from what i read and understood it looked like they didn't want to do it anymore because it wouldn't sell much on the dreamcast.

what do you guys think, cancelled or not...

[MDI]

What exactly are you asking? If we think that Resurrection should have been canceled? I say no, they should have released it..I'm curious to see what it would have been like to play as Sonia in 3d. But at this point I don't care too much. To me LoI and CoD are ideal 3d Castlevania games.

[crisis]

The character designs for Resurrection were atrocious! However, I think it would've been better than the N64 games, but not by much.

I think it was cancelled for good reasons. The developers obviously weren't confidant enough to release it, so who knows what could've went wrong.

[A n t r a x x]

It was never finished. It was cancelled early in its life.

Thus it simply must not have been very good... at all.

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #4

No, that' not it. The PS2 just came out early in it's development and destroyed sales of the Dreamcast. Actually, I thought the game looked really cool. Apparenly some people at a private gaming convention were lucky enough to play a demo...

[A n t r a x x]

In Reply To #4

No, that' not it. The PS2 just came out early in it's development and destroyed sales of the Dreamcast.

SEGA's the one that destroyed themselves. Their consistent releases of crappy, failed 1/2 consoles and Genesis extensions left a hole in their pockets they still haven't patched up.

And while I absolutely love it, Shenmue's lofty development funding didn't help either.

Add these to lackluster PR...

It's just a damn shame.

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #6

Yeah, but Sega's practically dead now, right? They're only making money off the arcades and porting their games to other systems.

[Larzuk]

In Reply To #7

Nah sega isnt dead. Its now a major game publisher. It just has other companies making their games for them.

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #8

Yeah, but in terms of consoles, right?

[A n t r a x x]

Sega is still struggling to rediscover its identity. The Yakuza series helps, but the Sonic series has been dragging like deadweight.

Not so much in sales, but gameplay. Sonic still sells well.

Also, that new realtime action / strategy game that features the team that did Skies of Arcadia is said to be really good.

Sorry, this is turning into a Sega topic..

[fallenangel86]

i understand another factor is one of the playable characters looked too much like tim curry or something.

[The Last Belmont]

The character designs for Resurrection were atrocious! However, I think it would've been better than the N64 games, but not by much.

I think it was cancelled for good reasons. The developers obviously weren't confidant enough to release it, so who knows what could've went wrong.

the graphics also looked 64 bit from what I've seen you can still see all the polygons and stuff.

[A n t r a x x]

the graphics also looked 64 bit from what I've seen you can still see all the polygons and stuff.

Yeah low polygons, but the textures did make good use of the Dreamcast's VRAM.









Sigh... if only of what could've been

[Dark Nemesis]

From what i remember, Konami has stated that the reason for the title cancellation, it was that the game wasn't enough action. Also IGA on a old interview, i don't remember where it was, has said that the games code exists somewhere inside Konami and when he was asked from the reporter if he was going to include the levels from resurrection as a bonus at a new Castlevania game, IGA laugh and said that if he has the time, maybe it will do it on a future Castlevania game. That interview was around the time that CoD was in the making!!

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #14

 

Wait, CoD, at the time, Ressurrection Cancelled, CoD manga coming out this fall, something involving Wii... *draws a bunch of dots on paper and then connects them, while mumbling something*
I've got it! What if this Wii rumor has something to do with what remains of Ressurrection? What if this Wii game does exist and it will have whatever they had of the game as an unlockable extra? Or perhaps whatever is left will be released as a WiiWare title? Unlikely, I know, but consider the possiblities!