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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: That time Climax Studios pitched their own Castlevania back in 2006

« Last post by theplottwist on October 24, 2025, 02:56:19 AM »

-Venice
-Michael Cross, a down-and-out rock star wallowing in guilt over his girlfriend's death
-Michael finds a whip and a crucifix and the adventure begins

I can see why Konami would tell them no without even clicking the video.

These guys were very clearly thinking Castlevania was a "anything goes as long as it's edgy" type deal. The part about "giving the franchise a breath of fresh air" by turning it into the most generic shit ever was hilarious!

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General Castlevania Discussion / Ode to Castlevania Update

« Last post by Reinhart77 on October 22, 2025, 06:50:59 PM »

Looks like there's an expansion to the Ode to Castlevania expansion for Vampire Survivor coming this month in time for Halloween. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW3ZFbMPD2I&t=33s

16 new characters for one thing.  "When we said everyone, we meant everyone".  Gotta see how much they meant that.  I guess I'll be curious if they're able to include anyone from overseas, such as Desmond or Gabriel Belmont.  If they're really reaching in the bottom of the barrel, how about some characters from games that were left on the cutting room floor?  Gotta go through that video now to see who they included.

[edit] Let's see, there's Hugh, Arikado, Persephone, Astarte, a Stone Skull, Drolta, Elizabetha, Morris, Lydie, Wizard/Water Magician, Amalaric Sniper, Gremlin, Frozen Shade, Wind, Jiang Shi, Cave Troll, Spectral Sword, Zephyr, Actrice.  Hmm, counted more than 16, so must have made a mistake or two.  Maybe some of those are characters already in the game (like Olrox). Looks like they're using the same pool of games.  They leave out anyone important from those games?

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: That time Climax Studios pitched their own Castlevania back in 2006

« Last post by Reinhart77 on October 22, 2025, 06:43:17 PM »

cool, first time i heard of this one.

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General Castlevania Discussion / That time Climax Studios pitched their own Castlevania back in 2006

« Last post by The Puritan on October 21, 2025, 10:20:28 PM »

Have we this discussed before? I've been around since the Classicgaming days but I don't remember Climax's proposal for a next-gen Castlevania ever being brought up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2qdVjDtr64

-3rd person action game set in an open world monster-infested Venice
-dual-wield combat system involving a mix of melee and ranged options, including firearms
-day/night cycle, local NPCs wear masks and are peaceful by day but violent by night
-bosses drop masks that unlock new abilities and areas
-protagonist is Michael Cross, a down-and-out rock star wallowing in guilt over his girlfriend's death
-screams beside his hotel room lead him to an encounter with a dying member of the Belmont clan, who gives him a bloody note
-he urges Michael to go to the address on the note and inform "the others" of his death
-his last words are "Take the objects in the room as protection." and "Sara sends her love, don't blame yourself."
-Michael finds a whip and a crucifix and the adventure begins

There are a few more details in the video itself, including concept art, but yeah: pretty sure we would have hated this had Konami given it the green light. Lords of Shadow got some flak for being a "GOW clone". This one looks like it would've drawn its own flak for being a little too Devil May Cry-ish, not to mention taking the Castle out of the Vania and straying too far from the franchise's overall look and feel.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Official Konami Castlevania Whip

« Last post by GuyStarwind on October 17, 2025, 10:01:35 PM »

You guys rock. This is what I was aiming for. I wish I bought one back in the day. Probably would just be on a shelf but still cool to have.

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Fan Stuff / Re: Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi - Now Available on Switch, Steam and Xbox!

« Last post by VladOfWallachia on October 16, 2025, 06:52:54 AM »

Nice!

The port took longer than I had hoped to complete, but the good news is that we worked on the PlayStation 4 port alongside it, and that port is still on schedule to be finished by the end of the year... but we shall see. I've been consistently bad at predicting the timetable for these releases.

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Fan Stuff / Re: Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi - Now Available on Switch, Steam and Xbox!

« Last post by Gunlord on October 16, 2025, 03:15:52 AM »

Nice!

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Fan Stuff / Re: Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi - Now Available on Switch, Steam and Xbox!

« Last post by VladOfWallachia on October 15, 2025, 04:18:35 PM »

Xbox port has been released:

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/carpathian-night-starring-bela-lugosi/9NZF45XKKMWT

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Official Konami Castlevania Whip

« Last post by crisis on October 09, 2025, 04:47:41 PM »

I own a couple of those official whips, but unfortunately they are not that good of quality. It’s quite small & not intended for practical use at all. I have them in storage but if you want some clearer photos other than the ones LuxKiller65 provided, I can take them out & snap some pics. I also have a life size replica of Koji Igarashi’s personal whip that he used to carry around during his promotional appearances back in the day.

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Off Topic / Re: Charlie Kirk was horrifically shot and killed on Wed. at Utah Valley university.

« Last post by zangetsu468 on October 08, 2025, 04:00:16 PM »

RIP CK

The most odd thing about this scenario is the movie ‘Snake Eyes’..