Topic: Confirmed: IGA not involved with Castlevania anymore. Europe helms the series.

[DraculaFan1981]

I think Platinum Games would be a good fit. One of Hideki Kamiya's all time favourite gages was the original Castlevania and I think if they collaborate with Konami like they did with Metal Gear Rising, we could have a great game on our hands.

[VladCT]

If they make a free whipping system a la Blade Mode, I'm down.
Not all people might be down for evencraziercombovania, though, considering how their most famous games are.

[The Puritan]

Well... this is pretty depressing news to wake up to. 

I'll be happy to go back on my stance later, but right now? I'm steeling myself for 5-10 more years of MissingThePointVania.

[Abnormal Freak]

Yeah, Platinum would just make a convoluted combo system. I don't find that very fun or Castlevania-like myself.

[chainsawmidget]

I've thought a lot of the Castlevania games have been getting too Japanese in their feel anyway. 

[Munchy]

Totally expected. Castlevania is gonna go the Silent Hill route from here on out.

Oh Christ no. I'm really sick of the Japan side not doing anything but Metal Gear anymore.

I would think of this change as a better sign if this were anyone but Konami.

[Maedhros]

What a fucking shitty title Ahasverus. Read the fucking quote and it says that he's not involved with Castlevania right now.

[Munchy]

Well, IGA had said he wanted to get outside of Castlevania. I guess it's good that the game will change hands, since that's what gave spice to the older games, but I hope it doesn't mean the Silent Hill route of "who will work for the least money".

[Maedhros]

It's not like IGA is really necessary to this series at all. They just need to make a Castlevania game respecting what made the series good in the first place. Anyone at Konami or other studio can take the place for all I care. Just make a good game and I'll play it.

[Odile Kuronuma]

You ---> <----- Reality

Actually I was gonna do that comment myself.But even if it's really like what you said, it didn't hurt, because I'm a girl 
If I were you I wouldn't jump into conclusions.Just because right now they're handing over the reigns to Europe which is pretty odd, things might not go that well in the future, and who knows maybe Iga will be involved in a game, especially if it's in 2D since you know MS sucks at 2D games*cough Mirror of Fate cough*.
One thing is for sure, IGA didn't resign from Konami and with him or without him I hope Castlevania will go back to Japan. There is one studio in particular that could come up with a really good 2D Castlevania and it's Vanillaware. I don't care about 3D CV tbh.

[Flame]

Well i sure never saw that coming. But Konami like Capcom (and Ninty to an extent) are in creative stagnation, much like Inafune criticized.

Maybe Europe can get a classy CV going. i have faith.

Now if only Capcom would hand megaman over to Capcom of US...

especially if it's in 2D since you know MS sucks at 2D games

You are implying MS will continue to be involved with CV after LoS2.

[Ratty]

Well this could be grim news, if it is sent to the studio that ported over LoS to the PC I think we can safely assume that the porting was intended to partly be an audition and a training exercise, similar to the situation of the outside studio that made the HD port of the Sly Cooper trilogy, then made Sly 4. So if it does turn out to be that studio don't be surprised if we get more LoS style gameplay even if they don't use the same timeline.

Well i sure never saw that coming. But Konami like Capcom (and Ninty to an extent) are in creative stagnation, much like Inafune criticized.

Capcom is stagnating because they like to squeeze every penny they can from consumers who they seemingly contempt. While Nintendo has spent the last 10 years relying so hard on the inevitably shrinking nostalgia and casual* market they seem to be petrified at the thought of doing anything else. As far as I can tell for Konami there's no other reason than weird management decisions. Decisions which remind me of nothing so much as that period where Disney was devaluing all their classic movies by putting out new made-for-video "sequels" every week.


*Not that it was obvious that the casual market would shrink before the widespread adoption of smartphones.

I hope it doesn't mean the Silent Hill route of "who will work for the least money".

Exactly.

I've thought a lot of the Castlevania games have been getting too Japanese in their feel anyway. 

To me the Japanese re-interpretation of classic (and cliche) western horror tropes is half the point, but that's me.

[Chernabogue]

As long as we still have CV games, I'm good with that.

IGA and Konami Japan worked on CV for years/since the beginning. It'll be good to have new takes, like MS did with LoS, on the series.

[DragonSlayr81]

I just want enough of the "medieval-set" CVs. I've been begging for this one for a while, and with Europe in charge, maybe they can do it, but c'mon, Victorian era set CV!!!! That or something more inspired by Hammer horror. I'm tired of "Ye Olde" Crusaders and monsters(epecially with Castlevania). Give me something, at the least, Baroque and onward(Baroque to Edwardian, preferably).

Also, if they plan on giving use Drac, cut the bullshit "Mysterious unknown stranger becomes a vampire and names himself 'Dracula'!". Vlad the Impaler... just fuckin DO IT! It's soooo simple. No overly complex reason or means of transformation. Hell, they can go a bit with CV's original "practiced demonic magic" and Stoker's hint that he was a student at Scholomance(learning the dark arts as an apprentice to the Devil himself). I don't understand why people make it so much harder than it could be.

[GuyStarwind]

Honestly I liked Iga he seemed like a good guy. However, just give me a CV with a guy whose surname is Belmont that uses a whip and kills monsters in a huge ass castle and eventually to Dracula himself. IMO CV should not be hard to do. It doesn't have a tough plot. Let's just keep it classic.