Topic: The first sign rises with the full moon.

[Dark Nemesis]

It seems there are more hidden at classic mode.......
https://www.ign.com/articles/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-1986-mode-secret-hidden-how-to-unlock-classic?fbclid=IwAR2-PkpPAijVhE01flk7a6AiZsH2w9LeHhMKKiqZiV4jmtNBtXUkgTAsTks

[Reinhart77]

To bad you can’t upgrade the whip or subweapons in 1986 mode.  Seems like it’d be harder than the original CV game without that.  Maybe they really would get sued if you could, ha.

[GuyStarwind]

I haven't played the 86 mode or whatever, but it said something about no slides or backdash. As mentioned above, I didn't even know those were things until I finished the game.

[Flame]

I lost my shit at the belmont strut tm

[Foffy]

A new mainline Bloodstained game is in development. I imagine there's a team working on the new game and a smaller team finishing the remaining DLC goals for Ritual of the Night.

[Reinhart77]

Thanks for the heads up.  I’m going to guess that the next game would take place somewhere else other than the Castle.  I’m thinking globe trotting like Bloodlines with Portrait of Ruin style character swapping.

[Foffy]

Thanks for the heads up.  I’m going to guess that the next game would take place somewhere else other than the Castle.  I’m thinking globe trotting like Bloodlines with Portrait of Ruin style character swapping.

If I recall, the original pitch for Bloodstained was a globetrotting adventure, with areas being able to be sold as additional DLC. Assuming 505 Games wants a future game to be supported and relevant for years like Assetto Corsa and have sway over the project as a funder, I think this model would work for them.

[Aceearly1993]

The "Second Version" may also refer to the update to version 2.0, or "definite edition" or something else. Remember the promised free DLCs still have a few left unfinished, refer such version to "Second Version" might also be because it would be impossible to just use current version's code to fulfill the remaining few promised free DLCs, thus results to the rewritten of the whole engine.

[Foffy]

Second versions oftentimes mean a second SKU or second game. Assetto Corsa confirms it's a new game because for their slide they make sure to make a distinction between second version and updated version. The slide for that IP mentions "second version" for 2024, but there is an updated version of their most recent entry planned for this fall which is not listed. If it really was about updates, that slide would be mentioning the PS5/XSX version of Competizone for this fall, but it's also talking about the original Assetto Corsa when talking about a second version, an eight year old game, meaning it's talking about Assetto Corsa 2 (Competizone is a licensed GT3/4 focused spin-off so this isn't actually AC2). Assetto Corsa already released a second, updated version with all of its content some years ago.

It's absolutely a new game.

[Reinhart77]

I wonder if the main Bloodstained series will continue to revolve around Miriam.

[X]

I would think so given her nature as the heroic Shardbinder. I'm not sure how they would do a sequel without her involvement to any extent.

[DragonSlayr81]

I wonder if the main Bloodstained series will continue to revolve around Miriam.

Or it could be like the CV series, set in an entirely different century, but revolving around similar themes of Shardbinding and Alchemy, but where as CV mainly focuses male protagonists throughout the centuries, maybe Bloodstained could focus on different female protagonists.

[angevil]

Please no more Miriam. Only Zangetsu was cool for me. I think they are mentioning the sequel to Bloodstained in that document.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

I finally played and finished Bloodstained. Some of the best video game music I've ever heard. I had a good time but was left very disappointed.

I hope whatever sequel they make isn't anywhere near as derivative of SotN.

[Foffy]

ArtPlay and 505 games have confirmed a sequel is in development. No other arguments about it now.