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Title: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: Dark Nemesis on August 23, 2008, 07:38:03 AM
This has been taken from Gonintendo!!

Our friends at Revogamers had a chance to sit down with the vampire hunter himself, Koji Igarshi. He had a few interesting things to say, some of which I will share with you below.

- Igarashi and his team would have loved to utilize the MotionPlus for Judgment, because it would have made work easier!
- there could be more Castlevania spin-offs, based on how Judgment sells
- Igarashi considers Symphony of the Night a spin-off for him. It was his first Castlevania title, but he continued creating games in that style because of the positive fan/press reaction
- Once again, Igarashi is still considering a retro Castlevania title, but wouldn
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: impulse on August 23, 2008, 11:14:15 AM
In Reply To #1

Ugh.. I really feel like Castlevania is being dilluted by all this. OoE, Judgement, the radio drama, the CoD comic, the new arcade cabinett thingie. It's ok to go in a new directions every now and then, but it just feels like they're trying to milk every cent out of the franchise to me.

I realize some people might actually like some of the above mentioned stuff, I respect that, just leaves a sour taste in my mouth though.

(Not to mention two movies which I don't have alot of faith in).

THOUGH, an oldschool CV title sounds awsome though.
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: crisis on August 23, 2008, 03:10:09 PM
Yeah, I wonder why some people even bother posting on this board if they hate everything CV has to offer.

The retro cv is bound to happen.
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Post by: Algernon on August 23, 2008, 03:24:04 PM
I'd love to see a retro Castlevania a la Mega Man 9.
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Post by: RichterX on August 23, 2008, 04:27:49 PM
Im going to have to agree with Crisis.
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: E. Alexer Belmont on August 23, 2008, 05:24:18 PM
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Igarashi and his team would have loved to utilize the MotionPlus for Judgment, because it would have made work easier!

Easier and better, i must say, you just have to take a look to the Sword Fighting minigame at Wii Sports Resort, is pure 1:1, the best sword fighting control ever.

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- there could be more Castlevania spin-offs, based on how Judgment sells

If that means a CastleVania Judgement 2 with 1:1 controls i'll buy every copy of the US and EUR versions.

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- Igarashi considers Symphony of the Night a spin-off for him.

TAKE THAT SYMPHONYTARDS!!!
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: impulse on August 23, 2008, 06:41:50 PM
That's kind of rash to say. I LOVE the Castlevania games, I own almost all of them (not roms or emulation mind you). I also adore the music, and I've been a big defender of Iga.

But to me, this is kind of like getting a Gandalf in a happy meal, it's just out of place.
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Post by: Abnormal Freak on August 23, 2008, 07:11:13 PM
If that means a CastleVania Judgement 2 with 1:1 controls i'll buy every copy of the US and EUR versions.

If so, would you mail me one? There's no way I'm paying for that crummy-looking game, but the fact that it's Castlevania kind of makes me wanna have it.
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Post by: Omegasigma on August 23, 2008, 07:21:16 PM
judgement could become its own side series, but truth is castlevania has to branch off its running out of time slots to fill, unless you want to reboot the continuity, like transformers and others have done.
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Post by: Kale on August 23, 2008, 07:23:19 PM
They could just rewrite the story with somethign better.
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Post by: A n t r a x x on August 23, 2008, 07:35:46 PM
Lol. He considers it a spin-off?

And yet he's based every consecutive outing after it... on it in some way. Richter's basically in every game, and Alucard's made numerous appearances, and he hasn't changed the formula since.

Is he telling us he's been creating games off of a spin-off all these years?

Are you sure that's translated right?

One could say SotN was a spin-off from the main old formula, but once IGA was put in charge of KCET, it was all but shoved down our throats as main canon.
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: paletteswapmonster on August 23, 2008, 07:57:06 PM
Richter's basically in every game, and Alucard's made numerous appearances
Richter is only in 5 games, and 2 of them are remakes. Alucard is in 3 games.
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Post by: erimocard on August 23, 2008, 08:09:08 PM
One could say SotN was a spin-off from the main old formula, but once IGA was put in charge of KCET, it was all but shoved down our throats as main canon.
And that's what he said.
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Post by: impulse on August 23, 2008, 08:19:41 PM
In Reply To #9

This is what I would like done personally. Not that I really have anything against Iga's storytelling, but I think the series could do with a good reboot. Keep the main cast, Dracula (not Mathias), The Belmonts (sans Morris', even though I adore Bloodlines), Belnades and Alucard.

Then do something new with the storyline, also forego the 100 year rule. Maybe we'd see more games like CotM and the N64 games, I for one would find that interesting.
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Post by: CVfan13 on August 23, 2008, 08:41:37 PM
I hope we get a Dating Sim. Nuff said...
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Post by: paletteswapmonster on August 23, 2008, 08:55:18 PM
In Reply To #15

I bet its just so you can "get your way" with Maria.
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Post by: CVfan13 on August 23, 2008, 08:59:00 PM
In Reply To #16

0_o

Sh-shut up...
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Post by: Thomas Belmont on August 23, 2008, 09:06:58 PM
Richter is only in 5 games, and 2 of them are remakes. Alucard is in 3 games.





ONLY 5? Come on, man. That's a lot. And to be honest, he was in 6, with 3 being remakes.  And Alucard has been in more than 3 games. Castlevania 3, SotN, AoS, DoS, and even though it was retconned, Legends.
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: paletteswapmonster on August 23, 2008, 09:17:24 PM
In Reply To #18

AoS doesn't count because he was in disguise the whole game, he was barely seen, and he wasn't playable. He wasn't playable in Legends either.
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Post by: Abodos on August 23, 2008, 09:43:08 PM
Konami should not reboot the plot unless the new ideas they come up with are good enough for a reboot.
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Post by: Aridale on August 23, 2008, 10:39:50 PM
In Reply To #20

reboot = lords of shadow =P
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Post by: A n t r a x x on August 23, 2008, 11:06:44 PM
In Reply To #18

AoS doesn't count because he was in disguise the whole game, he was barely seen, and he wasn't playable. He wasn't playable in Legends either.

Of course it counts  ::)
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Post by: crisis on August 24, 2008, 12:51:12 AM
In Reply To #21
You're sexy.
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: Long John Silver on August 24, 2008, 02:58:22 PM
I hope we get a Dating Sim. Nuff said...
yeah well, seeing what kind of cast cv has, i would imagine it to work out very differently from what you'd want.

as in reversed. you play as maria or something and try to get one of the many guys in the series. :o


lol
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: A n t r a x x on August 24, 2008, 08:05:10 PM
Well IGA did first work on Tokimeki Memorial.  ;D
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Post by: thernz on August 25, 2008, 08:35:19 AM
That explains all the grinding. :U
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Post by: fallenangel86 on August 25, 2008, 09:22:05 AM
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Igarashi considers Symphony of the Night a spin-off for him. It was his first Castlevania title, but he continued creating games in that style because of the positive fan/press reaction

works for me, that dracula battle makes the absolute least sense. should have ended with shaft if it were to stay canon. plus if alucard could take drac by himself, why would he have bothered to team with trevor, grant, and sypha? after going through curse of darkness recently, at least it makes sense that hector fought, and beat him because he wasn't anywhere near complete. you're not gonna take a full powered drac with the same/another dark power, and he's not going to be full power just a few years after being wrecked by a belmont.
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: gravekeeper on August 25, 2008, 07:41:37 PM
In Reply To #24

OR the point of the game could be to get as many guys as possible. The more guys, the higher score. Let's call the game Castleslutia!
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: CVfan13 on August 25, 2008, 08:22:01 PM
In Reply To #28

Iga wouldn't seclude a game to one gender. You would choose to be either a male or female character from the beginning, thus determining who your dating options were. Unless, you wanted some Yaoi/Yuri, you could choose that as an option... (I would absolutely try the latter)
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: Profbeanburrito on August 25, 2008, 08:46:54 PM
Castlevania dating sim.....that shit needs to not happen.....I'll take any other spin off before that. Castlevania Football, I'll take. Castlevania puzzle game...ok....Hell, as much as I hate the idea I'd take a CV RPG before that
Title: Re: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!
Post by: CVfan13 on August 25, 2008, 11:13:39 PM
In Reply To #30

It would be a Sim Date/RPG.... I loved the idea myself, but... oh well, I guess we'll just have to wait for one of those hentai-ridden flash games to pop up...  :-X
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Post by: Reinhart77 on August 26, 2008, 02:30:32 AM
hehe, they should have a dating game where you take the role of Hammer and try your hardest to woo Yoko.

or else you could play as Yoko and try to get Julius or Arikado to pay attention to you.
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Post by: Reinhart77 on August 26, 2008, 02:41:22 AM
actually, Dawn of Sorrow could translate pretty well into a dating sim.  i wouldn't be too surprised if they got a game in Japan where you got to be Soma and had to go on successful dates with Mina.  but you'd lose the game if you ended up turning into the Lord of Darkness in frustration.
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Post by: erimocard on August 26, 2008, 07:44:04 AM
In Reply To #33

Please stop making doubleposts for no reason. There's an edit button.