Nukes are not the best Idea against a castle situated right in Europe.
Nukes are never a good idea period. If they nuked it, they would wipe out half of the surrounding cities and towns around the castle.
Regular bombs on the other hand... or some other special bombs I dont know about...
I actually like the idea of there being a rivalry between Julius and the Morris dude. It would hearken back to the Bloodletting game that never got made. Anything to make the plot of the game more interesting than just Julius beating the shit out of Dracula incarnation #9999.
Got the voice talent lined up yet? I'd like to give it a try.
I have some good editing skills, especially for trailers. If everyone can record voices and make some artwork/animation, I could totally put that together.
I also do music, if that helps.
One big problem I find with the Demon Castle "War" is that it can't be much of a war. It had to have been yet another virtually anonymous encounter with Dracula that no one really knows about.
Why? Soma in AoS thought Dracula was a fairy tale. 23 years can't cover up an undead war, especially since Soma knew of Dracula even as an old legend.
The church may try and keep this stuff under wraps, but there's no way you can cover up a real 'war' like that. Much less if nukes were used.
I have an Operation: Akumajo member cooking up some visual concepts for the video. I'd love to get you 2 in touch. Are you on Facebook? If not shoot me your email in a PM. :-)I'm not on Facebook. My mail can be found just by clicking on my name. ;)
This is JUST getting started. No voice talent yet. Which character are you interested in?
The only characters that are definitely known include...
Dracula
Julius
Alucard
The Hakuba Priest (Mina's Father)
Likely characters would be....
A Morris
St Germain
Various Military Personnel (wide open to a variety of accents and nationalities)
Completely Speculative Characters...
A love interest for Belmont
A Belnades witch
Of course, if you want to do a familiar character like Alucard, it's important that you can pull of the voice in a way that people will recognize the character...
Cecil-Kain I just thought of something. I still don't believe that a rivalry of Morris vs Belmont is necessary. Instead it should be an experienced teacher (Morris) educating a hot-blooded inexperienced youth (Belmont). Both Morris and Belmont would still clash from time to time due to their separate standings and points of view, however later-on the two become closer pupils and are able to understand each other better. Then when the timing is right Morris passes on the Vampirekiller to Julius and tells him to fulfill his destiny as heir to the Belmont family legend. I'd much rather see a torch passing then a silly rivalry that would only induce an unstable element to an already critical situation. The Master and Student seems to fit much better and will allow some of the character tension to remain for the story's sake.
It could totally be Jonathan. He could die and pass the whip to Julius, who would avenge his master.
Charlotte could also be involved.
Having a story is nice and all but I really doubt that snippets of dialogue from fan fiction is going to bring many more people on board or grab Konami's attention, I think that you would be better off focusing your efforts on creating mock gameplay videos to show off.
Also I wouldn't add any dialogue to your teaser unless you actually have experienced actors to perform it, poor voice acting will make the whole thing look cheap and if that's all the viewer is given untill the final seconds of the teaser then they will probably leave before ever seeing pictures of the game you propose.
The teaser for LOS had no dialogue and I don't think the teaser for the proposed next gen Alucard game did either so it's not like it's essential.
I was looking at either Julius, Morris, or Dracula. I don't think I could pull off Alucard since my voice is not as smooth and I definitely don't sound like what's his name from SotN. If you put together some test lines I could do a recording if you like.
As for the test, I'm anxious to give you a listen. Try out all the characters you like --use the dialogue in the example I posted, make up your own, quote famous lines or whatever... Just don't take it personally if it doesn't work out. lol
No worries. This is completely on a whim anyway so I don't have any expectations to speak of.
And while on the subject of voice talent, I doubt there will be much along the lines of experienced voice actors as that usually comes with a price tag.
When its called a War, It is meant in the sense that it was a great war between Light and Dark. Julius, the Belnades, Alucard, Morrises, the Church, and anyone involved in the fight against the supernatural, versus Dracula at the height of his power, and his army of monsters and undead.
It likely took place in eastern Europe, like all Castlevania games, in its usual setting.
Also where does it say that military involvement took place?
All i recall is Hammer being sent by the Military to investigate the floating castle in the sky. That is a natural response to a situation like that.
And yeah, the rivalry is silly and unnecessary. If the Morises still pass down the whip and train to be Vampire Hunters, then they are very well in touch with the Prophecy, and that it came to them from Belmont, and must eventually return to Belmont in 1999. They are the caretakers of the Whip, and Belmont substitutes. Not replacements. And will never be any more than that. It is their destiny to hold the whip until 1999.
Julius, the Belnades, Alucard, Morrises, the Church, and anyone involved in the fight against the supernatural, versus Dracula at the height of his power, and his army of monsters and undead.there is also the Hakuba priest & St. Germain :o
The zombie soldier or whatever from Aria is clear proof the military was involved. Whether it was an actual military or one related to the church is beyond me.
Cecil, you may leave the voice casting to me. I'm a pretty decent voice actor myself, as well I am a part of a very good voice acting community that DOESN'T demand pay for their work. Also, voices are something I'm best with. I may as well take care of this part since I didn't necessarily help with the last video. So yeah, send your voice samples to me through PM or email people! :D
Also, 1000 posts. Lucky me.
Alright. I'll leave the voice casting in your hands my friend. For my role, I'll work on developing the Trailer's overall concept and direction --coordinate with the artists that volunteer and such... By the way, is there anyone out there that can mimic Ayami Kojima's distinctive style? We'll definitely need a 19 year old version of Julius Belmont for this project.
Bongomonkeys is a guy who used to post on Serio's board a LOOOONG time ago. He mimicked Ayami's style greatly. Otherwise, there's Vedora Kingdom. You can speak to them. Unfortunately, their work is posted in Serio's art thread so I can't link it from here.
I'm not able to view Serio's board --it appears the account is suspended? Just browsing a few other websites I googled, nothing is really jumping out at me yet... For now, I think I'll work on developing the concept with the current volunteers --let's see what kind of ideas they bring to the table.
there is also the Hakuba priest & St. Germain
Kurkoboltsi is good at emulating Kojima's style(click to show/hide)
http://kurkoboltsi.deviantart.com/ (http://kurkoboltsi.deviantart.com/)
though a bit more sketchy, it still looks more or less.
Sergevirusx also does a good job.http://sergevirusx.deviantart.com/ (http://sergevirusx.deviantart.com/)(click to show/hide)