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Title: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: DraculaFan1981 on October 30, 2020, 05:55:13 AM
So next year marks the 35th anniversary of Castlevania. What do you guys think we'll get? A collection, a music CD, an international release of Moonlight Rhapsody or something more?
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: The Puritan on October 30, 2020, 06:07:02 AM
Assuming they'll even celebrate the 35th anniv, I'd love Castlevania Anniversary Collection 2 with Legends, Chronicles, Rondo, SNES Dracula X, Symphony of the Night, and the N64 and GBA titles. Something like that. Closer looks at Resurrection and Bloodletting for the bonus section would be cool too.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on October 31, 2020, 01:57:35 AM
I'm assuming nothing would come out of Konami.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: crisis on October 31, 2020, 08:18:59 AM
If I see another re-release of Symphony of the Night I will blow my fucking brains out
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: X on October 31, 2020, 10:51:23 AM
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Assuming they'll even celebrate the 35th anniv, I'd love Castlevania Anniversary Collection 2 with Legends, Chronicles, Rondo, SNES Dracula X, Symphony of the Night, and the N64 and GBA titles. Something like that. Closer looks at Resurrection and Bloodletting for the bonus section would be cool too.

I'd also want this too. It would make for a decent collection.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: crisis on November 01, 2020, 02:39:05 PM
@X @Puritan

Why do you guys want SotN taking up space on another hypothetical collection? It was included in the Requiem collection, DXC, you can literally download & play it right now on your cellphones, you can download it on any gaming streaming service, it’s on XBox Live, PlayStation 4, it’s included on the PlayStation Classic console, etc. And most of you have the original copies already. Is that not enough?

Include Haunted Castle, or Adventure Rebirth instead of Symphony. Those game aren’t available anywhere, whereas Symphony you can play on almost any piece of hardware these days.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: The Puritan on November 01, 2020, 06:13:32 PM
Tbh I did remember Requiem but I also thought of PC and Nintendo gamers, who otherwise haven't been able to play SOTN and Rondo on their system of choice.

...crisis, you just gave me a wonderful idea. Let Konami skip Rondo for a hypothetical Anniv Collection 2, but keep SNES Dracula X and replace SOTN with Nocturne in the Moonlight! That way, those two titles will be preserved for a new generation and Anniv Collection 2 can stand out as having the franchise's two alternate takes on the Dracula X saga. I think the fans and completionists would love that.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: crisis on November 02, 2020, 04:50:11 AM
Now that I agree with! I’m just tired of seeing Symphony getting a port every other year whereas there are other games that never get the same treatment. A lot of people don’t even know Adventure Rebirth exists & it’s stuck on WiiWare. It still baffles me how IGA refused to fix the Nocturne exclusive content for DXC, updating it for a new collection would be a perfect opportunity.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: X on November 02, 2020, 09:04:29 AM
Well SotN doesn't need to be included. It's true that it's been released to death, but the other games mentioned would be a great addition to have considering how obscure most of them are now.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: The Puritan on November 02, 2020, 04:00:48 PM
Speaking of, they better include the MSX Vampire Killer and Order of Shadows in an Anniv Collection 3. No way those two should fall into obscurity.

Also, LOI and COD can get an HD rerelease of their own (Requiem 2?) along with bonus content like the lost LOI manga and a digital version of the COD manga.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: Simsure on November 02, 2020, 07:12:17 PM
Even Nintendo doesn't do anything about some of his major franchise on their anniversary, look at metroid for example.
Annyversary Collection v.2 would be amazing, but Konami will probably be silent as always.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: X on November 03, 2020, 08:39:56 AM
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Even Nintendo doesn't do anything about some of his major franchise on their anniversary, look at metroid for example.

Well Metroid Prime 4 is in the works although I had heard the original production had been scrapped and they're rebuilding it from the ground-up. But at least Nintendo is trying to do something with it despite that hic-up. Konami on the other hand seem far less interested in doing anything with CV at the moment. And Unfortunately it may be a very long time until they manage to crowbar their heads out from their own black holes.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: GuyStarwind on November 04, 2020, 07:31:26 AM
I'd be down with another collection. It might be an unpopular opinion, but I would like to have a collection with Dracula X and the 64 games. The GBA and DS games could be cool too. I know the DS games have parts with the stylus but maybe those can be edited out?
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: crisis on November 04, 2020, 12:27:09 PM
Well we got the Cocklevania collection with Lord of Shadow, the DLC, and Mirror of Fate

Then there was the Tupac collection featuring Harmony of Dissonance & Aria of Sorrow for gba. Unfortunately Circle of the Moon was omitted
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: BMC_War Machine on November 04, 2020, 04:20:55 PM
I'd like to see a new Castlevania for the anniversary.  Like a new title.  Only so many times can we get a greatest hits re-re-re-re-release.
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Post by: crisis on November 05, 2020, 08:42:35 AM
Well technically they’ve made Grimoire of Souls & Moonlight Rhapsody... we’re just not going to get any physical copies of games anymore
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: Kamirine on November 17, 2020, 06:36:15 AM
I would love a brand new game, would settle for another collection of the Metriodvania titles or the harder to get/play titles (like Arcade, Rebirth, Legends), but I expect absolutely nothing or just that cellphone game coming to the states.  Maybe SOTN on Switch at most.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: Super Waffle on December 16, 2020, 10:24:40 AM
At this point I'd take Dracula XX on Switch

And I hate Dracula XX
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: JR on December 27, 2020, 10:17:31 PM
I wouldn't mind another collection. In all honesty, I think Konami did a pretty fantastic job with the one we got.

I wouldn't mind seeing Vampire Killer on a new collection, or the crappy computer ports. I dunno, it would be kind of fun to experience the weirder stuff. Vampire Killer isn't my favorite by a long shot, but I wouldn't mind giving it another go.

And more info on the Bloodlines beta would be nice. And the JP version of CVII, just for the sake of different music. But I'm sure that ship has sailed for both of those, since they weren't addressed in the previous collection.

But a remake of one of the older titles or a brand new game would be ideal. Really not expecting Konami to do anything, though.
Title: Re: Castlevania 35th Anniversary
Post by: OldSchoolArikado on January 18, 2021, 11:43:46 AM
In my case I expect an anniversary collection 2 and a new game from the franchise, maybe the demon castle wars? dreaming costs nothing.