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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on February 24, 2026, 04:35:40 PM »

Some new info from the senior narrative designer and writer Marie Rouzié.

https://twistedvoxel.com/castlevania-belmonts-curse-narrative-direction-design-details/

Does anyone know what her previous works look like?

Open structure + 25 characters + subquests + branching dialogues seems like they are being a little too ambitious for the studio's first metroidvania...

That said, Konami should give another task to M2. Haunted Castle Revisited was cool.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by Dark Nemesis on February 24, 2026, 02:30:52 PM »

Some new info from the senior narrative designer and writer Marie Rouzié.

https://twistedvoxel.com/castlevania-belmonts-curse-narrative-direction-design-details/

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Fan Stuff / Re: Castlevania: Seal of the Eclipse

« Last post by XombieMike on February 24, 2026, 01:34:52 PM »

If this happens this year it will be one hell of a year for Castlevania fans. Belmont's Curse, Bloodstained 2, Seal of the Eclipse?

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Off Topic / Happy (belated) Valentine's Day!

« Last post by Highwind Dragoon on February 22, 2026, 09:34:16 AM »

Went to Sir henry's Haunted trail: love's revenge on the 13th:

5/5

This year, they went with 3 trails for their Haunted Valentine's event, and they knocked it out of the park!  Food options were slightly better than the Christmas Haunt.  Looking forward to the Haunted Ghost town and BBQ event in mid-April.

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Off Topic / US men's hockey team wins Gold medal after 46 year drought; Women's team after 8

« Last post by Highwind Dragoon on February 22, 2026, 08:41:25 AM »

https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/live/olympics-womens-hockey-final-team-usa-canada-meet-for-seventh-all-time-gold-medal-match-171000675.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/live/usa-beats-canada-in-ot-to-win-first-hockey-gold-since-1980-miracle-on-ice-121000403.html

USA!  USA!  USA!

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by GuyStarwind on February 21, 2026, 04:35:01 PM »

Here's to hoping future Castlevania "products" are in hands that excite me more; the devs of Infernax, The Last Faith or even FromSoftware would be welcome.

I'm glad someone else agrees that the Infernax people would do a great job on a Castlevania game. Heck, the game already has a couple of Castlevania references.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions

« Last post by Kaneda on February 20, 2026, 05:47:13 PM »

*I don't like the Netflix series at all.

*I vastly prefer linear or branching paths over the exploration platformers that came from SOTN and onward.

*I like Tom duBois's artwork way more than Ayami Kojima's. The latter stayed on for far too long and made all the heroes too feminine.

*I think Dracula X is underrated and a great companion piece to Rondo. Like a second quest or DLC.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by Gunlord on February 20, 2026, 05:33:18 PM »

I'd give my left nut to have the Blasphemous devs do a Castlevania game, those guys are pixel art GODS.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

« Last post by piscesdreams on February 20, 2026, 01:52:20 PM »

I just could not be less pumped. I don't like Dead Cells—like, at all. And even if Belmont's Curse isn't rogue-ish in any way, I'm still completely put off by the cheap art style.

Here's to hoping future Castlevania "products" are in hands that excite me more; the devs of Infernax, The Last Faith or even FromSoftware would be welcome.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Trevor/Sypha's Offspring (Belmont's Curse Discussion)

« Last post by Scarlet starlet on February 20, 2026, 10:54:06 AM »

I’ve got a theory that this character could be the ancestor of the Morris Clan.  She herself is a Belmont - however, the whip seems to be only usable down a male line of the Belmonts.  Perhaps the messed up hands could be a result of using the Vampire Killer Whip when not considered its true heir?  Kinda messed up, but a thought ha.  (doesn’t explain why both hands seem effected)

My hope is they dodge the topic entirely and/or give her a little brother who can't fight yet.

It's not up to Evil Empire to tackle such a troublesome topic as the Belmont's succession rules / vampire killer blood pact functioning. It's too important not only for the cousins but also for the clan disappearance after Richter and later the emergence of Julius. Also Soleil getting his powers and seemingly the whip in a special cerimony.
The curse in the new game must have an evil origin, the Morris never manifested such a thing.
It's probably inspired by Simon's Quest.