Topic: Castlevania Judgement (Official Thread)

[Reinhart77]

IGA already said before that Judgment isn't canon.

I don't think he outright said that, but he said it was "just for fun".  But that was probably just in case they could back out in case the plot stunk.  But it turned out to rock, so I think they have no reason to decide it's not canon.  Though I am surprised none of their memories were erased.  Their experiences made in the rift does seem to impact what they did once they came out of it in some cases, though most are negligible.

[NonaKade]

In Reply To #1579

That song is actually from Order of Ecclesia, the name is Ebony Wings.

[pixelvanian]

In Reply To #1580

It never really says whether their memories remain or not (maybe they lose it when they become soul keys?), but most of the effects the characters meeting would have are rather negligeable, I agree.

There's very litte reason for the game to not be canon, given that it all ties up with the rest of the games and in some cases build up the characters more.

[crisis]

But, LoD isn't canon, & Cornell appears in Judgment. So..

[Reinhart77]

therefore LoD is now canon.  i know, there's circular logic to that.  we do need a new statement from Iga now that the games out.

[paletteswapmonster]

Don't jump to conclusions, now.

[Lumas]

I personally cant wait to play this game i really need to go get a Wii. I really wanted to hate this game but from watching some many vids on youtube and reading what everyone had to say about it on here Im really excited about playing it.

[thernz]

therefore LoD is now canon.

[Omegasigma]

I'm jsut waiting for a soundtrack, lol i know i'm impatient but i might be able to use the songs, aside i love the music in this game

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #1587

Technically they all have clones if you play Mirror Match.  It's funny what they say when that happens.

"What manner of Sorcery is this!?"
and at other times:
"Handsome fellow.... not much of a fighter, though"

[CapComMDb]

In Reply To #1535:

Credits list Nobuhiko Matsufuji as Sound Producer. Atsumu Miyazawa is Sound Designer. However, I believe they were only in charge of sound effects and voice recording, NOT the music. They weren't credited for the Dracula X Chronicles soundtrack:

http://vgmdb.net/album/4715

So the music is done by noisycroak. They produced an album for DDR SuperNOVA according to VGMdb. The two guys worked together in the past on Tales of the Abyss. Hideki Sakamoto did the soundtrack to Echochrome.

Music Director: Hideki Sakamoto
echochrome (2008), Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated
Lost Odyssey (2007), Microsoft Game Studios
Tales of the Abyss (2006), Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Samurai Western (2005), Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
Shinobido: Way of the Ninja (2005), Spike Co., Ltd.
Kujakuō (1988), SEGA Enterprises Ltd.

Music Tracks: Yasushi Asada
Hyper Street Fighter II ~The Starting Over~ Remix Tracks
Tales of the Abyss (2006), Namco Bandai Games America Inc.

Nobuhiko Matsufuji (sp?) is the Sound Director.
Credited in:
    Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits (2007), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Castlevania Double Pack (2006), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Elebits (2006), Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (2005), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), Konami Corporation
    Firefighter F.D. 18 (2004), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (2003), Konami Corporation
    DDRMAX 2: Dance Dance Revolution (2002), Konami Corporation
    DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution (2002), Konami Corporation
    Castlevania Chronicles (2001), Konami of America, Inc.
    Dance Dance Revolution (2001), Konami Corporation
    Poy Poy (1997), Konami of America, Inc.

Atsumu Miyazawa is listed as the Sound Designer.
Credited in:
    Nano Breaker (2005), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Firefighter F.D. 18 (2004), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Silent Hill 3 (2003), Konami of Europe GmbH
    DDRMAX 2: Dance Dance Revolution (2002), Konami Corporation
    DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution (2002), Konami Corporation
    Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams (2002), Konami of America, Inc.
    NiGHTS into Dreams... (1996), SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
    Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (1996), SEGA of America, Inc.
    Knuckles Chaotix (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
    Tempo (1995), SEGA Corporation
    Virtua Fighter (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
    Metal Head (1994), SEGA Corporation

[Profbeanburrito]

Think there's any chance this games going to have downloadable content??

I somehow doubt that, but it'd be nice

[Rodriguezjr]

Think there's any chance this games going to have downloadable content??

I somehow doubt that, but it'd be nice

I don't think there will be. If Wii games were to have downloadable content, then the box art would inform with a red Wi-Fi logo meaning that there would be certain content you have to purchase.

Also, I've been thinking about this after playing through some of the true stories in Judgement. What if there is a Castlevania game where Galamoth is the main boss instead of Dracula. It could be possible or unless they want to hold Galamoth off for a Judgement sequel.

[Reinhart77]

Yup, bring on "Demon Castle Galamoth"

[Reinhart77]

...
There's very litte reason for the game to not be canon, given that it all ties up with the rest of the games and in some cases build up the characters more.

*** SPOILERS ***


Another thing that it does well is confirm that certain things are not being retroactively removed.  In Simon's ending, I found myself relieved that they made a mention of that mysterious lady who told Simon of his curse.  She's such a small part of the Castlevania mythos and they could have tried to come up with a more detailed or "better" way that he found out about his curse, but no, they stuck to established canon and now that unnamed lady has been mentioned in 2 games, giving her a little more importance.  The whole "Sypha actually looks like a woman in this game" threw me way off, but at the end, they confirmed that they didn't forget about the little detail of her pretending to be a man.  In fact, if you find that some things aren't like you remembered, there a chance that when you think about it long enough, it'll make sense (Cornell deliberately broke his seal in LoD, so why would he say he didn't ask for the curse, except when you look at LoD intro dialog, the seal is only limiting their power,  not necessarily preventing their transformations), or else perhaps the way you remember them was only due to bad English localization (such as Grant being a pirate captain).