Topic: Igarashi talks Castlevania - more spin-offs could happen!!

[Dark Nemesis]

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

[impulse]

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.

[crisis]

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.

[Algernon]

I'd love to see a retro Castlevania a la Mega Man 9.

[RichterX]

Im going to have to agree with Crisis.

[E. Alexer Belmont]

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.

- 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.

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

TAKE THAT SYMPHONYTARDS!!!

[impulse]

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.

[Abnormal Freak]

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.

[Omegasigma]

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.

[Kale]

They could just rewrite the story with somethign better.

[A n t r a x x]

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.

[paletteswapmonster]

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.

[erimocard]

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.

[impulse]

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.

[CVfan13]

I hope we get a Dating Sim. Nuff said...