In Reply To #32
Where do you or any people get this idea that I'm trying to change others' opinions? Enjoy IGA's games all you like.
And yeah, unfortunately his games do get a lot of praise. But I don't like them (nice going on putting "fans" in quotation marks, shelv--I guess if I don't like the shitty new games, I'm not really a CV fan). Also, I never said anything about "passing on the torch" as if I want to see someone else take over CV. Dammit, people, don't you know how to read? I simply want variety back. I don't want CV to be controlled and produced by one single person, because it's only been like that for the past 5 years or however long it's been since HOD came out.
le05andalotmorenumbers, what about Mega Man (speaking of the ZX series and the upcoming MM9)? What about New Super Mario Bros. and the other Mario 2D sidescrollers on the DS? What of the upcoming Metal Slug 7? Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure? Kirby? There are tons of sidescrollers on the DS, lots of people are making them still. I highly doubt that if IGA let go of his grip on the series and allowed other people to develop games that suddenly there would no longer be any 2D games.
And "whine just because it is different"? Why is it that all of you people are so prone to attack ME and the others who share my opinion? I've never once said anything negative about your people's opinions on IGA's games. I think the games suck, that's my opinion, but do I go and make baseless assumptions as to why YOU people enjoy his games? Do I try and knock you down? I don't get why some of you are so uptight and getting your underoos all in a bunch.
And if I were whining just because it's different from the old CVs, then why do I adore SOTN? I consider it one of the greatest titles in the series. However, Kobe and IGA haven't come close to achieving that brilliance ever since. I'd say that Mega Man ZX does the whole free-roaming style of gameplay better than any of the post-SOTN Metroidvanias.
As for the whole story element that Moon Knight touched upon...I don't really care for any of the stories in IGA's games, to be honest. I've NEVER really cared about the stories in CV 'cos to me the games have always been far more about gameplay than storyline. I always thought the CV1/CV4/X68000 story was pretty cool, Dracula reviving and some dude trained in combat and blessed by God with supernatural strength and abilities taking down Dracula and his minions with a blessed whip or whatever, but that plot is very thin and I'm A-OK with that. It's enough to give motivation and purpose for the character, and I get to play a really cool game because of it. I honestly don't care about storyline continuity in the CV series since for me the thin story (even the newer games have thin stories) means little to nothing.
To sum things up and to spell it out for anybody who perhaps STILL doesn't get it: IGA can go ahead and continue to make the Metroidvanias that a lot of the people on this board love. But, I would really like to see different talent come in and create other games, specifically old school platforming games. Maybe other directors and producers would themselves crank out shit, it's highly possible. Perhaps no one at Konami right now is really talented enough to make a game that I enjoy. But perhaps this is a case where maybe Konami should allow another company to make a game. The post above me mentions Contra 4, and I adore Contra 4, and it was made by an American developer. I'm sure there's somebody in this wide world with the means of making a classic CV game and also has the desire to do so.