Topic: Castlevania Puzzle Game 'Encore of the Night'- iPhone

[Reinhart77]

well, its good to know that they started out with the question "let's make a Castlevania game, but figure out which genre would work for this platform", instead of "let's make a puzzle game and figure out which franchise to brand it as". 

heh, the fact that the "surname" of the game is "Castlevania Puzzle:" makes me think they're planning on creating a whole bunch of these.  wonder if they'd all be takes on previous traditional games.  i'm going to doubt that this will be canon (I don't know if there's a such thing as canon anymore), but it would be interesting if there was a distinct "Castlevania Puzzle" mini-canon.  at this point, i don't even know if Symphony of the Night itself is canon to Castlevania Puzzle (the same way I'm not sure if Dracula's Curse or Curse of Darkness are canon to the Pachislot series).

[Koutei]

from 2ch

http://2ch.jpn21.net/Imgboard/01/data/img20100515174612.jpg

LOL

[knightmere]

I hope they decide to put this on PSN as I don't have an iPhone.

[DingusBelmondo]

Trailer. http://wireless.ign.com/dor/objects/69270/castlevania-puzzle/videos/castlevania_puzzle_trl_trailer_60210.html

[RichterB]

from 2ch

http://2ch.jpn21.net/Imgboard/01/data/img20100515174612.jpg

LOL

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[Wallachia]

I was laughing at the trailer and all the tie-in's it tried to make to SotN. What a sham..

[Ahasverus]

It looks almost...... fun? 

[angevil]

I hope they will include the new Game center capabilities. This game would be great to play with friends over that social gaming network! Sharing results on facebook is pretty lame.....

One week to go!

[Profbeanburrito]

It actually looks pretty fun, I would get it if I had an iPhone.

[nsideus]

None of the sprites in that trailer were low res and pixelated like the screenshots, looks like it is headed in the right direction...

[Ahasverus]

This blog, IGA DefenCe Force (yeah, defenCe xD) made a funny post, It wasn't made by me but other members of Castlemaniacs.com (Yeah, they don't like IGA neither) and you can check it out
http://igadefenceforce.blogspot.com/2010/06/english-version-castlevania-encore-of.html

[Inccubus]

They did say they were gonna have their artist redraw as many sprites in higher resolution as possible.
Honestly though that trailer really just makes me want a high res port of the original game with both audio tracks, properly executed Saturn extras, some new bonus equipment, and complete quests for Maria & Richter. Sorta like a SotN HD Remix if you will.

[Nagumo]

This blog, IGA DefenCe Force (yeah, defenCe xD) made a funny post, It wasn't made by me but other members of Castlemaniacs.com (Yeah, they don't like IGA neither) and you can check it out
http://igadefenceforce.blogspot.com/2010/06/english-version-castlevania-encore-of.html

Why do they have to whine about some Castlevania producer when he is, oh I don't know, not involved with the project at all? If they want to be trolls at least be good trolls and hit where it actually hurts.   

[Ahasverus]

Why do they have to whine about some Castlevania producer when he is, oh I don't know, not involved with the project at all? If they want to be trolls at least be good trolls and hit where it actually hurts.   

Yeah, we know that, but it doesn't matter, it's just for fun, they don't want a Pulitzer

[Reinhart77]

Ok, so Alucard, Richter, Maria, Shaft, Succubus, Death, and Dracula are playable characters.  Wonder who the shadowed-out 8th character is?  Master Librarian??  Galamoth?  Or maybe it's random select?  

Wonder if the other characters equip the same items that Alucard does.  It seems like you're only allowed to select one item at a time that boosts a given statistic.  Seems like the weapon slot affects attack power, the shield slot affects defense, the body armor slot affects stamina, the head slot affects intelligence, accessory 1 affects luck, accessory 2 affects strength, and i'm not sure what the cape or legs slots do.  That's an interesting way to do it.

They seem to have different attacks at their disposal.  Also, the different blocks seem to represent different elements.  "Green" blocks seem to be lightning, and I'd guess red ones are "fire", white ones are "holy", purple ones are "shadow", and blue ones are "water".

They have some odd playing card system with "crosses" (good guys) and "skulls" (bad guys) being the two suits card has a different Castlevania character on it (they found a new way to censor the Succubus).  The cards look pretty good, I want a pack.  I clipped them at wikia if you want to take a look:  http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Castlevania_Puzzle:_Encore_of_the_Night#Playable_Characters

Oh, and story is just a retread through SotN, nothing new shown at least, though I imagine they might have "alternate" events if you pick characters other than Alucard, which could be interesting.  Maybe something to make up for the fact Richter and Maria had no storyline in SotN??  It'd be sad if only Alucard has a story and RPG mode, but possible.