Topic: Castlevania GBA/DS titles to possibly hit PSN/XBLA

[Artanis]

I wonder how they'd handle the seal thingies from Dawn of Sorrow?

They'd (thankfully) cut that pointless gimmick out of a XBLA/PSN version.

[Alutwon]

Plz do this konami. I want to play HoDiss. and DoS in hd. Also plz change the HoDiss bosses or give them patterns or lasers or something

[DragonSlayr81]

Unless they thrill me by making the GBA and DS games up to the graphical sleekness of SotN, I have no interest. Hell, I have no interestin in any of the DS ones(the original versions on my DS suit me just fine), though would only be interested if they remade HoD and AoS in HD, with beautifully crafted backgrounds and HD sprites. But, if you were going to make that type of effort, might as well make a new game altogether.

[ShinAkumaXX]

Wow this is FANTASTIC! I just hope it actually happens! I've never even heard of that website but hope it's a reliable one! I've never got to play these games, cause I just don't do hand held systems. If I can't get another symphony of the night, well this might be just fine as a substitute. It will probably make me forgive HoD, I played the demo and it didn't make me wanna buy it at all. I was so sad. In any case. I feel sort of screwed out of a lot of cool games that are only on hand held. Glad to see Konami might take advantage of the downloadable game market.

[Gecko]

If this is true, it's AWESOME!! I'd love to play Dawn of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia(especially Ecclesia) on my TV. Like Jorge though, I already play GBA games on the TV with the Gamecube Gameboy Player.

[Reinhart77]

yeah me too, but i love being able to play a game on a system that i have permanently set up on my tv and not having to fumble around with cartridges, so i'd probably buy it again anyways.

[corneliab]

Unless these games are significantly touched up, they're going to look pretty shitty on the big screen.

[JR]

It looks like nothing more than speculation at this point, so I won't hold my breath. Interesting idea, though. If the GBA/DS games had something extra (improved graphics, more history behind each game, etc) and were priced at not more than $10 each, I'd buy at least a few.

[Munchy]

It looks like nothing more than speculation at this point, so I won't hold my breath. Interesting idea, though. If the GBA/DS games had something extra (improved graphics, more history behind each game, etc) and were priced at not more than $10 each, I'd buy at least a few.

At the very least they should throw out that awful synth in Harmony of Dissonance.

[Abnormal Freak]

Hey now, I like the sound of HOD. (That is, Harmony of Dissonance. The other one, Harmony of Despair, will be initialized by me as HD.) Gives it character. Plus, I just like crummy, low-end synth sounds. So long as it's not a Casio.

[crystos]

would be cool if it happens. would it be like a small screen with letter box around it? or will all the sprites be hd done. If not Hd this could look very bad on HD tvs. plus the sound!! sound remixing is needed..

[OmegaDL50]

While I'd like this to happen, however this seems very hard to realize especially since Michiru Yamane apparently no longer works at Konami (I am unsure if she's even freelance)

If any of these games did in fact receive the digital download treatment and were re-released on XBLA / PSN there may as well be the possibility of the music not even being arranged at all. On the chance the music is arranged for a re-release I'm not even sure if it would sound right without Yamane arranging her own material and someone else doing it instead.

[uzo]

She is freelance, but still works on Castlevania games. Do you not remember Order of Ecclesia?

[thernz]

I honestly wouldn't even want Yamane to rearrange the songs. The PoR and OoE arranges were really underwhelming.

[PFG9000]

Holy cow, gang, please un-bunch your panties.  Ever hear the phrase, "consider the source"?  This is all speculation.  It's a forum post based on an article based on an article based on an Iga quote.  And the Iga quote is this, "I am very interested in the online distribution and look forward to it, but that’s all I can say for now.”  This really has no more to do with seeing GBA or DS games on XBLA than seeing Dracula X on Wii's VC.

I'd love to play the GBA and DS games on console.  And I already do play the GBA games on my Gamecube (with a Dualshock converter mind you, because the GC controller's D-pad sucks), but I'd still pay a reasonable amount for a full-screen AoS experience.  And I'd love to see the DS Castlevanias on a TV.  I think some of their visuals would actually rival SotN's visuals.  But please, quit treating this post like it's an announcement of future ports, because it's absolutely not.