Topic: Hey guys... Whatever happened to this..?

[Flame]

Whatever happened to this?


Some speculate that it was IGA's team's pitch to Konami which eventually lost out to Cox's, while others think it might be in development, possibly stalled due to LoS, (AKA wait till LoS talk dies down) while others think it just got canned early on.

any speculations?

[Koutei]

I think that this was canceled.

In the schedule table of the Japanese magazine Famitsu,
"Akumajo Dracula (working title) / PS3, Xbox360" was overwrited by "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow  / PS3, Xbox360".

[le052383]

I think that this was canceled.

In the schedule table of the Japanese magazine Famitsu,
"Akumajo Dracula (working title) / PS3, Xbox360" was overwrited by "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow  / PS3, Xbox360".

I am not sure if we can really base that information as fact since Akumajo Dracula is the general title of virtually any CV in Japan.  It is like as if the working title of something like Mario Shunshine was Mario 128, which was the working title.

[Flame]

Not every. Mind you, IGA has taken over the "Castlevania" name to japan before too, from Harmony of Dissonance, all the way to Dawn of Sorrow, and Lament of Innocence. Lords of Shadow was also always Castlevania in Japan. Not to mention it was produced outside of Japan, where it is known as Castlevania. So actually, if there was an "Akumajo Dracula" Game that disappeared, then it was either this game, or something else entirely.

[le052383]

Not every. Mind you, IGA has taken over the "Castlevania" name to japan before too, from Harmony of Dissonance, all the way to Dawn of Sorrow, and Lament of Innocence. Lords of Shadow was also always Castlevania in Japan. Not to mention it was produced outside of Japan, where it is known as Castlevania. So actually, if there was an "Akumajo Dracula" Game that disappeared, then it was either this game, or something else entirely.

I know about IGA briefly changing the Akumajo Dracula titles to Castlevania in Japan since he claimed that the games won't really have Dracula in it.  I read somewhere that it was met with critism, which is why he changed it in the next two IGA games.  

My point is that Koutei's quote where Famitsu replacing Akumajo Dracula to Lords of Shadow isn't concrete evidence that the Alucard game is cancelled.  I don't know what the history behind the Akumajo Dracula listing on Famitsu is or when the changed from Akumajo Dracula to LOS occured in the magazine, but my theory is that Famitsu was using the Akumajo Dracula name as a generic place holder title for LOS until Konami officially announces the japanese title for it, which is the same as the US version.

I don't think that because Cv LOS was made outside of Japan, it kept the Castlevania name.  It probably has more to do of the game being a reboot or having less to do with Dracula much like Lamence of Innocence. Probably not a good example, but Contra 4 was also made outside of Japan.  It was renamed as Contra Dual spirits

Besides, unless noted as cancelled, I am hesitant using listing changes in a magazine as proof of cancellation of a game.  It reminds me of the whole Ace Attorney Investigation issue where a lot of gamming magazines were calling the game "Perfect Prosecutor" (a title made up by some site) before Capcom officially gave the game an official USA title.

I think gamming magazines are just in the dark as the rest of us when it comes to the Alucard game being cancelled.

[Ahasverus]

I bet it was the Konami Japan's video that entered in the infamous "Next Gen Contest". Obviously with its amateurish everything lost to LoS.

[jimmay17]

Still a more reasonable take on the whole Famitsu title-change is that they know just as much, or, more appropriately in this case, as little as we do. They saw the trailer same time we did, put a listing out there based on what little information was available, and as Lords of Shadow was officially announced to be the next Castlevania game while the Alucard project was summarily written out of existence by Konami with a campaign of silence, they just updated the title.

This tells us nothing more than we already did, or, again, didn't know.

[shelverton.]

I'm still surprised this "game" was ever intended for PS3/360... it looks like really, really bad. Like a decent Dreamcast cutscene.

[Kingshango]

What happened: Konami took it to the back and pulled the trigger.

[crisis]

Even though the graphics might be bland, I'll bet anybody it would've been more CV-ish than LoS.

[whitedragon_nall]

Even though the graphics might be bland, I'll bet anybody it would've been more CV-ish than LoS.

Came here to post this, but I've already been beaten. Well done.

[Dremn]

A thought occurs.

Maybe this project will be resurrected on the 3DS.

[SIRHardle]

I still would like to see this game, a lot. In a perfect world IGA team and Platinum Games (Kamiya) would team up to realize this project on consoles.

[Sindra]

Even though the graphics might be bland, I'll bet anybody it would've been more CV-ish than LoS.

Hit the nail on the head a bit there. Nice.

[darkwzrd4]

Well, I've recently heard that IGA has been working on a new game.  Perhaps this is it.  Konami probably just wanted to see how LoS did first.