Topic: Castlevania, what haven't we seen yet?

[Belmont Stakes]

   
     Do you think it would be possible to combine Castlevania (I,II or even III) with its platforming, pits and instant death hazards with Symphony of the Night? There is no question that a lot of the older players like myself like the platforming aspects and that the popularity of SOTN and the Gameboy Advanced and DS titles have struck accord with the younger demographic (supposedly). Can the two gaming engines ever meet somewhere to give us something I have not yet seen. Please keep in mind I have not yet played LOS.

    Second and last question. Castlevania I boss fights could be considered to be the precursor to fighting games (save for Karate Champ).
Do you think a Castlevania fighting game could be done right if the right people get behind it. Please disregard Judgment as it was a big breasted abomination.

[cecil-kain]

   
     Do you think it would be possible to combine Castlevania (I,II or even III) with its platforming, pits and instant death hazards with Symphony of the Night? There is no question that a lot of the older players like myself like the platforming aspects and that the popularity of SOTN and the Gameboy Advanced and DS titles have struck accord with the younger demographic (supposedly). Can the two gaming engines ever meet somewhere to give us something I have not yet seen. Please keep in mind I have not yet played LOS.

    Second and last question. Castlevania I boss fights could be considered to be the precursor to fighting games (save for Karate Champ).
Do you think a Castlevania fighting game could be done right if the right people get behind it. Please disregard Judgment as it was a big breasted abomination.

Of course these things are possible, but the people in charge right now are far more concerned about reinventing Castlevania for the masses --rather than honoring it for what it is.  Instead of Transylvania we get Middle Earth.  Instead of Night we get Daylight.  Instead of Pipe Organs we get Brass and Strings.  Instead of Fleamen, Bone Billars, and Medusa Heads --we get Goblins, Trolls, and Giant Warthogs.  Instead of Dracula we get....  Well...  Yeah, that about sums it up.  I was all for a reboot, but I was deeply heartbroken to see Lords of Shadow drop the ball.  Not a bad game mind you, but not Castlevania.

[Dremn]

What haven't we seen yet?

The Demon Castle wars of 1999.

[Profbeanburrito]

1999 and the remake of Castlevania III Dracula's Curse that would make me happy

[cecil-kain]

1999 and the remake of Castlevania III Dracula's Curse that would make me happy

This.

[Belmont Stakes]

I do not what the Demon Castle Wars of 1999 is but CV III is something I would be surely down with making. That and Castlevania II, Resurrection and a really really really strong remake of Judgment. I thought the game on paper (like so many games) was a brilliant idea and then I saw the whole staff from Konami take one giant simultaneous shit and in heart wrenching pain I realized that what they made was Judgment. Judgment, more like Fudgement.
I do not want to change Castlevania I just want to add to it and make it all that it is but what we have not seen.
Getting back to what I originally stated though I have a new question. I know what you would want to see given your responses but would you want to see that?

[darkwzrd4]

Ignoring the story of LoS, I think it was a great marriage of classicvania and metroidvania in a 3D environment (with the exception of the constant climbing and shimmying).  To be honest, I think that there should be more CV games that work like LoS.  LoS is like the N64 CVs and LoI at least in terms of game play.  I would actually like to see some older CV games like SCV4 done in the style of LoS.  Think about it.  Imagine the 4th stage of CV4 with the dungeon that rotates (stage 4-2) and the entire 9th stage (the treasury) in a LoS type setup.  To me, it sounds epic.

[angevil]

1999 and the remake of Castlevania III Dracula's Curse that would make me happy

Yes! I want both very much. With Ayami Kojima providing the artwork. And Michiru Yamane doing the music for the 1999 game.

[X]

I believe it's possible to have metroidvania game play with classicvania death pits and so-on. It's all in the programming and it's doable. I think it would be interesting to play too, if not frustrating from time to time. 

-X

[VeteranVk]

I personally wouldn't mind some sort of revisit to Belmont's Revenge, in the vein of  "Rebirth" or Chronicles release of the original. Am I the only one who thinks Christopher needs more love? 

[Dremn]

I personally wouldn't mind some sort of revisit to Belmont's Revenge, in the vein of  "Rebirth" or Chronicles release of the original. Am I the only one who thinks Christopher needs more love? 

More Castlevania Rebirth in general would make me happy.

[Abnormal Freak]

Mega Man ZX does a good job of fusing classic platforming/action asskickery with Metroidvania-style gameplay. Do that sort of thing with a new Castlevania game and I think it would be just peachy. Simon's Quest already has that free-roaming gameplay to some degree, so I'd like to see an advancement on what that game was doing, but put it together with a map system and more freedom. I just wanna explore some woods, yo.

[Chernabogue]

Combining the two is possible. Recent games weren't very challenging (even OoE and PoR level 1 hard modes), so having some hard palteforming + level up, equipments, different characters, more bosses, etc. can be very cool.

However, I don't know if a game with instant death pits and stuff like that would attract lots of people today. Just imagine: you make a lot of plateforming, kill enemies and just before the end, you are hit by a Bone Pillar fireball and fall in a pit -> Game Over, restart please. Even with save points, it'd be very fustrating. (But I personnally would like it!)

[X]

Just imagine: you make a lot of plateforming, kill enemies and just before the end, you are hit by a Bone Pillar fireball and fall in a pit -> Game Over, restart please.

I'd think you'd just restart at the last save point before you died...but if you didn't save then yeah, frustrations galore.

-X

[thernz]

Or they could at least make the enemies an actual threat to the protagonist with their heightened abilities and maneuvering.