Topic: Why haven't you joined Operation Akumajo?

[C Belmont]

I thought I'd do a poll on the reasons why people haven't joined Operation Akumajo for feedback purposes
I hope you don't mind Cecil

[cecil-kain]

I thought I'd do a poll on the reasons why people haven't joined Operation Akumajo for feedback purposes
I hope you don't mind Cecil

That's quite alright --just add the Dark Priest option!  XD

Oh, and you might want to add an option for those that have already joined...

[Sindra]

As I have said - Operation Akumajo is a great movement by part of the fanbase to get off our collective asses and do something to spur involvement in getting the franchise heads to listen more to their core fans. It's something more people should be inspired to do, rather than just sitting around bitching about stuff constantly.

That said, I still think the process should be broadened. Instead of specifically demanding certain things out of Konami and the like, it should just be focusing on getting their attention first. All the petitions and movements in the world won't do jack shit unless you manage to wrangle the attention of people first. That means getting the attention of more of the fanbase, and THEN focusing on simply getting the attention of Konami. (or hell, go for lower-hanging fruit and try getting the attention of big-name gamer news sources like Kotaku or Joystiq to have THEM help get Konami's attention)

I think priorities need to be shifted more. Things are on a great track, but it needs to be refined more.

[Flame]

The fixation on 2D and the IGAVerse as well as being such a demanding operation really turns me away. I agree with preserving 2D, but thats not the only thing I want in Castlevania. I want it to evolve into the 3rd dimension, and although I support thew mythology, being so fixated on it is not something I support

[KaZudra]

Note, I'm the lone vote who joined at the moment.
I joined before knowing the Terms... or in theis case Demands.
The Objectives are too dictator like, and honestly the fixation of Iga is kinda sickening knowing he takes half-baby steps to improve his games but is all up for Gimmicky systems.

[X]

I've thrown my name into the hat as Cecil-Kain knows but I don't have a Facebook page nor do I use Twitter. For me Operation: Akumajo is all about getting Konami's attention. Once that's established then we can move on to the more solid arguments.

[Chernabogue]

I support it, though I don't agree with everything (see post in other topic, stuff, etc.). Moreover, I don't have a FB account.

[Successor The Cruel]

All the petitions and movements in the world won't do jack shit unless you manage to wrangle the attention of people first. That means getting the attention of more of the fanbase, and THEN focusing on simply getting the attention of Konami.

Thing is, Konami already knows what fans think. At least, if Dave Cox qualifies as "Konami." Judging from past experience, he (the producer) doesn't care what fans think. Well, he doesn't care when it conflicts with what he thinks. My associates and I already presented concerns similar to this operation's (well... in some ways) to him, which he answered in depth. He thinks we essentially don't matter much, because we're such a small percentage of buyers.

He's probably the best bet at getting the attention of the high command. I think it would be difficult to get the attention of some Japanese executive somewhere. But, what I'm getting at is it's not like big Konami officials who can probably do something are unaware of what hardcore fans would like.

[Flame]

I dont think Cox counts as konami.

Not the Konami that matters anyway. (the Japanese devs and bigwigs)

[C Belmont]

At the same time Cox has also stated that he believes Konami will continue to make 2D games & that LOS can coexist with other games.
The real question is whether the guys up top feel the same way about it or if they are still greedily eying LOS with massive dollar signs painted over their eyes.

I'm far from Cox's biggest fan but I think that ideally Operation Akumjo should be something that even he would happily support (as percular as that may sound)

[Sindra]

To me, Dave Cox seems like a overall decent guy who was handed the reigns of a big project with big expectations, got his mind set on a direction, and went with it. I think he did care a bit about what the fans thought (otherwise he wouldn't have responded or even visited fan forums like this one), but perhaps he either had his mind up about what was being argued about and wasn't about to change it, or the Konami heads said "Yeah, don't listen to them. Go with what we told you."

Again, I think a solid way of getting the attention of the bigwigs at the top of Konami, beyond trying to keep in contact with Cox, is to spread the word to other big gamer venues that get alot of video gamer traffic. Kotaku, Joystiq, Destructoid, even GiantBomb and Rely on Horror. Start with shooting the tin cans on the fence before you go aiming at the fortress with a bazooka.

[Nagumo]

Not that I have something personal against the guy, but Cox doesn't give a crap about what fans think, and his forum visits are evident of that. Him showing up here was only a publicity stunt, and when he noticed people at the Chapel weren't big fans of what he was doing, he quickly disappeared there too.

[Harrycombs]

Sorry, but I think this is kind of pointless. With Operation Rainfall, they were able to get pretty much the entire Wii fanbase to join in, a long with a lot of the Final Fantasy fanbase because of The Last Story. The Castlevania community is tiny in comparison. I'm afraid you will never get enough support to make a difference, and if you send in a petition with only 200 signatures, that would be kind of sad. I think we just need to accept that Konami just isn't doing anything for us right now. Hopefully we'll have a kick-ass 30th anniversary, or someone will release a great fan game or something to celebrate.

You are asking for Konami to make an entire game. Operation Rainfall is just asking for an American release and Operation Moonfall is just asking for a port of an old game that Nintendo is probably already doing anyway, so they actually have a chance of success. This doesn't really.

I say we just wait and see what Konami does next. Castlevania is kind of searching for its soul and its place right now, and it would probably be best to be patient for a while. Hopefully someone new at Konami can find a way to revive the series with its soul intact.



Also, I don't agree with the dislike of the 3D games. CV64 proved Castlevania can be great in 3D. I want the series to have another shot at 3D.

[Pemburu Vampir]

Hopefully we'll have a kick-ass 30th anniversary, or someone will release a great fan game or something to celebrate.

There's already something great to celebrate the 25th Anniversary

For all Castlevania's fan! Castlevania special medley 悪魔城ドラキュラ

[whitedragon_nall]

Listening to it right now. Fantastic so far. Can't even imagine the amount of effort put into this.