Topic: canceled project ?! or its a secret project ?!

[Dengo vlad tepes]

welcome guys its been a while since i posted here but school is keeping me busy these days


so the question is , do you remember the game they announced shortly after judgment and order of ecclesia and at the same event !!

do you remember when every fan was screaming "aaaalucaaaard !!" of course you everyone do

in 2008 igarashi announced the next installment of castlevania and its on both PS3 and xbox360 , after that short trailer i can't forget what he said "here we announced it and there is no going back "

so you think its canceled and iga has regretted his words , maybe konami forced him to not continue the project ? or maybe they're working on hidden ?

[C Belmont]

do you remember when every fan was screaming "aaaalucaaaard !!" of course you everyone do

I remember muttering "oh brother" not screaming "aaaalucaaaar"d !!" but anyway...
Since Castlevania's been rebooted & Konami's has found themslves a new collection of fans to cater to I doubt they are planning on releasing anything new which relates to the old unprofitable Castlevania series unless of course it's cheap as chips to create.
Besides hasn't Iga been doing other things lately?

[Nagumo]

It's probably cancelled. There was a voice actor who mentioned he worked on a Castlevania game but that I got canned. He probably was talking about this game.

[JR]

so you think its canceled and iga has regretted his words , maybe konami forced him to not continue the project ? or maybe they're working on hidden ?

Yeah, if I remember right it's speculated that this project was pitched at the same time as Lords of Shadow, and LoS was greenlit instead. Because I think Japan (the Alucardvania project you're mentioning), US (?) and Europe (LoS) were all pitching ideas at the same time, or something.

I could be remembering this incorrectly, though.

[Nagumo]

Now that you mention those pitches again...

It's also possible the guy was talking about that supposed American pitch for a CV game.

[Kingshango]

That game is most likely cancelled because:

1. Konami see's the Lords of Shadow arc as a top priority as far as Castlevania is concerned and wants to focus on that.

2. That trailer was first shown in 2008, Konami would never, ever, EVER give IGA that much development time for anything. Besides, IGA has already moved on to other smaller projects *cough shovelware cough.*

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Yep it was probably canceled.

But from only that one trailer I get the feeling that I would have liked that game ALOT more than Lords of Shadow lol.

[Maedhros]

I remember muttering "oh brother" not screaming "aaaalucaaaar"d !!" but anyway...
Since Castlevania's been rebooted & Konami's has found themslves a new collection of fans to cater to I doubt they are planning on releasing anything new which relates to the old unprofitable Castlevania series unless of course it's cheap as chips to create.
Besides hasn't Iga been doing other things lately?

Besides the 3D games, every 2D game was profitable for Konami, as the budget for them wasn't high anyway. Castlevania was always a "decent seller".

[beingthehero]

Also, Lament sold well if i recall.

[crisis]

There was this actor that did an interview a while back, I forget his name. Anyway, he confirmed that he was flown to Japan to do motion-capture work on an upcoming Castlevania game, but then re-confirmed to the press that the game was indeed "canceled."

David Cox was asked in an interview if he knows anything about that teaser trailer featuring Alucard. He said "I have no idea." He proclaimed that Japan, US & Europe made pitches for the next Castlevania game, his team was chosen, and the rest is history. So, either the higher-ups at Konami didn't feel it necessary to tell their lackeys the full truth of the status of this game/the series, or Dave Cox is lying.

IGA has been assigned to other projects, such as Harmony of Despair, LEEDMEES, and Scribblenauts. He has not mentioned the "Alucardvania" since it's reveal.


In conclusion, yes, that game was canned in favor of the Lords of Shadow "reboot." Konami hasn't revealed anything since, so there's no reason to believe it's still being developed "in secret" unless you're that naive to believe otherwise. Move along, nothing to see here, yadda yadda.

The Radio Drama was likely to serve as a prologue to this game. Probably would've explained in-depth what happened to Richiter and the whip, as well as other things. And yes, the soundtrack would've likely been a HELLUVA lot better than Lords, without a doubt. Probably the "aesthetic," too.

Castlevania PS3/360 '08 prototype (English Subtitles)

[Ahasverus]

Canceled.

It was IGA's Castlevania-Next-Gen pitch, but it was rejected because of this

Castlevania Lords of Shadow Simon Belmont Beta Footage

Who could blame them?

[TheouAegis]

Weapon looked gay and critters don't look like that in CV. I'd have been fine with it if those were Fleamen. The Alucard teaser didn't reveal anything (and what the deuce, Al should know better than anyone his father was immortal until 1999), but I think the LOS teaser looks too retarded and gay and hokey; his attacks are too unrealistic. I'd have never greenlit that.
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But i'd still hire MS for the CG cutscenes. 

[beingthehero]

Yes, it's certainly something to see Altaïr fight Gollum.

[shelverton.]

Graphically, the Alucard teaser trailer looked like a Dreamcast game or something. I'm not surprised they canned it. Also, I bet the game would've turned out pretty much like CoD - flat, ugly and boring (but with great music).

I do love IGAs 2D games though, and I want more!

[Sumac]

Adding something more relevant to the topic at hand: I've read on some Castlevania forum, that IGA was against showing this teaser at the convention. Dunno, if that true or not. And if that true I wonder why he was against this. Maybe because at the time Konami haven't decided which game they want to greenlit...?