Topic: New Castlevania!!!???!!! (DS)

[shelverton.]

6 years? But the really crap games only came out in the past year or two.

I think you are a little confused. People aren't annoyed that it's another Castleroid. People are annoyed that Konami aren't learning their lessons from previous mistakes and designing box like levels and reusing material like a recycling plant.

Yeah, except PoR wasn't crap. It's an excellent action adventure compared to just about everything on the DS in the genre, EVEN with its flaws. And surely everyone can see that except the members of the CV community. Because they always whine. They whine if a game is too similar to its predecessors and they whine if it's too different. (And now I whine because they whine. See what I mean? CV fans whine. Period.)

Anyway, as far as I can see nothing is revealed about the level design in this new game, so already saying that Konami hasn't learnt their lesson doesn't seem right.

[Gunlord]

At the very least, the doofy animu art style is gone, right? ;;; The girl looks very Kojimaish

[jestercolony]

We are We're CV Fanns! COME ON!

[Genya Arikado]

This castlevania will be good. I like the pics. Think, if this is fake then the real thing will be so much better.

[VEP]

at least these images got some discussion going...probaly why they were leaked or faked...

[Genya Arikado]

at least these images got some discussion going...probaly why they were leaked or faked...

I think these are fake. They are just being used to pump the castlvania community up.

[Evil_Kitty]

I see no reason why these aren't real.
1. We know there is a new Castlevania coming out.

2. Its in the same style, just look at the boss--that is precisely how some of the previous bosses looked.

3. These are leaks so of course they don't look super awesome. Think about it, if you just took any random picture of a game and released it wouldn't draw the same attention. The pictures we see from game are selected because they look the best.

Anyway it looks like CV is gearing back to a darker moodier phase, which is how it should be. DXC was very refreshing b/c it took CV back to its roots in spirit I'd love to see that on the DS.

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #195

I can't really say if we are animals or not, but i can say that we will never be satisfied, not matter how the new Castlevania games are going to look.

We will always find something to bitching, even if it is the smallest defect of the game.

I've said it before and i will tell it again: The graphics might not look the best, but you can't expect something better since they are from the most earlyiest beta of the game and from what you can see, it will have new game play, a female main character, darker  style and maybe it will be bigger than DoS and PoR.

So, let's stop and wait for the first official statement!!

[Genya Arikado]

I see no reason why these aren't real.
1. We know there is a new Castlevania coming out.

2. Its in the same style, just look at the boss--that is precisely how some of the previous bosses looked.

3. These are leaks so of course they don't look super awesome. Think about it, if you just took any random picture of a game and released it wouldn't draw the same attention. The pictures we see from game are selected because they look the best.

Anyway it looks like CV is gearing back to a darker moodier phase, which is how it should be. DXC was very refreshing b/c it took CV back to its roots in spirit I'd love to see that on the DS.

Ok,
1) They always do this before a game is relased.
2) Just because its in the same style doesn't mean its the next game. Pokemon and GoldenSun games have similar  styles, but are unrelated.
3)I agree.

[Long John Silver]

The graphics might not look the best, but you can't expect something better since they are from the most earlyiest beta of the game

But the fact that they started localizing it means it's already pretty advanced if not almost finished design wise. The chance that anything will change is very small.

My guess is, the remaining months they'll be betatesting, adding finishing touches (perhaps the final areas since those might not be finished yet and Dracula, everyone knows he'll be in and will reuse rondo sprites with some edits like pork did), and possibly working out some addons like the coop mode for pork. I seem to remember it took them way more time than they wanted to spend to get it working correctly.

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #205

You might be right or you might be wrong and i'm telling you this, because from what i remember from PoRk as you call it, at the final version of the game the graphics they have been changed and they even have put more details at backgrounds graphics.

As i said before i might be right or wrong, but i want to believe that they will do some improvements!

[Genya Arikado]

In Reply To #205

You might be right or you might be wrong and i'm telling you this, because from what i remember from PoRk as you call it, at the final version of the game the graphics they have been changed and they even have put more details at backgrounds graphics.

As i said before i might be right or wrong, but i want to believe that they will do some improvements!

amen

[Cold Windy Night]

...the DS screen is so fucking small.  Konami better reveal a console Castlevania.  Atleast the next DS CV has a darker tone.

Please excuse the F bomb, I just had to get it out.

[Genya Arikado]

At least the next DS CV has a darker tone.

I like the Ayami Kojima art, it makes the game much better. I argee 100%.

[Dark Nemesis]

I like the Ayami Kojima art, it makes the game much better. I argee 100%.

Me too!!