Topic: Circle of the Moon 3DS should be the next 3DS Vania.

[Dominus]

I'd like it just to have a 3D Carmilla :p

[Pfil]

I'd like it just to have a 3D Carmilla :p

That's one good point!

[Lelygax]

I don't want the OLD-CV remake. I want port.
Legends made by KCEN.
http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Konami_Computer_Entertainment_Nagoya

COTM made by KCEK.
http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Konami_Computer_Entertainment_Kobe

Oh yeah, my mistake... But I know that they worked in another CV game too, was it the Saturn port?

The 1999 Game has one big Problem, a genre crisis.
The Franchise suggests a 2d-3d Metroidvania...
The War suggests a MOBA-like game similar to Guilty Gear 2 Overture...

in all I would find it cool if they combined the two genres in a creative way

You know that mentioning its a war doesnt implies it will be a MOBA or you play with all characters involved right? Look at Portrait of Ruin, they had a perfect setting for a war related game but they toally wasted it.

[Koutei]

Oh yeah, my mistake... But I know that they worked in another CV game too, was it the Saturn port?

In wiki that I linked, there is an explanation concerning it.

[olrox2]

Lots of people find Circle of the Mon to be the hardest Castlevania on gba(maybe on GBA/3DS even)

I am the first to like the game but konamy may see it as not modern enough, how to explain this...

[Intersection]

All right. If this thread is coming back up, let's keep it there. I'm ready to fantasize for weeks on what CoTM-HD or CoTM2 would look like...

If this game is going to be remade, here's what we should have:
- An identical soundtrack, but recorded with a true orchestra. CoTM is one of those few Castlevania that works well with that type of musical setting. Additional pieces should be composed to make each track area-specific.
- High-def 2.5D visuals. I could go on forever about how extraordinary that would be (Drac's 2nd form, for instance), but here are a few must's: Each area that's to be redone MUST look similar to the original area -- there needs to be a clear parallel. Much of the room construction and layouts MUST be kept.
- The castle should look similar to what it looked in CoTM. New areas can be added; but they mustn't interfere with the overall sense of progression.
- The DSS system MUST be kept. New abilities should be added (and maybe some replaced), but of course the system is large enough as it is.
- New enemies should appear.
- New animations for characters, enemies, abilities, etc, of course.
- A playable Hugh mode (it had been teased, but we didn't get it) MUST be included.

Now, if they try to make a sequel, that's a different story altogether. One idea is to have a prequel, where Baldwin defeats Dracula...
In that case, I'll expect it to be similar to CoTM, but will leave Konami poetic license...

[Lashen]

All right. If this thread is coming back up, let's keep it there. I'm ready to fantasize for weeks on what CoTM-HD or CoTM2 would look like...

If this game is going to be remade, here's what we should have:
- An identical soundtrack, but recorded with a true orchestra. CoTM is one of those few Castlevania that works well with that type of musical setting. Additional pieces should be composed to make each track area-specific.
- High-def 2.5D visuals. I could go on forever about how extraordinary that would be (Drac's 2nd form, for instance), but here are a few must's: Each area that's to be redone MUST look similar to the original area -- there needs to be a clear parallel. Much of the room construction and layouts MUST be kept.
- The castle should look similar to what it looked in CoTM. New areas can be added; but they mustn't interfere with the overall sense of progression.
- The DSS system MUST be kept. New abilities should be added (and maybe some replaced), but of course the system is large enough as it is.
- New enemies should appear.
- New animations for characters, enemies, abilities, etc, of course.
- A playable Hugh mode (it had been teased, but we didn't get it) MUST be included.

Now, if they try to make a sequel, that's a different story altogether. One idea is to have a prequel, where Baldwin defeats Dracula...
In that case, I'll expect it to be similar to CoTM, but will leave Konami poetic license...

^ Pretty much my bible concerning all remakes.

I know it's a completely different genre, but on the subject of remakes those 20th anniversary editions of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II for the PSP were brilliant examples of what I long for as a whole when a remake of any older game is announced.

[uzo]

Are the GBA games available on the 3DS eshop yet? They really really should be if they aren't yet. All CotM needs is an always run option added in the game. Shouldn't be too hard to add. Then just release as a GBAclassic title along with HoD and AoS.

[Dremn]

Are the GBA games available on the 3DS eshop yet? They really really should be if they aren't yet. All CotM needs is an always run option added in the game. Shouldn't be too hard to add. Then just release as a GBAclassic title along with HoD and AoS.

Nintendo does such a terrible job with keeping the Virtual Console updated at a reasonable pace, for some games it took ages for them to make it over here outside Japan. The wait for all the Wario Lands took like two years I believe.

[Reinhart77]

In my mind I'm imagining a CotM inspired game with high def cartoon-like graphics, but with relatively few animations for each enemy to cut down on the amount of drawing that it would require.  Keeping it simple and focusing more on the gameplay and design.  And yeah, I want a Morris Baldwin game, hopefully one that will relate what's going on with canon timeline events or makes it clear what the differences between this timeline is and the original.

[shelverton.]

Are the GBA games available on the 3DS eshop yet? They really really should be if they aren't yet. All CotM needs is an always run option added in the game. Shouldn't be too hard to add. Then just release as a GBAclassic title along with HoD and AoS.

They're putting GBA games on the Wii U instead. I'm guessing we're never gonna see them on the 3DS, at all. The 3DS Virtual Console is a joke apart from a few semi-rare Game Gear games (that look like utter shit but are pretty interesting since I never owned a Game Gear). Oh, and the Zelda Oracle games were kinda worth it too.

I could've lived without the NES games on the 3DS, to be honest, and instead had just GB, GG and GBA. And then maybe some Neo Geo Pocket stuff. Or Atari Lynx. Dunno. Unexpected stuff would be nice, not just the same, tired old NES Donkey Kong, Mega Man and Mario Bros over and over and over...

[uzo]

Nintendo does such a terrible job with keeping the Virtual Console updated at a reasonable pace, for some games it took ages for them to make it over here outside Japan. The wait for all the Wario Lands took like two years I believe.

Konami is the one who calls the shots for their games. Nintendo doesn't really have anything to do with it.

They're putting GBA games on the Wii U instead. I'm guessing we're never gonna see them on the 3DS, at all. The 3DS Virtual Console is a joke apart from a few semi-rare Game Gear games (that look like utter shit but are pretty interesting since I never owned a Game Gear). Oh, and the Zelda Oracle games were kinda worth it too.

Really? GBA on the big screen? I can get behind that. Too bad they probably wont allow you to switch your AB to BY though. That's a 100% deal breaker for me, and why I haven't gotten nearly as many Virtual Console titles as I'd have liked.

[son_the_vampire]

I'm totally for a remake idea. And if it were done to this game in particular, I'd be running to buy a 3DS immediately lol

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Yeah it's up to Konami, not Nintendo.
And Konami treats the retro CV titles like Capcom treats MegaMan.

Well, at least there are 'some' CV's coming out, even if they're not particularly of a type of which I'm too interested.

[shelverton.]

Really? GBA on the big screen? I can get behind that. Too bad they probably wont allow you to switch your AB to BY though. That's a 100% deal breaker for me, and why I haven't gotten nearly as many Virtual Console titles as I'd have liked.

I don't know if you're only getting the GBA games on the controller screen, or on the telly, or both. I don't know how the WiiU VC works so far in this regard?

I feel like picking up a WiiU soon. I was always genuinely unimpressed by it but when it comes to Nintendo, it was always about the games. And now they're sloooowly starting to build a library, as expected. Wind Waker, Mario 3D World and that Xenoblade sequel will do it for me. Announce a Kirby, a Metroid, a new Zelda, Fire Emblem and throw in a couple of GBA games, and suddenly the WiiU feels more relevant to me than any PS4 or XBOne in da world. Dunno.