Topic: Confirmed: IGA not involved with Castlevania anymore. Europe helms the series.

[Lelygax]

This thread is like  a big summary of the 2010-present era of the CVD forums! 

Got your message, we are starting again this line of conversation... bad thing.

[Flame]

>says that dont get why Kojima is attached to LoS twist
>states that Kojima worked in LoS story

Anything but Story = not story. His involvement was making Konami give it back the Castlevania name and placement, and advising on Gabriel's character design, to make him less brutish. He pretty much existed solely to give his blessing to the project and help sell it because his name was attatched. That's about it...

Oh, and voicing the Japanese chupacabra.

[Nagumo]

I agree with Intersection and Lelygax. The quote just affirms something we have already known for years. I don't think a Konami employee is allowed to confirm or deny who is working on a project that is still under wraps. We already know a new 3DS game is being worked on. Maybe by IGA, maybe by somebody else. We can't tell.

[shelverton.]

We already know a new 3DS game is being worked on. Maybe by IGA, maybe by somebody else. We can't tell.

I didn't know this. Is there a link or something confirming this?

[Nagumo]

Actually, it's a rumor/leak. Here it is: http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,6228.0.html

[chainsawmidget]

Actually, it's a rumor/leak.

Ah.  So we don't KNOW it, we "know" it. 

[Intersection]

Anything but Story = not story. His involvement was making Konami give it back the Castlevania name and placement, and advising on Gabriel's character design, to make him less brutish. He pretty much existed solely to give his blessing to the project and help sell it because his name was attatched. That's about it...

Oh, and voicing the Japanese chupacabra.

Yup, Kojima was only there to "oversee" the game's progress. As for his actual role, it was strictly advisory.

Voicing the chupacabra? I can't tell if that's a joke or not...

I agree with Intersection and Lelygax. The quote just affirms something we have already known for years. I don't think a Konami employee is allowed to confirm or deny who is working on a project that is still under wraps. We already know a new 3DS game is being worked on. Maybe by IGA, maybe by somebody else. We can't tell.

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I never knew about a future 3DS CV, either. But, in any case, it would seem pretty logical for Konami to continue the series on Nintendo's handheld; it's done that since the early GB days. Even though its first 3DS outing left much to be desired...
As for the rumor, I'm not sure how I could have missed it, since I'd already been perusing the forums (from the outside) by the time it was posted... these things happen, I guess. As for the rumor itself, well, these rumors often turn out to be true...

[e105beta]

This thread is like  a big summary of the 2010-present era of the CVD forums! 

So THAT'S why I feel like I just stepped back into the post-LoS release. Judging by some of the posts in this thread, you'd think Konami Europe just went around and slaughtered the firstborn child of 75% of the members on this forum.

So IGA isn't working on Castlevania, and this is news? I thought everyone had already figured this out. Was there some underlying belief that IGA was going to come back on a flaming chariot with some 2.5D Alucard game and bring Konami back to the top of the heap of gaming? Because that's not how business works. With no words on however good or bad his games may have been, under IGA, the series went from a console staple to an incredibly niche series, and that's saying nothing about Judgement and HoDespair. Konami can only ride on "Well, this guy made SotN" for so long.

Fact is that we have close to no idea what is going to come down the pipe after LoS save for a couple of spattered rumors here and there, but all it takes is the slightest whiff of potential change in the development, and everyone is drawing battle lines.

[Belmontoya]

I'm really getting tired of this Nintendo handheld exclusive crap. Vita is light years ahead of the 3ds. Sony deserves CV on handhelds. At least the. We could gt a game that doesn't look a decade old.

The idea of another 3ds Vania angers me.

The 3ds blows.

[Dark Nemesis]

I'm really getting tired of this Nintendo handheld exclusive crap. Vita is light years ahead of the 3ds. Sony deserves CV on handhelds. At least the. We could gt a game that doesn't look a decade old.

The idea of another 3ds Vania angers me.

The 3ds blows.

To be honest, i don't care about 3DS or Vita, i'd rather see/have a new 2D console Castlevania game, than handheld ones.

[Belmontoya]

I agree. But the vita is way closer to console quality than the 3ds.

[e105beta]

I'm really getting tired of this Nintendo handheld exclusive crap. Vita is light years ahead of the 3ds. Sony deserves CV on handhelds. At least the. We could gt a game that doesn't look a decade old.

The idea of another 3ds Vania angers me.

The 3ds blows.

And the Dreamcast was lightyears ahead of its generation, the PSP was more powerful than the DS. Fact is that the Vita bombed at release, and is still showing very lackluster sales. Why would Konami want to release games on a handheld that isn't selling well, and doesn't have the brand history for the series in question like the DS did?

[Ratty]

I see it's already calming down on its own but just to make sure it doesn't flair up again, let's keep some of the more hateful language in this thread scaled back ok? There's no need for personal insults or petty snide remarks, we're all better than that. Just stay mellow and remember games are supposed to be fun.

[Belmontoya]

Because the new style of LOS appeals more to adults and the vita is a more adult friendly handheld. Not to mention they could make a superior game on the vita.

The 3ds did nothing for me. It was the fastest I've ever bought a system and sold it. I kept it for like 2 months.

[Intersection]

Because the new style of LOS appeals more to adults and the vita is a more adult friendly handheld.

Why would "adult appeal" matter at all? As far as I know, that was never part of the CV equation.

Not to mention they could make a superior game on the vita.

I don't think the choice of a platform would have that much influence on the game in itself -- the task of making it "superior" is ultimately in the hands of the developers. The only difference I could imagine concretely affecting its mechanics would be the double screen division of the 3DS.
I don't give much faith to the 3D effect; it's not going to bring much more to a game, especially if it's Castlevania. Besides, it hasn't impressed me as much as it should have.