Topic: How do we show Konami there's still a market for Castlevania?

[piscesdreams]

Quite simply, I don't think they can be convinced. Silent Hills had a huge market and it got shitcanned hard.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Quite simply, I don't think they can be convinced.

It is entirely possible that this may be the case for current Konami leadership, but I still advocate fighting hard for Castlevania, because even if it achieves nothing with THIS ceo+board of directors, a future iteration may remember this and be more sympathetic to the cause.

[Chernabogue]

I've been making tribute albums since 2011, they better understand there are still fans out there.

[zangetsu468]

I've been making tribute albums since 2011, they better understand there are still fans out there.

Like Jack Black's song? ;p

[Dracula9]

Plot and I are working a short game in which you infiltrate Konami to save the CV Bible and fight the evil CEOs and pachinko machines (yes when I said it was happening in the other thread I was entirely cereal).

If the irony of a CV clone ripping heinously on the overarching IP holder doesn't make the statement that there are still fans out there, I don't know what would. And if it doesn't, well then the rippings-on are just that much better.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

i dont want konami invlolved with castlevania anymore

[X]

i dont want konami invlolved with castlevania anymore

I wouldn't want them involved either. Especially not after their whole LoS debacle, with a follow-up of tasteless pachislots. One way to get Konami back on track is to have another company buy them outright. Then that company fires all the CEOs who made the stupid decisions in the first place that lead to the recent disasters. After that, bring in fresh blood--people that love and respect not only the games but the fans as well. In other words have a company of the people, run by the people, for the people.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I wouldn't want them involved either. Especially not after their whole LoS debacle, with a follow-up of tasteless pachislots. One way to get Konami back on track is to have another company buy them outright. Then that company fires all the CEOs who made the stupid decisions in the first place that lead to the recent disasters. After that, bring in fresh blood--people that love and respect not only the games but the fans as well. In other words have a company of the people, run by the people, for the people.

Desired headline: Valve buys Konami, Steam-exclusive Castlevania and Silent Hill commisioned.

[Dracula9]

Desired headline: Valve buys Konami, Steam-exclusive Castlevania and Silent Hill commisioned.

As usual, Archer fucking nails it.

[zangetsu468]

As usual, Archer fucking nails it.

*Insert bullseye pun*

[zangetsu468]

I still think at some point they're going to wait for after Bloodstained and retaliate with sotn HD, just to spite IGA.

[shelverton.]

I don't think Konami listens at all at this point. I think they're just looking at other popular games and then try to see how they can turn their own franchises into those. So, with LoS they essentially listened to God of War fanbase more than the CV fanbase.

"Screw what our fans want! Now, what can we do to please the GoW fans?"

Whenever (if ever) Castlevania comes back, it's gonna be 100% what Konami wants it to be. Hopefully the company will have some new creative blood at some point, and something good can come out of it. My only hope right now is that Konami wants to please the Dark Souls crowd and makes a Castlevania inspired by that. It could really go either way but I think the foundation for a decent 3D Castlevania is hidden within Dark Souls rather than God of War.

As for 2D Castlevania, it may very well happen after Bloodstained, but I bet Konami is genuinely uninterested in 2D action games these days. I would've thought Shovel Knight (and all the other indie hits) might've made them interested again, but it doesn't seem like it, sadly.

[darkmanx_429]

I still feel that we will get some sort of 2D Castlevania upon the release BloodStained if anything out of spite or Konami trying to cash in on BloodStained's success.

[zangetsu468]

I still feel that we will get some sort of 2D Castlevania upon the release BloodStained if anything out of spite or Konami trying to cash in on BloodStained's success.

Exactly. They will wait until the fans have had a taste for blood and ride the success. Because Igasan will make Bloodstained 2 eventually and he will require time.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I'm sure Konami doesn't care about the core fans.
They are looking to get a share of the mainstream crowd.
If Bloodstained proves successful on that front, then we might see Konami make a move.