Topic: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia *** NO SPOILERS

[Dark Nemesis]

So i was right about the moon:





Does anyone have the magazine? If yes, then post scans from the article!

[crisis]

Interesting artwork. It looks like Kojima's..

Could one of those characters be Quincy?

[Dark Nemesis]

So, we have three characters and Dracula. The man on the right might be the leader of order of ecclesia, but the question is, who is the other guy on the right with the gun?

 Also at the background is the castle of Dracula or the monastery of order of ecclesia? And like Crisis said, the artwork is awesome! More dark and gothic!

[Alexc2808]

It's the Castle...  It's the same one from SoTN.  The art is AWESOME.  IMO it's even better than Kojima's.

[Azmodan]

It looks like Kojima may be doing some of the artwork, a la DoS's soundtrack.

[Dark Nemesis]

The art is AWESOME.

[Alexc2808]

In Reply To #306
The man on the left and Dracula are definitely not Kojima...  Shanoa doesn't seem like it either.  The guy with the gun looks similar, but no...  He is far to detailed, Kojima has great style but the quality is just far beyond anything she can do... especially his chest piece.

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #307

The man on the right is looking like Balthier from FFXII!!

[Long John Silver]

my guess is, the guy on the right is Albus or whatever his name was, the guy from one of the leaked shots. the old guy is most likely whatshisname, the guy who controls the whole order. the rest obvious since they're chanoix and dracula.

edit: seeing some new info that surfaced i'm pretty sure it's him.

- Game takes place in mid 1800s when Belmont went missing
- All people unsuccessful at combating Dracula until Ecclesia formed
- Shanoa is the main character - first time a female stars
- Shanoa can use Glyphs (have many abilities) - source of Shanoa’s power
- “No real weapons in this game” - Glyphs used for every attack with MP
- Glyphs can change form: Ex - turn into a sword
- Glyphs located in environments, found when enemies dropped them, and other ways
- New layer of strategy due to glyph MP consumption with glyphs
- MP refills quickly when not attacking
- Can create combos
- Glyph Union special attack: Huge sword travels across the screen, constant barrage of knife hits -requires hearts
- Glyphs can be used in other ways: Ex - Produce magnetic field and cling to metal rods
- Barlowe part of Order of Ecclesia - gives tips and teaches you about your abilities at the beginning
- Albus also part of the Ecclesia group - Takes Dominus at the start of the game(the best Glyph weapon against the Dracula)
- Shanoa (loses her memory + power)
- World map utilized
- More than 20 locales in the game, Shanoa travels to find Dominus
- Save statues, teleport rooms return
- Side quests given by rescued villagers - villager data available in menui
- Game looks more mature, somber, painted than other games on the DS
- Michiru Yamane handling sound again
- No returning characters except for Dracula
- Returning from previous versions: Leveling-up, dodging (L/R buttons), select button to switch between map and stats, hard difficulty setting, multiple endings, Wi-Fi support
- Wi-Fi: New item interface: you can have your own shop, vs. competition considers items used and damaged received to determine winner
- Other features NP can’t talk about

also

[Munchy]

http://www.nintendoeverything.com/ has that info along with an awesome looking screenshot. Amazing detail in the bricks, leaves, etc.

This game sounds like the love child of the Megaman ZX games and a recent Castlevania. Can't wait to tear into it!

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #309

Where did you found all that info? Is from the NP article? Do you have the magazine or scans from it?

[Munchy]

In Reply To #311

It's info from people who have read that issue of Nintendo Power. No scans yet.

[Alexc2808]

Holy crap... that screen shot is beautiful.

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #312

That picture with Shanoa at a village even if it is blurred, is looking awesome!

[Wallachia]

amazing vibe and detail from that shot, even blurry!