The Castlevania fighting game: IGA reloads, points gun at uninjured foot

[Dr. Boogie]

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19247

The latest next-gen Castlevania game will be a fighting game, for the Wii, with art done by the guy who did Death Note.


I really don't know what to say. I, personally, haven't heard much call for a Castlevania fighting game, but I have heard a lot from people wanting Ayami Kojima back for the art. Oh well, I suppose it can't be much worse than the N64 games.

[Chojin]

its all up to the lil korean kids anyhow

[Dr. Boogie]

I'll ship them up to the bad Korea if they keep this up.

[Chojin]

i guess people just don't like sewing these days

[Emu]

this

looks


AMAZING

[BurntToShreds]

I'll buy it only if I can play as Julius Belmont, and maybe Soma Cruz.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Looks kind of iffy with just screenshots. Not sure if I'm going to like the nunchuk and wiimote for controls either.

[Guitar Woman]

I can't claim to be a fan of fighting games. I actually hate them. But this looks really cool. Here's hoping it has not Brawl Wifi and doesn't suck!

[Zhukov]

The game will be mediocre, but I'm willing to guess that out of the plethora of mini-games it will carry, a few will be playable. I'm excited.

[Dr. Boogie]

I just feel like the game should go all out. Sure, we've ditched the iconic art style and moved into an unrelated game genre, but I feel like more could be done. How about we fire that Michiru Yamane hack, and replace all the whips with magic wands?

And can we work in a teenage girl with a squeaky voice to be a sidekick? And maybe she has a wise-cracking animal companion, too.

[darkvare]

at least is different from metroidvania and i think i may get it my wii is a dust collector this and madworld may be the only two wii games i will get unless i see something really amazing at e3 i also want a playable 8 bit simon lol

[Angryhydralisk]

Okay, I'm buying a Wii. Period. This shit's gonna have more whips than a Devo song, it's gonna rock (As much as a Castlevania game CAN rock in this day and age.)!

Maybe it'll even have butt-rock, just like in Curse of Darkness!

And Simon appears to have reddish (maroon?) hair, which should be gay, but works in the 80s, where but-rock works best. And he has a whip.

CUH-RACK THAT WHIP! :hypno

[Dr. Boogie]

at least is different from metroidvania

Oh, that reminds me, they should also get working on the Castlevania card game. And don't forget Castlevania Tactics!

[darkvare]

i think tactics is posible lol and they are making a new metroidvania for the ds anyways (order of ecclesia) and according to some info there is gonna be conectivity between the two

[Dr. Boogie]

Yeah, they mention that in the article.


Oh hell, how could I forget Castlevania Kart!? Little chibi version of your favorite castlevania characters shooting crosses and daggers at each other while driving through tracks made to look like some of the more famous zones like the clock tower and caves!

[Nick]

I want a 3D game with Alucard. He's the best character.

[Dr. Boogie]

Don't worry. The next gen version of Castlevania Kart will be entirely in 3D.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

How about Belmont Party?

[Nick]

Don't worry. The next gen version of Castlevania Kart will be entirely in 3D.
Castlevania can be brought to the next gen consoles as an decent adventure game. They just don't want to spend the time to make it work.

[Emu]

A 3D Castlevania would be God of War's retarded cousin.

[Guitar Woman]

What was wrong with Castlevania 64, again?

[Emu]

Boring characters, mostly. That's what turned me off of it.

[Nick]

Lack of Belmonts?

[Lobo Tommy]

Ten bucks says the game is really bad.

[Fathom Zero]

I think people easily forget about Lament of Innocence and it's sequal.

Because they're forgettable.

[Zomboid]

A fighting game for the wii?! Sounds great!!!!!!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I think people easily forget about Lament of Innocence and it's sequal.

Because they're forgettable.


I thought they were pretty good. Curse of Darkness was the better of the two.

[darkvare]

here are some picks
http://kotaku.com/photogallery/castlejudgement709/

[Guitar Woman]

http://kotaku.com/assets/images/gallery/9/2008/07/medium_2653288244_095abeaf9c_o.jpg




On par with Street Fighter 4 for horrendous visuals, then!

[Guitar Woman]

Other than that shot I think it looks pretty good, although I'm probably just a fag for Obata.

[Dimnos]

Lament of Innocence was actualy pretty good. Im not saying it was the best Castlevania game, but it was, and still is, the best 3D Castlevania game.

[Dr. Boogie]

http://kotaku.com/assets/images/gallery/9/2008/07/medium_2653286064_dc4e0e3265_o.jpg

I admit I thought it was funny that her weapon was a caged owl.

Everything else, though.

[Guitar Woman]

I'm still strangely excited by this. Mabye I just want a WiFi game on the Wii that I don't need three hours of free time to commit myself to.

[Dr. Boogie]

Or you're still just an Obata fan. He did recycle his Light and Misa heads to make Simon and Maria, respectively.

[Guitar Woman]

Looks more like some bizzare fusion of Light and Mello to me, but yeah.

I'm going to have to remain cautiously optimistic about this and hope they aren't shitting out another Wii shovelware game

[Dr. Boogie]

And I remain cautiously pessimistic because Obata has made the characters in the style of run-of-the-mill anime faggotry.

Now I'm going to have to write his name down.

[MarioRPG]

For a while, I was thinking this would be pretty neat. But I just really, really don't like fighting games. Those screen shots remind me of virtua fighter :(

Castlevania is an awesome series though. I've only played 5 or so of the games, but it's coo.

[Fathom Zero]

Only 5?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://kotaku.com/assets/images/gallery/9/2008/07/medium_2653288244_095abeaf9c_o.jpg






Why the fuck is Dracula a golden robot?

[Guitar Woman]

canon nipples

[Angryhydralisk]

It takes place in the future! ROBO-DRAC! :lol

But yeah, as far as the artwork goes, it just goes to show how most anime artists are. Like Akira Toriyama, some of them recycle the same designs over and over.

[darkvare]

well if it has soma it can be in the future his story is like in 2050

[Dr. Boogie]

And they were careful to minimize the number of references to that time period within the game.

[Nick]

And they were careful to minimize the number of references to that time period within the game.
Yeah, like Genetic Golden Roboto Dracula-san Mach 4 Hyber Machine Go-Go Robo Fighter series 8.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

:notfunny

[Dr. Boogie]

Yeah, like Genetic Golden Roboto Dracula-san Mach 4 Hyber Machine Go-Go Robo Fighter series 8.

I was referring to Darkvare's post, you dunce. Aria/Dawn of Sorrow.

[Nick]

http://kotaku.com/assets/images/gallery/9/2008/07/medium_2653286064_dc4e0e3265_o.jpg

I admit I thought it was funny that her weapon was a caged owl.

Everything else, though.
That is horrible. :(

[MarioRPG]

Only 5?

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have said only... but there has been a lot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Castlevania_titles

[Girl Drink Drunk]

Up until I saw the art direction and the other screenshots, I had some hope for this game :(

[Lobo Tommy]

Castelvania would look good cell-shaded.

[Zomboid]

YOU'D LOOK GOOD IN A BODY BAG.

[MetalMilitia]

Castelvania would look good cell-shaded.

Nothing looks good cell shaded. :/

[darkvare]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36755.html
gameplay

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I watched the new trailer. I like how they have random zombie npcs during the battle. How much they actually attack you though. It would be nice if it depended on the difficulty.

[Angryhydralisk]

Apparently, 11 of the 14 (Seriously?) characters have been confirmed.

- Simon
- Drac
- Alucard
- Maria
- Shanoa
- Trevor
- Sypha
- Grant
- Carmilla
- Cornell :confused:
- Death

STAGGERING LINE-UP, PEOPLE.

[Dr. Boogie]

I watched the new trailer. I like how they have random zombie npcs during the battle. How much they actually attack you though. It would be nice if it depended on the difficulty.

Yeah, looks great. Except that even in that video, you see them walking in front of the camera. There's already enough obstruction of the view with Maria repeatedly doing some spinning attack that fills the screen with flames.

Someone should just buy the developers a copy of Soul Calibur and tell them to stop.