With Castlevania already renewed for a second season (and apparently being real good, going to watch it later) as well as plans for Assassin's Creed to follow suit, could Netflix finally be the platform we've been waiting for to turn out decent videogame adaptations?
That remains to be seen, but under the assumption that animated Netflix shows based on videogames is about to become a fad, post what games you'd like to see get the Castlevania treatment. Feel free to be descriptive in what setting you would want, what animation studio, etc.
My top choices would be:
1. Final Fantasy VII
No surprises here, but in truth I could see this having a high chance of happening. Like with FFXV, Square will undoubtedly make a big cross media push for the FFVII Remake. With the Kingsglaive CG film not performing as expected but the free short Anime series Brotherhood getting a lot more praise, making a Netflix series seems like the best middle ground approach.
Rather than just straight adapting the original game's story (because that's what the Remake is for), and since Last Order already covered the Nibleheim incident, I would love to see the Netflix series approach a piece of FFVII's lore that has yet to be touched on: Tifa in Midgar.
Alone in a massive city, recovering from a mortal injury, and all of her friends and family presumed dead, I always wondered how Tifa went from a refugee country girl to somehow getting mixed up with a terrorist organization determined to take down Shinra. Her eventually meeting up with Barret and the partnership they form could make for a really interesting set of episodes, while also showing glimpses of other characters (such as Aerith) moments before the events of the original game. It even has the perfect place to end, with Tifa meeting a comatose Cloud in the alleyway, thus setting up the iconic bombing mission that kickstarts the game.
2. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Assuming that Konami doesn't Konami and allows for more Castlevania episodes, Simon's Quest would be a really great follow-up to the newly released series.
Why Simon's Quest, specifically? Because the material is vague enough that the writers could run wild with the concept without being acccused of deviating too far from canon. The concept of Simon frantically on the run to break the curse that is eating away at his life while being pursued by monsters at night feels like something out of Berserk. Plus, the infamously bad translation can be spun around to create all sorts of eccentric and untrustworthy townspeople, feeling similar to that series about Souls that everybody compares to everything.
Plus with this format, you can unironically spout this line:
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and have it feel genuine instead of forced.
A runner-up would be Castlevania: Rondo of Blood:
but only on the grounds that they stick to the original early 90's anime look, rather than the gothic PSP designs. I would love for them to pay homage to that era of Anime aesthetics and have a rocking soundtrack to boot. Plus it lets them differentiate from the immediate follow-up, Symphony of the Night.
Also I would very much like to see Maria destroy all her adversaries in animated form.
She warned Dracula not to do bad things.
That remains to be seen, but under the assumption that animated Netflix shows based on videogames is about to become a fad, post what games you'd like to see get the Castlevania treatment. Feel free to be descriptive in what setting you would want, what animation studio, etc.
My top choices would be:
1. Final Fantasy VII
No surprises here, but in truth I could see this having a high chance of happening. Like with FFXV, Square will undoubtedly make a big cross media push for the FFVII Remake. With the Kingsglaive CG film not performing as expected but the free short Anime series Brotherhood getting a lot more praise, making a Netflix series seems like the best middle ground approach.
Rather than just straight adapting the original game's story (because that's what the Remake is for), and since Last Order already covered the Nibleheim incident, I would love to see the Netflix series approach a piece of FFVII's lore that has yet to be touched on: Tifa in Midgar.
Alone in a massive city, recovering from a mortal injury, and all of her friends and family presumed dead, I always wondered how Tifa went from a refugee country girl to somehow getting mixed up with a terrorist organization determined to take down Shinra. Her eventually meeting up with Barret and the partnership they form could make for a really interesting set of episodes, while also showing glimpses of other characters (such as Aerith) moments before the events of the original game. It even has the perfect place to end, with Tifa meeting a comatose Cloud in the alleyway, thus setting up the iconic bombing mission that kickstarts the game.
2. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Assuming that Konami doesn't Konami and allows for more Castlevania episodes, Simon's Quest would be a really great follow-up to the newly released series.
Why Simon's Quest, specifically? Because the material is vague enough that the writers could run wild with the concept without being acccused of deviating too far from canon. The concept of Simon frantically on the run to break the curse that is eating away at his life while being pursued by monsters at night feels like something out of Berserk. Plus, the infamously bad translation can be spun around to create all sorts of eccentric and untrustworthy townspeople, feeling similar to that series about Souls that everybody compares to everything.
Plus with this format, you can unironically spout this line:
and have it feel genuine instead of forced.
A runner-up would be Castlevania: Rondo of Blood:
but only on the grounds that they stick to the original early 90's anime look, rather than the gothic PSP designs. I would love for them to pay homage to that era of Anime aesthetics and have a rocking soundtrack to boot. Plus it lets them differentiate from the immediate follow-up, Symphony of the Night.
Also I would very much like to see Maria destroy all her adversaries in animated form.
She warned Dracula not to do bad things.
