GhostTrick
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Not true. Look at Mighty n°9. Handheld versions are being worked on a different engine.
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Will Koji Igarashi's Castlevania successor be revealed this Monday?
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Not true. Look at Mighty n°9. Handheld versions are being worked on a different engine.
I'm confident they can. I'll just be disappointed if it's similar to the other two recent endeavors (either overburdened with mechanics/story it doesn't need or looking like a lifeless 3d game made in unity).
That said, i'm confident it'll be fine.
I really doubt that there is a 3DS version planned and if it is there, will be for the latest milestones. Honestly I think it is not even worthy and the logical platforms are PC and then PS4 and PSVita.
Aside of that, they could always go the DKR3D way and use renders. Hell I think that even the original DKCR for Wii used renders for the characters as revealed when playing it in the Dolphin emulator.
Yuta Romeo does some great cover songs:
Sinking Old Sanctuary + Baljhet Mountains
Iron Blue Intention
Way too many to list, he probably covered any single Castlevania song in his medleys.
Well said, it makes it more of a niche game, but that's why we like it in the first place.
Sinking Old Sanctuary + Baljhet Mountains
Iron Blue Intention
Way too many to list, he probably covered any single Castlevania song in his medleys.
Well said, it makes it more of a niche game, but that's why we like it in the first place.
Again, if they go with pixel art made to the 3DS' spec and scale it up for the other platforms, everyone wins!
There's no way that game is gonna survive the transition to 3DS without some significant compromises, I'm sure.
Come to think of it, we haven't actually seen either handheld port yet, have we?
IronicSonic
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Stone Ocean
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If the game is 2.5D I doubt we'll see a 3DS release
Considering how the console/PC version looks, I wouldn't be so sure of that lol
The art style on the characters in MN9 seems like someone put together a quick WIP modeled example to show to Inafune and he said "Yeah sure that looks great lets do the next character now" and they just went with it.
I felt the same way about Gunvolt. I don't think it will have any bearing on their work with IGA though.
Stone Ocean
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Is it 11 am yet
And now?
And now?
Are we there yet
More_Badass
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11am PST, right? So 2pm EST?
Is it possible that the first 40 seconds of the CV clip are a royalty free score? The game music doesn't really start until after that and I don't hear it in the movie.
But of course. I'm just saying it's not memorable/catchy like the rest of the series, not that it was wrong or something.
Finale Fireworker
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Will anybody be live-tweeting or live-posting the stream today? I'm going to be working all night and won't be able to tune in, but will have constant access to my phone to check for updates. Anybody have any plans?
Sword Familiar
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Related?
https://twitter.com/bobservo/status/597776441632108545
Yeah, it's the earthbound jingle, but it's also the mystery/spooky jingle, so it doesn't necessarily mean it's related to earthbound. Wonder if they got an exclusive scoop on it (to reveal 1 hour before the livestream starts), considering Jeremy Parish works there and is the owner of metroidvania.com
If i were iga, i'd give him the exclusive scoop for sure.
https://twitter.com/bobservo/status/597776441632108545
Yeah, it's the earthbound jingle, but it's also the mystery/spooky jingle, so it doesn't necessarily mean it's related to earthbound. Wonder if they got an exclusive scoop on it (to reveal 1 hour before the livestream starts), considering Jeremy Parish works there and is the owner of metroidvania.com
If i were iga, i'd give him the exclusive scoop for sure.
IIRC Parish is the one who coined the Metroidvania term to begin with. I hope it'll be just a short clip of IGA complaining that SotN was inspired by Zelda and not Metroid, damn it.
brandonh83
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Sword Familiar
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IIRC Parish is the one who coined the Metroidvania term to begin with. I hope it'll be just a short clip of IGA complaining that SotN was inspired by Zelda and not Metroid, damn it.
Let's call them Zeldavanias then. Metroidvania is too general now anyway.
It can all be remixes and still be a good soundtrack. Actually I'd argue that it is.
Kind of surprised fans wouldn't realize it's mostly remixes though, although I'll admit myself I didn't realize it was just one original track.
Dreamwriter
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Where did that Edit 2 in the OP come from? What's the source? Sword or Whip doesn't look like that to me at all.
Stone Ocean
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The GBA makes them sound pretty unique, I guess
I expect several speedruns of igavanias, and not much else to be honest. Maybe some concept art.
They will at least tell us that whip won, right?
Stone Ocean
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I think we can expect some gameplay considering how they are going about revealing this
Obligatory inafuneisabusinessman.jpg
Listening to the SotN OST in light of these "overrated" comments and man, no. Just no.
This soundtrack is fantastic. You might not like it as much as other soundtracks, but it deserves the praise it gets. It's huge and expansive in ways other Castlevania soundtracks aren't. The royal-gothic sound of it fits the adventure perfectly, and the composition is sublime.
This isn't catchy?
Nor this?
Get some guitar work here, or, even here, and it's catchy too!
This is just so sweepingly epic
Bobby Brown, eat your heart out
Nah, it's a fantastic soundtrack. Put that thought to bed.
This soundtrack is fantastic. You might not like it as much as other soundtracks, but it deserves the praise it gets. It's huge and expansive in ways other Castlevania soundtracks aren't. The royal-gothic sound of it fits the adventure perfectly, and the composition is sublime.
This isn't catchy?
Nor this?
Get some guitar work here, or, even here, and it's catchy too!
This is just so sweepingly epic
Bobby Brown, eat your heart out
Nah, it's a fantastic soundtrack. Put that thought to bed.
AcademicSaucer
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Can someone please put one of those fancy countdown clocks in the OP ?
MiguelItUp
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Today has the potential to be an excellent day, I'm beyond excited now! Here's to hoping it looks incredible!
I guess we'll know soon enough.
stan423321
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DKCR is... Well, to put it in simple terms: it partially uses renders but renders those renders in real-time when needed. Am I clear?
This is speculated to be done so the things overlap like there were sprites (since they are) by the way.
FloweryMarston
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while i understand that igarashi and his team wanted to make a zelda game, the map style is the same from super. at least SOME inspiration came from metroid too haha
I really hope that there will be some gameplay. I think it's incredibly important for Kickstarters these days to offer more than just promises. There have been enough letdowns in the past that enough people want to see something before pledging money. Yooka-Laylee did incredibly well in that regard.
Oh, trust and believe that you wouldn't be the only one.
I bought Gunvolt explicitly due to the fact that Inti was involved, and ended up regretting my purchase. And I wanted to like it so much, because I was excited (re: starving) for a new take on the Rockman formula.
At least the sprites and "2.5D" backdrops looked good, overall, which is what I'd expect from them for this title.
Sword Familiar
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I'm half expecting character concept art (with background info), one tune (partial) and maybe a concept video that doesn't show how the game will end up, but indicates it's direction. Either that or mock up pictures instead of video. There will also be talk of *shrug* social aspects. Probably connected to the meta-game we are playing now, with clans and everything. There might even be another meta game leading up to the actual game (I'm basing this on one of the quotes; "winning here is the easy part" or whatever). Then he'll maybe announce a kickstarter.
This is after hours and hours of speedruns and filler.
As you can see, I'm expecting way too much.
This is after hours and hours of speedruns and filler.
As you can see, I'm expecting way too much.
Dreamwriter
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What is the source of this? Is there some secret to get that to appear? It's in the OP with no explanation at all as to its source.
Stone Ocean
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No it doesn't, it's all real-time. You're being confused by an old emulator error.
Fantastic and seriously awesome! Can't wait to hear what this game's music is like!
ToastyFrog
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IIRC Parish is the one who coined the Metroidvania term to begin with. I hope it'll be just a short clip of IGA complaining that SotN was inspired by Zelda and not Metroid, damn it.
I didn't coin it!
uh huh
Dangerous. After MN9 and its concept art vs actual in-game graphics, that's really dangerous. My hope is that they've been secretly at work on it for the last half a year, and that what we see is actual in-game footage, if there is footage.
SSH's fake guitars bother me, for reasons. But he makes cool remixes regardless.
Here it is in good sound quality if you want it.
brandonh83
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Just looking for details. I think MN9 looks good enough visually so I'm not too worried.
DKCR rendered DK an Diddy outside of the stage and what you see on the stage is a sprite version of that render.
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