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Will Koji Igarashi's Castlevania successor be revealed this Monday?
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It's certainly awful enough, that I'd be willing to believe that to be the actual title, honestly!
Anyway, Shonoa and Alucard expies would be fine by me.
Found these two images in the code of the website
shown before together with the pentagram.
I'm starting to get hyped! It's happening isn't it!
FloweryMarston
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i hope that yamane composes notbloodytears
The Bankslammer
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Would definitely be down for not-Shanoa as the main protagonist. We're (most likely) so close that I don't really see any reason to put stock in rumors now, though.
Sir_Crocodile
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Found these two images in the code of the website
shown before together with the pentagram.
That is exactly the kind of art I would want from this.
Hope this is what iga has intended for the actual game too, I don't want another massive disappointment in art direction like with inafune/mn9 :/
!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man!!! SOTN references for hopefully obvious reasons!!!!!!! LETS DO THIS!! Hype train ticket please.
I know this is 99.99999% bullshit, but I would love for Order of Ecclesia and its glyph system to provide a basis for notCastlevania. I think it was even better than the Tactical Soul system from Aria/Dawn of Sorrow, and its absence was one of the reasons I couldn't finish Portrait of Ruin. Going back and playing Symphony of the Night after Aria of Sorrow was a bit dull, tbh.
Seven Force
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Given what IGA's said in the past about Yamane saying she'd be down for composing a hypothetical not-Castlevania, I feel confident in thinking she might as well be a lock for this.
Dr. Buni
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I want this to be true so badly. Shanoa and Alucard are the best Castlevania protagonists, so I welcome NotShanoa and NotAlucard with open arms.
Yeah, Shanoa was awesome, I'll take not-Shanoa any day.
Order of Ecclesia was almost not-Castlevania already.
How could she refuse? They're drinking buddies after all :lol
And incidentally one of the best. I really hope we get a female protag. And I hope her double jump animation is as graceful as Shanoa's
Found these two images in the code of the website
shown before together with the pentagram.
Not exactly in the source, but nice find.
swordorwhip.com/images/xxx.png
Where xxx stands for
runes
sword
whip
Have at it, assuming they've uploaded something else.
To be 100% honest with you, I'm voting fan-made hoax.
I'll gladly eat crow.
Sir_Crocodile
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If there are two characters, wonder if you have a choice or whether iga will revist the PoR tag system, which was rather good.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Dear fucking God please be real
I hope full online co-op is in. It would be great to run through the game with a buddy. If that's a stretchgoal, you guys better damn reach it (I'm already spent on Ooka-Laylee, gotta get that Toybox ._.)
She better be. Her last piece of music she ever composed for the franchise legit put me to tears in how great it was.
But I have a bias for violins and Castlevania Bloodlines.
The Bankslammer
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I feel similarly, though it might just be due to how low a lot of the soul drop rates were in the Sorrow games. Glyphs struck a good balance between being direct weapon upgrades and varied magic projectiles, while giving you new stuff to work with frequently.
Also yeah, I'm very confident that Yamane is a lock.
I'd be down if they got Yuzo Koshiro to make some tracks too, his Portrait of Ruin contributions were great.
GhostTrick
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If true, I hope Ayami Kojima is also back for character design.
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Jotamide
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Schobeleth
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So was there any precise time the supposed reveal is going to happen - I know some people were going by the lunar calendar...
Seven Force
Banned
JinjoUnchained
Member
Oh hell yeah, the next Igavania should continue in the direction of Order of Ecclesia: that is, bring the spirit of Simon's Quest into the modern era. That's been one of my dream games for awhile.
I suggest they call the game: Scary No. 13
Pitch Black Flint
Member
Missed opportunity if the title doesn't include a musical refrence. Konami doesn't own the rights to that, and it's one of the easiest ways to discern which Castlevania games IGA was involved with. Would be a cool nod to fans of Castlevania.
thefreecheese
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I've been silent in this thread today but I've been following along since yesterday. It's after 8 PM on the East Coast so the moon should be out any minute. I'm really hoping that everything combined is pointing toward something legitimate tonight.
I've been waiting for this since first reading the headline "Igarashi Leaves Konami," and I'm ready to skip paying rent to throw money at a KickStarter.
I've been waiting for this since first reading the headline "Igarashi Leaves Konami," and I'm ready to skip paying rent to throw money at a KickStarter.
AcademicSaucer
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Im down for NotCastlevania: NotOrder of NotEclessia
PfantzyPantz
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Praying to Sparda for NotShanoa
Schobeleth
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Guys. Quarterwomann is following Swordorwhip's twitter.
Edit: I didn't know this was already mentioned
Sorry
Edit: I didn't know this was already mentioned
Sorry
Dr. Buni
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Bloody Tears would be a neat name for a game.
We knew that. They're both probably being run by the same person.
Yeah, hopefully this is true even if the title of the game seems very bad. Shanoa was cool both character and gameplay wise.
Karsticles
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Glad to see so much Shanoa love here. OoE was the best DS Castlevania.
Storm Kyleis
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This is happening, right? It's happening.
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Jotamide
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<3
I'll always remember the first leaked screens of the game with the time stamps on them. It was from the crab boss in the elevator part. GAF thought it looked so poor that it was from some doujin game. I do agree the art (portrait) feels awkward in the game.
8-4 I'd guess.
Dr. Buni
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To me it is the best Castlevania overall. So damn good.
I think the art looks great. Now what they did with the art in Dawn of Sorrow was a tragedy. From gorgeous Gothic-ish art style to some ugly generic anime art style.
Dominic_Shade
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I like the idea of a NotShanoa and NotAlucard partnership. Here's hoping this is true.
To me it is the best Castlevania overall. So damn good.
I think the art looks great. Now what they did with the art in Dawn of Sorrow was a tragedy. From gorgeous Gothic-ish art style to some ugly generic anime art style.
I think the art is fine, it's way it appears at the DS resolution that makes it really weird. The same happened with Aria of Sorrow on GBA.
Definitely, Mark MacDonald from 8-4 retweeted "Quarterwomann's" strange rune related image before the hype even started.
You are probably right on them running the campaign, but I mean literally whose name will be on the created by field on the KS website, since Kickstarter isn't directly open to Japanese creators yet. Have my doubts that that part is 8-4.
But who knows.
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