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Will Koji Igarashi's Castlevania successor be revealed this Monday?
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IGA sure is making the rounds in California.
Spieler Eins
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Since the op hasn't been updated, what is the stream people have been talking about and when does it start?
Seven Force
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Fair enough. It's defitely a grind from start to finish, even in online co-op.
Always wondered how the hell anyone was expected to connect Judgment's plot with an obscure ass CV spinoff outside of diehards :lol
Kinda Funny Games is doing a stream on monday starting at 11am (I assume PST since I think they're in Cali?). I believe the stream will be on their site.
So then is this the stream being referred to in the teaser site? Is that where he does his reveal?
PfantzyPantz
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Just realized that the big day is the day after Mother's Day.
The protagonist is Dracula's mother confirmed.
The protagonist is Dracula's mother confirmed.
Judgment kind of relies on Kid Dracula, Symphony of the Night, and presumably Dracula's Curse, in particular to understand why Galamoth is the main villain.
- Galamoth is first introduced as a villain in Kid Dracula, considered an enemy to both Kid Dracula and Death.
- Symphony of the Night has Galamoth as the hardest boss of the game, a monster under Dracula's control despite wanting to rule like Dracula does.
- The original backstory to Dracula's Curse infers that Dracula tricks a monster to obtain enormous power and is the catalyst to Dracula having a large enough army to attack Wallachia. It was very likely Galamoth, considering the types of powers it has.
- Judgment takes place in a time rift, presumably so Galamoth can kill off key people and take his place as the truth King Badass Incarnate.
- Symphony of the Night has Galamoth as the hardest boss of the game, a monster under Dracula's control despite wanting to rule like Dracula does.
- The original backstory to Dracula's Curse infers that Dracula tricks a monster to obtain enormous power and is the catalyst to Dracula having a large enough army to attack Wallachia. It was very likely Galamoth, considering the types of powers it has.
- Judgment takes place in a time rift, presumably so Galamoth can kill off key people and take his place as the truth King Badass Incarnate.
Of course, the only people who would even care about any of that stuff would be hardcore fans, most of which had many issues with the rest of Judgment as is.
Hopefully the stamina system returns for this new game.
I liked actually using my brain and choosing the correct glyph for the enemies.
And also the system where we could save different sets of glyphs. Shit was obligatory for playing the game well.
Order of Ecclesia combat system is the best in the series. I want that back.
I liked actually using my brain and choosing the correct glyph for the enemies.
And also the system where we could save different sets of glyphs. Shit was obligatory for playing the game well.
Order of Ecclesia combat system is the best in the series. I want that back.
rockman zx
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Related??:
SolidSnakex
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I guess we know the developer now. Time to start hoping for IC's spritework instead of their 3D work.
LowParry
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It's also the more expensive option isn't it? Either way, with it being a kickstarter and who it is, I'm pretty sure they'll hit their target very comfortably.
rockman zx
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Or they can do it like the Dracula X Chronicles game por PSP, did people complained about that?.
Finale Fireworker
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I love Dracula X Chronicles.
How much of this backlash is just centric to GAF? How widespread is this apparent dislike? (Personally like how MN9 looks.)
You can't really say one is more expensive than the other as a general statement, especially when we don't know the nature of the game or their target resolution or any other details.
What can be said is that finding and assembling the personnel required for any discipline, be it pixel art, HD 2D art or 3D, is going to be key. IGA is going to have to partner with someone to make this game, and they are gonna need a lot of artists and/or a lot of time in order to make a game with the volume of an IGAvania.
I've sad it before but I really hope this is a pixel art game with 3DS as the base platform, as I think it'll both look better than a 2.5D game and scale a lot better to all the various platforms. I'd be shocked if they pitch a HD 2D game, honestly.
There's no way they're not doing 2D stuff. IntiCreate's sprite stuff is just too good.
Yeah, again, their spritework is top-notch. I just hope that any gameplay systems will be handled more from IGA's planning team than anything else.
Playing Gunvolt after having such high expectations stemming from the Zero series and MM9/10 was just such a let down.
If they're involved, I hope it's like Shantae in that it's a collaborate effort between Inti and another developer.
I am not a fan of Inti's Metroidvania attempts with Mega Man.
Sword Familiar
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Well, the Inti/Wayforward collaboration was just one artist from Inti providing character portraits, so any IGA/Inti collab would have to be more of a true collaboration, and I wonder how many of IGA's crew would be involved aside from IGA--not just Yamane and Kojima, but other Konami people. I suppose we'll find out before long.
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Jotamide
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Inti Creates is still god-tier in my book. Even if it ends up looking like MN9, the gameplay is bound to be tight. Gunvolt, while not even close to the MMZ, still had solid controls and art.
IGA's games are usually not super long, but that's why he always offers alternate modes to the games, to increase their length. I tend to ignore most of them, though.
Red Arremer
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You might wanna call it HD, which is also the official designation, since HoD usually is used to refer to Harmony of Dissonance, the GBA game with Juste Belmont.
FloweryMarston
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playing aria of sorrow.... i miss igavanias
Red Arremer
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Which system?
Red Arremer
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Only have it on 360, sorry. :c
And I'm not even sure I have gold... hrm...
More_Badass
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All this hype, I guess I should check out Symphony of the Night? Never played a Castlevania game
It's funny. I never played a Castlevania and I never played Metroid either, but I love Metroidvanias
It's funny. I never played a Castlevania and I never played Metroid either, but I love Metroidvanias
clay_ghost
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Most Metroidvanias are not half as fun as most of Castlevania and Metroid :0
Spieler Eins
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Super Metroid. NOW. Then SotN right after.
This. Get your dose of perhaps the two greatest 2D adventure games ever.
Eolz
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Super Metroid. NOW. Then SotN right after.
This. I can't imagine someone liking metroidvanias discovering how good metroid and castlevania are.
This genre is named like that for a reason, very few games came close to those franchises at their best.
I just gave it a spin again, I'm very rusty. Luckily, my OP Shanoa still saw me through easily
More_Badass
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Hey, before my time. Never had a Nintendo console and my first intro to gaming were Spyro, Resident Evil 2, and Bloody Roar. Is it possible to play Metroid on PC? Emulated or something?
Super Metroid. NOW. Then SotN right after.
Nightengale
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A small part of me is being very conflicted about this, for the stupid reason that it won't be the continuation of Alucard's story.
You can emulate pretty much every Metroid ever released on PC. For many of them that's arguably the best way to play them these days. Of course, first you have to buy them.
Glad to see some IGA appreciation. I still shudder to think the LoS OT's title was "The MercurySteam has vanquished the horrible night."
Guess I'll need to open up my wallet for a kickstarter again. Never know how these things turn out, but as long as the game is completed I have a hard time imagining it isn't at least pretty good.
Guess I'll need to open up my wallet for a kickstarter again. Never know how these things turn out, but as long as the game is completed I have a hard time imagining it isn't at least pretty good.
Super Metroid and Castlevania: SOTN are essentials that everybody should have played. If you have the opportunity and time, you should play them; will give you a better idea why so many people are excited to see what Iga is cooking up.
OmegaDL50
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I just gave it a spin again, I'm very rusty. Luckily, my OP Shanoa still saw me through easily
I used to own this, then my 360 died. I really need to rebuy this again on PS3, even if I mainly play solo.
When I do buy it, I definitely play co-op with you Durante.
You can use a SNES emulator (HIGAN is the most accurate emulator available however you need a decent PC for full speed.)
Or if you own a Wii U you can buy Super Metroid via Virtual Console.
Symphony of the Night, you have several options. If you own a PS3 you got the PSX Classics which is my preferred way to play the game. 360 has a version via XBLA but is missing some movie / fmv stuff.
If you own a PSP there is also Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles which you can unlock SOTN as a bonus game, however it has a revised localization and different voice work that many people seem to dislike despite the translation being more accurate.
I'm more bothered by the unexplained plot element on
why Richter has to be the last Belmont to hold the Vampire Killer.
Almost every other thread the original canon left can be explained off well except that one.
I also wonder, if the /v/ character rumor was true, is the male character a dhampir or a born vampire? Castlevania only had about one vampire like that, that being Walter Bernhard.
Lee Chaolan
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Same. Bought the hell out of all the DLC on both systems, played it many many late nights, was a blast playing with Japanese folk in the morning. Down the line everyone just kept trying to glitch the retro strages. lol.
Still kinda surprised they didn't release more characters and stages
I'd love some sort of sequel, or if this new Iga title had some resemblence to HoD. Hell, Id love some dual crashes or something like Hydro Storm xD
Nightengale
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Maybe Richter had
a slew of unworthy sons that made him worry about the long-term succession of the Vampire Killer lol? Or the events of Symphony left him concerned about a possible repetition of Shaft.
My memory of the canon is all hazy, to be honest. It's been too long since Sorrow/Ecclesia.
OmegaDL50
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I think one of the reasons why Sonia Belmont was retconned out of IGA's timeline was due to the fact that the ending of Castlevania Legends heavily implies that
Trevor Belmont is the love child of Sonia and Alucard.
This would mean that
Trevor was 1/4th Vampire 3/4th Human.Which would create all kinds of strange situations. Like how would a Belmont be able to wield the Vampire Killer when it's power repelled Vampires. Trevor being 1/4th Vampire would mean would be impossible for him and his future descendants to wield.
This is the reason why Castlevania Legends was omitted, not because IGA didn't feel a female Vampire Hunter was suitable.
Sword Familiar
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My Castlevania lore is a little rusty, but didn't
Julius Belmont take up the Vampire Killer after the Morris clan got it from Richter? I think the reason Richter passed it on in the first place was that he was ashamed of being led on by Shaft.
Lee Chaolan
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I LOVED Harmony of Despair. Put over 250 hours into the 360 version. Actually, that reminds me that I should get it again on PS3 since I've been craving that game lately.
I'd go nuts for either HoD2 or OoE2.
It's great seeing so much love for that title.
That'd be awesome! I'm definitely in. What say you guys?
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