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[Oswen]

This is great, looks like a true "Castlevania", missed those since OoE.

Now watch it being a mobile title.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

I am really excited about this game. It will probably another metroidvania without the castlevania name. Kinda sucks that he had to leave Konami =/.

As long as the spirit is there, it'll be great!

 

[Oni Link 666]

Bloodyvania! I didn't even notice the Castlevania looking screens when Jose tweeted it. Those actually looks really cool. I just thought it was something about witches or Slipknot. LOL

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of this and I got $100+ for Iga if it's on Kickstarter.

 

[Neff]

Turn your world upside down? Castlevania reference?

Absolutely blatant.

 

[kadotsu]

So stoked for Castlemania or whatever it ends up being.

 

[Black Soma]

This is great, looks like a true "Castlevania", missed those since OoE.

Now watch it being a mobile title.

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-resurrection-of-koji-igarashi

IGA: Being 100% honest, we'll be focusing on those fans who primarily are on the console and are looking for console experiences or your traditional handhelds. Those are the people that we're going to focus on first and foremost. If I get to a position where I absolutely have to do mobile like the rest of everyone else due to funding issues, then I'll do what I have to to survive.

 

[Krustentier7]

Hot damn, I expected Iga to take a lot longer to start actual development, let alone tease the his game. So ready for that shit!

 

[dorikyasu]

"yeah, that is going to be the game on the Ultra 64."

What does that quote mean? Is it just supposed to be a joke line or something? Obviously, we all know that the Ultra 64 became renamed the Nintendo 64. Is this a hint at a console? Obviously not the n64, but is this a hint that the game is coming to Nintendo?

It's a quote from the infamous September 1995 issue of DieHard GameFan magazine.

 

[badgenome]

awww yesss

"Become the strangest version of yourself." - Elliott Hulse

 

[Oni Link 666]

Why the satanic imagery though?...

Ever read a Doctor Strange comic? He wields the Dark Arts, evil magic, blood magic. He sells his soul to demons in exchange for power. Also, turn that pentacle upside down and you have a symbol of witchcraft.

 

[Bomber Bob]

Damn I hope this isn't on a handheld only.

looks like bravia crt tv only

 

[Spieler Eins]

Any other context than, ,,well this lies at some PAX panel"?

 

[IrishNinja]

god if this turns out to be a kickstarter...I'm gonna need to save up

 

[Mlatador]

Those screenshots (full moon night), dat message ("blood"), those beautiful old 16:9 CRTs...

Could this mean...

 

[Orniletter]

Please be sprite based and come to every handheld and console under the sun.

K thx by .

 

[TreIII]

Of course it's not Castlevania, Konami has the rights for the series. But really, Aria of Sorrow starts in a Japanese temple and the main character is Japanese (unlike the translated version would have you believe).

And that just touches on a lot of what I loved and hated about the "Sorrow" series.

For Aria of Sorrow to have gone on the tangent it went, it could have effectively been a brand new IP telling an all-new story and utilizing an entirely different setting that was farther removed from the Castlevania mythos. Or at least, it could've taken advantage of that 2035+ AD setting better than it did. Beyond the likes of perhaps the Positron Laser (though goofy/anachronistic weaponry certainly isn't unusual to CV), you could easily forget it was supposed to be in the future.

If anything, I felt like being bound by the CV storyline was a thing that limited what the Sorrow series could have done. Perhaps whatever this new game IGA's making could be a second chance at that.

 

[jwhit28]

Iga, Inafune, and Sakaguchi should start a nWo of Japanese game devs.

 

[sörine]

Please be sprite based and come to every handheld and console under the sun.

K thx by .

I feel like both those things are going to happen.

I wonder if Iga's partnering with and outside dev to get this done and who it could be?

 

[Grief.exe]

Kickstart the project Iga. PC/consoles/handheld, all sound good.

 

[Mlatador]

Close-ups on the screens would be welcome

 

[bon]

I'm hyped for whatever this is.

 

[The Lamonster]

um WHAT!


HYPEEEE!!! so much hype.

 

[Dark-VIII]

Now this is the Hype!
can't wait for the reveal

 

[Starsunder]

I'm so ready.

C'mon IGA.

 

[Zaku]

You hit the wrong button. You hit zoom when we needed CSI Enhance.

 

[Black Soma]

I hope Michiru Yamane is back too.

Castlevania SotN - Wandering Ghosts
Castlevania SotN - Lost Painting
Castlevania LoI - Dark Palace of Waterfalls
Castlevania LoI - Leon's Theme
Castlevania CoD - Abandoned Castle
Castlevania CoD - Mortvia Aqueduct

 

[Mlatador]

You hit the wrong button. You hit zoom when we needed CSI Enhance.

It's the best I could do, sorry

 

[Nicko]

Those "screens" are displayed on old Sony Trinitron CRTs... So can we assume this Would be a non-handheld affair?

So we got a European village with clock tower, and a Japanese garden area with terraces... Anything notice anything else in the "screens"?

 

[manueldelalas]

I hope he left with a pendrive full of assets from the old games... not.

Please name it Castle Dracula: Harmony of Sorrow.

 

[vortz]

I just hope it is more metroid than vania, like 80-20 maybe =)

 

[El Sloth]

Yaaaaaassss

Just tell me where I need to send my money to, Iga

 

[Mlatador]

Litte bit more contrast and color for the details.

 

[Frost_Ace]

YES PLS ;_;

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Litte bit more contrast and color for the details.

torii gates and european mansion/clocktower

feels like the culture fusion aria/dawn of sorrow was going for

 

[radios shipping overview]

So we have:

not-Megaman
not-Megaman Zero
not-Final Fantasy

And now not-Castlevania?

I'm happy to abandon classic franchises, now that they've been drained of all life, if it means we get new games under new IPs that are closer to being true sequels. Better that than games that are related to the classics in name only.

 

[Sacul64GC]

So we have:

not-Megaman
not-Megaman Zero
not-Final Fantasy

And now not-Castlevania?

I'm happy to abandon classic franchises, now that they've been drained of all life, if it means we get new games under new IPs that are closer to being true sequels. Better that than games that are related to the classics in name only.

Not Final Fantasy please show me!

 

[radios shipping overview]

Not Final Fantasy please show me!

Bravely Default.

 

[rtcn63]

I still have an SDTV. Is this the game for me?

 

[Yazuka]

I am hyped! If Michiru Yamane does the music I would be incredible happy.

 

[Geek]

Has there been ANY attempt to translate those runes into something more readable? I'm disappointed that there doesn't appear to be any code-crackin' going on!

 

[AcademicSaucer]

"yeah, that is going to be the game on the Ultra 64."

What does that quote mean? Is it just supposed to be a joke line or something? Obviously, we all know that the Ultra 64 became renamed the Nintendo 64. Is this a hint at a console? Obviously not the n64, but is this a hint that the game is coming to Nintendo?

NEW 3DS exclusive, meltdowns everywhere

 

[~Kinggi~]

Koji releasing a pretty-looking metroidvania on the PC would make mad monies son, MAD MONIES

 

[Pikma]

I am really excited about this game. It will probably another metroidvania without the castlevania name. Kinda sucks that he had to leave Konami =/.

Why? We wouldn't get this (potential) game if it weren't for it, Konami's shit and it'll be a long time before they touch the Castlevania's IP again, if ever, and even then it's quality would be far from guaranteed. Iga was just kinda sitting there nowadays, Konami would probably never give him a relevant project ever again, and that's why he left, the suits from that company don't give a shit about anything or anyone that isn't Metal Gear or Kojima. I'm actually really glad he left, I was just waiting for it to happen since it was basically inevitable.

 

[ShinobiFist]

Litte bit more contrast and color for the details.

I miss that Sony CRT HDTV.

 

[khaaan]

This was posted in the other thread:

I'm not really feeling it but I guess I'd be down for a new Muramasa game.

 

[Wishmaster92]

Litte bit more contrast and color for the details.

oh my god, can it be a new 2d castlevania?

 

[Foffy]

oh my god, can it be a new 2d castlevania?

Castlevania - especially 2D Castlevania - is dead to Konami.

All hail this Demon Castle Somethingorother game!

 

[GhostSeed]

...Muramasa Rebirth?

I know that type of imagery are used in a lot of Japanese games but that looks just like a screenshot from Murasama.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Why do I feel the urge to buy Iga's game based off these screens alone?

 

[Saint Gregory]

I feel like I've been waiting all of my life for this :')