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Castlevania Coming to the Wii?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the getting-over-the-controller-aversion dept.

CVG picked up on a recent blurb in Preview magazine mentioning a Wii version of Castlevania. This comes as a surprise after Koji Igarashi's hesitance concerning the Wii in general and more specifically the Wii-mote. "It says the book will be 'cross-promoted with 2008 video game releases, which include games for Nintendo Wii and DS (Fall 2008).' We already knew about a new Castlevania DS game, but the Wii version is news to us. We've contacted Konami, but unfortunately they were unable to comment on the matter."

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  1. Probably for VC by Prien715 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bet anything this is just a re-release of one of the older games on VC.

    Not that I'd mind re-buying Symphony of the Night for $10....

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  2. Why Hesitant? by morari · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The DS has come pretty weird input methods as well, yet Castlevania seems to be doing fine on that front. I'd love to see something akin to Aria of Sorrow make it to the Wii. I don't want a 3D game, I want giant, high-resolution sprite filling the screen! Whoever decided that 2D games aren't good enough for consoles anymore was stupid.

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  3. It really hasn't felt like Castlevania in years by Steeltalon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Back when it was first released they had it patterned after, and making use of, old horror movies. The original games even had the appearance of an old reel of film in the opening. I'm not sure when the change occurred, but the general feel of the line of games has long since turned into anime. Don't get me wrong, anime is fine. I think that Castlevania needs to be about the horror movies, though, and have some realistic appearance to the characters. I'd like to say that I'm looking forward to this, but unless it's got the horror film look and some real connection to Simon Belmont, I'm not interested.

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  4. Re:Toe to toe by rkanodia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know three people, myself included, who bought a Wii on the launch day or shortly after. All three of us had the 'black dots' problem within weeks of each other. Luckily, we had all registered the Wiis for the three extra months of warranty, so the repairs were free, but it did leave a sour taste in my mouth.