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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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    1. Re:Probably for VC by Gogo0 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I would pay for a VC release of Dracula X for the tg16. That is the sort of thing the VC could be awesome at; re-releasing games that are very good but never got a real chance for one reason or another.

    2. Re:Probably for VC by JebusIsLord · · Score: 3, Informative

      It's been on Xbox Live for over a year now, FYI.

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    3. Re:Probably for VC by kerohazel · · Score: 2, Informative

      Dracula X Chronicles!

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_The_Dracula_X_Chronicles

      If you've got a PSP, you can get your hands on both Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night. :)

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    4. Re:Probably for VC by steveo777 · · Score: 2, Informative

      It's got some goodies, too, but I've found SotN is very difficult to play with the 360 controller. The D-pad really is not conducive to playing side scrollers and the analog stick just doesn't feel right. Thankfully I've never (and will never) toss my PS copy of SotN. Still one of the best games of all time.

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  2. Whip? by LandDolphin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wonder if the game will come with a Wii Whip?

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    1. Re:Whip? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      also compatible with the Wiikink game

    2. Re:Whip? by Kingrames · · Score: 2, Funny

      Holy hell I'd buy the game just for the satisfaction of whipping evil a new one.

      I want my wiip.

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  3. 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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    1. Re:Why Hesitant? by philspear · · Score: 2, Funny

      Konami has historically decided what we need is 3d releases for the console only, despite how much we don't want it and refuse to buy the 3d ones. So, I would assume they would be hesitant to put it on the wii because it doesn't offer as hardware for overkill on 3d graphics which no one will buy.

      Also they know we would like a castlevania for the wii, so they may have decided we need it exclusively for one of the less popular consoles. Possibly the phantom console. I'm suprised they haven't declared their intention to only make 2d handheld games for the Ngage.

  4. We knew a Wii Castlevania was coming by Dorceon · · Score: 4, Informative

    Screenshots from the upcoming DS game revealed a menu item on the title screen for Wii connectivity.

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  5. Castlevania in name only! by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The last game of the series was Castlevania: Bloodlines for the Sega Genesis, back in '94.

    Then Konami started ANOTHER series with the same name, but more aptly nicknamed "Metroidvania" by some...

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    1. Re:Castlevania in name only! by LightWing · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Looks like someone has never heard of Rondo of Blood

      Though you may be familiar with Dracula X on the SNES (the watered down version of Rondo released in the States).

      It's a good game, actually. It's something like Castlevania 3 in that there are level forks, except that in Rondo the level forks can be hidden within another level (instead of the post-level cross roads). It's also the last Castlevania that harkens back to pre-symphony of the night gameplay.

      Gameplay wasn't the only aspect that changed. If you'll remember, Castlevania 1 was and is extremely difficult (I dare you to kill death without any sub weapons). Castlevania 2... all right, maybe thats a precursor to symphony of the night, but Super Metroid came before it. That, and CV2 had the most pitiful bosses encountered (and if it weren't for Galamoth, I'd feel the same way about SotN). Although if you want hard... try to beat Haunted Castle. That game is beastly.

      After symphony a lot of their originality kind of fell off. They tried to re-do what they had with that formula and experimented on what variations didn't make it stale and old (where Circle had been quite good, HoD, AoS, DoS, and PoR, can apparently do no better than stand in SotN's shadow. Although at least PoR brought back some level of challenge to the game, it had some rather difficult bossess (and no lame fighting bosses again for screwing up those stupid seals in DoS).

      In before tl;dr

  6. 2D - What about LostWinds WiiWare title? by zooblethorpe · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

    I'm not sure if you're pining for the old-school graphics, or for the 2D platformer gameplay. If it's the latter, seriously, have a look at the WiiWare title LostWinds. It might bore hardcore gamers, but it's a fun little game (apparently to be episodic) with very well done graphics and fun gameplay. It's kept my wife enthralled for days, which is saying something as she's terribly dyslexic and no gamer by a long shot.

    Cheers,

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  7. 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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  8. I know what is a good idea. by joshtheitguy · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is time to bring back Alucard

    1. Re:I know what is a good idea. by swedd · · Score: 2, Informative
      It is time to bring back Alucard


      If you haven't already, get Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and unlock the hidden character mode for your Alucard fix.

      Probably the only token 'replay' mode in a Castlevania that I've enjoyed more than the actual game.

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  9. 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.

  10. What A Horrible Night To Not Have A Wii by summerfun · · Score: 2, Informative

    The first thing to do in this town is get a white crystal.

  11. Re:Toe to toe by Toonol · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously. Me and 10 friends all had launch consoles. EVERY ONE failed with black dots one month past warranty. Nintendo's response? "Too bad, pay us $75 and ship it in."

    You realize that the odds against that happening are so immense that nobody reading this will believe you? Most Slashdotters can do the math effortlessly. If every console had a 50% chance of going belly up the month after the warranty expired (which is a vastly exaggerated figure), then there is only a (0.5^10) 0.1% chance of that happening. Couple that with the fact that the chance of an individual Wii dying the month after warranty is certainly under 10%... that would make the odds of you telling the truth less than 1 in 10^10, or... slim.

    The odds would be mitigated if you had, say, 100 friends with launch consoles, but are only talking about the 10 that had problems; but then, that would also mitigate your point.

  12. Motion sensative whip tricks? by Dwedit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Super Castlevania IV on the SNES introduced the ability to do tricks with the whip by moving the control pad while holding down the Whip button.
    I wonder if a Wii version would allow you to whip the Wii-mote for a swing action, then do more whip tricks by flailing the Wii Remote around?

  13. Re:Toe to toe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    First time I've heard of said problem :-)