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

    Wonder if the game will come with a Wii Whip?

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  2. 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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  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.

  5. 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.