Reminder that Belmont's Curse is only the first of many Castlevania projects to come.
>>738243361We will see, I don't think Konami did a great job with Silent Hill series Revival
>The doors of Castlevania openis castlevania the name of dracula's castle? all this time??
>>738243361>only the first of many Castlevania projects to comeProbably the leaked AAA game, the 3D Collection, Moonlight Rhapsody, an M2 remake and something SotN related since next year is that game's 30th anniversary.
>>738243361If the others are outsourced to a random western studio like this shitty one then it is pointless
>>738243361I just want another Lords of Shadow
>>738243562Always has been.
So fucking what? Will any of them be good? Will they actually come out before I die in a few years?
>>738243361The new castlevania popped into my head yesterday and I got really excited for a moment, it's going to be fun
Port Rondo to more platforms and give us more ports of Castlevania HD 2010
>>738243531This
>>738243361>Female protagonistI will now buy your game
>>738243662No you don't
Asstlevania
>>738244307Is the main character of Belmont's Curse a lady?
>>738244420Sony fucked up and revealed early that she's a new version of Sonia Belmont.
>>738243562Bro... did you never play any CV game?
>>738243361Make sense, the video they released for the 40th anniversary is named "Overture" (something that's starting) and there's a lot of 3D elements in it which makes me think it actually was a teaser for what they are doing nexthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsIye_bWY_8
>>738245023That's cool
It better be. I don't lile femprotags.
>>738244420>>738245023>>738245187Makes me think M2s next remake is Legends.
Any news about Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement?
Level editor or burn in hell
>>738243361Frankly Belmont's Curse is enough, that game is going to need serious scrutiny from the fans before they shit out more. I don't think there's anyone left at Konami that gets Castlevania's essence. Taniguchi was a 3D modeler for football games he never worked on Castlevania.
>>738246885Grimoire of Souls was fun and the last time they got Ayami Kojima and Michiru Yamane to team up. A shame that the offline version that was released was so obviously gutted and unfinished.
>>738247070>A shame that the offline version that was released was so obviously gutted and unfinished.To be fair, only a dozen people played it since it was locked to Apple Arcade. If I'm allowed to hope, I can choose to hope that a possible Steam/Console release is a more fully finished one. I'm in full hope mode for Castlevania, quite frankly.
>>738247167Same here, I hope a definitive version of Grimoire of Souls is released on PC and consoles with all the promised content. So far, it looks like we might get the chink gacha game, Moonlight Rhapsody.
>>738247070>>738247167>>738247217Alternatively, we can expect Konami to release a smaller 2.5D game that reuses assets from Grimoire of Souls.
>>738247340True.
>>738247217>Moonlight RhapsodyIt actually looked surprisingly decent.
>>738246359None so far, but maybe next month in Summer Games Fest.
>>738243361SOTN/Rondo/Chronicles/Adventure Rebirth collection would be niceI know I can just emulate those but it would be nice for them to be officially available, especially SOTN, it's wild to me the only modern release of it is still locked to PS
>>738243361>We couldn't think in other studios to work togetherCastlejeetia
just let iga come back jesus christ
>>738248631Iga no more, there's only Izzat now
>>738248631IGA said he's more than willing to work with Konami back in an interview in 2019. The ball's in Konami's court.
>>738243361Sooo, this is basically a confirmation of Lords of shadow 3. Hell yeah.
>>738248840What would it even be about?
>>738248745>IzzatNigga, what?
I wonder if we'll get a 1999 Julius game.
>>738250327Seems like a no-brainer at this point.
>>738250449Konami haven't had much brains for a while though lmao
>>738243361Castlevania: The Souls of Darkness is coming
Retards still use the "lol pachinko" meme when the Japanese government already cracked down on those and Konami doesn't whore out their IPs to slot machines anymore.
>>738252181It's all they knew for the longest time.
>>738250850What?
I just want the Lament of Innocence mobile manga translated.
What would you guys want the next big Castlevania project to be?
>>738254825The 1999 game.
>>738254825A CV3 remake.
>>738254825A third Sorrow game.
>>738243565PlatinumGames is probably working on a Castlevania as well using the Guy Savage minigame in the Metal Gear remake as a preview.
>>738254825We'll probably get a Japanese anime at some point. I'd want it to be original content rather than an adaptation, though.
>>738257990A Quincy Morris movie might be fun.
>>738257990>I'd want it to be original content rather than an adaptation, though.Or if it is an adaptation, one of Ryogo Narita's Dawn of Sorrow sequel novel.
So who is behind this CV revival at Konami?
>>738243562Well, in Japan it wasn't at first.
>>738259352I remember Lament of Innocence being Castlevania in Japan as well, though I'm not sure Walter's and Dracula's castles are the same entity.
>>738260396'Castlevania' is just a name the US branch came up with for the series because "Dracula's Satanic Castle" would piss Nintendo off. Eventually Japan started using too. In the actual games I don't think they ever call it anything except "Dracula's castle".
>>738259172The prison and jail inmate industrial complex, and a whole bunch of poor, real estateless randos.
>>738258771I read it, it was fun.
>>738243361Maybe the next one will be more like the NES games but made for more modern technology like Mega Man 11.
>>738261878Thats the dream.
>>738247340>>738247217>>738247167It's unlikely unless they have another team working on it, almost the entire workforce who worked on that game moved to Metal Gear and will probably stay there
Symphony of the Night remake with Alucard gay sex scene.
>>738262207They can give the assets to another team.
>>738262207We already know we're getting at least one other game this year.
>>738262429releasing? I really don't think so. maybe getting announced but only BC will release this year
>>738262498Read the pic in OP's post.
>>738262429I hope this year's other game isn't the chink gacha game, though it looks decent.
>>738262429Probably another M2 remake.
>>738254825Harmony remake
>>738262970Dissonance or Despair? Because they can use Grimoire of Souls assets for Despair.
>>738263225Dissonance, I think it's a safe remake option that people would like to see.
>>738260396There was a short period where the Japanese games switched their branding to Castlevania as well but the Japanese fans didn't like it so they went back to Akumajo Dracula.
>>738254825I definitely wouldn't want them to make the 1999 game without building up some competence first with something else.So with that disclosure out of the way, A Harmony of Dissonance sequel. I'd like more Juste. A Soleil game, I'm still fond of the anthology aspect of the series. Legends Revisited or even better Legends ReBirth. Would make sense as cross-promotion with Belmont's Curse as well. Maybe even a game dealing with the time traveler plot in the background A Sepia game would be a strong declaration. A standalone game is also very welcome, Belmont or not.
>>738243361It's honestly kinda funny how quickly Konami turned things around after Kojima left and they just decided to just start making real video games again.The only real downside of it is because of how insanely successful Netflix Castlevania was and the similar catalog boosting effect adaptations have on other titles(e.g. DMC5 selling a million new copies after the Netflix show came out) is just the rush to get games adapted into shit cartoons and thrown onto streaming services simply because everybody makes so much money off it.But shit, a brand new Castlevania game, who would have thought?
>>738257990An anthology series that deals with each time Dracula gets revived would be fun.
>>738265965They had to, new gambling laws mean they can't milk pachinko as much anymore.
>>738266514That's why it's really annoying when trolls spam pachinko.
>>738266509As long as seasons don't overstay their welcomes.
Might as well just ask here how was the second Toziuha Night game? I know it's deliberately evoking Order of Ecclesia
Wish they would fund Igarashi's studio to make that demon castle war game.
>>738267296Some things are better left unseen. Its been hyped and imagined for so long no game could ever live up to it.
>>738267296If there's one lesson of the last decade and a half, even stuff as recent as the apparent implosion of Nagoshi's Chinese Yakuza knockoff, it's that the age of rockstar do-whatever-I-want directors is over and what meaningful scale video game development needs is serious project managers. Or Ken Levine's Judas being in development hell, as predicted, and no Rod Fergusson to bail him out this time.Dreams are important but a serious worker is the difference between Nintendo hire this man-tier tech demos and an actual game begin shipped.
>>738267296Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement has a skin that looks exactly like Dracula's design in Castlevania. But Dracula's public domain, so maybe it doesn't mean anything.
>>738243361If they are all western slop outsourced garbage like Belmont's Curse then I don't want any of them.
>>738269106Goodbye chud, I'll be here enjoying the game.
>>738269475Enjoy your slop, I will be playing a better game instead, Bloodstained the scarlet engagement, a game carefully crafted by Iga himself.
>>738243361/v/‘s not gonna like this!
>>738243361Dont care. Saw the dead cells faggots and already knew i wasnt buying or redeeming.
>>738243361Put Symphony of the night on steam and GOG you dumb fucks.
>>738269729I remember this retarded doomer reeeeing at anyone who expressed hope for the series' future. He's probably gonna move his goalposts now.
>>738243361>We couldn't think in other studios to work together thanhow have so many anons fallen for this thread? what is the average IQ of the modern /v/ user?
>>738270250Nigga, it's in the official website. https://www.konami.com/games/castlevania/eu/en/
>>738270248I remember him, he would pop up every other vania thread and accuse anyone who saw a future for the franchise as being this one anon he didn't like from back in 2020. What an odd fellow.
>>738269102>But Dracula's public domain, so maybe it doesn't mean anything.Stoker's Dracula is, but the design of Konami's Dracula isn't. Thank Disney for this.
>>738271390I hope it's a collab, then.
>>738271390that's crazy, CV's Dracula looks different all the time???
3 > Rondo > 4 > 1 > BloodlinesDebate me
>>738271792Same.
>>738272136I like Order of Ecclesia's Dracula design.
>>738273956I love that design.
>>738269102I want to play as a Castlevania character in the new Bloodstained game.
What vania game do you guys want remade next and do you want an AAA or M2 remake?
>>738243361A Japanese AAA Castlevania was leaked back in 2021 alongside Metal Gear and Silent Hill and has been in development since before Belmont's Curse.
>>738277448I remember it being called a "reimagining", so probably a remake or a reboot.
>>738277939Probably a remake since they're advertising the original timeline pretty heavily.
>>738244420It's a woman that has a man's shoulders because the devs are westerners.
>>738277448>>738278205Probably an SotN remake or follow up for the game's 30th anniversary.
>>738262970Yes but reuse the music and sound effects with no changes
>>738277448such a bad idea.
>>738279445How so?
>>738246546I miss bfme so much bros. I refuse to give nu gw money though
>>738279509it's a fundamentally corny IP that should only be given low budgets and production values
>>738279660*you are never going to make AAA money from a halloween decoration IP
The safest move for them to make right now would be a SotN remake.Everyone is remaking everything right now.
>>738279834Will it be a regular remake or whatever the fuck the Final Fantasy 7 remake was?
>>738280332Anything would be better than the butchering of FF7
>>738279834It's insane this game still isn't available on Steam3 collections, all the Lords of Shadow games but no SotN is just plain retarded
>>738279834SoTN is the worst one and the redditor choice
>>738280783Its also the most popular one by far. Its why they Remake Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 instead of the best ones in their franchises.
>>738280783
>>738279834SotN is a perfected game, it doesn't need a remake because any remake or remaster will just make it worse.The only true way that would work with SotN would be with a port that adds several optional modes, like a randomizer, a stage maker or a mode that makes the game much harder.
>>738281843I just want an NG+ option.
>>738281843It would be nice to have a definitive version with every piece of content that was added or removed from all versions of the gameLike the items, areas and Maria from the Saturn version. Being able to select the original dub or the weird re-dub for the Dracula Chronicles X version. Just pack that shit even if it's silly or unnecessary
The only thing I hope is that she's pretty or feminine enough. Still, I don't have much confidence in this studio.
>>738283368she reminds me of that one girl from zzz
>>738279834I think the best thing they could do is another reimagination of Simon's adventure only this time as a 3D metroidvania, and it'd be safe from a lore perspective since it'd just be yet another of many tellings of Simon's game so you don't have to worry about people unrelated to the previous staff coming in and fucking shit up
>>738279834Another safe move would be a CVIII remake.
>>738283368im conflicted. I really like dead cells; it might even be one of my favorite games, but I don't see them being a great fit for castlevania.still, they could do so much worse when it comes to outsourcing to western studios.
I mean the most obvious thing is remasters of the PS2 games or the N64 game (yes theres 2 games but they are basically the same). I kinda think the N64 game would go down way better these days than it did back in the day as its kinda a proto dark souls type game in a way.
>>738284608If they gave it a real second-stick camera capable of zooming out it would fix most people's major gripe with the game
>>738284709I mean that is possible as they made changes to the remasters of the DS games so I could see them adding better controls and camera to the N64 game if they remaster it.
WHERE IS HARMONY OF DESPAIR ON PC
>>738243361why the FUCK is SHE not in these?
>>738285085Retired.
>>738284874Bro, chill. They're going to release it as a duo pack with Grimoire of Souls when it drops on Steam so they can jack up the price and put more tags on the game (they think that means more sales).Source: I made it up.
>>738283582Nobody really gives a shit about oldvania beyond message board posers
>>738284608No the obvious remake is Simons Quest due to how notorious the original game was
>>738285586do not invest money in morbius memes. you remake stuff that's already popular.
>>738285085She's not doing the new Bloodstained, either. In fact, we don't even know who is.
>>738285496no?
>>738285713That doesn't explain why Haunted Castle of all games got a remake.
>>738285887it cost twelve dollars, a lot of things that cost twelve dollars can happen
>>738284545What do you like of it? I got bored at 2BSC. I felt like I was playing slop, not a game that leaves you something.
>>738284608Unironically CV64 is too christian for modern audiences, they would need to censor it
>>738285850https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJqaagtAZMgIt's pretty strongly indicated by the interview as a whole. (Though of course things could change.)
>>738286752Hopefully things change.
Voyage of Promise is basically the only song I remember from Bloodstained 1
oh and the clock tower area, that one was pretty good too
>>738287239>>738287293Exorschism and King of Kings was also cool.
>>738287506>wasI meant "were".
>>738285965Should've been Simon's Quest or Legends.
>>738285085She will return when Konami hires back Iga and then they grab Ayami Kojima to have the ultimate castlekino trifecta back for one final job.All 3 of them will make a worthy successor of SotN, the fabled 1999 game.
>>738289046Let's hope so.
>>738288309I'd like that.
>>738243361>release a statement to clarify it isn't a roguelike>release another statement to assure people there are more games in the worksholy shit this game is beyond dead on arrival. how many more clarifications will they make before they accept that people don't have any interest in deadcellsvania?
>>738291070They are afraid of Bloodstained turning into the new Castlevania, due to the new game.This game is just a strawman in response to scarlet engagement.
>>738291270Maybe they'll release the bigger game after Bloodstained.
>>738243361remember when Konami arbitrarily declared castlevania and the metroidvania genre was dead and fired Iga only for bloodstained to then become the fastest funded game on kickstarter and are now desperately trying to compete with bloodstained? I wonder how the jap gamers feel about them regularly destroying classic IPs like silent hill and castlevania.
>>738245158>>738243361Cool ass trailer, i look forward to seeing what they bring to the table.We already got bloodstained 2 coming out this year and that looks like some good ol Johnathan X shanoa tag team castlvania monster slaying goodness
>>738283368Anon we can already see that they've given her a man's proportions.
remake SOTN
I think remaking SotN will inevitably lead to changing a lot of stuff like the weird wolf jumps or how fairy giving you potions will also make you invulnerable for a short while or how the elemental system is completely screwed up and usually doesn't matter and people are going to complain about all these changes because SotNfags are biggest PSX purists in first place. I think GBAvania would have much less people complaining about changes.
>giving any of your attention, time, and energy to a soulless necrolol
>>738294118seconded.
>>738295021I'd love an AoS remake.
>>738292246And then Bloodstained outslold Lords of Shadow.
>>738292246Konami should work with IGA again, he said he's willing.
>>738256069This, I want a sequel of DOS but this time with Galamoth as the main antagonist. In fact, if they were planning to release more games set in the future, they should have made him the new Dark Lord.
>>738296702Yeah, it seems like a good way to push the timeline forward Dark Lord Soma can be the antagonist of a new subseries of Vania games that take place in the future, that or make an AU sequel to Julius Mode.
>>738293225Just the shoulder. I still haven't given up hope
>>738296824We hear her voice in the end of the second trailer, it's cute.
>>738296892Sounds kinda like Shanoa's.
>>738296824Cute Sonia.
>>738243361Konami needs to give the rights of this franchise to Iga. It's the only way Castlevania can be good.
>>738250327Only as a Non-linear classicvanias where you conquer the castle little by little.
>>738243361Can't see that as good news until they prove they're capable of making good games. The next Castlevania is an outsourced game which is already a sign they lack confidence, it also looks kinda derivative.
>>738298587>>738299093They can always outsource to ArtPlay.
>>738279834Needs NG+, Lv1 mode, Randomizer, Boss Rush and bring back the Saturn areas.
>>738299531Maybe one of the projects.
>>738248316Looks better than the western game, but gacha games always play like shit
>>738300482There's gameplay footage of the alpha build online and it plays like a more action-based metroidvania.
>>738296824Man, I know nuSonia is based on Kojima Trevor, but RIP the leotard.RIP the barbarian aesthetic in general.
>>738300931>RIP the barbarian aesthetic in general.Kojima brought it back for Grimoire of Souls.
>>738301080Kinoooo. If we ever get Julius' story, I want him to looks more like Richter or Simon over someone like Juste for example.
>>738269102its a little hard for them to do anything>so whats ur copyright?>dracula? hes public domain>oh how hes dressed?>like a victorian noble?>so you want to copyright a historic dress style on a public domain character from that time period?there is a reason so many games (that are not castlevania) have dracula looking like that, because the main elements of it are not shit you can copyright and putting them together doesn't make it something you can copyright either as its the expect way for dracula to dress, so you need to be really specific on his outfit to copyright it.
>>738279834dawn of sorrow remake is what would selleven ties in with most of the story stuff from their netflix adaption being heavily based on aria and dawn
>>738243361>"dont worry bro, the netflix shit won't affect the games">new game teased>it looks exactly like the netflix slop and is outsourced to a studio that doesn't know, understand, care, or respect established lore or the series identityGrim times ahead. It'll flop, at least. Netflixfag won't buy it.
>>738301268>even ties in with most of the story stuff from their netflix adaption being heavily based on aria and dawnBy that logic, a CV3 remake will print money.
What about Castlevania Order of Shadows?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgYNEHholOg
>>738302471Talk about obscure.
>>738302073Add in Grant and a DLC campaign with cool Hector and crazy twinkus Isaac and you'll piss off normalfags.
>>738246160>>738288309A Legends remake with voice acting and playable Alucard might be kino.
>>7382724894 too high
>>738264739don't they call it akudora or some retarded shit like that like they usually doI kirai nihongo so takusan, anikis
So far this thread has 2 trolls and a bunch of retards.
>>738302947I hope they keep Alucard's blue skin.
What's the best Castlevania DS game?
>>738303686OoE.
>>738302587There's even some kind of GBC fan remakehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1LCSOrhI2k
>>738304203Interesting, I'll check it out.
>>738303686Order of Ecclesia for my wife, Shanoa.
>>738303686Portrait of Ruin.
>>738303686Portrait of Ruin for my wife, Charlotte.
>>738257095This is my bet.
I hope we don't get any remakes, and fuck you stupid faggots that are asking for them.
>>738305063NieR:Automata's sidescroller segments sold me on the idea.
>>738250327it would never live up to your imagination
>>738305196They seem inevitable, though.
>>738306484Might as well ask for the classics.
>>738249990Izzat is some kind of Indian facebook meme for zoomers. Yes I hate myself for knowing that as much as you hate me for telling you it.
>>738305196Shut up retard. There is nothing wrong with remaking the bad games. Haunted Castle and Rebirth were very good.
>>738307312Man, that's annoying.
>>738307312What's with this board's sudden obsession with jeets?
fuck 1999gimme a Quincy Morris game so we have a complete Morris clan saga
>>738309346That would be a loose adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel.
>>738309420Might be cool.
>>738309420Might work as a movie, as long as it's produced by Japs.
>>738257990>a Japanese animeAs opposed to an American anime?
>>738311365Adult mutt cartoons call themselves anime now, so you have to make the distinction.
>>738310634Well, we need an animated Dracula movie.
>>738311365Did you enjoy it?
>>738243361Our time has come, Harmony of Despair chads.
>>738309346Why not cold war Morris?
