Isn't this kind of at odds with the whole "Dracula resurects every one hundred years" thing, seeing as how Julius defeated Dracula in 1999 and WWII happens in the late thirties and early forties, or am I mistaken and they changed the rules somewhere?

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The new setting captures the chaos and suffering the era, with thousands of lost souls wandering the world in search of salvation. Desperate to escape the limbo within their exist, the misguided spirits seek to rebuild Dracula's Castle from its ruins, and are lead by a pair of evil Vampire sisters out to resurrect their master's home for their own nefarious plans.

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In addition to Jonathan's weapon expertise and Charlotte's spell-casting, both characters can utilise all-new 'Summon' attacks to raise demons to assist them against the Vampire sisters' army.

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Castlevania crossed with Vjoe2 :/

edit: after seeing the pics, it might work

Igarashi's Dawn of Sorrow? Didn't Igarashi say he's more interested in CoD?

Summons were in Harmony of Dissonance, though they were just big spells like in Final Fantasy. I wonder if subweapons make a return? And if the two play just like Julius and Yoko in DoS?

Oh shi-

This is pretty awesome. Not only do we get some Castlevania goodness, but we more than likley get to kill Nazi's too.

One thing I don't like the sound of is the "hot swapping" between the characters...that means (to me) that there will be those silly puzzles where you have to split up.

Still. Awesome.

I am SICK of World War II themes......BLEH!! I can't believe Konami jumped on the bandwagon like that. At least it's not a shooter, but still....!!

castlevania > most world war ii shooters.


but lets not call it jumping on the bandwagon if it turns out amazing.

Wait, is this supposed to be the same John Morris from Castlevania Bloodlines? The game seems to be taking place during the time period that Bloodlines occured in. If so, he just sold me on another Castlevania. Now if Eric Lecarde in this too...

Cool! Now I patiently wait for my NP to read more about it.

Weird, I have a friend whos name is John Morris.
I was hoping to see Soma again, he's my second favorite Castlevania character besides Alucard.
Swords > whips, if you ask me...

I wonder if the WW2 period will have about as much influence on this as 2035 did on AoS?

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Not only do we get some Castlevania goodness, but we more than likley get to kill Nazi's too.

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Nazi Zombies? I hope that means we get to kick Yog'Sothoth's rear end as well. Can we have the golden apple as a subweapon?

I wonder if they will ever use WWII american soldier zombies? I mean, heck even they deserve some recognition, it was not only the germans to do unhumane experiments.

SCREENS!!


I dont see too many nazi zombies...

more nazi zombies please!

My only issue with the screens so far is that I really wish their old SoTN sprite artists were doing the graphics. Damnit guys, sprites like these should never have an outline around them like that.

Question: Am I a hypocrite for chastising EA for putting out rehashed sequels every year but at the same time holding the Castlevania franchise in such high esteem, a franchise that hasn't changed much in the last decade? Or is it simply true that Castlevania >>> anything EA does?

darknight: Maybe the outline will glow like it did in previous handheld Castlevanias? None of the enemies have outlines, after all.

TrueNerd: Well, Castlevania actually adds new ideas and levels to the game...

F U konami!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, yes, I'm sure we all know Florida University loves Konami, but what does that have to with the discussion at hand?

Actually, it's University of Florida, and I think Nosferat2 was trying to imply something obscene.

Oooh, I see what you did there.

Fabulously Uber

I don't get Nosferatu's problem.

My problem is that another castlevania is announced and again its on a handheld. when will we get a GC or Rev announcement for a castlevania game. I dont do handhelds so it pisses me off when another CV is announced. So until i get my console CV, i will keep yelling F U K U Konami.

When Igarashi brings another disaster of his "3D Castlevania-ing" to any console, Simon Belmont cries.

Castlevania is like Konami's Sonic the Hedgehog. You hope that certain "franchise veterans" ARE NOT making the latest game.

Indeed, a Castlevania on the Rev or GC would be like a Castlevania on the PS2, maybe with manual whip swinging on the Rev. I'm glad that despite the DS's 3d capabilities we don't get Castlevania 64 DS.

I loved Castlevania 64, the only thing I didnt like was motorbike-esqueletons because it was just silly.


Dont give me that weird look...

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blah blah manual whip swinging on the Rev yadda yadda.

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They should just give the franchise to Nintendo.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

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Originally posted by: Nosferat2
My problem is that another castlevania is announced and again its on a handheld. when will we get a GC or Rev announcement for a castlevania game. I dont do handhelds so it pisses me off when another CV is announced. So until i get my console CV, i will keep yelling F U K U Konami.

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i dont know about the art style. Its a handheld so i would never really judge its art style. Those games(handheld) as a whole tend to be geared to younger folks. Generally not my thing. Never owned a Handheld.

All i really want is a follow up to one of the best games ever on Nintendos Rev, Castlevania 4 from the SNES. Keep both the Art style and the 2d view.

I thought you were on about the art style, too.

As for handhelds: you should consider getting a DS. I don't think it's geared towards younger folks anymore than the SNES. Plus: great games, good price, and all that.

I just read Nintendo Power with its PoR article and guess what, either co-op or a versus mode will be included, there will also be wifi play, "As you collect items in the game, you'll also be able to set up your own shop and sell your acquisitions to other players around the world", Igarashi also mentioned that "as for the touch screen we came to the conclusion that we don't want to interrupt our action gameplay. So we decided not to use the touch panel..." and I totally agree with him. There's alot more stuff but I think that's the most relevant and I don't want to spoil anything to you guys/gals at risk of being whiped.

Selling items to others? Those items better be randomly generated then because who'd buy a Claimh Solais when you just have to run into the right secret room to get it?

Yeah I know, I too thought that they better have some rare items specific to random players just like in Animal Crossing WW.