Koji Igarashi on Castlevania

by Zachary Miller - October 25, 2007, 6:23 pm EDT
Total comments: 15 Source: Wired, Destructoid

The candles are people's souls!

Castlevania guru and cowboy hat lover Koji Igarashi recently sat down with Wired and Destructoid for interviews. While the questions generally overlap, here are the meatiest tidbits for you:

Sylvan White, the director of Stomp the Yard, has been tapped to helm the upcoming Castlevania live-action (not animated) movie. Igarashi is confident in White’s abilities, as the director is apparently a rabid fan of the games.

Another DS game is in development, but it will not follow the anime influence set by Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin.

Igarashi regrets creating a timeline for the series, saying that since Vlad only appears once every century, he finds it difficult to fit games into the continuity, because now it’s all official.

The candles you whip in Dracula’s castle to find pick-ups are actually people’s souls! If you get lost in Castlevania and die, you apparently become an immortal flame, cursed to remain alit forevermore, until a Belmont, Morris, or Belnades family member sets you free. As thanks, you should leave that person a heart, subweapon, or piece of meat.

Igarashi is very interested in creating a 3D Castlevania game that captures the atmosphere and exploration aspects of the 2D games. Because history repeats itself, Igarashi has taken some inspiration from the Metroid Prime games and says that he wants "to do something like that. Not exactly what they did, but something that takes it to the next level." And don’t hold your breath for whipping things with the Wii remote, folks.

Check out the links above for the full interviews.

Talkback

NinGurl69 *hugglesOctober 25, 2007

HE ADMITS DEFEAT

... but continues to march on like an idiot

IceColdOctober 25, 2007

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Igarashi has taken some inspiration from the Metroid Prime games and says that he wants "to do something like that. Not exactly what they did, but something that takes it to the next level."

Ah. ha. ha.

matt ozOctober 25, 2007

So he wasn't behind the 3D Castlevania games on the PS2? I liked one of them. I can never remember the name.

tonythekittyOctober 25, 2007

So if you read between the lines he is saying the next DS Castlevania game will be 3d.

Point 1, he says it will not follow the anime influence of the Previous 2 DS games,
Point 2 he says he would like to do 3d, something like Metroid...

I dont see a way for the game to be in 2d and not have some sort of anime influence. The only thing that would break the continuity of the anime would be 3d polygons.

Ick.

I hope Im wrong. otherwise I will have to buy a PSP and get the new castlevanias for it.

Candles being souls is a cool idea though.

NinGurl69 *hugglesOctober 25, 2007

PSP doesn't play new games.

CrimmJames Jones, Associate EditorOctober 25, 2007

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Sylvan White, the director of Stomp the Yard, has been tapped to helm the upcoming Castlevania live-action (not animated) movie. Igarashi is confident in White’s abilities, as the director is apparently a rabid fan of the games.

OH GOD NO! Fail confirmed for Castlevania movie.

vuduOctober 26, 2007

Oh Hell Yes. Stomp the Clock Tower, Bitch

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The candles you whip in Dracula’s castle to find pick-ups are actually people’s souls! If you get lost in Castlevania and die, you apparently become an immortal flame, cursed to remain alit forevermore, until a Belmont, Morris, or Belnades family member sets you free. As thanks, you should leave that person a heart, subweapon, or piece of meat.

Damnit. Now I feel bad about all those candles I skipped because they were in hard to reach places.

MashiroOctober 26, 2007

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And don’t hold your breath for whipping things with the Wii remote, folks.

Oh well I guess I have to somehow continue not playing Catlevania games . . .

KaironCarmine Red, Associate EditorOctober 26, 2007

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Originally posted by: NewsBot
Igarashi is very interested in creating a 3D Castlevania game that captures the atmosphere and exploration aspects of the 2D games. Because history repeats itself, Igarashi has taken some inspiration from the Metroid Prime games and says that he wants "to do something like that. Not exactly what they did, but something that takes it to the next level." And don’t hold your breath for whipping things with the Wii remote, folks.

If this game doesn't come out on the Wii I will scream.