Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

[Dragon Turtle]

Pics and info for Konami's latest DS Castlevania game


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[Peanut]

WOAH! Another 2D Castlevania game!?! Who saw that coming!?

[愛]

The main character looks like a girl. No, not in a good way.

I dunno, ever since Symphony of the Night, no other Castlevania game has satisfied me. Aria of Sorrow was the closest one to do that.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Ai

The main character looks like a girl.

I guess that's because the main character IS a girl.
I don't know, I love the Metroid-ish Castlevanias but after having played the same game for five times in a row I'm losing interest.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, they're putting out too many too often. At least when they stop, we'll know that they did every scenario you can possibly do with 2D sprites and bisexual Japanese lead characters.

...but I'm still buying it. The DS hasn't gotten any love since Phantom Hourglass, though I was honestly hoping they would make one for Wii Ware. I want to see a high-rez 2D Castlevania on the big screen one more time.

*edit*

Talk about timing.

Originally Posted by Igarashi

http://wii.kombo.com/article.php?artid=11923

"I think that development for 2D in regards to the Wii or any other system is very difficult to do right now, but there are other avenues we can use to explore the 2D progression of Castlevania such as WiiWare or downloadable content and whatnot,"

Castlevania for WiiWare, kthxbye.

[poiuytre]

I like the main character and the new art style.

I will buy this but I hope they will drop the gimmicks. The games are far from bad, but I haven't truly liked a castlevania game since Aria of Sorrow. Even Dracula Chronicles X was a rather weak attempt.

[Peanut]

Wasn't Dracula X Chronicles a remake of Rondo of Blood? Said to be one of the greatest Castlevania games of all-time?

[poiuytre]

Yes, it was. It's just that the remake was entirely superficial. With the new graphics and sound, you'd have expected they make the controls more responsive and fluid. You're probably better off playing the original version of the game in the pack but that defeats the purpose of a remake.

[GK Punk]

I'm one of the few that actually has the PC Engine version of that game. I haven't played it for the PSP (I'd like to eventually though, since I loved the PCE version.) But I'll be honest, Symphony of the Night is a little better than Rondo of Blood. Rondo was basically an old school style Castlevania, more like part 3 except that you could play as Maria (The little girl.) and she kicked ass. No, seriously she was more powerful than Richter. I couldn't figure that out either.

But I guess at this rate, I'd rather them make a new Rondo styled CV game instead of another Metroidvania. we've had so many of those by now the charm has worn off.

[Barkworm]

The main problem is the recycling. If you look at a new DS game and find sprites from "Rondo of Blood", you know there's something wrong with the franchise.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I've always wanted to play Rondo, but never have. Probably because I never bought a TurboGrafx-16 because I've got too much junk as it is, and because TurboGrafx-16 emulation sucks balls. I'll certainly pick it up when it hits the Virtual Console (already did in Japan, so it's only a matter of time).

Originally Posted by GK

But I guess at this rate, I'd rather them make a new Rondo styled CV game instead of another Metroidvania. we've had so many of those by now the charm has worn off.

That's true. The charm has worn off. In retrospect, it makes me glad Nintendo kept their foot off the clutch with the 2D Game Boy Metroids. Either way, we'll probably never see another "old-school" Castlevania. The common consensus today seems to be that a simple game can't be a good one--even if that assumption is dead wrong.