Castlevania. Wii. Now.

Haha, the candle explanation is pretty cool.

Seriously...where's the freakin' Wii version of Castlevania?

Nice, another cash cow to poop out. Hope it's better than Portrait of Ruin. That game blew hard.

Castlevania on the wii would be cool. Aside from that I want Simon Belmont in Smash Bros. Brawl.

I would also like to see them do a new art style for the game. I want a more Gothic looking Castlevania, rather than the anime style they are going for in recent games.

I loved the first two DS Castlevanias. My two favortie games on the system.

If he DOES make a Wii version, it should be a straight-up 2D platformer. Main controls should eschew motion controls, but try to implement some nifty mechanic. Something like the seals in Dawn of Souls would work better on the Wii because unlike having to let go of the controls, pick up the styuls, draw on on the screen, then replace the stylus you already have the Wii Remote in hand. Just make sure to implement the mechanic more often so that it doesn't feel like an afterthought.

In fact, you don't even need to add any motion controls. Just support hardcore gaming on the Wii.

I am pretty sure that Iga is not the creator of Castlevania series. He first got involved with the production with Symphony of the Nights.

Igarashi had previously "leaked" this glorious information a little while ago. I had expected a showing of the new DS game at any number of game events recently. I can't really express what kind of relief it is to know my favorite game series is still going. It may have been kicked down and shoved into a tiny little dual-screened box instead of roaming free and being allowed to grow in the real world, but it's still alive, and that's what counts.

And yet, the thought of a Wii Castlevania scares me like a stake in the heart (too silly?). The novelty of motion controls has worn off enough, hasn't it? No one seriously thinks making a whipping motion or just flailing around all the time is fun, do they? Do you? Secondly, they're going to feel pressured to make it 3D again. Of course it's possible for it to be fun, it's just not likely, or even the Castlevania anyone really wants.

Hey, as long as it's good as the previous five Castlevania games on Nintendo portables, I don't care if I have to use my tongue to play.

hey joystiq teh meat comes from teh walls... he explains what teh candles are for


ACTUALLY reading the articles one reports on is fun :)

I do think the Wii will eventually get a version of Castlevania. The install base is so large it would be outright stupid for them to ignore it now. The Xbox 360 could also get a game, since the series is mostly popular in America anyways. But the PS3 is unlikely in my opinion, unless it really picks up in sales.

I certainly hope that they don't go for the Wii-mote, though.

The one and only place I'll agree with IGA is that whipping motions with the Wii-mote could end up being overly complex.

And let's face it; Castlevania hasn't exactly been known for perfect 3D controls under this guy. I'd gladly stick with a Gamecube controller, or the Classic Controller at the very least.

Anything but a Castlevania Card Battle game.

I have to say, I did like the games, but I still REALLY want a new one that is completely 2.5D, that is to say, same as it is now, sidescroller, but everything created using 3D graphics. Everything looks amazingly better this way. Please?

oh boy another castlevania I can't play

i loved aria of sorrow, why can't they make another one for just gba

As long as they don't completely screw it up, a new DS Castlevania would be a day 1 buy for me. I suspect they'll fill in the gap in Julius Belmont's story (1999) with this (then again, that's what I expected Portrait of Ruin to do, but that ended up not being the case.)

God, I hope they drop that crappy animu art. I want the old style back, which is much more detailed and true to the series. I believe the last of its kind was Aria of Sorrow. Dawn of Sorrow was when the art got crappy.

this has been confirmed about 8 times now