News - New Castlevania DS to be revealed in next Nintendo Power
Posted by
Josh Freund
at 04:55:20 PM EST on 3.28.2006.
The latest Nintendo Power drops a hint that a new
Castlevania title (which was first mentioned to be in the works in Famitsu magazine last year) will be revealed in the next issue of Nintendo Power. Here's a quote from the mag:
"We can’t tell you what’s on the next issue’s cover but trust us - we’ve go the biggest scoop of the year so far...As
mysterious as a new moon, the follow-up to one of 2005’s best DS titles is a
whip-smart adventure that you won’t want to miss."
This is good news for
Dawn of Sorrow fans. It brings up many questions, though. Will this continue on with the storyline from
Aria of Sorrow and
Dawn of Sorrow, or will this take place during a different period of
Castlevania history? Which character/s will we get to play as this time? And most importantly, what will the subtitle be?
We'll just have to wait till next month's issue to find out.
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kuma 4.1.2006 at 05:27:47 AM
The picture is fake, whoever PS'd it forgot to put the black diamonds in the backround to the right of mario
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darkage 3.30.2006 at 10:15:44 PM
wait, what fake screens?
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pixy misao 3.30.2006 at 05:25:26 PM
"eggmanimn - 3.30.2006 at 02:32:04 PM
What could possibly be fishy about the actual cover for the magazine? What the hell."
Because if that's the next issue, and it's a July issue (which I understand as magazine can be labeled as much as 3 months after it's shelf debut)... why does it say display until August? Monthly magazines are only given a shelf life of a month, so why is it asking the store to violate policy and display it for four months starting in April when that isn't possible? By May the store would have already written the leftovers magazines off as unsold merchandise.
And why is it only a partial scan?
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eggmanimn 3.30.2006 at 02:32:04 PM
What could possibly be fishy about the actual cover for the magazine? What the hell.
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pixy misao 3.29.2006 at 08:13:06 PM
I mean the screenshot scans are fake, although there is something fishy about that pic as well.
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eggmanimn 3.29.2006 at 06:22:15 PM
http://bloodyzombie.homestead.com/files/gamepro-july06.jpg
No, that's the cover from Gamepro and it's quite real.
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pixy misao 3.29.2006 at 03:24:11 PM
The rumor is that the game is the infamous "final battle" of the Demon Castle Wars, when Julius (and friends) destroy Dracula in 1999. The rumor started when IGA mentioned in an interview that the story had been written already. So it is very likely that is the case, but as with anything IGA says he could have changed his mind before this article came up. But...
*For certain, it will be 2D
*It will have nothing to do with CotM (consider that game DOA)
*The "scans" you have seen up util now have been fake
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swordsmanus 3.29.2006 at 01:30:42 PM
Yay another game to speedrun.
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vudu 3.29.2006 at 11:27:39 AM
Here's hoping for a prequel to Aria of Sorrow. I want to know what the heck happened with Julius Belmont and Dracula in 1999.
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sgt. baker 3.29.2006 at 10:29:33 AM
I really want to play Dawn of Sorrow again now.
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rahvii 3.29.2006 at 09:16:29 AM
Why do you think is a 2D game. As far as i remember, in an interview of Dawn of Sorrow they told something like that would be the last 2D castlevania or something like that... correct me if i'm wrong...
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iceberg 3.29.2006 at 04:22:29 AM
It's very clear.
The new moon refers to a new LUNAR game ^_^
They sure liked Dragon Song because they would like to use the whip on Dragon Song's developers :P
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jekku 3.29.2006 at 02:10:27 AM
I hope you aren't serious, dizzy.
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dj tempora 3.29.2006 at 01:45:53 AM
GUYZ
I'M SO COOL
I LET GENERIC ART DISSUADE ME FROM BUYING AWESOME GAMES LOL TAKE THAT BIATCHES
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garsh 3.29.2006 at 01:31:17 AM
Dizzy, if that's true, you just missed out on the second best CV ever. You're right, the art style pales, but the in-game graphics are outstanding.
"darkage: what the f*** would Simon be doing carrying around the kind of stupid ass s*** Alucard does?"
Killing monsters! :D
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dizzy 3.29.2006 at 01:15:57 AM
I DIDNT BUY THE LAST GAME CAUSE THE STUPID COVER ART. NO FREAKIN JOKE I AINT A POKEMON ANIME IDIOT.
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nekofrog 3.29.2006 at 01:02:30 AM
Good, but please, Konami, for the love of all that is great in Castlevania, DITCH emoSoma and the crappy, generic anime artstyle.
Go back to the that chick's paintings, please.
Please?
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drakken 3.28.2006 at 11:56:59 PM
eggman: Lies! I have found no such scans. :p
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shin gallon 3.28.2006 at 11:40:08 PM
As long as it's 2-D Castlevania, I'm in.
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hailthed 3.28.2006 at 11:29:46 PM
sweet. The DS CV is still one of my favorite games for the system.
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eggmanimn 3.28.2006 at 08:52:14 PM
It stars Julius Belmont. There are scans floating around that say it. Castlevania: Dual Moons.
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proppat 3.28.2006 at 08:42:47 PM
Alucard
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mornflame 3.28.2006 at 08:37:13 PM
the funny thing would be if it has nothing to do with CV, and they just made those comments to deliberately mislead us.
(not to knock on CV, because i love it.)
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crash_burninator 3.28.2006 at 08:32:10 PM
i have a gut feeling its going to be one of these three belmonts
ricter
juste
or julius
juste is most likely because harmony was supposed to surpass symphony in IGA's eyes
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siraileron 3.28.2006 at 08:14:43 PM
I just want to smack monsters 'till they burst into flames. ._.
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vinny 3.28.2006 at 07:44:27 PM
Yay! More 2D Castlevania goodness! Very few things in this world are better than a 2D Castlevania.
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mikey 2x4 3.28.2006 at 07:33:56 PM
Oh s***...
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darkage 3.28.2006 at 06:58:27 PM
what the f*** would Simon be doing carrying around the kind of stupid ass s*** Alucard does?
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garsh 3.28.2006 at 06:30:08 PM
bjork and sugoi, you guys are totally right. Cards ALWAYS suck and 2D can be done with polygons, just like Konami themselves already established with Contra: Shattered Soldier.
I hope they're hinting at more than just a CV in that blurb. "Whip-smart" doesn't make much sense if we're talking about Soma or Alucard. How about a Simon comeback? But with better control than traditional Belmonts, and an inventory to rival Alucard.
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darkage 3.28.2006 at 06:03:53 PM
You know, Circle of the Moon with the ability to manipulate the cards on the bottom screen would be really, really awesome.
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sugoi 3.28.2006 at 05:49:28 PM
Dear IGA:
I'm still looking forward to you realizing that 2D (gameplay) just works better for the Castlevania series as a whole. If you want to bring up that thing about high-res 2D art assets being too expensive to make, I might remind you that we'd be perfectly happy with a 2.5D hybrid along the lines of Viewtiful Joe or Klonoa.
Your team has some of the best talent in the industry; don't waste any more of their efforts trying to make Castlevania into something it isn't.
Love,
Sug.
PS: New DS Castlevania will be great, I'm sure. Please make it a little longer (and harder) this time though, eh?
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MegaManX 3.28.2006 at 05:45:55 PM
You know, I don't even care if it doesn't make sense storywise... I'd love another Sorrow title. Soma and Alucard are pretty much the best playable characters the series has ever seen, and the Sorrow titles rank as the very best CV titles in my opinion...
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bjork 3.28.2006 at 05:19:41 PM
If it's a followup to CotM, they need to not have that card system in there.
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sgt. baker 3.28.2006 at 05:08:28 PM
Oh my!
A new Castlevania game on a Nintendo handheld? Who knew?
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