Lords Of Shadow isn't just a Hack and Slash game, it borrows from a lot of games and is a great game, only because it sold little doesn't make it a bad game (that logic is pathetic and needs to die) there is also this game on XBLA called Harmony of Despair that did well and is a 2D game (even if its downloadable) , your argument is just another angry "Why isn't it only on Nintendo!" Castlevania series was never a Nintendo Exclusive series, just like the Final Fantasy and Metal Gear series, only fanboys will think that.
it also wasn't a mistake to release the games on handhelds, the gameplay mechanics fit perfectly on a handheld , Sonic got stale because the games were just simply crap and now people are having a hard time wanting to go back to Sonic now that they released 2 good games (Sonic 4 and Sonic colors), it will get better once they keep up the quality.
Also like i said a million times Metroid Other M is a great game, and Castlevania Judgement is Okay , not terrible , but not great, the motion controls are stupid though.
