http://nintendoeverything.com/96943/why-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate-is-on-the-3ds/

From Article:

"Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate is on the 3DS. Why did MercurySteam decide to make the game for the platform?

Producer David Cox explained to the Official Nintendo Magazine that the team was very interested in creating a title for a handheld. Regarding the specific choice to go with the 3DS, Cox made note of the fact that the 3D effect and overall hardware fit in well with MercurySteam’s vision.

According to Cox:

“We knew we wanted to do a game on a handheld. Castlevania has traditionally done well on handhelds. And when we looked at different formats, we really liked the 3DS because we knew we could do a really cool 2.5D side-scroller, but with 3DS we had the advantage of layers and layers of 3D and using the stereoscopic camera to go into the world; a dynamism that wouldn’t be on other handhelds. And once we got hold of the hardware, we realised what we could do with it. We essentially built an engine from the ground up for the 3DS, we felt that this was the right format. Traditionally Castlevania has always appeared on Nintendo formats and that appealed to us as fans of the classic.”

Read the rest of the interview here

This is the first time we are seeing the map?(not sure)

I'm still not sold on this game.

It's looking mighty good and the map is pure Metroidvania. But I don't know... something about the way you kill enemies is off - too many hits

His last sentence is justification enough.

still pretty bummed that it got pushed to 2013.....anyway I wish they would have atleast considered making it for the vita as well, the first was already on a sony system, why bring the Castlevania( the reboot)) series to a whole 'nother system when mercury steam already said they aren't bring Castlevania: LoS 2 for the Wii U...kinda splitting the potential fanbase...

The game looks amzing visually speaking, but the gameplay mechanics seem kinda slow to me...still i might get it

I'm gald it got delayed instead of coming out this Nov. With the Wii U coming out in the same month, it will be just overshadowed. The delay was necessarily.

I know what you mean. Its to brawlerish

A Must Have.

But as someone above said, it's awkward they make this game tie LoS 2 and LoS 2 together but make it on a platform that is not Sony or MS.