They should have stuck with the handheld formula from the GBA/DS Metroidvania ones. Trying to make a handheld version of a HD game should have raised more red flags than you can count Dracula Ressurections.

Well, the DS Castlevanias were that way, so I applaud Konami for trying something else. And it isn't a bad game.

Unfortunately it didn't work, and now they'll launch it for home consoles and PC.

That is pretty damn cool! But at any rate, surely this will lead to the console being compromised faster, no?

It isn't a bad game, but it doesn't work in the handheld environment, at least not in the fashion that most Castlevania fans want out of a handheld experience. 

Trying something new isn't always a good thing, especially if you don't screen your options correctly. This is especially disheartening since this is Capcom we're speaking off, they might just kill Castlevania in the handheld department just because this game, which was doomed to low sales from the start, did so poorly. 

Well, if Konami (not Capcom) decides to kill the handheld Castlevanias, it won't be only because of this game. The other 3 games that launched on the DS and were "traditional", didn't sell very well either:

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=CASTLEVANIA&publisher=&platform=DS&genre=&minSales=0&results=200

The best selling is the first one, Dawn of Sorrow and it sold less than 400k copies.

Out of curiosity, do people want to do some Mario Kart another night? Saturday would be good for me, but Einsam has his LM2 going (which I can do this week! I've even set a reminder!), but what about Thursday night? Or Monday night, even?

Also, I've sorta got (after a lot of hard work and frustration) the coins and GOTY categories up. I'll try and put them up on Wednesday, but it could go terribly wrong. If not then it'll be Monday at the latest when I get my laptop back. Please understand!

Oh, and just to be sure, I am not abandoning this thread. I have a few ideas and any more to attack more users and mix things up a bit would be much appreciated! So if people could just bear with this for the next few days, and keep doing the excellent work you're already doing here, it would be much appreciated from me!

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I think that's all I wanted to say. Any questions from anyone?

I know I'm not the best one to get involved (as I don't have a 3DS and all that), but wouldn't Wednesday the 1st be a better option given that most of the people won't have work or school?

So this was the last poll, a result which intrigues me greatly:

So I'm going to be honest, I put in Metroid Prime as a bit of a joke, as it were. But surprisingly it was the result which got the most votes! I guess people just want to have Retro do what they do best. However, this also shows that almost all Nintendo Franchises are wanted, so maybe 2014?

Speaking of which, we are nearing the end of this year. And what a year it was, eh? I've got a bit of a Nintendo montage coming, so look out for that. But let's look forward to next year. What exactly do you want from Nintendo? Is it a price cut? Better online? A hardware revision? A new IP? Something else? Id like to see what Miyamoto is doing personally, but better online would be nice also.

Noaw that is a good idea. Thanks!

Dear goddess, how the hell did I mix those two up?. Also, 400K copies, for a castlevania game is good, it's the 12th best selling Castlevania game. Symphony of the Night mustn't have crossed the 1.5M threshold when counting both the PS and Saturn versions, and it's considered widely as the best castlevania game ever made.