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dougsdad0629 on 03 August 2008

The last decent Castlevania game on a non-handheld system that I can think of is SOTN.  I somewhat enjoyed the 1st PS2 game, but why is Konami only putting their awesome Castlevania games on handheld systems and dumping the garbage on consoles?  There was what...at least 3 games for the GBA and another 2 for the DS so far and another on the way if I'm not mistaken.

Listen up Konami.  Some of us don't do portable gaming.  Give us some Castlevania lovin' on the consoles.  At this point, I don't even care if you just take the handheld games and make them into a compilation for the Wii or something.  Keep your stupid fighting game and give me some 2-D Castlevania goodness.



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Riachu on 03 August 2008

Because 2D experience of SotN is very hard to pull off in 3D. Also, because of limited resources, the level designs have to suffer in the 3D ones



 

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sc94597 on 03 August 2008

You know if you don't like handhelds because of the screen then buy a gamecube and the gba connector so you could play it on your tv.



dougsdad0629 on 03 August 2008
Riachu said:
Because 2D experience of SotN is very hard to pull off in 3D. Also, because of limited resources, the level designs have to suffer in the 3D ones

 

 I want 2-D even on consoles.  NOT 3-D.  Some games just don't work as well in 3-D and Castlevania proves it.  As much as I love Mario 64, I hate that it made every single older franchise think that it could be better in 3-D.



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megaman79 on 03 August 2008

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i dk, when was the last true 3d version made?



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Riachu on 03 August 2008
dougsdad0629 said:
Riachu said:
Because 2D experience of SotN is very hard to pull off in 3D. Also, because of limited resources, the level designs have to suffer in the 3D ones

 

I want 2-D even on consoles. NOT 3-D. Some games just don't work as well in 3-D and Castlevania proves it. As much as I love Mario 64, I hate that it made every single older franchise think that it could be better in 3-D.

Super Mario 64 and FFVII benefitted from being in 3D.  Castlevania could make a good 3D installment,  It's just a matter of improving the level designs and such

 



 

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Euphoria14 on 03 August 2008
dougsdad0629 said:
Riachu said:
Because 2D experience of SotN is very hard to pull off in 3D. Also, because of limited resources, the level designs have to suffer in the 3D ones

 

 I want 2-D even on consoles.  NOT 3-D.  Some games just don't work as well in 3-D and Castlevania proves it.  As much as I love Mario 64, I hate that it made every single older franchise think that it could be better in 3-D.

 

Ever played Odin Sphere? That game had 2-D sprites in beautiful 3-D backgrounds. Side scrolling.

Why can't they do something like this for Castlevania right?



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dougsdad0629 on 03 August 2008
Euphoria14 said:
dougsdad0629 said:
Riachu said:
Because 2D experience of SotN is very hard to pull off in 3D. Also, because of limited resources, the level designs have to suffer in the 3D ones

 

 I want 2-D even on consoles.  NOT 3-D.  Some games just don't work as well in 3-D and Castlevania proves it.  As much as I love Mario 64, I hate that it made every single older franchise think that it could be better in 3-D.

 

Ever played Odin Sphere? That game had 2-D sprites in beautiful 3-D backgrounds. Side scrolling.

Why can't they do something like this for Castlevania right?

 

 I think Castlevania could be great in 2.5-D perspective.  3-D modeling for characters, but gameplay on a 2-D plane.



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Euphoria14 on 03 August 2008
dougsdad0629 said:
Euphoria14 said:
dougsdad0629 said:
Riachu said:
Because 2D experience of SotN is very hard to pull off in 3D. Also, because of limited resources, the level designs have to suffer in the 3D ones

 

 I want 2-D even on consoles.  NOT 3-D.  Some games just don't work as well in 3-D and Castlevania proves it.  As much as I love Mario 64, I hate that it made every single older franchise think that it could be better in 3-D.

 

Ever played Odin Sphere? That game had 2-D sprites in beautiful 3-D backgrounds. Side scrolling.

Why can't they do something like this for Castlevania right?

 

 I think Castlevania could be great in 2.5-D perspective.  3-D modeling for characters, but gameplay on a 2-D plane.

I would drool over a castlevania that did something like that and returned to its roots.

The fact that the DS games recieve great feedback is proof that it should not have been changed.

 



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sc94597 on 03 August 2008
Euphoria14 said:
dougsdad0629 said:
Riachu said:
Because 2D experience of SotN is very hard to pull off in 3D. Also, because of limited resources, the level designs have to suffer in the 3D ones

 

 I want 2-D even on consoles.  NOT 3-D.  Some games just don't work as well in 3-D and Castlevania proves it.  As much as I love Mario 64, I hate that it made every single older franchise think that it could be better in 3-D.

 

Ever played Odin Sphere? That game had 2-D sprites in beautiful 3-D backgrounds. Side scrolling.

Why can't they do something like this for Castlevania right?

I still have to get Odin Sphere. Thanks for reminding me. I got hyped for it ever since I saw the trailer for Oden Muramasa Youtouden( I don't know if that is spelled right). I think castlevania would work nice like that. Maybe as a Wiiware,PSN,XBL title.