A new Castlevania Chronicles on PS2?

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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
So what if the storyline is the same? Like you said, Castlevania 1 and 4 share the same story, and they are most certainly not the same game. And what do you mean they have the same general level layout? They are laid out 100% differently. They both start in a burning town, but that's it. It's not even the same burning town! Not only is the layout of the towns different, but the background tiles aren't even the same. From there the levels just compleatly go their own way in each of the two games.

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Well I may be confused on the level layout, I haven't played it in a while. My main argument is that you can't call it a sequel... call it a remake or revisioning if you would like, but it sure as hell isn't a sequel. Nocturne in the Moonlight was the sequel. A sequel needs to take place after the previous game and continue the storyline. In the same sense, Castlevania IV was not in fact a sequel, but instead a revisioning of the original Castlevania.

Yeah, and Castlevania IV was better than the NES Castlevania 1. :)

Well, I read the this news in PSM too, and it mkaes me very excited. I would love to play X, but have no time nor money to go and try to get PC Engine and the game. So prospect of PS2 CV is very, very exciting to me.

Speaking of X on SNES, I thought it was a decent game. Obviously not as good as original Duo version, but good ofr SNES standard.

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Obviously not as good as original Duo version

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This is the statement where Chibi tries to nail you by the balls. :)

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Originally posted by SearchManX
This is the statement where Chibi tries to nail you by the balls. :)

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But it's sooo true. ;) Honestly though, while I think Drac X for SNES is a decent game, it doesn't even hold a candle to the PCE version. Not even going into the port/remake and so forth argument, it's just not as great of game... in the same way that Castlevania 1 isn't as great of game as Castlevania 3 and Harmony of Dissonance isn't as great as White Night Concerto. PCE Drac X is the best "true" Castlevania game. And no, I'm not including Nocturne in the Moonlight and on in that sentence. I will not get into the argument about Drac X and Nocturne. They're completely different games so I will not say one is better then the other.

There's nothing wrong with SNES Drac X at all. No, it's not quite up to the PCE Drac X, but then not many games are. Here is how I rank the top of the "true" Castlevania games:

Drac X PCE
Super IV
Drac X SNES
Castlevania III
Bloodlines

Every single one of those games is great, it's just some are greater than others. SNES Drac X has great control/gameplay, great graphics, unbelievable music (the first track sounds better on the SNES if you ask me) and good levels. What's not to love?

Well, I havent played CV3 or Duo X yet, but I agree on the other 3 :p

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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
What's not to love?

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That you can't play as Maria. :( ;) Seriously though, I think if I were to rank the true CV games I'd probably say:
Drac X PCE
CV IV
Castlevania III
Bloodlines
SNES Drac X
Castlevania 1

I think its funny that so many let a name get in the way of enjoying a game. Plus, I highly doubt that as many of the folks 'round here have even played (or owned) the PCE version...


SNES Drac X is a fine game. Perhaps not as good as the Castlevania game on the PCE, but fine nonetheless.

Hell, SOTN is better than Dracula's Curse; but that does not make Dracula's Curse a bad game...

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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
different box art

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Then why did they use this on the American version ;)
http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/t-cvdx.jpg