The next DS Castlevania?

[ChaoofNee]

Fuck Igarashi.

Seriously. The man has no taste and looks stupid in a brimmed hat.

His series deserves to fail after he disowned Circle of the Moon...

[Daitokuji]

I quite enjoy the metroidvanias... If nintendo were to release more 2-D Metroid games for the DS I'd buy those too.

[MechDeus]

I'm tired of walking thru ludicrously large castles fighting shit loads the same monsters with none of the "crazy plethora" of unique items and hidden secrets/tricks that a full console release would allow.

Do you have any idea what you're talking about or was this just a bad attempt at trolling?

[ChaoofNee]

I quite enjoy the metroidvanias... If nintendo were to release more 2-D Metroid games for the DS I'd buy those too.

Actually, during the GBA's time, I was worried we were going to become as saturated with those as we are these games and Zelda games.

Sadly, I was wrong. They stopped at two Metroid games and Chao am cry.

[Rem]

I'm not really feeling all this praise for Cotm, all of the metroidvanias after it have been better.

[Space Pirate Roberts]

It had a really cool magic system, and a noticeably different overall look (since it wasn't made by Igarashi's team).

Oh, and *all* the metroidvanias after it have been better? Even Harmony of Dissonance? Really?

[Rem]

Oh, and *all* the metroidvanias after it have been better? Even Harmony of Dissonance? Really?

Ok, not that one. I keep forgetting that HoD even exsists.

[George]

One thing I'll give CotM is that it was ball-punchingly hard. Most of the handheld metroidvanias have been cakewalks.

[Cheebs]

I've finished every CV up to DoS, but after that? Fuck it. I'm tired of walking thru ludicrously large castles fighting shit loads the same monsters with none of the "crazy plethora" of unique items and hidden secrets/tricks that a full console release would allow.

You do know that a ds is just as powerful as a PS1, right?

The crazy plethora you speak of was removed for reasons other than the hardware.

[ChaoofNee]

One thing I'll give CotM is that it was ball-punchingly hard. Most of the handheld metroidvanias have been cakewalks.

That's why I like it. It wasn't the "man this is frustrating!" or "shit, do I HAVE to grind more?" hard, either. Less equipment to bother with, too.

You do know that a ds is just as powerful as a PS1, right?

The crazy plethora you speak of was removed for reasons other than the hardware.

Exactly. Notice many of the portable Castlevanias have far fewer breakable walls and/or hidden areas (though, PoR does have entire sections of stages hidden behind breakable walls, I'll admit). Look at the length of time between the "Rondo" Castlevania line of games. We've had a new one consistently every year skipping 2004 since 2001.

1993- Rondo of Blood
1997- Symphony of the Night
2001- Circle of the Moon
2002- Harmony of Dissonance
2003- Aria of Sorrow
2004- Dracula went to Sandels with Death
2005- Dawn of Sorrow
2006- Portrait of Ruin
2007- Dracula X Chronicles (PSP, I know)
2008- Next Concept of Mood

Considering the time difference between Rondo and SotN, I doubt they have as much time to flesh out as large and sprawling a game as SotN in the new ones.