The next DS Castlevania?

[Dipstick]

I wouldn't say that just off one pic. Besides these are not the most encouraging screenshots. The two castle backdrops look literally like palette swaps from PoR, her sprite looks like a altered Charlotte, and that crab thing is a mode 7 nightmare. *-neo

I think he's talking about the character portraits and other non-sprite art.

Anyone expecting this game to not be 100% recycled assets is completely oblivious to what Iga has done with all of the previous GBA/DS games (never mind that he gave a lecture on this very topic at GDC a couple years back). So, if it's more of the same you want....

[Yoshi]

These DS revs aren't getting any prettier.

Perhaps WayForward should take over?

Perhaps hardware from this millennium should take over.

[YellerDog]

You and I both know that's not on the table here.

[Yoshi]

[Low]

I think he's talking about the character portraits and other non-sprite art.

Part of my point, there's one character portrait and a title screen, not enough to start critiquing the art style. *-neo

[Compass]

Portrait of Ruin was fun. I'll buy this.

Brng bck Pkmn trppngs pls.

[Frogacuda]

Brng bck Pkmn trppngs pls.

Vowels first, Pikmin trippings second.

[Bojack]

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.

So a DS chips hold as much data as a DVD? A GBA cart hold as much data as a CD? I didn't know such things. Data storage is more key than hardware power in this case and since I don't think there's ever been a multi carted cart game then CV being on a handheld IS holding back.

[Space Pirate Roberts]

Eh, but look how small a size they were able to compress SotN to for the XBLA release. Seems to me the only things these games need lots of space for are high-fidelity music and FMVs. It's not data storage that's keeping them from matching SotN's "crazy plethora of unique items and hidden secrets/tricks", it's the fact that Igarashi's a lazy, unimaginative hack (who actually didn't have much to do with SotN, he took it over 3/4 of the way through when the previous director left).

[MechDeus]

So a DS chips hold as much data as a DVD? A GBA cart hold as much data as a CD? I didn't know such things. Data storage is more key than hardware power in this case and since I don't think there's ever been a multi carted cart game then CV being on a handheld IS holding back.

Since 200kb worth of info clearly needs an additional 4GB worth of storage.