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Castlevania Judgment for the Wii

CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in Games and Technology
http://gonintendo.com/?p=47669
I know you guys wouldn’t believe this unless I had proof. Reader Blissteria was nice enough to take some pictures from the latest issue of Nintendo Power. I am only going to post one, due to ‘fair use’. Also, I just wanted to make sure that you guys believed the news!

Characters confirmed thus far - Dracula, Simon, Alucard, Shanoa, and Maria Renard.
Classic subweapons - holy water, magic spells, dagger, boomerang
Subweapon use still depends on hearts
Remixed classic Castlevania tunes
Set traps, destroyable environments, enemy monsters interfere with battle
Nunchuck controls character movement, Wiimote used for motion attacks
Picture:
http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/june2008_106_1.JPG
WHAT!? Tell me that picture is a photoshop of some game.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm speechless.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    A fighting game?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    A fighting game? This could end badly.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Why does it appear to be a beat em up?

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This is a terrible day.

    Terrible.

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  • PoochPooch Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The Dude With Herpes wrote: »
    This is a terrible day to have a curse.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The Dude With Herpes wrote: »
    This is a terrible day.

    FUCKING TERRIBLE.

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  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Fuck.

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    New 8-bit Mega Man and a Castlevania fighting game? Is this April Fools day?

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  • metaghostmetaghost An intriguing odor A delicate touchRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    ....

    How could they misunderstand their fanbase to such an extreme?
    It seems so implausible.
    But that screenshot...

    ...is retarded

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  • NorayNoray Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    A.... a fighting game? Bwuh?

    I actually think the idea of a Castlevania brawler is pretty cool. But what the hell?

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    RainbowDespair wrote: »
    New 8-bit Mega Man and a Castlevania fighting game? Is this April Fools day?
    You can't go changing other franchises! Time Paradox!

    Really now, this looks like Soul Edge with name changes.

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  • Red or AliveRed or Alive Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Macro9 wrote: »
    A fighting game?

    A FIGHTING GAME?!

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  • redraptorredraptor Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    They should just include some Castlevania characters in a much needed port of Soul Calibur 4 to the Wii...and forget they ever thought of this.

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    When will the Japanese learn that bigger UIs do not make for better UIs?

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  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'll buy it if I can play as Legion.

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  • B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Isn't that Tekken 5's Moonlit Wilderness stage?

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    And Igarashi wonders why every 3D Castlevania fails miserably.

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  • TrueHereticXTrueHereticX We are the future Charles, not them. They no longer matter. Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    If this is real...

    I'll probably be buying it

    Not that i want to at this current stage, it looks like the old Ravenloft fighting game on PS1

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    B:L wrote: »
    Isn't that Tekken 5's Moonlit Wilderness stage?

    No clue, but I would be ecstatic if someone did the research and proved this is a fake.

    God please let it be a fake.

    Or at best a WiiWare brawler to coincide with a real Castlevania for the Wii.

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  • PataPata Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    ...what?

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    firewaterword wrote: »
    I'll buy it if I can play as Legion.

    Haha

    But seriously, a motion-controlled, Casltvania-branded, fighting game? What the fuck?

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Konami had Solid Snake skateboarding around Big Shell .... this has to be some kind of leaked Easter egg. Has to be.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kOn_foq228

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I never thought Castlevania could actually be ruined.

    It's got to be fake. A photoshop. Whatever. But there's no way.

    I don't doubt the Wii Castlevania would be 3D, akin to LoI and CoD, etc.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Konami had Solid Snake skateboarding around Big Shell .... this has to be some kind of leaked Easter egg. Has to be. <clip snipped>
    That already looks better than the screen from the OP, and that game is out already.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Y'know what? This is our fault. All our wishes for Castlevania characters to be in Brawl. Someone at Nintendo thought of it, or received the idea in a letter or something, and said, "FUCK YES."

    THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING.

    Edit - Still probably fake though.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I will be tempted if Dracula begins the fights with "But enough talk... HAVE AT YOU!"

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  • mystic_knightmystic_knight Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    No.

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  • DartboyDartboy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    "Mankind ill-needs a spinoff such as you."

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I just threw up in my mouth.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You will unlock Maria through DS to Wii connectivity. Also, there is a special move gauge that unleashes a “final smash” type super move. You can play via the Wi-Fi connection as well. The graphics look pretty darn good and the concept is solid, but it all comes down to how it plays. It could be great. It could be awful. Time will tell. NP contains an interview with Koji “Ia” Igarashi who produces the Castlevania series, and the new character models are designed by Takeshi Obata, manga artist of Death Note fame.

    unfortunately, no developer was mentioned, but Iga says the following: “I guess some fans may worry about the game quality, but I am confident that we can achieve a very high-quality game. I think that fans…will see that it stays true to the Castlevania series. Even though this is a fighting game I can guarantee that it will be fun.”
    Come on, this has to be a fake.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    this is awesome!

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    this is awesome!

    This had better be sarcasm. :evil:

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    this is awesome!

    This had better be sarcasm. :evil:

    It's Kuribo.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    it's not sarcasm. I love Castlevania, and I love fighting games.

    if it doesn't suck, I'm totally down

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  • TelMarineTelMarine Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    it'd probably be better than that star wars fighting game at least.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    TelMarine wrote: »
    it'd probably be better than that star wars fighting game at least.

    Heh. That puts it in perspective.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm not sure what all the hostility is about.

    There is a traditional castlevania coming out too, it's just for DS.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    TelMarine wrote: »
    it'd probably be better than that star wars fighting game at least.

    I doubt that - Konami has never made a decent fighting game (G.A.S.P. Fighters Extreme!) and I don't think Iga has a lick of experience with the genre.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    I'm not sure what all the hostility is about.

    There is a traditional castlevania coming out too, it's just for DS.

    Traditional in the sense of 2-D sidescrolling stages or traditional for the last decade Metroidvania type? Because we know about Order of Ecclesia. That's going to be awesome.

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