Am I the only one that thinks that every single Castlevania game since the original NES games is derivative, mindless shite?

The idea has been whored to death. It was the good time that everyone had, and all that's left is a gaping, dripping hole. Every successive iteration of the game just gets more visible stretch marks.

Iga, you don't need a wiimote. You need a vaginal reconstructive surgeon to turn Castlevania into something other than an echo of what it once was.

gblock

AaronMD

I disagree. I'm having a blast playing Tony Hawks DHJ. I love the way it controls with my only gripe being the button placement on the Wiimote. That's on Nintendo's part though. It's like SSX on concrete. Awesome and I wish like hell it was online.

Also have you even played Ultimate Alliance on Wii or are you going by what some "no skills having," douche reviewer had to say? You can use the A button to do all of your basic combos and the motion sensitive moves can be used for the super powers and specials. It's really easy to control that way and I've had some great battles using the Avengers and the Xmen on the Wii version. Especially against Mandarin and the Grey Gargoyle.

Also, I'm playing Zelda, Excite Truck and Call of Duty 3. Zelda speaks for itself GotY candidate, Best Action RPG of the current gen candidate. Best Action RPG ever made candidate.
ExciteTruck is fun as hell. A cross between burnout and Rush 2049. Call of Duty 3 on wii has the best controls of the three versions and is the first FPS game to EVER simulate mouse and keyboard. After playing CoD 3 on Wii, I'm never going back to dual analog ever again.

The remote works and it works very well. Some of the things I've been able to do in Zelda and Call of Duty 3 for example, you can't easily do with dual analog, if you can do them at all. Try to run, turn and shoot an enemy in the middle of a fire fight that's on an elevated position with dual analog. Make sure to turn auto aim off. Good luck with that. Even in Zelda, against the Fire Beast in Death Mountain I was able to run turn, pull out the bow and shoot an arrow right into his forehead while the bastard was running towards me. He's stands at least 20 to 30 feet. Aiming upward with flame and death running at me was a snap. Try that with dual analog.

The Remote is awesome. Developers need to concentrate on making good games first and foremost. When was the last time Iga made a great game that wasn't called Castlevania? Exactly. Now...can I get Goldeneye update with wiimote support...hell, I'll take Turok 1 and 2 with those controls...

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

HobbaHobba

Let's fast forward one year later. Exactly how much fun will it be waving your controller around? IGA's right, moving around a guy with your thumbchuk and beating ass with your whip-mote is naturally gimmicky. Marvel Ultimate Alliance perfectly illustrates how combo heavy games are not meant for this wii-mote at this point. Either IGA is lazy because it's going to take a ****load of development time to perfect Wii controls or he is just naturally opposed to having the major selling point of his game being- you can swing a virtual whip around!

Gagamus

Coming up soon: PC game developer says "I don't want people to have to pay $1500 on a PC to play this". Kotaku headline: "DEVELOPER SAYS PC GAMING STUPIDLY EXPENSIVE"

Sockatume

A++++++++++++! Would read again!

nemyhlovecraft

but he can keep the hair

jeffx

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

Jeez Castlevania is awesome on DS but guess what, this genius has yet to use the DS in any innovative way. Castlevania rocks because it has great gameplay. Concentrate on that Iga, stop being a damn "back and forth, can't make up my mind" douche bag.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

Translation of "core gameplay":

a 2-d sprite-based side-scroller from 1980.

FlapjacksAreTasty

ryro

For the record, Castlevania DS is one of my favorite games in years.

Sunjammer

myDingling

After Symphony, IGA has attempted to re-create the magic... again, and again, and again. Hell, for the first time, I'm passing on a Castlevania game with Portrait of Ruin. Here's why, and I want Kotaku to keep this one on record. This will be the game's structure:

1) Heroes embark on adventure in new castle.
2) Heroes discover something deep and dark within themselves/loved one along the way.
3) Areas of castle will be opened via new items, often involving backtracking.
4) A boss battle will happen, but a "poor" ending will result.
5) A magic token will be used in said boss battle to reveal a new weakpoint/outcome
6) The "real" boss will appear after a new section of the castle.

When he made something other than a Castlevania title, the world was "blessed" with Nanobreaker - not exactly a positive track record here. If the Castlevania franchise were passed on to someone else, maybe they could infuse some new life into it. As it stands, Castlevania is a shadow of its former self, having been stomped into the ground by this man. I don't care what this man says anymore. Judging from the fact that he's *still* using sprites from 1992, he hasn't innovated in years. Pot, meet kettle.

Sheesh.

bassbeast

Anti_Loquax

Niero

But i really really really want to see and amazing Castlevania game on the Wii, wiimote or not

Graedus

jadnice

All you need to do is steal project hammers wii mote setup and then combine it with god of war (the true castlevania game) and you'd have one awesome game.

Just make sure you remove IGA from having anything to do with it.

DarkNight_DS

There is a title coming up that already uses the control scheme that he SHOULD incorporate into the Castlevania Wii game. That game is called PROJECT HAMMER! Now if he also uses influences of another game that made a truely 3d castlevania game cough cough God of War. Then we'd see a damn fine game.

But seeing as this guy couldn't make a good go of it already in 3d, they need to leave him working on the DS games and bring in someone else to helm the Castlevania 3d game that controls like project hammer and lives up to God Of War.

DarkNight_DS

I'm not interested in playing rtype with gestures for shooting, i'm not interested in playing samurai shodown with gestures for attacking, and i'm certainly not interested in waving the controller to whip, over and over, over and over.
That's a game breaker for me.

If anything, make a Wii remake of Castlevania DS, and have gestures for the seals. Bam. Instant awesome. That's all it takes.

I don't think the Wii requires new controls for every game. I certainly wouldn't want to play a Smash Bros with motion controls, and as far as i know Nintendo aren't interested in making one either. For hard action games, you need responsiveness, and gestures don't have that kind of responsive, period.

Anti_Loquax' idea of using the pointer is more like it. The pointer is fast, accurate, and i'd enjoy using it like he describes, assuming he's referring to Abuse or Soldat type games.

Sunjammer

Lider

People always want 1:1 movement replicated on the Wii, but I really don't think that's its strong point.

Anti_Loquax

analog stick to move, z to lock on, b to attack and a to jump. Simple, yet effective control scheme.

Protofunk

I don't see how the Wii is any more "gimmicky" than the DS's touch screens. On both, games can be done successfully without whoring out the "gimmick" aspects.

SonOfABeep

photoboy

kiigan

ootler

tekkenking

snazzynick

I don't want controls that are just forced onto it because they can be, I want something that works and plays well.

While I like Dragon Quest Sword, I don't want to play many games like it.

Even if in the end Wii gets a Castlevania game with NES style controls, I'll be fine with it. As long as it works and feels right.

Kenofthedead

MattB

Jigu

Guess you never played Symphony of the Night (PS1)

I guess Iga really has to think about how he makes this Castlevania, we all know of the troubles with the 3-D games, the recent ones have been decent, but did anyone play the N64 ones? Memories of Castlevania 64 give me nightmares to this day.

Wernstar

Anyone can just go "Oh, instead of pressing triggers, the uh... twisting of the nunchaku rotates the camera!" But the question is, is it intuitive and easy for the player, or would it have been better left alone? For me and my friend, we kept having "Who's spinning the camera?...Oh! It's me!" moments in Marvel:Ultimate Alliance.

I think he's wanting to design something that makes a good use of the controller, while staying true to the Castlevania...ness that makes it the game it is.

Having said that, I've played one of the N64 Castlevanias, and seen a bit of Lament of Innocence... I don't think 3-D in general meshes with the core Castlevania gameplay... perhaps he should just design a really-really slick looking 2D castlevania and put it on the Wii and have it play NES style, and if he can think of interactive segments for the motion sensing, all the more power to him.

PTTSeven

mikevsworld

then again, to give up the motion stuff completely might be strange.

Maybe if you had some kind of special attack system with the Wii controls. (not like the ice blocks for the ds though, bleh).. If there was an attack that was so powerful you couldn't use it often,... or a good spell-drawing system, that could be pretty interesting.

M4gast0n

The DS touch screen was thought of as a gimmick too at one time. Developers are just too scared sometimes to try out something new.

reddevil3

Heh, poodle.

omgJOHN

K-OSS

VakeroRokero

Like the DS, we don't need every game to use the functionality. We have some games that don't use the stylus (and those that do, don't get me wrong) and the same thing needs to happen with the Wii. Maybe some pointer-type stuff could work, as long as it doesn't feel tacked on.

xkc20d

xoque

Darkest Daze

Dorcas

I'm all for a fancy-assed 2D console Castlevania, but I'd rather twitch my thumb than flick my wrist fifty thousand times. Interesting (and sparse) whip use would require a third dimension, and Castlevania has had bad luck with that third one.

I'm uncertain, factoring in potential misquotations and mistranslations, but it sounds like caution, not hate. And goofy hair.

Dorcas

I'm inclined to agree. I wouldn't want to play a castlevania like that, much like i don't think it was necessary to put the sword attacks of Zelda on gestures. Stuff you need to do absolutely constantly just doesn't merge well with that kind of physical action.

Also, it's easier to connect with the motions of opening a door or pointing a gun than it is to connect with something as abstract as throwing a lasso or, god forbid, jumping (because i jump with my hands a lot).

I think it's commendable of him to stay pure. If you want gimmicky Wii controls, i'm sure EA will accomodate you.

Sunjammer

Give him time. He'll come up with something, and it'll work. I'm just glad he's not trying to make a Castlevania game in the first string of Wii releases. He waited a bit to put Dawn of Sorrow out, and we all benefitted from its lack of overly stereotypical touch screen controls. He's just looking out for us.

Archaotic