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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Fighting games are about timing. These games are razor sharp, competitive. Konami’s Wii fighter Castlevania Judgement is different: It’s not really about timing and the input isn’t so important. It’s as sharp as a bowling ball. Lead Castlevania Konami Koji Igarashi explains:
Of all the days I had to play games at TGS, and of all games I had the chance to play, why the hell did I leave it until Sunday afternoon to play Castlevania Judgement? I mean, my last memory of TGS could have been of something good, like Macross Ace Frontier or, in Konami’s case, another kick at Pro Evo 2009. Instead, I walked away from the show feeling bad. Bad for Castlevania fans, at least.
Konami’s Koji Igarashi is the Castlevania guy. And when fans play a Castlevania game, they know, more or less, what they are getting themselves into. But Castlevania Judgement is different! It’s a fighter, but now. And the early buzz around the game hasn’t been so hot. Why does Igarashi think that is?
When you have a franchise like this, that’s become popular in a certain type of game style and you change that so drastically, I understand the responses is going to be negative… I also felt a lot of the response was, I guess, unjustified in the sense that they based their [response]on just hearing about it or maybe seeing a couple of screen shots and making a whole assumption.
Insert Igarashi sad face.
Koji Igarashi Calls ‘Castlevania Judgment’ Fan Criticism ‘Unjustified’ [Multiplayer][Pic]
Above, the clip for Castlevania Judgement, on the Wii. Iga can say whatever the hell he wants, but that right there, that’s a fighting game. And not a very good-looking one at that. Series purists may find more solace after the jump, with a trailer for Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia on the DS.
