My cell phone sucks. I had long suspected this was the case, but Konami Mobile confirmed it when they told me Castlevania: Order of Shadows wouldn’t work on my handset. Fortunately they were so determined to get me to play the game they sent me out a loner LG VX9400 V Cast phone preloaded with the title that I now must return to them with amazing amounts of reluctance. If it weren’t for the fact that they made sure the phone didn’t support my carrier I would have gone into hiding just to keep my hands on it. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for Castlevania: Order of Shadows. I want to believe in mobile gaming…I really do. I figured if any game could make me a believer, Castlevania was it, but slow action and frustrating controls only served to send me running back to the game’s faster DS and GBA cousins.
Never one to rest on their Castlevania laurels, Konami and crew readying two new Dracula slaying adventures, this time on the platform everyone can agree on: the mobile phone. The previously mentioned Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow showing at the Leipzig Games Convention is simply a mobile phone remake of the Game Boy Advance release of the same name. However, Konami also announced it would be bringing an all-new original Castlevania, known as Castlevania: Order of Shadows, to mobile carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Networks, among others, this September.
The game follows the adventures of a new character Desmond Belmont, which means the Castlevania series entry on Wikipedia is just about due for an argument on canon. More details on the development and associate blog for the both of you interested in mobile gaming after the jump.