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Thursday, October 22, 2009
News

Have A Closer Look At Castlevania ReBirth

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Konami’s exhumation of Game Boy classic Castlevania: The Adventure will arrive in Japan on October 27 on WiiWare. Last we saw of the game was a crummy snapshot of screens in Famitsu. More »
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
News

Castlevania’s Igarashi Involved In WiiWare Rebirth, Secret Stuff

6:00AM Stephen Totilo | In the summer, we reported that long-time Castlevania developer Koji Igarashi, absent during the franchise’s appearance during E3, was still at Konami, involved in a project that would emerge at Tokyo Game Show. That didn’t come to pass. More »
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
News

Castlevania Icon Koji Igarashi Still At Konami, Working On New Project

5:40AM Stephen Totilo | At E3, it was legendary Metal Gear developer Hideo Kojima who took the stage to announce his oversight of the next Castlevania game, not the man long associated with the series. Today, series publisher Konami addressed that curiosity with Kotaku. More »
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Kojima Productions? Here To Help

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | At E3, it was announced that Metal Gear Solid developers Kojima Productions would be helping with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. But Kojima Productions isn’t developing the game — that duty belongs to Madrid-based MercurySteam Entertainment. More »
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Media

Whip It With This Castlevania: Lord Of Shadow Trailer

12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has taken the reigns of the Castlevania series from fellow Konami designer Koji Igarashi for the series’ latest title Lords of Shadow. More »
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Koji Igarashi: Precise Movements Hard When Waving Something Around

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | 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: More »
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Konami Whips Up Castlevania For Xbox 360, PS3

9:40PM Michael McWhertor | Konami has both Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia and Castlevania Judgment on display at Tokyo Game Show this year, but it brought a tiny, tiny bit more with it, just to start messing with our heads. A new Castlevania has been announced for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3… at some point in the future. That is absolutely all that we know at this point, as both Konami reps and series lead Koji Igarashi are being mum on what we can expect. More »
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Koji Igarashi Tries To Explain Castlevania Judgement Hate

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | 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] More »
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Friday, June 27, 2008

Wii Castlevania Revealed! It’s A Fighting Game?

9:40AM Michael McWhertor | According to GoNintendo, the latest issue of Nintendo Power reveals the proud return of the Castlevania series to consoles. Castlevania Judgment is, believe it or not, a 3D fighter, pitting classic characters from throughout the series against each other in mortal combat. Yes, not at all the exact opposite of what Castlevania fans have been asking for. GoNintendo’s report from the mag hints at appearances from characters like Simon Belmont and Alucard, the use of sub-weapons like holy water and boomerangs, and (surprise!) motion controls. Odd, yes, but while Konami may not be known for its fighting games — outside of Yie Ar Kung Fu — it had dabbled in 3D fighters when they were in their heyday. It was also responsible for one-third of the line-up Dream Mix TV World Fighters, a Japan-only fighting game that featured Simon Belmont and Solid Snake and was terrible. Nintendo Power reveals Castlevania Judgement for Wii…a 3d fighter?! [GoNintendo] More »
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Wii Castlevania Later This Year?

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | While Konami Castlevania dude Koji Igarashi has expressed hesitance about the Wii and the Wii-mote in the past, apparently he’s warmed up to the Nintendo platform! Comic book mag Preview has let it slip that the franchise is getting a Wii title released this fall. The info slipped while Preview was giving the skinny on the PR campaign for the comic based on PS2 game Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, stating the the comic book will be “cross-promoted with 2008 video game releases, which include games for Nintendo Wii and DS (Fall 2008)”. Unconfirmed and unsurprising, really. Castlevnia Comic [Badger Comics via CVG] More »
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