being a castlevania fan is a complex relationship
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please think of the diplos
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what if my actual take is that this game will probably be not very good because its directly inspired by the worst classicvania and not because its insufficiently slavish in its imitation of cv3?
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arguably true btw but not a useful comparison in itself without acknowledging the lack of accommodation for wider screen width, languid enemy behavior and immediate access to larger available character actions relative to any given navigated space
pre-edit: yeah but itâs not successfully fitting either of those boxes so that shouldnât even be the conversation
i said something similar about bloodstained proper a while back:
i guess i donât actually think it even looks Exactly As Good As Every Igavania yet
so uh, if itâs supposed to be appealing to a desire for comfort food itâs not really doing that either
itâs neither successfully familiar nor novel; itâs just awkward right now.
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It doesnât look as good as NES Castlevania 1, but the same could be said of all sequels.
I think Rondo of Blood was the only one that came close to having movement as good as the original.
Castlevania IIIâs strength was the music (especially on the FC version), this game will potentially have the same strength as III.
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Never been a Castlevania fan myself and this still looks cool to me. Certainly wonât play it but Iâll watch a playthrough of it no questions asked
Iâll play it on my switch.
please tell me that iâm not going to be the only one to perpetually conflate the subtitles âcurse of the moonâ and âcircle of the moonâ
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This, too, is Castlevania tradition.
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Yeah, my first thought watching this trailer was that the jumps looked like igavania jumps and not classicvania jumps.
castlevania thread 
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Theyâre the ones who made Gon: Baku Baku Baku Baku Adventure
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This looks pretty cool (they shouldâve just used text to speech for the narration if the only option was this guy), but could they have gotten away with setting it in Spain and just calling it Castilevania?
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Pennsylvania: Dark Side of the Tracks
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The enemies look painfully like sprite recreations of something from the 3D game rather than things that read well on their own, but thatâs to be expected.
Iâm hopeful, and wouldnât mind looser controls than the NES classics. SCV4 and Rondo both benefited from loosening things up.
This looks like a multi path stage based affair like Rondo.
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Iâm super down for Mega Man 9: Castlevania
Castlevania: Mega Metroid 3
Curse of Hollow Souls
Featuring DANTE from Devil May Cry!
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Nah fuck on this, Iâll play Blasphemous though