Any hopes for the next Castlevania game if it ever comes out? I personally hope all the collections and collabs are building up to something other than the chink gacha game.

Castlevania needs more cute schoolgirl witches like Charlotte

>>717063402
I love Charlotte.

>>717063017 (OP)
>the netflix show is building hype for a new game!
>the dead cells collab is building hype for a new game!
>the advance collection is building hype for a new game!
>the 2nd netflix show is building hype for a new game!
>the dominus collection is building hype for a new game!
>the vampire survivors collab is building hype for a new game!
>(you are here)

>>717063017 (OP)
I'm gonna be like most people and say the 1999 game.

>>717063017 (OP)
Might be a remake of sorts.

>>717064991
Konami said the musical hinted at the future of the franchise and it was a non canon SotN retelling, so I assume the next game will be either an SotN or CV3 remake.

>>717063017 (OP)
Shanoa love.

with the current state of gaming it's better that this series is dead, it ended with OoE which was a good game and will be remembered well, better than ending the series with some woke slop with 3d models made by jeets

>>717063017 (OP)
>the chink gacha game.
Crazy that it left development hell last year.

>>717065305
Shanoa is my wife.

>>717063017 (OP)
Grimoire of Souls was okay.

>>717066160
Based on the previous online version and the promised features, the one we ended up getting was incomplete.

>>717063017 (OP)
Last good Castlevania games were on DS in 2008.
Best we can hope for is the Bloodstained sequel.

>>717066884
>Bloodstained sequel.
It looks pretty good so far.

>>717063017 (OP)
for it to be the battle of 1999 and be as good as aria of sorrow. yeah I know, an impossible dream

>>717067060
I'm cautiously optimistic.

>>717067092
Aria of Sorrow was peak vania.

>>717067136
Yeah, anything could happen.

>>717067182
You just can't predict anything anymore with modern gaming.

I liked lords of shadow

>>717067261
Yeah, things are pretty chaotic nowadays.

>>717067408
I liked Mirror of Fate more, felt like the most vania out of the trilogy, but that's not saying much.

>>717067261
Especially in the west, so let's hope Castlevania stays in Japan.

>>717067967
We've had western Castlevania twice, both were a mistake. The Belmont Legacy comic back in the day should've served as a warning.

>>717065521
It did? I thought there was some Faceberg post from the studio saying they got dissolved or something.
It was a weird rabbit hole to follow, I thought that game was fucked.

>>717068564
Last year the devs put out a survey and some hub footage to show us it wasn't dead, the Faceburg group updated with a new post.

>>717065521
>>717068564
>>717068761
I watched gameplay videos of it back in 2020, it looked somewhat decent in terms of graphics at the very least. The art's kinda mediocre, though.

>>717068236
Man, I remember that comic. Naked Dracula slapping a chick was weird.

>>717063017 (OP)
A new Castlevania game leaked years ago and the other games that were leaked have since been announced, so let's hope for the best.

>>717070107
The Konami event genuinely made me angry, especially when they had cutesy western bullshit.

>>717070431
Let's hope for a better event soon, but the next one is for Suikoden.

>>717070486
I don't get why Konami's pushing Suikoden so hard and ignoring Castlevania.

>>717070660
It's getting a remaster, mobile game and anime and meanwhile we got a musical, an upcoming gacha game and a terrible Netdicks series.

>>717063017 (OP)
The next installments must be as gay as the Netflix adaptation if they are to succeed.

>>717071432
Konami's courting the Chinese market with the next mobile game and China recently did a big crackdown on BL, so you do the math.

>>717071542
People really point at them ignoring yuri and go: "See? China is gay friendly, unlike the USA."

>>717071542
>>717071794
Based chinks.

>>717071542
>big crackdown on BL
That was satisfying to see, fuck fujos.

>>717063017 (OP)
2020 was a shitty year for vania, too much trolls and schizos.

>>717072448
Those were underage tourists.

>>717063402
made for BWC

Getting back on topic, what would you guys want out of a new Castlevania game?

>>717073443
We're probably getting a remake.

>>717072448
>>717072620
I remember four specific ones.

>>717073443
A Lament of Innocence sequel set between LoI and Dracula's Curse with Dracula as the protagonist.

>>717071432
The Netflix shows were amazing, it'd be great if they managed to channel that.

>>717063017 (OP)
AFAIK a full price main title is rumored or announced

>>717075098
Rumoured since 2021 and again this year, the Metal Gear and Silent Hill aspects came to fruition, so we could only hope. In between we got Grimoire of Souls, which was fine but obviously incomplete.

>>717063017 (OP)
I thought castlevania was over. We only have bloodstained now, right?

>>717075338
Who knows at this point. IGA's Castlevania is over for sure, but what comes next, we can't tell.

>>717075338
Something's coming, maybe, hopefully.

>>717076054
I'm huffing that hopium like crazy, I have been for the past 11 years.

>>717075338
Bloodstained is an okay substitute.

>>717076525
Same here, bro.

>>717073659
Mostly doomers and trolls. One guy would ritualpost about the possible future of the franchise and one or two aggressive doomers would seethe at him.

>>717079008
I also remember a guy who would say the series should stay dead and he always avatarfagged with a girl from Cross Ange. I told him we should just agree to disagree and he accused me of trying to brainwash him and that I wasn't accepting facts. Good times.

>>717064520
You forgot
>the Alucard musical is building hype for a new game!

>>717079685
Konami actually said that one, in a weird way.

>>717079889
Yeah, they said it will "dictate the direction of the franchise" in an interview, which is weird because that interview never left Japan, so it seems like they're done trying to appeal to westerners since they're trying to get chinks into the market with the mobile game, no faggotry, yes, but also no skellies.

>>717081345
Well, they didn't get the VAs of the original characters to reprise their roles in the Netflix anime, which is weird because they cast Alucard's old VA for Trevor and Richter's VA for Alucard whereas the Devil May Cry show got the old voice actors back for Dante and Vergil. I guess it shows that Konami didn't really have high hopes the Netflix show compared to Capcom's for their show.

>>717063017 (OP)
Posting an interesting metroidvania round table discussion featuring IGA, and some staff from Shadow Labyrinth and Team Ladybug:

https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/250723a

>>717082284
Awesome find, thanks.

>>717082284
What did Firefox mean by this?

>>717063017 (OP)
My hope is that it never comes out
I have no interest in a Soulslike UE5/Unity asset flip. Don't kid yourself, you know Konami is completely incapable of making anything else when it comes to a new Castlevania unless they directly outsource it to Artplay themselves