It's not secret that I'm a huge fan of the Castlevania games, and I've always enjoyed the Metroidvania style of play (theres something so satisfying in something so simple). Roaming the castle at my own pace and just hacking away at enemies is like meditation for me.

I recently started doing some reading into the new DS Castlevania "Order of Ecclesia" and there some new things, first off is the fact that you have boobies (yay?). Since Castlevania Legends, that has been removed from the series' canon, you've never had a female staring in one of the Castlevania games. Hell, as soon as I saw some of the new art I was completely sold. This bitch in fact, looks sick(the good kind).



Among the characters theres a new fighting system, worldmap, completely new characters (where Dracula is the only returning character), side quest mission from villagers, and combining attacks.

Oh and that anime styling is gone, not that I've had a problem with it, but Castlevania never seemed like a game for anime. This is probably due to a new artist that has been working on the game, all I can say is that I'd like moar plz.
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The question is: Is it too late for all this?

The Castlevania franchise is twenty two years old this year and has had over 20 releases thus far, but is it too late for something new? Is this not enough for some people?

I'm actually pumped because of all the minor things that will be added/moved around. I love the Metroidvania style of play, but someone might feel different. Maybe it's time to work on another 3D Castlevania to get the formula down and maybe create a new legion of fans and get some of that next-gen sexiness.

Oh yeah, I has a video.