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Your eyes do not deceive you -- you're looking at video footage of a new Castlevania arcade game. It appears to use some Wii Remote-like device that you point and swing to take out ghouls. 

It looks reasonably fun, in the way that most light games can be fun (which is the say for 15 to 20 minutes ... and intoxicated at an arcade). So this begs the question: Why not release this game for the Wii? Because, well ... have you guys played Castlevania Judgment? Don't. Please.

Depending on where you are, it's likely you'll have to buy a plane ticket to play this game, though. Let us know if you start seeing these things in the wild. I have some frequent flyer miles I'm willing to redeem to get my light whip on.

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Demtor's Avatar
Demtor at 11/26/2008 10:29
You see! This is what games like CV:Judgement lead to! I can't believe...

*continues to rant and rave to himself in a fit of nerd rage about Castlevania and 2D while waving his arms in the air*
pendelton21's Avatar
pendelton21 at 11/26/2008 10:31
Wow. That looks...that looks really stupid.
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 11/26/2008 10:35
Next stop, Super Mario going a-la Mirror's Edge. First-person goomba squishing fujn. Yuck.
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zombiekiller13 at 11/26/2008 10:36
Wow. Looks horribly clumsy.

Yes Konmai...please work on a new 2D console game. I love the GBA/DS games, but god...a full-blown console game that takes advantage of the amount of awesomeness a disc can hold?

*head asplodes*
zombiekiller13's Avatar
zombiekiller13 at 11/26/2008 10:36
Ah, crap...I meant Konami there.
Chilly's Avatar
Chilly at 11/26/2008 10:44
Oh I heard about this game, thought it was an interesting idea, would be great on the Wii; Resident Evil version worked well.
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Drack48 at 11/26/2008 10:53
I would play this, looks kinda fun.
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MF DOOM at 11/26/2008 11:14
looks not responsive
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Face at 11/26/2008 11:20
I remember Iga talking about the Wii and saying he didn't want a game to use a whipping motion for basic attacks. That made sense, I wonder what happened.

Also, it's raining men.
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Necros at 11/26/2008 11:50
Somehow, I doubt this game has IGA's strong blessing. And if he did personally approve it, notice that it's for a short arcade game instead of a full-length title.
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P3T3Y at 11/26/2008 12:06
Castlevania arcade game is a light gun game with a light up wang.

FIX'D
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DaedHead8 at 11/26/2008 13:45
It's an idea that is awesome but doesn't work well in practice. The video makes it look unresponsive as hell plus waving your hand back and forth to crack a whip doesn't have the same visceral feel as pulling the trigger on a plastic gun does.
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MiOdd at 11/26/2008 14:07
This reminds me of Dragon Quest Swords which was nothing to excited about, but was fun to say the least, I think this might be good.
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Batthink at 11/26/2008 15:45
Do you know what's worse than playing an unresponsive whipping game? Playing an unresponsive whipping game whilst having Gerri Haliwell's 'It's Raining Men' in the background, that's what.
mr spooky's Avatar
mr spooky at 11/26/2008 17:24
Melvin the Grim Reaper.
GohanGVO's Avatar
GohanGVO at 11/28/2008 21:07
Pfft, there should have been a real whip as a controller.
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