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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 - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 10:29
Demtor
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 - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 10:31
pendelton21
Wow. That looks...that looks really stupid.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 10:35
Monodi
Next stop, Super Mario going a-la Mirror's Edge. First-person goomba squishing fujn. Yuck.
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 10:36
zombiekiller13
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 - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 10:36
zombiekiller13
Ah, crap...I meant Konami there.
Chilly's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 10:44
Chilly
Oh I heard about this game, thought it was an interesting idea, would be great on the Wii; Resident Evil version worked well.
Drack48's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 10:53
Drack48
I would play this, looks kinda fun.
MF DOOM's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 11:14
MF DOOM
looks not responsive
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 11:20
Face
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.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 11:50
Necros
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.
P3T3Y's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 12:06
P3T3Y
Castlevania arcade game is a light gun game with a light up wang.

FIX'D
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 13:45
DaedHead8
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.
MiOdd's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 14:07
MiOdd
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.
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 15:45
Batthink
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 - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 17:24
mr spooky
Melvin the Grim Reaper.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 21:07
GohanGVO
Pfft, there should have been a real whip as a controller.
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