I feel bad for PR firms that work for game publishers. They can spend years planning the perfect launch announcement for an upcoming game, only to have the ESRB unceremoniously list it on their web page with absolutely no pageantry to be found. I guess telling the world that a game will contain "animated blood and fantasy violence" is more important than properly hyping said game to modern society. Damn you, society. Damn you and your obsession with monitoring "mild cartoon violence".
Though Konami hasn't said anything official about Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth, the ESRB is seldom wrong about these things. We'll probably get an official announcement about this upcoming Wii title any second now. If this new game is anything like previously released Gradius ReBirth and Contra ReBirth, then this is cause for serious joy. So far, the ReBirth series has proven to be some of the best stuff on WiiWare, and we can hope that Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth will be no different.
Check out the full ESRB description of Castlevania Adventure ReBirth below. "Spikes or spears stained with red, blood-like splotches" confirmed!
[via examiner]
Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth
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Platform: Wii
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Rating: Teen |
Content descriptors: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence |
Rating summary: This is a side-scrolling action game in which players battle against monsters in Dracula's castle. Players use a chained whip to fight their way through halls and dungeons filled with zombies, skeletons, flying eyeballs, and bats. The enemy creatures frequently shoot projectiles and attack players in hand-to-hand combat. If players sustain too much damage, they keel over and emit a burst of red blood. Some rooms in the castle also have spikes or spears stained with red, blood-like splotches. |
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4:00 PM on 09.13.2009
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@ Phantomile- Yeah, I hear you. I really don't want a remake of Adventure either. Still, even that could be made to be a lot of fun. I love the old-school Castlevanias, especially the games in the re-release Chronicles series (Rondo and MSX-vania). If this game matches that brand of fun, I'll be all for it.
Also, where the hell is the Virtual Console version of Rondo of Blood? The Japanese have been playing it for months now...
That said, imma buy it.
Anyway, I do hope that they don't forget the advancements of Super Castlevania. That game came up with 8-way whip control, swinging, and a separate button for the subweapon, only to have all those advancements dropped in subsequent entries in the series. I don't know why they dropped those things, though I sure would like them back.
Otherwise, here's hoping.
With such an awkward name, I'm not so sure I'm excited about this...
They already did, 6 times!
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Castlevania_games
The US branch of Konami stated a while back that they've dropped support for the VC in the US, so I sadly doubt we'll ever get Rondo of Blood. The worst part was that they announced it just after Rondo of Blood came out in Japan.