To celebrate the release of Castlevania: Judgment for the Wii, Konami and Rocket XL release a new interactive widget that web-savvy vampire hunters can share or add to their blogs and favored social networking sites. The widget contains game details, screenshots, wallpapers and video for both Judgment and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.

Interestingly, it also features translations of the 4-panel comics by Konami artist Shizumon which previously appeared only on the Japanese Castlevania re...

"Konami has held some key autumn releases back until Q1 2009, including new Lost in Blue and Castlevania instalments for Wii and DS.

Those heading to early next year are Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked! (Wii), Lost in Blue 3 (DS), Castlevania: Judgement (Wii) and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)."

Today at the Tokyo Game Show, Konami revealed a brand new trailer for the upcoming fighting game Castlevania Judgement. Here we are introduced to a batch of new characters that will be appearing in the game ...



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Straight from the Nintendo Fall Press Conference is the montage reel that was played that showcased the various upcoming Wii games. This is the same reel that announced these games.

• Wii Music / Nintendo / Oct. 16, 2008
• Animal Crossing: City Folk / Nintendo / Nov. 20, 2008
• The Melancholy of Haruhi / Kadokawa Shoten / Nov. 27, 2008
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes / Capcom / Dec. 11, 2008
• 428 ~The World Doesn't Change Even So~ / Sega / Dec. 4, 2008
• Samba de Amigo / Sega...

Japan finally gets word that Konami's upcoming fighter, Castlevania Judgment is also headed their way sometime later this year, and we're treated to a trio of new screenshots for the game.

Castlevania Judgment will feature characters from the various Castlevania games, with the characters redesigned by Death Note artist Takashi Obata. Confirmed so far are:

• Simon Belmont
• Dracula
• Death
• Alucard
• Eric Lecarde
• Maria
• Shanoa
• Aeon [Original character]

Castlevania Judgment is set to come our way ...

"Animal Crossing: City Folk
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Release Date: November 16, 2008
Genre: Simulation

You can walk with the animals and talk with the animals all over again starting November 16, as Animal Crossing: City Folk updates Nintendo's stalwart "communication game" for a new hardware generation. Like Animal Crossing: Wild World before it, City Folk seeks to take the GameCube original Animal Crossing and enhance it with new graphics, features and characters. And, ..."

"Quite possibly the most fun, and most game-ruining aspect of Castlevania Judgment, is its special attack. Kill the random zombies that are aimlessly wandering around and absorb power-ups. Slowly, you'll build up a special meter on the bottom of the screen. Get it completely filled, and you'll be able to unleash a special attack with a single press of the down button."

At its 2008 Holiday Press Event in Manhattan, video game publisher Konami announced it's Fall/Winter 2008 lineup for North America, bringing games to all game systems and release dates.

• [NDS] Castlevania: Order of Ecclessia - Octtober 21, 2008
• [WII] Castlevania: Judgment - Fall 2008
• [360/PS3/PS2/PSP/PC] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 - November 11, 2008
• [WII] Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 - September 16, 2008
• [360] Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 - October 2008
• [PS2] Dance Dance Rev...

"Some of the items that were being auctioned off were a Rock Band Wii kit, Kenneth Cole Luggage, Prada handbags, Jewlery, and an autographed issue of Nintendo Power.

At one point in the evening, Nintendo came out to present the actual Wii Entertainment systems to the foundation. Each of the five units was sponsored by one of the companies showcasing games at the party: Konami, Ubisoft, EA, Gamecock, and Nintendo."

Castlevania Judgment, a fighting game coming to the Nintendo Wii later this year and early next year (in North America and Europe respectively).

This game will make use of the motion sensors in the Wii Remote to increase the enjoyment of killing your enemies! Only 7 characters have been announced so far and the plot will be different for each.

This video is of a battle between Simon and Alucard.

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Courtesy of blog Wii @ Everyday comes the scans from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu for this week, with new game announcements and more images of those known upcoming games.

Games featured:

• [NDS] Phantasy Star Zero
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Winter 2008 Release
  • Character Designer : Toshiyuki Kubooka (Lunar, Idolm@ster)
  • Scenario : Tooru Shiwasu, Teru Arai
  • New in the PSO series
  • Multi play over Nintendo WiFi connection
  • Chat system supports sending of stylus sketches
• [NDS] Item Getter
  • Publisher: 5p...

From the Games Convention in Leipzig is a brand new batch of screenshots for the upcoming oddball release from Konami: Castlevania Judgment, the series' first fighting game, for the Wii. This set of screenshots introduce a new character that previously didn't exist in the Castlevania franchise: Aeon. The rest of the screenshots can be seen at the source.

In a large departure from the series, the current producer of the series, Koji Igarashi announced that the upcoming Wii installment in ...

"Fan reaction to the fighter-influenced “Castlevania Judgment” was mixed, but “Castlevania” fans are still clamoring for Koji Igarashi’s latest 2D adventure on the DS.

“Castlevania” fans have also begged Igarashi for a traditional “Castlevania” title for consoles.

While such a fanboy dream still remains unrealized, Igarashi told me at E3 last week that he’s very interested in Nintendo’s WiiWare service."

"While checking out Konami's 3D fighter, Castlevania Judgment, two Konami employees stood next to us and saw an opportunity to shoot the breeze. While conversing about things that this blogger couldn't help but overhear, one female worker commented to the other that if "they are just going to make fun of it, you have the power to kick them out." It was pretty obvious that she was referring to the fighting game we were currently engaged in playing. (Here's the trailer).

And, before you ask, ..."

Here's the first trailer for the upcoming Wii fighting game Castlevania Judgement...



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"I know you guys wouldn’t believe this unless I had proof. Reader Blissteria was nice enough to take some pictures from the latest issue of Nintendo Power. I am only going to post one, due to ‘fair use’. Also, I just wanted to make sure that you guys believed the news!

Characters confirmed thus far - Dracula, Simon, Alucard, Shanoa, and Maria Renard.
Classic subweapons - holy water, magic spells, dagger, boomerang
Subweapon use still depends on hearts
Remixed classic Castlevania tunes
S..."

"Comic book magazine Preview has claimed that a Castlevania game will be released for the Wii in the fall of this year.

The magazine spilled the info whilst detailing its PR campaign for a comic book based on the PS2 title Curse of Darkness.

We already knew about a new Castlevania DS game, but the Wii version is news to us."