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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Announced for DS with Screenshots

chautemoc | May 18, 2008 | Previews | DS

The Castlevania series is now set to make its third appearance on the Nintendo DS. Titled Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, the title will be released this fall and will feature an all-new battle system.

"We have always felt that the Castlevania franchise has been an excellent fit on Nintendo DS, and based on the popularity of the DS classics, Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin, our fans agree," said Anthony Crouts, VP of Marketing at Konami.

"We fully expect Order of Ecclesia to ignite the fan base once again as it combines the classic Castlevania gameplay with an all-new combat system and outdoor environments."

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Rune Ripper | May 18, 2008

this is great news, i've loved castlevania for as long as i can remember and this will be another one to add to my collection
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S H E P E R D | May 18, 2008

God damned Nintenwhores. Castlevania could do even better on the PSP and next gen systems. Limiting it to constant, under-powered Nintendo handheld systems only results in the stagnation of the series. As it's drowned in monotony, it's full potential pulls farther from realization, and Igarashi's to blame, yet again.

I've had an idea for a CV game based on multiple hunters, in the vein of Monster Hunter, for the next gen systems, taking the fight through the forest wilderness and caves of Transylvania, and eventual Castlevania to defeat Dracula. Similar to the way Capcom dished out Resident Evil Outbreak, sans the broken gameplay mechanics.

They're dropping the ball on this series, the same way they dropped the ball on Contra, which could have spearheaded Gears of War by years, but instead was limited to one last, extremely cheesy PS2 game (Neo Contra, facing the likes of 'Dog Contra' - and evil talking dog).
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R1DDL3S | May 18, 2008
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  chautemoc | May 18, 2008
  
  Good, but I find they look almost identical to the GBA titles, which is depressing.
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    Zero and X | May 20, 2008
    
    If it aint broke dont fix it, is what Konami is probably thinking. I dont mind, I love these games.
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      chautemoc | May 23, 2008
      
      By that logic, MGS4 should look just like MGS2/3.
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BANDITO ATTACK | May 19, 2008

they can say "WELLLL... what we did was make it WAAAY different in x amount of aspects" all they want. i know for a fact that its just gonna be yet ANOTHER carbon copy of aria of sorrow, though.

ITS GETTING OLD, GUYS.

dracula x chronicles was the shit. when i say that, i mean it's impossibly difficult and i couldn't beat the 4th level.
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  R1DDL3S | May 19, 2008
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Zero and X | May 19, 2008

YES! The castlevnia games are *bleep*ing aweosme.
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S H E P E R D | May 23, 2008

I beated it. If you thought the remake was hard, try living through the original.

I swear, CV needs to be an MMO. It could *bleep*ing work.
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Seeker X | May 23, 2008

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dracula x chronicles was the shit. when i say that, i mean it's impossibly difficult and i couldn't beat the 4th level.
I'm still struggling with *bleep*ing Symphony of the Night in the inverted Castle and I've had this game since they released it on PSN. Been planning on buying Dracula X Chronicles for a while. It also seems that besides Simon, Richter and Alucard are two of the most known Hunters since they turned Castlevania into anime.