Famitsu confirms new DS Castlevania, Igarashi at helm

by Chris Greenhough { May 14th 2008 at 11:45AM }

Famitsu has revealed the next Castlevania game for the DS, confirming recent speculation over Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Judging by the screens in the scan above, those mysterious shots from last month were the real thing. The magazine also divulges the involvement of Koji Igarashi, producer on Portrait of Ruin and Dawn of Sorrow. As in those games, there will be support for two players, though the exact nature of the multiplayer (local play? WFC?) remains a miserable little pile of secrets.

And that's it for now! Leap past the break, whip in hand, to see another snippet of a scan.

Tags: castlevania, famitsu, koji-igarashi, konami, order-of-ecclesia, platform, scan

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Flint @ May 14th 2008 12:00PM

Looks great so far!

bluezy @ May 14th 2008 12:51PM

Hopefully it's more like Dawn of Sorrow than Portrait of Ruin.

Reuben @ May 14th 2008 1:17PM

What the hell are you doing? I've seen you touting that R4 thing around here before. Get over it.

1p5v @ May 14th 2008 1:26PM

No problems for me to play it since I can afford 40 bucks!

PiemanPieman @ May 14th 2008 3:19PM

Seems like the last two DS games were 29.99, but I may be crazy.

twb176 @ May 14th 2008 1:34PM

Man, you're JUST begging for the righteous banhammer of justice to be brought down upon your head.

triften @ May 14th 2008 2:35PM

This is a Big Deal. Color me eager.

rikki @ May 14th 2008 2:46PM

Here's a third vote for "ban the idiot".

Every single one of his comments has been "i hav R4 lololol n u gaiz r dum 4 buyin gamez"

...Why do you feel the need to mention your R4 incessantly? Do you HONESTLY believe you're the only one here with a flash cart? That you're somehow "special" or "smart" for pirating DS games when any idiot with a few minutes and the right equipment could do the same?

Shut up and get bent, you redundant little turd.

resist yourself @ May 14th 2008 3:19PM

hell yes.

Santos L. Halper @ May 14th 2008 4:05PM

So is this a remake of that mobile phone castlevania or do we still not know?

Red @ May 14th 2008 4:34PM

I don't think the fact you have an R4 is the troubling, difficult part. Rather, I think the issue is that's all you've been saying. "I've got an R4! I've got an R4! I've got an R4, and you idiots are paying for games!"

Hey mods? If you're reading this, instead of banning the guy, is there any way of changing his name? Perhaps to something like "I HAV R4 U R STPUD 4 PAYIN GAMZ"? I figure having that as a name would save everyone time.

Red @ May 14th 2008 4:34PM

I'm cautiously optimistic. I like Castlevania a lot, but I'm a bit tired of remakes as a whole and the moble phone game (at least the demo I tried) didn't wow me for what should be obvious reasons. And sure, a remake would fix some of the problems, presumably, but...I dunno.

theboy @ May 14th 2008 5:05PM

Has anyone else noticed the return of a hearts counter as well as the magic meter? Are they returning to SotNishness? Perhaps we'll have more than 4 slots of equipment and an actual shield button as well! Perhaps I'm getting overly excited too early :(

shawn @ May 14th 2008 5:30PM

"there will be support for two players, though the exact nature of the multiplayer (local play? WFC?) remains a miserable little pile of secrets."

Thank you. It has been at least a year since I've laughed out loud at a game reference in anyone's posts. This totally caught me off guard and brightened up my miserable little pile of a day!