IGA: 2D still 'somewhat alive,' more Castlevania on the way

by JC Fletcher { Jun 17th 2008 at 3:15PM }

Gamasutra spoke to Koji "IGA" Igarashi, the current steward of the Castlevania franchise, after the Konami Gamers Day announcement of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, about his status as one of the last 2D stalwarts. Last year he declared in a defiant PowerPoint slide that "2D games will never die!" This year? "I'm glad that 2D is still somewhat alive. It's been fun."

It looks like IGA might be branching out just a bit in the future -- still in 2D, but he hinted that he had something new on the way. Something ... maybe not on the DS. "This time, I announced a DS title, but I definitely want to grow the franchise. It's something I'm really focused on. You guys will probably be hearing something from me."

It sounds like whatever the project is, it'll still be the "Igavania" style we know, since according to IGA, the more linear Rondo of Blood PSP port was good, but "not something that I can jump up and down and enjoy like I do with the DS titles."

Tags: action, castlevania, iga, igarashi, konami

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Samurai Lane Hwang @ Jun 17th 2008 4:33PM

I love 2-d graphics and i love 2-d games. An i hope they never die. I'm not really into all of this 3-d, HD, 1080p or 1080i, or whatever you call it. I don't play 3-d games anymore because of it. There's too much concentration on visuals nowadays. It's boring. I miss the days of simple 2-d sprites.

But i know that alot of work goes into creating those 2-d sprites. I remember IGA, said something about that before, in one of his past interviews that i read somewhere. Or was it Vanillaware? Ah! I don't remember. I think they both said that.