Konami's beloved Kastlevanska The series is currently returning to titles – season 2 of Castlevania: Nocturne Dropped on Netflix a few weeks ago (and, spoilers, it's very good). But the rumor mill runs and points to the brand new Castlevania game.
Yesterday, Chinese journalist and Gamesindustry.biz associate Daniel Camilo heard From the “reliable sources” that this year the brand new game “AAA” Castlevania (along with several other notable series) will be discovered. And Portugal website Tortured He substantiated the rumors through his own sources with the “knowledge of Konami's plans”.
Of course, like all rumors, these should be taken with a healthy pinch of salt. But with the success of the Netflix series, last year's Castlevania Domus collection and the return of numerous Konami franchises – suicide and II remaster, Metal Gear Solid Deltaand last year's critically recognized Silent Hill 2 Remake – Languages wave.
We know that Castlevania is not necessarily “disappeared”, with Netflix to a large extent, she picked up Slack, and Konami occasionally rewarded us with an unusual collection of Castlevania retro – and everyone is really good. But let's be honest, the last new Console Castlevania game was 2014. Lords of the shadow 2and the lords of Lord shadows by itself were a rather controversial change in the direction for Belmont's historical rug.
By the way, the last “new” Castlevania game we got was Remake Castle, included in last year's Dominus collection. The series was basically transferred to Cameos and Spin-offs, with vampires surviving the extraordinary Ode Castlevania DLC and its own return of dead cells at Castlevania DLC as the most important.
For 11 years, it's been a long time without a new entry, and we didn't secretly want to see the Belmonts return. To the devil, with almost every game of Castlevania that can actually be played on Switch, we would even be happy when we see Symphony of the night Get a port.
The point is that only how Castlevania returns in 2025? We are sure, if you are reading this, you would like to see the franchise back, but the Konami games took over in several different directions.
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The series began as an action platform-platform-platform one-s with a short turn into some other mechanics inclined to RPG for another game. Then the jump on the 3D on the era of N64, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. I Lords of Shadow (made Metroid: Samus Returns and Metroid Gread's own mercurysteam) took more character action.
But Castlevania is most famous today for the discernment of the Metroidvania genre, thanks to this PS1 trip with Alucard. Experience, statistics, levels and equipment were added, as well as a huge interconnected map and tons of hidden secrets.
The genre is probably the most popular in the Indie scene, and there is no lack of metroidal inspired Castlevania; Heck, even who Igarashi, producer of many Castlevania Games, made his own in the blood: the ritual of the night. And then you have nonsense retro platforms with punishing difficulty.
With the Konami recently discovering Increasing profit of 38% in the last quarterWhat is the better time to exploit your success than the return of one of his most beloved franchises? Especially when a nocturni hit with fans.
We must, of course, admit that there is no guarantee that the new Castlevania will switch, especially if “AAA” suggests a graphically intensive action game in accordance with the modern God of war. But if Konami decides to lean into the roots of the franchise, we could determine the funding for the title of Switch/Switch 2 Castlevania. Postami is obviously preparing to support the new Nintendo Console; What is a better way than with the new Castlevania?
So what do you think about the recent rumors of Castlevania? Do you want to see Castlevania coming back? AND how Do you want to see Simon, Richter, Trevor, Julius, etc. Vote on our surveys below and talk in the comments.
