Castlevania comes to PS2 - Someone heard my plea!

[Cobalt Katze]

Breaking news! Er, kinda.. I actually just wanted to say that.

Here's the scoop from ps2.ign.com. It's pretty vague so far, but the concept excites me to no end.

Konami of America today announced the best thing it could possibly do this side of revealing Metal Gear Solid 3, which is to unveil the first -- albeit rough -- details on the PlayStation 2 version of Castlevania.

Naturally, Konami revealed very little concrete information, purposely revealing just enough to whet our appetites 'til May. The most detailed sentence in the press release said that by "maximizing the processing power of the console, the ominous drama of the franchise will be realized through exhilarating action, a rich story, breathtaking environments, dazzling next-generation graphics and a sweeping musical soundtrack."

Sounds great to us! But what exactly does that entail? What we do know is that A.) The game is being reinvented from the ground up, which we speculate to mean that it will use an entirely new engine for PS2; B) Well-known game Producer Koji Igarashi from Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo is leading the development team; C) Which is also the creative team behind the excellent PlayStation Castlevania Symphony of the Night, GBA Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance, and GBA Castlevania Aria of Sorrow (due May 6, 2003); and D) That it's coming to PS2 in fall 2003.

[GAAZ]

I need Castlevania for PS2...I say we get ta Japan and hold Konami hostage till we gets one...WHO'S WITH ME?!

[Shino]

[Musashi]

And all will rejoice the coming of a 2D classic (hopefully) to the Playstation 2. I actually haven't played very many Castlevania games, limited only to the Harmony of Dissonance and a very small amount of Symphony of the Night. I'd play more SotN but my Saturn is broken, or rather, the cart I use to play import bames >_<. The new GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow looks very good though.