Akumajou Dracula ~Gallery of Labirinth~

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Famitsu finally gifts us with the official title of the new AkuDora DS, plus some bits of *official* art
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Guess the official Konami AkuDora website will be also updated soon... :)
 
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Looks as sexy as a 10 year old girl covered in syrup, woooo boy!
 

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soulthug said:
Looks as sexy as a 10 year old girl covered in syrup, woooo boy!

Actually the game has been saluted as one of the most wanted upcoming releases @ last E3... :chimp:

Gotta say official art is way better then the US one anyway...
 
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W00t Parachute Pants :buttrock:

I don't know about the artwork for the heads man, they look worse than Doujin quality, especially when you compare it again the artwork for the heads in Dawn of Sorrow :spock:
 

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bokmeow said:
W00t Parachute Pants :buttrock:

I don't know about the artwork for the heads man, they look worse than Doujin quality, especially when you compare it again the artwork for the heads in Dawn of Sorrow :spock:

Well, we all know there's been a big fuss for Kojima Ayami not doing the art for Juujika, but I really liked the in-game art of that first DS title.

I would LOVE to have an anime-like in-game art and a Kojima-art for the booklet out-game art. :)

Dunno if this new anime style can be said worse or better than Juujika's, still seems pretty nice to me.

Well, of course the game is still to be uncovered in full, so fingers crossed and all, you know... :drool_2:
 

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I miss the old Castlevania style with MANLY heroes. The current fags with whips look is only good for the rectally damaged.
 

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wasabi said:
I miss the old Castlevania style with MANLY heroes. The current fags with whips look is only good for the rectally damaged.

Yeah really. Bring back Simon Belmont, and the gameplay associated with him. I was sick of these 'Metroidvanias' four games ago.

The character art looks amateurish and in-game is more of the same. Yawn.

-Tech
 

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wasabi said:
I miss the old Castlevania style with MANLY heroes. The current fags with whips look is only good for the rectally damaged.

Well, blame miss Kojima on top then. Her art is bishounenish to tell the least... ;-)
 

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#28 said:
Yeah really. Bring back Simon Belmont, and the gameplay associated with him. I was sick of these 'Metroidvanias' four games ago.

Well, actually I think this one looks a bit less of a Castleroid than previous ones, or maybe it's just my impression. Supposedly it is deeply influenced by the 'Julius Mode' in Juujika, they say.
 

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#28 said:
Yeah really. Bring back Simon Belmont, and the gameplay associated with him. I was sick of these 'Metroidvanias' four games ago.

The character art looks amateurish and in-game is more of the same. Yawn.

-Tech

I would appreciate some kind of remake of Castlevania 3, or a spiritual successor to it. The branching gameplay and the ability to switch characters in that installment was class.
 

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bokmeow said:
I would appreciate some kind of remake of Castlevania 3, or a spiritual successor to it. The branching gameplay and the ability to switch characters in that installment was class.

I hear that. That's a great idea. I played the hell outta that game when it first came out. I suppose the only other game that's kinda like it is Rondo of Blood. Which, they should also release here. Anybody think it will ever happen?
 

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#28 said:
Yeah really. Bring back Simon Belmont, and the gameplay associated with him. I was sick of these 'Metroidvanias' four games ago.

The character art looks amateurish and in-game is more of the same. Yawn.

-Tech

I like the new castlevanias

but my favs will always be the old style ones

esp 3 and the PCE CD version
 

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Aaron D said:
I hear that. That's a great idea. I played the hell outta that game when it first came out. I suppose the only other game that's kinda like it is Rondo of Blood. Which, they should also release here. Anybody think it will ever happen?

Just forget it.
 

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Shito said:
Just forget it.

Yeah, you're probably right. But, you never know... I never thought Gradius Gaiden would be available in North America...
 

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Aaron D said:
Anybody think it will ever happen?

It's Iga's favorite Castlevania, and he hinted at doing some kind of Castelvania 3 remake back in like, 2001...so yeah, I doubt it.


The official art for this game is horrible.
 

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Well, I bet all my pennies on Iga using the Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania III) plot on the 'final chapter', say the 'missing one' fitting in the 1999 timeslot: final resurrection of Dracula and final defeat of the Count by the hands of Julius Belmondo + 3 other heroes, sealing the DemonCastle in the eclipse and all.

That's basically the previous chapter after the Soma's ones, and it deeply hinted throuout the whole Akatsuku no Enbukyouku (third GBA title, first Soma title).

All my bets are on the following team:

1) Young Julius Belmondo (Ralph C. was just 18 when he fought against Dracula back in Akumajou Densetsu)
2) Alucard aka Gen'ya Arikaado
3) Yoko Velnamdes mother's
4) Some guerrilla guy related to Hammer (counterpart of Grant Dinesti and reason for Hammer being liked to the Castle in Akatsuki).

^^
 

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Shito said:
(Ralph C. was just 18 when he fought against Dracula back in Akumajou Densetsu)

I can't decide which name is worse for a vampire-slaying Belmont hero -- Trevor or Ralph.

I would say that since the GBA got a trio of Castlevanias, the DS would too...I figure the Julius '99 game will be the next one after this Portrait of Ruin.
 

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Wow, I thought that DoS had crap character design but this one is by far the worst.
 
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