Well they did make Order of Ecclesia recently.

Also, the "little girl who likes animals", I assume, is Maria from Rondo of Blood, one of the more influential and popular of the games in the series (who also appeared as an adult in Symphony of the Night) so I think most people will be happy with her inclusion... I mean, of the few who are at all interested in the game.

The "nun" is actually Shanoa from Order of Ecclesia. A good game, actually.
Though this game does look terrible. Maria (little girl) is obnoxious based solely on the videos I've seen of the game. There are no exciting villains aside from Dracula and Death in the Castlevania series, so a few had to be made up for the game. So we get Carmilla (the whore) and the oh-so-unique Golem.
And then there are the terrible character designs. Grant and Death look absolutely awful.

But hey, it could be worse. It could be MK vs DC vs Castlevania.

This came out already??
I have no desire to purchase it, but you'd think somebody would have said -something-...

I realized, while watching the trailer, that I have no idea who a lot of these characters are. Like the werewolf and guy who controls time.

But I wonder, will there be secret characters? It seems strange to include Simon and Trevor, or even Maria and Alucard, but not Richter. And the Vampire Sisters would be a unique addition. And I think The Creature with a little Flea Man on his shoulder would be great. But I digress...

I wonder if Carmilla is supposed to be Camilla?

The game looks like a love child between an orgy consisting of Soul Calibur, Guilty Gear X, and Darkstalkers (man, to have a Guilty Gear vs. Darkstalkers game...mmm...).

Considering the game was released to no buzz means it probably sucks and Konami wanted to get it on the market before critics got a hold of it. Too bad...trailer makes it look fun in a weird way.

I agree with MattK on all points.

I'll give it a shot. Prolly a used copy though.

The game looks dumb and everyone would of prefered to play an awesomely illustrated 2-D castlevania, but it really does like slightly fun in a retarded way.

But yes, Konmai does hate us, example is suing ITG from making dance games after they abandoned the market only to reinstate it with much crap after the lawsuit.

Tonberry> Yes, Carmilla has been misspelled as "Camilla" previously. And the werewolf guy is from one or both of the N64 games.

Matt> You're probably right; it looked like I was going to get to review it, and then I never heard anything about it again.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

Yikes. Whatever happened to the simon belmont that looked like conan with a whip from the first nes game? Why the hell do they make him a chunky biker girl with hot-pants (what do you think, better or worse than that feather-boa simon from castlevania chronicles?) The only way I would have been interested in this game is if they put every belmont in the game, each has there unique powers and abilities. But, they didn't so I'm not.

Wow. Looks like someone has only played about 3 Castlevania games. Those are all real Castlevania characters (Sans for maybe Golem). Just because you don't recognize characters and aren't familiar with the series doesn't mean you should shun the game so badly.

Was that a shark i saw come out of no-where? nom-nom-nom...
and whats with the Nancy Boy?

Wolfgang> Yeah, there have been Golem enemies before.

And you're absolutely right, just because someone doesn't recognize all the characters and aren't familiar with the series doesn't mean they should shun the game so. Particularly because there are so many more reasons to shun it when you do know the characters and the series.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

LMFAO at someone mad about a Castlevania not being true to it's roots,and than calling Maria "some little girl who likes animals." Sounds like a die hard fan!!!
I'm not saying the game's going to be great,but I'll wait for a review by someone who has actually played the game.

I know who all those characters are and I love the shit out of Castlevania, and this game looks like a crappy bottom-shelf half-assed Soul Calibur ripoff. Fuck this.

If Konami thought it were worth a damn and could get away with releasing this on the PS3 and the Xbox without being humiliated, it wouldn't be a Wii exclusive.