For years, it appeared like Castlevania was lifeless and buried. However with final night time’s reveal of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse throughout Sony’s State of Play stream, Konami’s long-neglected saga of ghoul-whipping and vampire daddy drama is bursting again out of the coffin—in a Dracula-like trend, I suppose you can say.
Whereas an all-new 2D Castlevania from the Lifeless Cells builders at Evil Empire and Movement Twin is nearly the most effective case situation you can hope for, Konami says it has even greater plans in retailer for the collection’ revival.
Coinciding with the announcement of Belmont’s Curse, Konami additionally launched a web site to have fun this yr’s fortieth anniversary of Castlevania’s first launch as Akumajō Dracula in Japan. “The doorways of Castlevania open as soon as extra,” the anniversary web page declares. Whereas the positioning’s just a little skinny—there’s not a lot there other than a spooky commemorative video displaying that good haunted fortress all of us like to hate—the message Konami left for Dracula’s home’s birthday signifies there are different Castlevania tasks within the works.
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“That is the start of quite a few new merchandise round Castlevania,” Konami mentioned. “Look ahead to the return of the magnificent ‘nightmare’ lurking within the darkness.”
Now, we must always mood our expectations considerably: “Merchandise” can admittedly imply lots of issues that are not extra Castlevania video games. Konami may simply be rolling out some anniversary t-shirts or signing off on placing Alucard in Fortnite. A Uniqlo collab appears pre-ordained. Maybe there will probably be a Castlevania-themed drink at collaborating bubble tea institutions. The probabilities are infinite and plenty of of them are no less than faintly miserable.
However hey, when the final 2D Castlevania recreation launched nearly 13 years in the past, Belmont’s Curse looks like sturdy proof that Konami as soon as once more has greater ambitions for Castlevania than pachislot machines. So long as it is not a decade earlier than we see one other Belmont decide up a whip, I will be content material.
