Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Oh shit, say it ain't so - is this game being developed by Americans?!?

The *first* and only information about the game comes from Konami of America and is printed in Nintendo Power. The 'anime' artwork looks overly simplistic and a bit weeabooish. The game itself is confirmed to not continue the Soma storyline/characters that the previous games have had... quite a departure.

Not to knock US software developers, but as a Castlevania fan I really want a high level of quality, planning, and dedication to go into the next game. I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that something made by Konami of America using the Dawn of Sorrow game engine will be half-baked. Secret of Evermore was a cool, but it was still a buggy fucking hack of the Secret of Mana code. Things like that never change, especially given our attitude about churning out crap (played *any* XBox games recently? lol)

So amirite or amiwrong? Have any Japanese mags broken the news on this earlier? Are *all* sources of information from this game only from the US? What the fuck is happening??

http://www.gamesarefun.com/games/ds/castlevaniapor/magart02.jpg

damn, that is some gay chara art

games are fun more like games are not fun

Portrait of Weeaboo

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That fucking DOES it, I'm buying whatever the fuck the first game to have weeaboo in the commercial title is, even if it for the xbixnood60.

It's about the gameplay.  And hopefully the sprites will be too small to notice anything.

Are you fucking stupid? DoS had the same crap ass anime-style art, and because you assume that the art was done by an American, you somehow assume that the entire game is being done by an American?

And how the Hell is it a departure?

Games that don't have anything to do with Soma:

Castlevania
Castlevania II
Castlevania III
Super Castlevania IV
Dracula X
Bloodlines
Symphony of the Night
Rondo of Blood
Kid Dracula
Lament of Innocence
Curse of Darkness
Circle of the Moon
Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania Adventure
Belmont's Revenge
Portrait of --

Hell, why not - every CV except for two?

Anyway, I am absolutely confused as to how you came up with the idea that PoR was developed by KoA, considering that there is absolutely no indication of such.

All hail SotN

If it has an equivalent to the soul capping system I'm getting it anyway.