[boojiboy7]

Megaman ZX is pretty damn good, guys.

[FortNinety]

[Broco]

[Mr. Mechanical]

[Toups]

that's not pacman, yo.
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[Mr. Mechanical]

[dementia]

The brain looks like Granfaloon.

[aderack]

By the way, we should be talking about a "Dracula X" trilogy rather than a "Rondo" trilogy.

[Dracko]

James Jean's art work is nothing short of brilliant, and I'm quite confident Ellis can write something astounding (and morally ambiguous) if he takes the franchise seriously.
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[aerisdead]

Eric-Jon is fucking hott.
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[Lestrade]

Okay: where could a third Dracula X game go from here? Personally, I find Alucard to be a fairly compelling main character, as he has lots of conflict and struggle regarding his lineage, his mother, etc. There was something very energizing about the (post-Rondo) intro to Symphony; Alucard dashing through the woods, grimly determined to destroy his own father, who accuses him of being a traitor to his family and his heritage.

I personally think the Castlevania series ends with Symphony. That Vaderesque, last-minute salvation of Dracula once Alucard defeats him seems like the end of the story to me.

(Whew! The power just got cut to this machine but Firefox, bless it, saved my post.)
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[Shapermc]

[diplo]

[dessgeega]

[diplo]

[Shapermc]

Seriously, the rock band option seems most logical. You will have to exchange enemy souls to buy weapons instruments. For combat, think DMC3 guitar here.
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[lolipalooza]

[diplo]

legends is not a part of igarashi's canon.

[aderack]

I guess, yeah, it could be about Alucard's post-Dracula life. Maybe on the way back to his crypt he keeps getting caught up in demonic things that he feels an obligation to clear up. Or maybe the game will star Maria, in search of Alucard. It could be sort of like Simon's Quest -- go around, talking to people, following up on clues, mopping up the leftovers from his adventures, until eventually you catch up to him in the middle of something too big for Alucard to handle alone.

It's like, uh, Buffy in search of an elusive Angel. Hm.

Maybe it could deal a bit with the fall of the Belmonts? As Dracula falls, so does the Belmont line -- so maybe Alucard feels he's all that's left to take care of remaining demonic threats? Perhaps Maria convinces him that the Human race can take care of itself, and he can always just pass the torch (and the whip) on to some other custodian -- like the Morris clan.

I bet Igarashi would like that!

[klikbeep]

[JamesE]

Alucard Typing Minigames DS

[aerisdead]

Maybe they'll introduce the new characters ymmum, neitsneknarf and namflow

Am I rite guys
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[JamesE]

I enjoyed that post

[Toups]

I would play a game starring namflow.
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[Lestrade]

How about Puwexil or Koranot?
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[showka]

[diplo]

zx

[DarwinMayflower]

[Shapermc]

[boojiboy7]

yeah, ZX. the only real downside is the horrible map, but you learn how to deal with that quickly enough.

[guest253]

i... kinda really like ZX's map.

the maps of most recent metrovanias show you exactly where you've been and where not. and keep track of a stupid map-percentage. i don't wanna know how often i've plowed through half a castle to cover a single map-square in some corner of a room at the opposite end of the game, just to find out there's absolutely nothing of interest to be found, except some 0.5% more map coverage. so much for feeling lost.

ZX only shows which areas are directly connected, giving some rough idea of how to get to your destination, but finding those connections within the areas is up to the player. i think that's a nice balance. i like getting a little bit lost.

[BotageL]

The problem with ZX's map is it tells you "go to Area G" or whatever, but there is absolutely no information on where area G is. You either look up on the Internet what area it's connected off of or (if you don't cheat like that) you fumble around in the areas you have unlocked aimlessly for some time, looking for a door that you haven't gone through/been able to go through before. Otherwise I really enjoyed the game a lot.
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[Toups]

[guest253]

[Toups]

yeah, really if they made that one change the map wouldn't be a problem at all!
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[Shapermc]

The thing that pissed me off about the map was that if you accidentally found a new area, but it wasn't what you were looking for, then went and completed the area you were looking for it wouldn't save where the area was that you stumbled across.

I ... actually forgot about how bad the map was. I guess that's a testament for how good the other stuff is?
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[dementia]

If the Play mag rumor is true, I would buy a port of Rondo on PSP.

[Shapermc]

Looks like it's Rondo on PSP (original and 3D version) and SotN in "full-screen" what ever that means.
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[aderack]

Yeah. So I was right about Rondo; just not about the platform. This is sort of interesting. There's a recent interview where Igarashi plays it cagey about a potential PSP-based 2.5D iteration of the series. I guess this is why!

The PSP is turning into the platform for 2.5D game designs. That's swell; it's a nice little niche to claim for itself. If anything, it's the first and only platform that seems perfectly suited to the things. So, well. Great. Might as well focus on its strengths.

[Shapermc]

[Toups]