Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - The New Igavania

ViperAcidZX · May 11, 2015, 11:04:39 PM

It's time to sit in our fancy thrones and smash glasses of ~~blood~~ wine as famed Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi unveils his new Kickstarter project, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a successor the action-adventure Castlevania games (Aria of Sorrow, Symphony of the Night, Portrait of Ruin, et cetera). Igarashi has teamed up with Michiru Yamame to compose the music and Inti Creates in the game development department.

According to one of my twitter buddies, the project reached its main funding goal as little as two hours with 7,320+ backers (and counting), though I'm not too sure if that's entirely true or not. Nevertheless, the man behind some our favorite Metroidvania titles is gonna bring to some new-school into the old-school. Looking forward to play as the "new" Shanoa.

Bloodstain's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night/
The pitch video (mirror): ► [link]

Satoryu · May 11, 2015, 11:33:31 PM

It was over 400k when I backed an hour or two ago, so it being funded already does not sound surprising at all.

When the Sword of Whip teaser went up I was like, "I can't pick between them! Can't I have both?" And thankfully it looks like you can use both.

ViperAcidZX · May 11, 2015, 11:40:22 PM

And just now, we broke the $800k mark, so now we can enjoy getting slaughtered on Nightmare Mode.

Fxeni · May 11, 2015, 11:47:37 PM

Cool beans. This also means he has to make new assets for a change!

Sakura Leic · May 12, 2015, 02:50:21 AM

Oh god I love that video and the What is a Backer line.

Anyway as you probably saw when you looked at the Youtube Partner Clan Names Proton Jon is supporting this game and he's doing it by LPing Aria of Sorrow.

► Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Part 1 - In Support of #IGAvania

If the video doesn't show up because of that stupid update bug someone please fix it.

[spoiler]I seriously wonder how that Wesker Egg Armor is going to look like........[/spoiler]

ViperAcidZX · May 12, 2015, 02:53:36 AM

You could probaly use the [url] tag with the video's title in the meantime like I did with the opening post. Anywho, Solid Snake is going to be in the game.

Sakura Leic · May 12, 2015, 02:59:05 AM

How exactly do I do that?

ViperAcidZX · May 12, 2015, 03:06:56 AM

Code Select

[url=(insert video link here)]insert title here(Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V)[/url]

Or you could do it this way without the title:

Code Select

[url]<insert video link here>[/url]

Might be a good idea to copy-paste "►" to indicate the link is a video link as Phi did when this happened to me.

Sakura Leic · May 12, 2015, 03:14:16 AM

Okay I finally figured out that I have to actually keep the Sinister s in the Http.

ViperAcidZX · May 12, 2015, 03:43:02 AM

Next Challenge!
$1,000,000 - Cheat codes
$1,250,000 - Local co-op

Sakura Leic · May 12, 2015, 03:45:54 AM

Well the thing is about 100,000 away from a million so I say those goals are likely to be met.

OBJECTION MAN · May 12, 2015, 05:07:41 AM

BOOM 1MIL

As you'd expect I also backed this. Give me that artbook and soundtrack!

Satoryu · May 12, 2015, 06:22:54 AM

http://www.twitch.tv/romscout/v/4943102

Iga got to see a SotN speedrun firsthand tonight. His reactions to the stuff that's done to his game are pure gold.

ViperAcidZX · May 12, 2015, 07:21:48 AM

I wonder what's Derek Alexander (the then-Happy Video Game Nerd) reaction to all this since he mentioned in his review of ► the Castlevania Game Boy games that the franchise could use a spiritual successor (like Mighty No. 9 to Mega Man and Yooka-Laylee to Banjo-Kazooie), and now that's actually happening.

Sakura Leic · May 12, 2015, 06:38:02 PM

► Let's Play Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - #IGAVANIA

We now have Josh Jepson playing this game blind since he never played the GBA games. Though it looks like it'll be a one off unlike Proton Jon's.

Sakura Leic · May 12, 2015, 11:13:31 PM

New goals have been added, New Boss, which has been met already, Speed Run Mode and Boss Rush mode.

Satoryu · May 13, 2015, 12:15:14 AM

Speed Run mode stretch goal added the day after Iga does his very first Richter skip? That's not a coincidence at all.

Sakura Leic · May 13, 2015, 04:00:59 PM

Speed Run mode has almost been achieved as of this morning here.

Mary_Nelson · May 13, 2015, 10:12:02 PM

Speed Run Mode has been accomplished.

Sakura Leic · May 14, 2015, 06:15:42 PM

About a 90,000 til we get Boss Rush mode and a new strech goal for a Retro Level has been added for $2,250,000.

EDIT: Boss Rush Mode Goal completed.

OBJECTION MAN · May 15, 2015, 10:37:29 PM

Quote from: Sakura Crockett on May 14, 2015, 06:15:42 PM
EDIT: Boss Rush Mode Goal completed.

And now it is a complete IGAvania. I can die happy.

Sakura Leic · May 15, 2015, 11:03:26 PM

They still have the retro level goal and they added a Classic Mode Goal when 2,500,000 is reached.

OBJECTION MAN · May 15, 2015, 11:37:30 PM

I'll be honest, I don't really care about those ones.

For one I think trying to stuff 2 games into one is going to back fire, and possibly bog down the main game's development.

As for the '8-bit' level? It's only going to be an Easter egg at most, since it'll be at odds with the rest of the game and it's aesthetics. I can take or leave it.

Sakura Leic · May 20, 2015, 01:25:07 AM

So we're about $90,000 away from achieving retro mode and Proton Jon has posted his second Aria of Sorrows Video. Now with an army of magic kitties.

http://youtu.be/Zp979rJPn94

Fxeni · May 20, 2015, 11:14:07 PM

Quote(For what it's worth: That final image is known, around the campaign, as "That castle picture, you know, the really awesome one.")

Really Awesome, indeed.

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