over the years many iconic video game
franchises have tried and failed
miserably to enter the third dimension
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the Castlevania
franchises attempts to break from its
8-bit past making its debut in 1987 on
the Nintendo Entertainment System
Castlevania instantly enchanted gamers
with its sprawling worlds and the tale
of the eternal quest to defeat dracula
throughout its long history the
franchise has spawned dozens of sequels
on every platform imaginable with a
significant prominence on Nintendo’s
portable consoles where they continue to
receive stellar side-scrolling
adventures despite its perfect
reputation in 2d konami has given the
series a 3d facelift several times over
the years to lackluster results the
first such attempt was in 1999 for the
nintendo 64 console commonly referred to
as castlevania 64 the game delivered a
mediocre transition to 3d environments
due to several technical flaws and
erratic camera control in spite of its
lukewarm reception in 3d gamers still
embraced the transition and were quickly
treated to a special edition known as
castlevania legacy of darkness the
re-release served as a way to correct
several of its glaring technical hiccups
and add new content and chapters to lure
newcomers over to the series after a
notable absence on consoles konami then
released lament of innocence welcome to
my Katherine it served as an origin
story for the franchise in order to
further dry in new audiences but it was
heavily criticized for cloning all of
the gameplay elements from the devil may
cry series plus players didn’t enjoy the
poor level design and subpar visuals
they were given unfazed Konami tried
again with 2005 s curse of darkness
unfortunately the game also received
mediocre reviews and was heavily
disregarded due to its notoriously bland
level design that featured long empty
hallways devoid of monsters or items to
interact with as a result players began
to expect more from their beloved
vampire hunting childhood franchise and
vocally demanded a return to its roots I
will
hunt you down like the beef to our sadly
the series then drifted even further
away from the original style and charm
with the release of the tournament game
Castlevania judgment even before its
2008 release it was bashed for trying to
sell itself as an official entry in the
long-running series and for disregarding
the action platforming genre players
expected as a result gamers decided to
dull their enthusiasm for a 3d romp in
Castlevania and instead continued to
explore its haunted grounds on
downloadable services and the portable
consoles fortunately konami has
continued to pump out excellent
side-scrolling sequels year after year
before Castlevania can claim its place
as a successful and popular 3d franchise
konami needs to eliminate the slew of
technical issues and rekindle the
classic charm of its side-scrolling
counterparts
franchises have tried and failed
miserably to enter the third dimension
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the Castlevania
franchises attempts to break from its
8-bit past making its debut in 1987 on
the Nintendo Entertainment System
Castlevania instantly enchanted gamers
with its sprawling worlds and the tale
of the eternal quest to defeat dracula
throughout its long history the
franchise has spawned dozens of sequels
on every platform imaginable with a
significant prominence on Nintendo’s
portable consoles where they continue to
receive stellar side-scrolling
adventures despite its perfect
reputation in 2d konami has given the
series a 3d facelift several times over
the years to lackluster results the
first such attempt was in 1999 for the
nintendo 64 console commonly referred to
as castlevania 64 the game delivered a
mediocre transition to 3d environments
due to several technical flaws and
erratic camera control in spite of its
lukewarm reception in 3d gamers still
embraced the transition and were quickly
treated to a special edition known as
castlevania legacy of darkness the
re-release served as a way to correct
several of its glaring technical hiccups
and add new content and chapters to lure
newcomers over to the series after a
notable absence on consoles konami then
released lament of innocence welcome to
my Katherine it served as an origin
story for the franchise in order to
further dry in new audiences but it was
heavily criticized for cloning all of
the gameplay elements from the devil may
cry series plus players didn’t enjoy the
poor level design and subpar visuals
they were given unfazed Konami tried
again with 2005 s curse of darkness
unfortunately the game also received
mediocre reviews and was heavily
disregarded due to its notoriously bland
level design that featured long empty
hallways devoid of monsters or items to
interact with as a result players began
to expect more from their beloved
vampire hunting childhood franchise and
vocally demanded a return to its roots I
will
hunt you down like the beef to our sadly
the series then drifted even further
away from the original style and charm
with the release of the tournament game
Castlevania judgment even before its
2008 release it was bashed for trying to
sell itself as an official entry in the
long-running series and for disregarding
the action platforming genre players
expected as a result gamers decided to
dull their enthusiasm for a 3d romp in
Castlevania and instead continued to
explore its haunted grounds on
downloadable services and the portable
consoles fortunately konami has
continued to pump out excellent
side-scrolling sequels year after year
before Castlevania can claim its place
as a successful and popular 3d franchise
konami needs to eliminate the slew of
technical issues and rekindle the
classic charm of its side-scrolling
counterparts
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