Preview: Whipping Some Ass With Castlevania Judgment

It was funny hearing that “Castlevania: Judgment” shouldn’t be called a “fighting” game, even though it could very easily pass for one. In case you’re looking to categorically correct, Koji Igarashi, and the team at Konami are calling “Judgment” a “3D versus action game” and so should you. In their defense, it isn’t your typical fighter, but not calling it a fighter is like saying sky blue isn’t really a shade of blue. Attempting to call it anything other than what it is might take away from the the overall goal in the newest “Castlevania” which is, like all other fighting games, to beat the snot out of your opponent.

At a recent demo, I was told by one of Konami’s product managers that the upcoming title for the Wii was created to be a pick-up-and-play, multiplayer game. In other words, the controls are supposed to be easy to learn (which they are) but not very precise (and they are not), in hopes that this re-imagining of the classic franchise might appeal to the Wii’s broader audience. So much so that, one of the goals of “Judgment” was to take advantage of the Wii’s motion controls, but within reason, and not force players to over exert themselves.

“Castlevania: Judgment” doesn’t appear to be anything but a fighting game from the outset, partially because it’s hard to shake that label when you have two characters beating each other up under the confines of their enviornment and the match’s time limit. However, both of those confines are what really help define this new game in their own unique way. [Continue Reading]

Death Jr. hacking up a Wii near you!

Death Jr. first appeared on the PSP and then made a surprising appearance on the NDS. Now he’s back hacking and slashing his way to a Wii near you. The thing that drew me to the series was the look of the game being that I’m a big fan of Tim Burtons work (Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpses Bride) even tho i knew he has nothing to do with the games I decided to give it a go for the PSP and I actually like the game despite the controls it was a good little dark comedy adventure title. So now it’s coming to the Wii and from this trailer the game looks to be on the right path so I am really looking forward to swinging the wiimote on this one.