CES: Castlevania on XBLA

[Wizard]

 

This dude's Flickr has pictures of it. Expect it sometime randomly this year hopefully.

 

Also Konami said it's based on the Playstation version and not the Saturn's.

 

[updated]

 

- Upgraded graphics and sound while the game remains intact

 

- supports wide screen

 

- graphics are cleaned up and have less aliasing

 

- no word on Dolby 5.1 but music has been enhanced

 

- same cheesy voice acting and dialogue

 

- the game is exactly like the PS version

 

- the game is less than 50MB thanks to new audio compression techniques

 

- supports d-pad and analog stick, the article makes it sound like the analog stick is better

 

- No word on pricing and it still has an Early 2007 release date (before April)

 

from 360IGN.com

 

Edit: Kicking off our not exactly being there, but posting CES news anyways, CES 2007 News! Expect more CES news from us! (or me!)

Edit 2: Updates!

[BlackKnight]

Great game.. shame I dont have an Xbox. My PS1 and PSP versions of it will have to tide me over. Shame no one seems interested in the Saturn only extras though... I never had a chance to visit the Underground Garden or whatever with that dopy looking tree.

[Wizard]

I would love if they ported the Saturn version myself after playing the PSX version to death. But it seems Konami isn't up for using Saturn's version dispite having all the abilities in the world to fix ALL of it's retarded problems.

[olaf]

I believe I heard somewhere that they fixed some of the glitching in this game (like... beyond 200% castle exploration glitching). I'm probably mistaken...

[BlackKnight]

I'd been proud and happy with my 200.6% save until I ended up with 200.8% and realised I'd been exploiting a glitch :/

[Agozer]

I'd been proud and happy with my 200.6% save until I ended up with 200.8% and realised I'd been exploiting a glitch :/

Haha.

 

Oh the horror.