How nice if we had a Castlevania RPG game?

I was just wondering if Konami would ever release a RPG for the Castlevania series? Castlevania:SOTN was the closest we got to a RPG game. The game could include various people including the Belmounts,Alucard,the Moris family etc. It could explore Dracula's early reign and how he actually came into existence. There would be leveling up,lots of weapoons and armor etc..

You guys have any ideas? Or do you think a RPG Castlevania game would flop badly?

I think it's within Koji Igrashi's skills to construct such a thing. And I've had this conversation with my friends quite a few times. I actually proposed the idea of a 3-D MMORPG Castlevania game. The storyline, character classes, leveling system and other features of the RPG (not videogame) I constructed (Castlevania: Ballad of the Mirror) and ran for months would work almost too perfectly in a MMORPG format.

Although I don't plan on publishing anything from Ballad of the Mirror on here, I will if there is a demand for me to do so. I just don't feel it's currently relevant. But if you guys want me to...
Geusprime

dude i'm interested if u can let me see something bout it. and if you need helping in the progamming let me know

CV RPG? That would be cool I guess...But I don't think it would be a good idea for this place. Only because some people in the Guild might not know what their doing ***This is not including mean***Ever_Flame

I think a RPG Vania would be cool if done right. I'd be afraid that too much would go wrong with it and it'd tank.

To see me and Geus' brainchild (Ballad of the moon) live again would be cool. While I would view any corperate attempts to make a CVRPG for a console with a wary eye, if done right (and done as a spin off series, so as not to further alter what the main series is) then that would rock everything rockable. I personally thought that the easiest avenue of excecution with such a project would be the party from 3 (all 4 of them of course, and a bit more), but again, I am wary of what may happen due to corperate thinking (if this series goes tomb raider, I would...well...use your most violent and evil parts of your imagination, and multiply that by 10).

Of course, there are already many RPG elements in the series, but I think the only way to do it right is to  make it a turn-based  RPG, like Mega Man X Command Mission, only better.
mikeyed

Command Mission was the first thing that I thought of upon seeing this thread.  And, to be fair, CoJ actually did a decent job on it.  I was expecting an immediate bargain bin game, but I got something different.  While no means a stand-out title (other than its origins), MMXCM was still a great game and a very good translation of Mega Man X into the traditional J-RPG.  So if Capcom can do it, so can Konami.  The only question that remains is if Iga is capable, which many (including myself) doubt.

I don't think CV would make a good MMORPG.  Nor would a turn-based strategy game work.  1) For a MMORPG, the enemy types and subject matter are a little too narrow.  However, if it encompassed the entirety of the history thus far into the one MMORPG, then maybe.  2) CV has always been a one-hero (or anti-hero) game.  A good turn-based strategy game has multiple characters per side.

Me, I'd play a pen&paper RPG of CV in a minute, and there's already enough source material from almost any PRG system out there to do so.

CV should stick closely to its action/adventure roots, although *another* 3-d CV game should really try to focus on character control and gameplay.  LoI was good, but control&gameplay licked muck.

I think a RPG Vania would be cool if done right. I'd be afraid that too much would go wrong with it and it'd tank.

sonartech77

Yes, a CV RPG wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Like sonartech said, just don't try to overdo it and it would be perfect. I'm eager to see what you've got!