IGA Rises Again...on Kickstarter!

On 05/12/2015 at 12:37 AM by daftman

The campaign for Koji Igarashi's spiritual successor to Castlevania went live on Kickstarter yesterday. Called Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the game will be a 2.5D "exploration-focused, side-scrolling platformer featuring RPG and crafting elements." I expected the game would be for 3DS and Vita since IGA's most successful post-Symphony of the Night games were all portable but no, this will be a full PS4/X1/PC release! Kickstarter is not the only source of funding for the game but everything else was dependent on the success of the campaign—the need to prove there is still an audience for this kind of game—and the initial funding goal was met within hours! The current tally is already over twice the goal and there are still 31 days to go. Take that, Konami.

Go take a look at the Kickstarter page. Pledge some money. I did. When this game comes out...in 2ish years...I have high hopes that it will be frickin' awesome.

This is the video pitch on Kickstarter. It's pretty cool. Here's an article about how it was made. It's pretty cool too. Also, it's proof that Igarashi is a vampire

transmet2033

05/12/2015 at 11:08 AM

This is the first kickstarter that actually has me tempted since Shovel Knight. I am glad to see that we are getting another game in this vein from a legend.

daftman

05/12/2015 at 03:14 PM

This is only the second thing I've ever backed on Kickstarter. I might not have done it for just a digital copy but they're sending out physical discs! And playing other Metroidvanias, while certainly fun...it's just not the same without that gothic horror atmosphere

Matt Snee Staff Writer

05/12/2015 at 11:53 AM

I'm not really into Kickstarter, but I think this is great. THe world NEEDS a great Castlevania type game again, dammit.

05/12/2015 at 03:18 PM

Amen! And ya know, Snee, they're going to be sending out physical discs, a first for a Kickstarter project. I just wish I had money to get some of the cool rewards, but mainly I just want to play this game really bad.

NSonic79

05/12/2015 at 02:18 PM

No thanks. I'll wait till Konami releases a proper castlevania title.

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OH WAIT!!!!!!!

05/12/2015 at 03:41 PM

And that's why this Kickstarter is a good thing after all I'm certainly excited, even if it doesn't bear the Castlevania name.

KnightDriver

05/12/2015 at 03:06 PM

Awe frickin' cool!!! I'll be following this.

05/12/2015 at 03:42 PM

And its development will give you plenty of time ot get a PS4 to play it on

Alex-C25

05/12/2015 at 06:39 PM

Saw the news over Tumblr and I was pretty surprised that almost like Yooka-Laylee, it managed to get 1 million in a short amount of time. Can't wait for the final product and I think i'll get once it's released.

05/13/2015 at 06:49 PM

I just checked it again and it's not far from 2 million...and there are still 30 days to go!

GeminiMan78

05/12/2015 at 09:09 PM

I am really excited about this. Really loving the art style too, kind of reminds me of Odinspere.

05/13/2015 at 06:58 PM

I know those are just mock ups but I do hope they go with something very stylized. They look really good.

Super Step Contributing Writer

05/13/2015 at 01:24 AM

That was one awesomely cheesy video.

05/13/2015 at 06:59 PM

And it deserves your money! O_O lol

PixlBit