Arlia wrote:Djinn Xpert, it's like he's promoting his own name right along with the game. I just... don't feel it. I usually have unique opinions that not a lot of people agree with, but... I'm 5' even, and I can't do much about that, either.
Castlevania belongs to Konami, and while he was influential for the last several games' style (aside from the Lord of Shadows nonsense), it came together over several years, even before some of his gamers were born. If he goes off and makes his own game, taking credit for the whole franchise, I don't like it. Some of the most loved music tracks, he didn't work on those games they came from.
He needs to get his face out of the camera. Not entirely, no, but he's hogging way too much of the spotlight, whereas a decent developer deflates their head and talks about the game they're trying to sell, not how great they are for having made it.
Well, it was actually a lot of other people involved besides Iga himself that unanimously came up with the whole Igavania thing. He even stated in a video that he didn't want to come off narcissistic by going with that, but everyone else thought it was a good idea. Castlevania may belong to Konami but it's the developers who made the series what it is and made us fans of it. Konami simply owns the IP. And a lot of old Castlevania staff besides Iga are actually on board for Bloodstained. It may have existed before Igarashi but he has definitely been a major part of the best ones. I think that everyone working on Bloodstained probably thought that having him as the face of its promotion would be a great way to instill faith in potential Kickstarter backers because of the fact that Iga is so widely known for how passionate the man is about Castlevania. It makes people feel more comfortable about putting money into it. I know one thing: I'm a diehard Castlevania fan and I never would have pledged $100 to Bloodstained if he weren't a part of it - it would have been $5 instead. As far as the music, well, I've always known him to give high praises to the composers who work on Castlevania's soundtracks. If he ever came off as taking sole credit I must have missed that somewhere. You do realize that Michiru Yamane is doing the music for Bloodstained, right?
If it weren't for Iga, we wouldn't be having anymore Castlevania, especially not the traditional 2D Castlevania that we all know and love. Konami doesn't care about the series or its fans. All they care about now is smartphone gaming, pay-to-win garbage.
I'll take a potato chip... and EAT IT!