[quote name='eXiON']This game is pretty much the ONLY reason I actually want a 3DS. Might finally have to take the plunge, thanks OP![/QUOTE]
Heh heh, yeah this along with several other games that were shown during Nintendo's main press conference and dedicated 3DS conference at E3 were the reasons I finally broke down and got a 3DS a couple of months ago when Target was having one of those $20 gift card with the purchase of a 3DS deals. But the announcement of this game along with LoS2 next year just before E3 is what really made me seriously consider and finally get a 3DS - I freaking loved LoS and although I almost never preorder games and generally don't by them for more than 50% of the original MSRP, usually much less, I know I'm going to play this as soon as I get it so it'll be worth it, especially for $10 off.
[quote name='destro4eva']Is this just a port of the 360/PS3 one? or something different entirely?
Either way, it's like you said, another exclusive for the 3DS that is making that thing a bit more attractive to me too. (Res Evil, Kid Icarus, etc.)
Now get on with a 2D Metroid and I will HAVE to buy this sucker.
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This is a completely different game that, like the other poster said, takes place between LoS and LoS2 coming next year for PS3, 360 and I suppose possibly Wii U, though I haven't heard anything regarding it being released for Wii U but I expect if Wii U sales are good during the holiday season particularly and beyond, it will be. So anyway, it would probably be good to have played through LoS if you haven't in order to understand the story for Mirror of Fate and while not entirely necessary, the 2 dlc chapters also expand upon the story though personally I don't think they were worth the $10 per pop in terms of the gameplay since I believe there were only 3-4 stages on the 1st chapter and 2-3 stages on the 2nd chapter and neither seemed as fun overall as the rest of the game. Also, like the other poster said, you will get to play as Trevor, Simon and also Alucard I believe during different time periods obviously, which I'm guessing will somehow lead up to circa a modern day time setting for most of LoS2, despite the more medieval European setting shown in the only trailer I've seen for LoS2...I'm guessing that's just setup clips from the intro sequence maybe.
Also, as far as gameplay is concerned, from the videos I've seen, it looks like there will be some mixture between the traditional Castlevania 2D gameplay elements and the LoS 3D gameplay, which will hopefully at least somewhat satisfy the LoS haters, who as with every other popular series, bitch about it because "it's not Metroidvania style, it's not traditional 2D "real" Castlevania, blah, blah, blah". Christ I've been gaming for about 28 years, grew up with the NES, loved the 2D Castlevania's on NES and SNES, loved SotN and the soon dubbed "Metroidvania" type games to follow and despite the complete commercial flop for the most part, I enjoyed the 3D Castlevania games on N64 and PS2; but I still don't understand these people that think hating any sort of change to a series, especially if it's a developer change god forbid, makes them "loyal" and/or "hardcore" fans of the series...that's pretty lame IMO.