Aazealh said:Yeah, SCIV is basically a retelling of Castlevania 1. Don't know what you mean by "sans American version" though. And as far as the story being really simple, wait a minute and think about it, is this a bad thing? I don't think whatever treatment the movie will go through will do justice to the story, so we might as well just go with the minimum and focus on the action. Dracula is ruining the land, we see 5 minutes of misery and then it's Simon Belmont at the gates of the castle, slapping his whip furiously. Then 6 themed levels (a little more if they're ambitious) with regular memorable "bosses" that depart from more common disposable enemies.
It could work with very little tweaking, would make for a fine action summer flick, and if done correctly would even satisfy the fans. No need for a retarded, convoluted "story" going against half the series' mythology and ending up being just confusing and useless. And I'm absolutely sure there's no way the story of Castlevania III could be correctly pulled off. Same for the origin of Dracula, that just sounds like a really really bad idea.
Well I haven't played CV IV in ages, but I do remember the north american "translation" kind of wording things in a way that made it seem like Simon was "back to kill Dracula...Again", making it his "second" time battling Dracula and not his first. Maybe I just am remembering it wrong. Anyways, I do agree with the whole "they won't get the story right/won't matter, might as well be all action" but just as my personal preference, I think something like Rondo of Blood or III has the quickest "no brain story" that could cut straight to the action and actually have a decent shot at being a good live action VG movie...of which, we have...maybe one or two decent attempts...THE FUTURE IS BLEAK!