In this months article I will discuss games that because Sega going 3rd party and stopping Dreamcast production never saw the light of day. The reasons vary from fearing low sales; poor quality to 9/11 but one thing is the same they were never released.
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Castlevania Resurrection
Based on the famous Castlevania games, the story was set in 1666 (the year of the great London fires, also convenient because of the triple sixes). The stars are Sonia Belmont, the "origin" of the Belmont power last seen in Castlevania Legends on the Gameboy, and Victor Belmont, a vampire killer from the 1800s. So how does that make sense? Simple - time travel. Apparently these two Belmonts were summoned to take care of the evil that a new Countess is trying to bring into the world.
But why was it cancelled?
Originally intended to be a launch title for the Dreamcast in America, Castlevania: Resurrection was delayed until March, then until later that year. Finally, in March of 2000, Konami let the axe fall on Castlevania's foray onto Sega's then new system. Early indicators point towards the fact that the game wasn't shaping out very well, and perhaps Konami didn't want to mess up its most popular franchise. Another possible reason had to do with the fact that the game was being designed in America. From what we've been told, as the project went on, there was some internal struggle between Konami of American and Konami of Japan over this game.
The following are pictures from the game (Click Here for more photo's and video): |
