Koji Igarashi's Castlevania revival hits $1 million on Kickstarter
Koji “IGA” Igarashi converted the classic Castlevania series of gothic action games into sprawling, exploratory adventures like Symphony of the Night and Dawn of Sorrow, and his design touch was so unmistakable that similar games came to be known as “Igavanias,” or “Metroidvanias” owing to the shared DNA with Nintendo’s Super Metroid. Castlevania owner Konami appears to have little interest in releasing video games these days, but Igarashi is back with a new, self-proclaimed Igavania — it’s called Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and it just broke $1 million in crowdfunding less than 24 hours after it went live on Kickstarter.
From the concept art, Bloodstained certainly looks like one of Igarashi’s Castlevania titles. The suitably…
Source:: The Verge
