Castlevania: The Bloodletting
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Castlevania: The Bloodletting is the commonly used name (yet never confirmed) for a canceled Castlevania game that was intended to be released for the Sega 32X add-on for the Sega Genesis console sometime in 1996 or 1997. A single sprite for three characters are all that remain of this game. Through later interviews with Iga, it has been revealed that the game was intended to feature Richter Belmont, Maria Renard, and a rival to Richter.
Although announced for the Sega 32x (including two reported, although currently unrecovered, screenshots), the game soon disappeared from the radar. Sometime thereafter, Symphony of the Night was announced for the PlayStation. It is assumed that the development team that was working on Bloodletting eventually became the team at work on Symphony, and their work was later used in part or in whole in that game (again, the similarities to some sprites would help to point in that direction). The sprite for the rival became reworked as the sprite for Richter Belmont in Symphony of the Night, while Richter's original sprite later became Fake Trevor's.
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See also Bloodletting Artwork
 Richter Belmont - The main player of the game (playable?) |
 Maria Renard - The co-star of the game (playable?) |
 The Rival - A foreign rival to Richter (boss?) |
[edit] Interviews
[edit] Electronic-Gaming-Monthly-Issue-206-August-2006 P102
EGM: Is it true that SOTN is connected to the doomed Sega 32X game Castlevania: The Bloodletting?
KI: Well, there was another castlevania title being developed on the 32X, but I don't believe the title was the Bloodletting. The game was cancelled before the name was confirmed. This is actually the game I worked on after Tokimeki Memorial. The team for this game was disbanded, but several members, including myself, went on to work on SOTN.
[edit] Vampire Hunter Dot Art Collection
(translation from KYASSURUBANIA BANPAIAKIRA)
Commentator:
There is a character strange near the center.
IGA: The left is a rival position character. It is a player character that images the overseas market user's preference.
Two of the right is Richter and Maria's canceled characters. from Mega-Drive32X.
Commentator: I did not know the existence of such a character!! The rival character seems to have been a stout power fighter more than Richter. Maria has exposed the thigh and is sexy! Thank you IGA!!
[edit] See Also
- Category:The Bloodletting
- Castlevania: The Bloodletting (fangame) - A fan game created by Piscesdream featuring Harker Belmont, son of Richter Belmont, and a re-imagination of what Bloodletting might be like
[edit] Related Products
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - This game was intended to be a sequel to RoB.
