Castlevania veteran Shutaro Ida has introduced that he will likely be stepping again from work on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night time 2 following his latest most cancers prognosis.
The sport developer, who labored on an extended listing of entries in Konami’s Castlevania sequence and extra not too long ago directed 2019’s Bloodstained, introduced the information in a put up on X/Twitter. He says he’ll be offloading a few of his obligations with the remainder of the staff at developer ArtPlay now that he has begun his most cancers battle.
“I, SHUTARO, also referred to as Curry Boy and Curry Sage, have been identified with most cancers and have begun my battle with the illness. I’ve already began speaking in regards to the sequel to Bloodstained, and have concepts for the sport and such. Any further, the duty [for game direction] will likely be shared. Thanks in your help,” Ida wrote in a put up translated by X and verified by IGN.
Ida has been instrumental within the Bloodstained universe and had deliberate on persevering with it with a sequel. Bloodstained 2 was initially introduced again in 2021, although no extra particulars about its progress have arrived since then. On the time, writer 505 Video games touted the motion RPG as a hit that managed to succeed in “usually favorable” evaluations from each critics and followers on Metacritic.
これまで、DSシリーズやブラッドステインドは実質的にSHUTAROディレクターを中心に制作を行ってきました。
正に彼の作品と言えるでしょう。
そんな彼がプロジェクトから遠ざかるのは大変な痛手ですが、それに負けぬよう頑張ります。
また一緒に仕事ができるまで回復することを期待します。 https://t.co/YirZi5fYYD— IGA (@KojiIGA) October 1, 2024
Longtime Castlevania producer and ArtPlay president Koji Igarashi re-posted Iida’s remarks. Whereas acknowledging Iida’s contributions to the sequence and gaming as an entire, he assures followers that the remainder of the staff will push by till Ida is ready to work with them once more.
“Up till now, the DS [Castlevania] sequence and Bloodstained have basically been produced primarily by Director SHUTARO. It may well actually be known as his work. It’s a nice blow to have him step away from the mission, however we are going to do our greatest to not be defeated by it. I hope that you’ll get better rapidly sufficient to work with us once more.”
Ida led the cost on Bloodstained and made a sport that we ranked as the fourth finest Metroidvania of all-time. In our 8.8/10 evaluation, we mentioned, “The wait was value it. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night time is an entire new fortress to crash filled with sudden monsters and mysteries within the vein of basic Castlevania.”
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