Gamespot doesn't like us
Now this game has gotten some pretty harsh reviews, most notably the 3.0 from the site you're now on.
This must be an awful game then, or maybe there's something else going on?
I myself really enjoyed the 3d castlevania's on the nintendo 64 and a lot of stuff in judgement reminds me of those games, especially the boss-battles in those games.
In Castlevania 64 when you encountered a boss there also was a bit of dialogue at the start and end of the battle, same here. Also in those games you could use primary and secondary weapons, same here.
Also when castlevania was released, there were people saying that 3d castlevania's are stupid and that it should always remain a 2d sidescrolling platform game and they never stop to praise symphony of the night.
Those are the people that work at gamespot. They are basicly saying: we don't like your games and we don't like you.
When you play Castlevania Judgement, with the wii-mote or the classic controller, you are playing a very colourful, action-packed and often funny fighter. It's a joy to play and the controls work fine. I think the characters look great. The characters are from 20 years of castlevania history and it's great to have 'em in 3d. The music is also great, with remixes from a lot of classic tracks that made gaming-history like Simon's theme and bloody tears.
The only thing is that the online-gameplay suffers from lag-issues.
If you are looking for a fighting game on the wii or consider yourself a Castlevania-fan you should play this. It isn't too expensive either.