Castlevania Judgment has been announced by Konami Digital Entertainment, as a (wait for it...) fighting game for the Wii. It claims to bring together the cast of characters from the franchise's history, much like released titles such as Mortal Kombat Armageddon and more.

Konami's Vice President of Marketing entertainment Anthony Crouts states that they plan to make a game that sets itself from the rest (they sure got that right), and that the wii's unique controller along the Castlevania's immense cast, sets up for an ideal fighting game. All the usual mechanics and features include, again, a large cast to choose from, attacking via motion control, etc. The game is also said to include interactive environments; players can even use monsters on the field and set them up as traps. Players will also have the opportunity to fight against each other via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

No doubt a complete genre flip will concern players, including myself. Crossing fighters with action/adventure has held a consistant bad reputation. Examples include: Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur 3 (its story mode), Virtua Quest for the Gamecube, the most recent Soul Calibur Legends, the list goes on. To take a franchise that has banked on its castle crawling style gameplay, incorperated with its famed customization and turn that into a fighter seems very risky, especially for core Wii gamers who are just fed up with half assed shovelware; this game potentially doesn't seem to help Wii's infected library. But, as actual journalists do, i wont give this game a score of, "THIS GAME SUCKS." Not much of the game has been revealed yet, so we shall wait and see.