Video: The Japanese Trailer For Maldita Castilla DX On 3DS Is The Best Thing

"A thousand credits and a slate"

by Damien McFerran Wed 5th Jul 2017

Maldita Castilla DX is coming to the 3DS eShop this year, a fact that fans of Capcom's Ghouls 'n Ghosts should be very happy about - the game is a love letter to the epic adventures of Sir Arthur and boasts gorgeous 2D visuals, excellent music and addictive gameplay.

FlyHigh Works is handling publication in Japan, and has just released a new trailer for the game. It showcases some gameplay footage interspersed with video of a suit of armour, but what makes this trailer really sing is the hilarious voice-over track, which features an enthusiastic English actor delivering some almost non-sensical dialogue.

While it gave us a chuckle, the new trailer has made the wait for the release of this classic arcade platformer even harder. Is it on your shopping list?

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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YANDMAN
Wed 5th Jul 2017

Yeah well this is just the standard trailer for all formats with japanese subtitles. Nothing new or spectacular.

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HappyMaskedGuy
Wed 5th Jul 2017

Got to love the loose grasp of English in Japanese pop culture. So often it just consists of great tangles of jibberish, barely held together by the equivalent of grammar cellotape.

Somebody was channeling their very best Patrick Stewart impression there.

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GravyThief
Wed 5th Jul 2017

Is this stupidly difficult like the Capcom originals, or will I actually be able to get past level 2 in this game?

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LuckyLand
Wed 5th Jul 2017

It is worse tha Capcom originals, because it becomes that stupidly difficult only later, after more stages, so it is a lot harder to just give up and forget about it. It is xtremely good, but I've never beren able to finish it (there are continues but I don't want to use them). It becomes dstupidly difficult only after you are already in love with it and that's so cruel. I don't know if I'll buy it on the 3DS, probably yes, I would buy it for sure on the Switch. There is a free version on Pc, I have it and I never bought the Steam version only because it is too difficult

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Illusion
Wed 5th Jul 2017

An homage to one of the most difficult and frustrating games of all time which I could never get past the first level of? Pass.

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YANDMAN
Wed 5th Jul 2017

@GravyThief vcery very playable and accessible for all players.

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HappyMaskedGuy
Wed 5th Jul 2017

@samuelvictor Agreed. Very Blessed

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GravyThief
Wed 5th Jul 2017

@YANDMAN in that case this already sounds better than the Capcom games in my opinion!

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Serpenterror
Wed 5th Jul 2017

At this day and age Capcom can just kill themselves and sell all their properties to these other studio who could makes their games better than them.

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impurekind
Wed 5th Jul 2017

Needs more gameplay footage.

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Kmno
Wed 5th Jul 2017

@retro_player_22 let us hope they sell the MM franchise to someone who actually respect it.

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YANDMAN
Wed 5th Jul 2017

@GravyThief Hugely different and much easier. The first time i played it i made it to the third level.

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Damo
Wed 5th Jul 2017

@samuelvictor @HappyMaskedGuy FRESH HORSES!

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HappyMaskedGuy
Wed 5th Jul 2017

@Damo Careful not to give away your age man!

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JJ286
Wed 5th Jul 2017

I'll buy this only because of the name. That roughly translates to F&ck!9 Castle or damn castle even though Castilla isn't exactly castle it should be Castillo but yeah whatever. I still think is cool.