A 2D pixel artwork Metroidvania based mostly on Darkish Souls III was seemingly rejected by Bandai Namco.
In accordance with artist Thomas Feichtmeir (via Twitter), the side-scrolling Darkish Souls 3 sport was pitched to the corporate round 6 years in the past… however, as we mentioned, it was rejected.
“A Darkish Souls 3 – 2D pixel artwork Metroidvania was pitched to Bandai Namco [around] 6 years in the past,” he mentioned. “That is now lastly out of NDA, so benefit from the visuals created again then.”
A Darkish Souls 3 – 2D pixelart metroidvania was pitched to Bandai Namco ~6 years in the past.
That is now lastly out of NDA, so benefit from the visuals created again then. pic.twitter.com/Dt5BDasWbU— Thomas Feichtmeir (@cyangmou) November 8, 2022
A 2D pixel artist, Feichtmeir has labored on a variety of Metroidvanias that had been impressed by the darker tone of the Darkish Souls collection, together with Blasphemous.
Though the above screenshot is all we’ve seen up to now, it does look fairly spectacular with its depiction of the Darkish Souls 3 boss, the Dancer of the Boreal Valley.
“The artwork right here was created in a method which might have been doable within the common price range estimations of Metroidvania again then,” added Feichtmeir.
Darkish Souls 3 was made by FromSoftware, who could not have been concerned within the Metroidvania. Since Bandai Namco holds the rights to the property, the sport was pitched on to the corporate.
Why was it pitched within the first place? Properly, it’s all due to the rise of 2D video games.
“Again on the time it simply grew to become evident that Metroidvanias hit a nerve and would get massive,” defined Feichtmeir. “Most of the Metroidvania video games which bought pitched or appeared fascinating anyhow had a Darkish Souls inspiration, so the thought made loads of sense.”
It’s true that many Metroidvanias on the time had been clearly impressed by the Darkish Souls collection, with the likes of Demise’s Gambit, Lifeless Cells, and lots of others following in its footsteps.
Clearly, a direct adaptation is one thing else completely… however given the immensely constructive response to the artist’s tweet, it appears as if Darkish Souls III may have made the proper Metroidvania.
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Ryan Leston is an leisure journalist and movie critic for IGN. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter.
