Castlevania: Resurrection

Castlevania: Resurrection, canceled in March 2000, was intended to be the seventeenth title of the Castlevania series for the short lived Sega Dreamcast console. This would also be the third Castlevania game, at the time, to enter the 3D realm.
The game was to focus on Sonia Belmont and a new character, Victor Belmont, an 1800s vampire hunter who had abandoned his lineage. The story is set in 1666, directly before Simon Belmont's adventure in the original Castlevania.
Greg Orduyan, the art director for the game, is so far the only staff member on the project to speak of how it would have worked out. Its cancelation is credited to many things, including disagreements between the Japanese and American Konami teams, and the death of the Dreamcast to the announcement of the Sony PlayStation 2.
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==Pre E3 demo==
On April 4, 2021, a video called Castlevania Resurrection Exists! was uploaded on YouTube on the channel cvr exists (for "Castlevania Resurrection Exists", apparently exclusively created for this purpose) which showcases a fully playable prototype of Castlevania: Resurrection. The game allegedly is a pre E3 demo still in an early beta build, dated on November 5, 1999, under the company KCEA (presumably for "Konami Computer Entertainment America") on the disc's label. 
The game features five fully playable stages (although allegedly the "Corridor" stage doesn't load), including enemies and hazards (apparently, no damage is yet implemented for the latter).
Upon load, the company screens are displayed (Dreamcast, Sega and Konami), then the title screen appears for only one second and then the game automatically starts already in one of the levels. The available areas are not connected to each other and instead each one can be accessed through the START menu at any time.
The demo also features a boss fight for one of the levels: Medusa. The fight consists of two phases, the first where she slithers around in her serpentine-like body and the second in which she turns into a large head that floats about. Her attack patterns are still very basic, though, and she barely fights back, only spewing poison every once in a while.
The available areas (and other screens) on the "Selection Level Menu" are:
*Logo
*Title
*Courtyard
*Stairs
*Hall
*Corridor
*Chapel
On April 27, 2021, the demo was released to the public via the owner and featured on the Sega Dreamcast Info Preservation Games site for archiving and distribution to the public.
==Notes==
*The title may not only refer to Dracula's resurrection, but Sonia Belmont's mysterious resurrection from her grave.Draft clip for Sonia from Castlevania: Resurrection
==Gallery==
==Videos==
Castlevania Resurrection Official E3 Demo Movie & Music
Castlevania Resurrection Intro (Dreamcast Beta Unreleased)
Castlevania Resurrection - 01|Concept art, locations and other assets.
Castlevania Resurrection - Prototype (pre E3 demo)
==Related products==
*Castlevania Legends - Castlevania: Resurrection was intended to be a sequel to this game from Sonia Belmont's perspective.
*In-story chronology:
:*1591 - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
:*1600s - Castlevania: Order of Shadows (year uncertain)
:*1666 - Castlevania: Resurrection
:*1691 - Castlevania
==See also==
*Castlevania: The Bloodletting - Another canceled Castlevania game intended for a Sega system.
*Resurrection Bestiary
*Resurrection Inventory
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==References==
==External links==
*Greg Orduyan's conceptual art page
*Castlevania: Resurrection info at Mr. P's Castlevania Realm
*Castlevania: Resurrection info at the Castlevania Dungeon
*Castlevania: Resurrection Fansite
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*Castlevania: Resurrection E3 Demo Release
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