Castlevania Art Style

Has anyone noticed the extreme amount of bullshit in the handheld titles art style past Aria of Sorrow?

Let's take a look:

Aria of Sorrow:


Harmony of Dissonance:


Curse of Darkness:


This is all wonderfully drawn artwork with intense amount of detail and showing the atmosphere of the Castlevania games.

Now let's take a look once Ayami Kojima, the art designer of the games, steps down from drawing.

Portrait of Ruin:


Dawn of Sorrow:


How do you go from this:


to this?!


What were they thinking letting someone design this shit anime style in place of dark, wonderful artwork?! Tell me what you think of the art style.

they're appealing to their target audience.

Teenage DS owners.

I personally LOVE the old style, and am sad to see it go, but bzniss is bzniss :/

I'm a teenage DS owner and I don't want to see this shit

I'm a teenage DS owner and I don't want to see this shit

average/young teenage ds owner then.
it's still their target audience.

I'm a teenage DS owner and I don't want to see this shit

average/young teenage ds owner then.
it's still their target audience.

Yes but Castlevania series has always been very dark. The older art styles proves how dark the game is. That cheery looking styles makes me sad.

Pro Tip: Stop whining. Ecclessia is bringing back the old style. K thx.

What happened to the old style Irock?

I like the old art style very much, though I never really played castalevania.

The way I see it, if Castlevania games keep being as awesome as they are, I'll keep playing them.

Now it looks sort-of like Pokemon. 
Which is bad.

I'm a teenage DS owner and I don't want to see this shit

average/young teenage ds owner then.
it's still their target audience.

I'm probably younger than anski and i don't want to see this shit.

e3e;

Pro tip: it's a non issue. They're using the old style again. Topic is silly now.