Speaking of how badly Konami has neglected Castlevania... We had some awesome 2D or 2.5D sidescrollers on the Wii this generation, there's no reason Konami couldn't have made an awesome 2D Castlevania for the Wii, true to its roots. Gameplay like CV1, 3, 4, and/or Rondo of Blood. Follow in the footsteps of New SMB, DKC Returns and Kirby's Return to Dreamland.
You guys know me, I love Castlevania. For those that didn't know, the original UPC that was my avatar for a while was the UPC for Castlevania (NES). I have Medusa tattood on my leg, and I eventually plan to get the rest of the bosses from the first game on there. Like a sleeve, but since it's on my leg would it be called pant? For any one that's interested, see the pic here:
Xeogred wrote:CV2 I still want to give a fair shot, since I think it gets comparisons to Zelda II ... which I am a rare big fan of. But maybe it's even kind of crappy in comparison to that as well.
Is Chronicles worth checking out as well? Looks like a cool remake of the original.
There's a few things that really bother me about CV2, but I kinda like the gameplay and the music. If it helps, there's a couple of hacks that might help.
SRAM hack:
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/735/Replaces the password system with a save feature. Does not work on the PowerPak though.

Kinda defeats the purpose since you'd have to play on an emulator, you can just use save states.
Improvement hack:
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/868/Text speed is faster, and dialog has been switched around. Hints are more clear, and the false hints have been removes, and other such things. Makes playing the game less torturous. I haven't tried this hack out yet, just read about it, but it sounds lovely.
I've never been able to get into Chronicles. I've tried several times, I'm not sure what it is, I just can't get into it.