10 More Video Games Cancelled For Ridiculous Reasons

Castlevania: Resurrection was originally intended to be released in March 2000, and in addition to being a more action-centric Castlevania game, was also supposed to be the series' first foray on the Sega Dreamcast.

But Resurrection was quietly cancelled, and according to the game's art director Greg Orduyan, this was at least in part due to a general lack of faith about the Dreamcast's ability to perform in the crowded gaming market.

Sega's console had admittedly gotten off to a slow start, but the irony is that this precise mindset and unwillingness to roll the dice on such an ambitious piece of hardware is precisely why the Dreamcast failed.

Somewhat ironically, Resurrection was cancelled the very same day that Sony announced the PS2, seemingly hammering two nails into the Dreamcast's coffin at once.

While being wary of new tech is one thing, getting a game into a clearly deep stage of development only to shelve it is something else altogether.