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Late, but I just found out about this.



I think it's time to free up some disk space and grab some XBLA Points. And I'd love to hear how they've redone The Moon, which was hands-down the best song from the original.

So I'm finally playing LOS and once I get past the rather blatant GOW and SOTC channeling, I find that I'm really enjoying it. Not so much as a Castlevania game but as its own thing.

Then it hit me: would you have liked LOS better had the story been changed a bit and all CV references removed? Would you have preferred it as a non-CV game? Coz for all our grievances against it now, I can sure picture us getting all "Wow this should totally be Castlevania" or "Gabriel is an honorary Belmont" had Konami taken a risk and let it be the possible start of a new franchise.

LOS general topic too, I suppose.

It's been awhile, and this went well the last few times this was started. So let's have another! I'll start:

• For all my general dislike of LOS, I find the Combat Cross a more practical (and even badass) weapon than the Vampire Killer
  
• I bought a 3DS just for Mirror of Fate. Any other game is just a bonus.
  
• I save-stated my way through Haunted Castle.
  
• I wouldn't mind the Bram Stoker novel being part of the canon. Even if its events weren't Castlevania-ized.
  
• One way or another, at least one of my kids will be named after a CV character.
  
• I say, "What a horrible night to have an X" a whole damn lot IRL.
  
• I'm beginning to think the 1999 game must never be made

Step right up and let it all out.

So awhile back, Cox said LOS2 would be Mercurysteam's final entry in their stint on Castlevania. This leaves the door open for a new team to take the reins. Who should it be and what direction would you like them to take?

This has been suggested plenty of times but I think Wayforward should be next in line for handheld and downloadable 2D/2.5D titles set in the classic timeline. Contra 4, Aliens Infestation, Double Dragon Neon, and what I've seen of Hotel Transylvania convinced me they'll do a fine and faithful (and sometimes funny) job with any 2-D CV. It helps that they've outright said they'd love to take on the franchise. If they can at least bring back Ayami Kojima or Masaki for artists, that'd be a personal bonus.

Alternatively: Griptonite Games. It's wrong to pin developer merits on a single game, I know, but their work on Shinobi 3DS impressed me as much as WF's on Contra 4. For that reason alone, I wouldn't mind them doing CV too.

Thoughts? 3-D's not exactly my strength so I'd love to hear who you think should do those, too.