Y'know now that he can make the games he wants to, why should he have to go the "Castlevania" experience since he can no longer even associate with the series anymore? Having Whip, Dracula and Castle and not being a Castlevania would make me personally even sadder for what has happened. He doesn't need to tie these things in his games anymore. Make a fresh new metroidvania with the budget you always wanted to work with! Make a kickstarter. Have a completely new plot, gameplay, characters and RPG elements that would change the metroidvania genre into something alot bigger that would put Konami to shame for not having enough faith on the guy. Despite his flaws and repetition of using same sprites and milking the metroidvania formula, I had NO COMPLAINTS with the GBA titles and especially the DS titles. All three games were tight, regardless of PoR's artstyle and Edward Elric. Koji Igarashi should make something fresh and if Konami wants to make a Classicvania or Metroidvania, they can hire Koji and Co. No need for a "Castlevania clone" that is created by one of its Ex-Official Member. If Koji Igarashi makes this "Metroidvania" of his and gets kickstarter and defeats the goal AND break reviews in positive reception, Konami could definitely contract Iga.
Am i one of the few people who aaaactually would be genuinely curious about a Kojima helmed Castlevania?
As much as I love Hideo Kojima and MGS, I'm not too sure for some of the Fans' response. MercurySteam has left a sour taste after LoS2 and not many people realize that Hideo Kojima had very little to do with LoS series and it was only the first game and I can see people be like "FUCKING KOJIMA!", "You killed Castlevania!" and one of my favourites, "KOJIMA WORLD ORDER". I think another respectable, proven and worthy studio should pick up the torch. But otherwise, I have confidence in... "Wat tuuk yuu sou loung"