i wouldn't necessarily call it like coke/pepsi or marvel/dc, as those companies have more of a friendly rivalry relationship going on for decades. iga doesn't even have his own company(yet) and if he did it would take years to get as huge as konami is(was)
but as 4 copyright infringement, look @ mighty #9 which is essentially megaman rebooted, yet Capcom never put a seize & desist order out or anything so i think iga will be fine in this regard
however, that doesn't mean i want him to rehash the Dracula mythos. he should draw heavy on Japanese mythology like he did with aria, so many other cultures have their own demonic deities that have yet to be realized & this is a perfect opportunity for iga & team to take advantage of that
Though I agree in large part with this entire post, I didn't mean their relationship so to speak, just the bare bones fact that their products share a lot of similarities other than just making the same thing, even if they are in a competition on friendly terms.
IGA could make the exact same game honestly and as long as uses none of the resources from the Castlevania series (artwork, engine, sprite work, music, etc.) he'll be absolutely fine. As you pointed out, just look at Mighty No. 9. (Or Axiom Verge and Freedom Plant for that matter, but maybe not as blatant.)
As for him actually using Dracula and everything, I admit, my feelings are complicated and kinda ties into what Nagumo was saying earlier. Like I want it to be Castlevania but since it technically isn't, I want it to be its own game, not just literally CV without the name. Maybe try other mythos, like you said Crisis. Then when it's that, I'll want to play an official Castlevania game but get weird because there (probably) won't be a new one out. All the while feeling guilty about not liking LoS for not being Castlevania enough because it has the name Castlevania on it.
Kinda like how I love Freedom Planet but resent it for not being an actual Sonic game, while disliking Sonic 4 for getting the feeling of classic Sonic wrong, even if it isn't that bad or completely unplayable.
I'm just weird like that.
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