Do you expect any elements of the story/continuity presented outside the original Dracula's Curse NES game to be acknowledged or referenced by the netflix series? If so how much do you think is reasonable?
I would honestly be completely satisfied if it includes nothing from outside what was set down in Dracula's Curse in 1990, and would consider it completely faithful to the source material, given that at the end of the day this is an adaption of Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse, and not an adaptation of the mid 1470's in the canon of the series as a whole. Hopefully you guys understand what I mean by that.
Now, that doesn't mean I wouldn't be absolutely delighted to see more of the series canon acknowledged, just that it is not a necessity for me. Here is a list of non-Dracula's Curse series canon that could potentially tie into the animated series.
The Lisa storyline from SoTN, Dracula has a human wife, Lisa, she is Alucard's mother, she is burned as a witch by villagers because of her use of natural medicine. This is all but assured to be present, it has been in the script since it's earliest incarnation.
The events of LoI, the origin of the Belmont family's monster hunting, the creation of the vampire killer, and Dracula's transformation into a vampire. I assume we will either get a quick reference, or the whole topic of origins will be glossed over completely. I seriously doubt they will directly contradict anything.
The characters and prelude events to CoD, which tells us that Dracula had 2 very important generals, one of which betrayed him at the outset of his war against humanity. I doubt we'll see any reference to this at all, given CoD's general standing even within the Castlevania community, the fact that the game came out 15 years after Cv3, and it's minimal impact on the continuity as a whole.
The concept of “Chaos” and how it relates to Dracula's power as explained in AoS and DoS. I imagine this will work much like any LoI reference, in that it would be quick, only really noticeable to long time fans of the series who are looking for it, or just nothing at all, without contradicting the games.
What do you guys think?