Topic: Should the Old Cannon Be Finished? (Read first post before voting)

[Nagumo]

What is this nonsense I keep hearing about plotholes?

[Thomas Belmont]

I think they should just retcon that b.s. about the Belmonts not being able to wield the Vampire Killer and just make a game with a Belmont that takes place 100 years after Symphony.

[angevil]

″Old″ cannon is everything. It cannot be finished. It should continue and go on forever. I find your poll illogical. Were YOU violated by a dark priest?

Lords is not a CV game....it just wants to be that.

[Reinhart77]

i would be happy if they continued to add games to the main timeline forever.  i know they might find that difficult to do though, so if it ever came to winding down this timeline, i would want them to make those last critical games before doing so.  but yeah, things we still need:

* Alucardvania, which could possibly explain why Belmonts can't use the whip and how the origin of the Alucard Spear and watch of the Morrises and Lecardes.
* Quincy Morris game
* Battle of 1999 game
* A Galamoth game

Other games we might not need, but I'd like anyways:
* A redo of Dracula's Curse in some format so that international audiences get the true story of what happened, and not a bunch of talk about spirit companions and pirates etc.
* An Olrox game
* A reimagined Sonia game that would fit nicely into the timeline

And there's still so much that they could do that can't really be predicted.  I was certainly not expecting a game taking place in World War II, for example.

[Odile Kuronuma]

Yeah they should make new games to fill in the gaps in the old timeline. And if they ever need to make a new timeline, they could make one where Galamoth (or someone else) became the new Dark Lord by killing Dracula , pretty much what could have happened in Judgement if Galamoth succeded in defeating Dracula . I know that game isn't really cannon(or is it canon?) but it would make more sense to make two timelines that are somewhat connected, like an parallel universe, and not just start the series all over and stick the name Castlevania on it( what LoS did).
Also didn't Alucard say that there would always be a dark lord, whether it's Soma or someone else?So the timeline isn't finished. I'd like to have a game that takes place after Dos, which narrates the rise to power of the new dark lord.That way the old timeline will  continue , maybe not forever but for a long period of time. They can always make  games for the new timeline, for those who really like Los.

[Kale]

They should abandon this "new timeline" ... >.>

nah, not really, but they need to abandon QTEs.
 

That said, the stories in the old aren't spectacular but they make for great stories if reworked... but then again, that can always go both ways. Eitehr way, I want it to be finished... don't let it die off in obscurity, because I won't let it!

[Francis]

Really? ANOTHER Sorrow game? Only if they were to turn the novel into a game.

I thought the same thing.

[Successor The Cruel]

I think that the LoS canon should end... and soon. I'm not totally opposed to a reboot, but... try again.

As for the original canon, I don't think it should officially close. It already kind of has an ending with Soma Cruz. It should have really ended with Aria of Sorrow. There is still room for more games and some things in the story that can be addressed, so I think it should keep on going for the foreseeable future.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

There's nothing wrong with that cannon!

[Dark Nemesis]

I don't think that it must end, it has much possibilities and i really want to see the 1999 game!!! Maybe IGA is not more able to come with some creative ideas, but there must be someone who could.......so maybe he should pass the series to him.

[danceofgold]

I would be thankful if they make something (with the original characters) that has some semblance of a plot. No more Harmony of Despair, please.

[Reinhart77]

i think Iga has a considerable backlog of ideas.  its just a matter of getting his storyline ideas mixed in with his gameplay idea harmoneously (his higher priority), and then having the time, budget, market environment, and Konami's support to produce them.

[crisis]

Konami can keep the new timeline big-budget 3D on consoles, while the classic timeline can remain 2D on handhelds.

Why is this such a problem for anybody?

[Nycterida]

Konami can keep the new timeline big-budget 3D on consoles, while the classic timeline can remain 2D on handhelds.

Exactly. I see no reason for the 2D series to end anytime soon, at least for the next 5-10 years. The 2D platforms and the big budget HD games can co-exist.

[X]

Konami can keep the new timeline big-budget 3D on consoles, while the classic timeline can remain 2D on handhelds.

Why is this such a problem for anybody?

It might have to do with the fact that playing new 2D CV games on a console with a controller and seeing it on a large TV harks back to the good 'ol days of nostalgia and classic gaming in general. I miss those days 

I couldn't really vote since I want the old canon series to have closure yet I want new games/stories in that canon to continue onwards. And there's no way in heaven, hell or high water I'm going to let a Dark Priest violate my mind 

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