After the LOS saga is over, I think Konami will give another development team. Rather than giving it to IGA again so that he can continue to not make the 1999 game, Konami wants to let new developers give it a go and see what they can do.
I gotta say, it's gonna be interesting to see where the Castlevania series go after 2013.
I kinda bring this up from time to time, but I was always interested int he American pitch for the CV series reins. Japanese pitch was seemingly the Alucard video. Europe's pitch was LoS(the Simon tech demo). We know that American also had an idea/pitch, but we know NOTHING about it other than that.
Also, regarding CV's future, I wouldn't mind it going back to Japan. Not necessarily IGA's team, but a new team.
Going back to the IGA timeline is, in my opinion, more unlikely than just ending the series altogether. Konami went out of their way to reboot the series and then... unreboot it? Equally unlikely is the thought of a new developer continuing with Cox story, because it's supposed to be done, probably with no loose ends to speak of.
Well, Cox has always referred to LoS as the "Ultimate" version of the CV series. Ultimate Universe Marvel, despite being popular, was never made to replace the old canon, and the old canon still exists and is going strong. Maybe the old canon is not done yet. As I listed elsewhere, there are so many possiblities to explore, time periods untouched, things going on in the background with supporting clans/villains, the possiblities are endless. They could also go the "What If" direction, set new CVs in the old canon but ignore IGA's proposed timeline(like Legends, which is old canon, but exists out of the timeline). Basically, SCV4, Adventures Rebirth and such are "What Ifs" in themselves, basically new retellings of classic events. "What if" the history DIDN'T go down like IGA said. "What if" there was no Demon Castle War, no Soma, no Symphony of the Night. What if there was no "hundred year cycle"?
I'd like to see a complete Castlevania reboot a la Prince of Persia.
No Dracula, no Belmonts, a new setting (luckily non european) with the basics only, an epic journey, a new dark lord (lords?) who has a Castle/Fortress and platfforming. Perhaps loosely tied to the old canon but not that much. In summary, a new story.
If tthe Dracula story is finished, why not?
If that was the case, just go new IP instead. It's basically the same thing. I mean, in some cases regarding LoS, I would've loved a similar thing. Instead of CV, call it "Dark King Saga" or something. Make it kinda like CV, but start this badass knight in armor, taking down wizards and dragons(kinda like the Soul games), making pacts with mystical Treants/Ents, Fairy King Oberon, Cyclops lord and other mystical creatures. Something like the NES Wizards & Warriors games, but the LoS approach(3D action-adventure). For a new IP, I can get behind the medieval "thou" fantasy trope. For CV, anything outside of "spooky, moonlight night and gothic castle and horror monsters" feels off to me. If you are going to do something completely different, just bite the bullet and JUST FUCKIN DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AS IT'S OWN ORIGINAL THING.
Has many have said, there's just so much stories you could make about the same thing again and again and again. Castlevania could be described like: man fights with supernatural creatures in hazardous stages ending up in a castle with a dark lord. Now, if they erease the CV name but keep those elements then it could be seen as the spiritual successor. But seriously, I don't want to be killing Dracula in my 40's. Just a thought of course, it will probbly never happen.
Well, there ARE other games in the universe OUT there where you DON'T fight "supernatural creatures in hazardous stages ending up in a castle with a dark lord". I've never understood the logic of wanting a game series to change because you're tired of what it's known for doing, especially if it's a series with a LONG history of being known for what it IS. Assassin's Creed, changing settings, that's not a problem. It's a fairly new IP compared to CV. The fan talk about changing GoW to another setting(many want new characters and a setting that revolves around Norse mythology) would be great because GoW is also fairly new, and besides that, they absurdidly made Kratos as overpowered as a character as one can get. Unlike CV, where there are more liberties and things to explore, Kratos is running out of gods and monsters to slay. But with something like CV, I'd rather a new IP take similar route that CV itself. I'd actually welcome it, like I stated above. A CV-LIKE game taking place in a medieval fantasy realm, or a CV-LIKE game with a ninja in feudal Japan trying to kill a Spirit Emperor, that might work, if it's it's own thing.