
Bryan at GO Critic writes, "The Castlevania series is one of the handful of non-Nintendo franchises that was able to survive after the NES and SNES. Like the first Mega Man and Super Mario Bros. titles, tight controls, an interesting premise, and challenging, but fair gameplay is what separated Castlevania from other early NES games. With a much anticipated 3DS title on the way, the series is still going strong and owes its success to its early roots. In the spirit of Halloween, I thought it was the best time to revisit the Belmont clan in the first of the vampire-slaying action platformers."

10 years gone by without a new Castlevania title. Now that Konami is considering stuff other than Pachinko, this series deserves a new game.
It’s more than about time it’s way overdue. Please make a 2D Castlevania with item/armor/weapon collectibles and transmog as this is the one series my wife will play but it has to have item collecting or she will skip it.
"What is a name? A miserable little pile of letters."
Seriously, the games in the From Software's Soulsborne series are the best 3D Castlevania games we will ever get. From Bloodborne to Elden Ring, Konami will never approach that level of quality and give Castlevania its due respect. EVER! "Enough talk, call yourself a Belmont in the Character Creator, HAVE AT YOU!" Without question.
As for a new 2D entry? I mean, sure, why not? What the hell, right? It's about damn time indeed.
During the Dead By Daylight Year 8 Anniversary event, it was revealed that a new collaboration with Castlevania is coming to the game.
Konami's highly rare Castlevania: The Arcade has finally been preserved, and everyone can soon get to play it for free.