Castlevania Creator’s Teasing Something Castlevania-esque

<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s been a rough few weeks for Konami&period; First the company&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kojima-konami-to-see-metal-gear-solid-v-through-at-least&sol;">probably firing of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima<&sol;a> and now its confirmed <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;silent-hills-will-never-heard&sol;">cancelation of <em>Silent Hills<&sol;em><&sol;a> has brought up a rather negative air around the Konami name&period; You might think of Castlevania as the last Konami series you&&num;8217&semi;d see referenced&comma; but now series creator Koji Igarashi is teasing something in the vein of it at the very least&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was last year at PAX 2014 when when a flyer bearing a Satanic pentagram and the mantra &&num;8220&semi;There Will be Blood&&num;8221&semi; was distributed to guests at former Capcom designer Keiji Inafune&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Mighty No&period; 9<&sol;em> panel&period; NeoGAF users deciphered a message from the runes&comma; which allegedly reads &&num;8220&semi;What a wonderful night to have a KS&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Folks have assumed that the&&num;8221&semi;KS&&num;8221&semi; refers to Kickstarter&comma; i&period;e&period; a soon-to-be-launched Kickstarter campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04235429&sol;igarashi&period;png"><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-82569 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04235429&sol;igarashi-300x300&period;png" alt&equals;"igarashi" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A mysterious <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;swordorwhip&period;com">teaser site<&sol;a> also went live as of late&comma; starring a small&comma; pixelated Igarashi clone asking the viewer to choose their weapon&colon; a sword or a whip&period; Once you&&num;8217&semi;ve voiced your opinion the first time&comma; he invites you to return and vote again&period; The hashtag &num;igavania teases us at the bottom of the page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The throne&comma; the whip&comma; the sword&comma; the Dracula-esque imagery – gamers are hoping this is the surest sign of a Castlevania spiritual successor that we&&num;8217&semi;ve gotten yet since Igarashi departed Konami last spring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve decided to break out on my own to have the freedom to make the kind of games I really want to make&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said at the time&comma; &&num;8220&semi;the same kind I think fans of my past games want as well&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As for Castlevania&comma; we liked its 3D debut of <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;eu-sunt-dracul-castlevania-lords-shadow-review&sol;">Lords of Shadow<&sol;a> <&sol;em>back in the day and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;vampire-blues-castlevania-lords-shadow-2-review&sol;">didn&&num;8217&semi;t like its sequel so much<&sol;a>&period; The series originally released in America way back in May of 1987&comma; so it might be quite the monumental month to launch something big&period; While we&&num;8217&semi;ll have to wait for anymore official word&comma; but in the meantime&comma; which would you choose&colon; the sword or the whip&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;05&sol;koji-igarashi-teases-a-spiritual-successor-to-castlevania">IGN<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;neogaf&period;com&sol;forum&sol;showthread&period;php&quest;t&equals;1039738">NeoGaf<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;