Long running series that need a refresh/new blood

[Chazore]

Leynos said:

All I want out of the next Castlevania is a 2D linear game like Castlevania IV or the NES games. Not saying looks like those. But classicvania. Already 45 million Metroidvania games out now 2D and 3D. Half of them are Castlevania itself. Besides Bloodstained is the Metroidvania SOTN series now. No. Either 2.5D or stylized 2D visuals. Maybe Lizardcube or something hand-drawn. Just no more SoTN clones. I have waited 30 fucking years for Castlevania to return to its old form. CVIV is still the best in the series. Linear. Dark. Atmospheric and gothic. LoS was the closest we came to replicating that.

After having watched the CV anime over the years, it's got me pining for a new game, and I too wuld prefer if they made it in the 2.5/2D style as well, but try to keep it like the originals and give us multiple ways to go about the map and so on. 

Also, while I do still have love for SotN, I would vastly prefer a call back to the original first 3 games.