True, but one style of game doesn't rule out other kind of games within the same franchise right? I mean, the Castlevania timeline is already fucked up as it is. And who knows, maybe they do a reboot again? A sidestory/spin-off? Everything is possible I think.
The timeline is fucked, but since Mercury made Lords, Konami has simply disregarded the old games. They're planning on moving away from the "feminine" musical style of the Yamane age, and want Arujo to perform darker music for newer titles (this is what Konami told Arujo, not so much what Arujo wanted to do with the music). Cox has been incredibly inconsistent on how the new direction of the franchise should be, as he's referred to the Lords timeline as a reboot, a Marvel Ultimate-esqe spin-off, and a few months ago, actually said it's in a separate line of games that Akumajo Dracula reign in.
I have no idea where the new direction stands, but it's quite clear they're abandoning the old one. Their E3 character bracket should show it: no listing for Alucard, but the wolf-boss Cornell is on the list, as well as supremely obscure characters from the Mystical Ninja series. How do you have Castlevania characters on a bracket yet the most popular ones are not listed anywhere?
...also another missed occasion for the 1999 Castlevania.
SMH
I consider the Demon Castle Wars to be like the Elf Wars with Mega Man: it's a big event we don't see in a game. There's too much going into it that may never live up to the hype. Seriously, if it were a Castlevania game, it would have to involve Julius Belmont, Alucard, and potentially the appearances of Jonathan Morris, Charlotte Aulin (kill me), the children of Eric Lecarde, and the chronomage Saint Germain. That's more potential good characters appearing than in any other Castlevania game, and this can become a problem if you expect all of them to be playable or to have few key roles.