A puzzling flyer distributed among the audience at Keiji Inafune's PAX Prime panel last weekend seems to suggest that a spiritual successor to the Castlevania games, perhaps even a sequel to 1993's Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, might be in the works.
The flyer, seen above, features a text between two screens which reads:
"Prepare yourself, alchemist, for the challenge and deep mystery of [page torn], the all-new adventure that will turn your world upside-down. (What else would you expect from World-famous game creator, [page torn]?) Travel the lands in your quest to seal ruptures in the fabric of reality itself. Master the dark arts to defeat the demons threatening all of mankind and gain their skills, forging new weapons from the precious materials they leave behind. Because yes, alchemist, there will be blood. The only question is will it be yours, or theirs?"
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While the satanic looking upside-down pentagram on the flyer resembles the one on this screenshot from Rondo of Blood quite eerily, the Futhark-esque runes around the star bare little resemblance to the strange writing on the screenshot. However, as Koji Igarashi, the series' former producer, recently left Konami to branch out on his own, speculations have risen as to whether he might be involved. More on this as the story unfolds. Again it could also be an elaborate hoax...