 Castlevania was rebooted due to the team 's concern over the poor sales in their latest Castlevania games . The team wished to expand the franchise 's fanbase with this game . A number of prototypes in parallel development competed to become the next Castlevania title . Konami told MercurySteam the game would be an original intellectual property ( IP ) when it was first greenlit as a Castlevania title . Konami eventually asked them to cease work on Lords of Shadow while it was still in its early stages , until David Cox showed the Japanese senior management the game and was offered help by video game designer Hideo Kojima . Konami then chose the pitch for it as the next Castlevania entry . The original concept for the game was to remake the first Castlevania starring Simon Belmont , but it was later decided to make a reboot of the franchise . Lords of Shadow still drew inspiration from earlier titles in the series , most notably Castlevania for the Nintendo Entertainment System , and Super Castlevania IV . 
