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Konami might have a few surprises for fans of its classic franchises as indie developers may take the reigns on the likes of Castlevania, Silent Loma, and Rocket Knight sometime in the future.

The company'due south offset foray into this venture is GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon, a successor to the long-forgotten franchise on the Famicom. The game is being developed by an indie studio named GuruGuru, a relatively new studio in the infinite. The roguelite hack-and-slash has launched as an early access title on Steam and will be releasing on the Switch erstwhile next year.

Speaking to JP Games (via Nintendo Everything), GetsuFumaDen's atomic number 82 producer Shin Murato said, "We felt that GetsuFumaDen would be an interesting IP to bring back to follow this indie approach, and so we decided to contact GuruGuru as we know the squad well." Later praising the team for its "new approaches for graphical design," Murato said, "In terms of other collaborations, delight await for futurity projects like this!"

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A new Castlevania or Silent Loma being given to a talented indie studio is a tantalizing thought. One could but imagine how incredible a Yacht Club Games Castlevania title would look like. In that location's a treasure trove of opportunities.

Konami'south rival Sega has been doing a remarkable job of licensing its older franchises to contained studios in contempo years. The critically acclaimed Streets of Rage iv punched its way to consoles and PC, cheers to Dotemu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games. The visitor also gave multiple indie studios the keys to its biggest belongings Sonic the Hedgehog; what came of it was arguably the best game in the series, Sonic Mania.

Konami'due south long-dormant series could be revived once again, but similar Sega, giving the visitor's long-time fans something to play afterward well-nigh a decade of absenteeism. Fingers crossed.