Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night E3 2017 Trailer & Gameplay

My two cents about some of what as commented here:

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I know this is sad for some, but i guess you all can say goodbye to the classic Skeleton enemy. Although undead skeletons are really common at almost any game that deals with fantasy and horror, they became a iconic creature at Castlevanias. I believe we will see skeletons, but not like they were in Castlevania. Bloodstained is already a spiritual sucessor, it could turn into a carbon copy. What i think will happen is this:

1) Morte and Morte-like enemies are a replacement to some of the classic enemies from Castlevanias. Morte is a replacement to zombies, Morte Cannon is a replacement to Boneheads, while Morte Bone is a replacement to Skeletons. Expect Morte to be a whole "family" of enemies that most probably will be replacements to some classic ones.
We already have other enemies being replacements to Castlevania enemies, like Dullahammer heads for Medusa heads and such.

2) Skeletons will probably still be at the game, but not like they were in Castlevania. For instance, skeleton animals, like skeleton dogs or demons. But the common, bone throwing skeleton? I highly highly doubt it.

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There is absolutely no reason why a New Game + wouldn't carry over Shards. All Igavania games had New Game + were you carried over all items and equipment and all powers, with the exception of progression items and abilities (to block sequence breaking). At most, they will reset Miriam Level back to 1, but even that i believe it may be changed, considering Order of Ecclesia had a New Game + where you carried over your level too.

I also think that is a good idea and possibility, but as i said, they need to be different and not emulations, because it would make Bloodstained a carbon copy of Castlevania. Skeletons are common, but specifically bone throwing skeletons that walk ankwardly and die in one hit? That's too Castlevania.
Medusas can be common, but Medusa heads that flies around the screen? Too Castlevania.

So, what you said is a good idea. Have those enemies, but changed to not look too Castlevania-like.
About Skeletons, i do believe they will make into the game somehow, but not much. Morte will fill most skeleton positions i believe. In Castlevania we had a lot of Skeleton types, you had Demon skeletons, armored skeletons, warrior skeletons...I "feel" they will do that with Mortes. Morte Bone, Armored Morte, Winged Morte and such. 

Morte even became a funny joke with the "Morte has no Shard" thing, they even did a official poll for us to answer if we knew that Morte has no Shard, as a joke. Using some Morte-like enemies could turn Morte into the iconic enemy for Bloodstained series if the game manages to turn into a sucessful franchise. A original one.   

I just think Skeletons will be at the game because they are so common at the gothic scenario that is is really hard to ignore them, but they will be there more as a "we need to have at least one skeleton" and "let's give the fans some nostalgia factor" than anything.
I think they are trying to avoid those things. They  just can't "scream"Castlevania all around. We already have that on some enemies. Buer is EXACTLY LIKE it was on Aria of Sorrow. It's almost the same enemy. Harpy from some Castlevania games and Okyupeda (from the E3 demo) are mostly the same. But those two enemies doesn't "scream" Castlevania. They aren't iconic to the series, so, it is "mostly" okay. But skeletons are.
For instance, the game could have a giant human skull like Sympny of the Night Stone Skull:
Maybe jumping all around (not rotating in a fixed place like it was on SOTN) or even, there could be a whole set of giant bones that shows up at some areas, jumping or falling from the sky. Giant skulls appeared on Castlevania before, but they aren't a iconic enemy of the game.

Now, specifically about Medusas, i think that using medusa HEADS is already too risky of carbon-copy due to the same reasons as above. Medusa heads, doesn't really matter how you use them, are TOO iconic to the Castlevania series. Why not, for instance, use Medusa as a whole? Turn it into a big enemy instead of a boss as it was in some games, something close to Symphony of the Night Diplocephalus / Amphisbaena enemy:

Think so. In August. Dunno about the BUILD they will have. Perhaps old one + even newer one than the E3 2017 Demo in one nice package.

For the sake of constructive feedback, I would enjoy as much gameplay as possible. Some of us on this forum are good to point things out, mechanics, details, feel and control. Characters, bugs and glitches included.

Alpha build would be appreciated, crossing fingers for it.

If i'm not mistaken, it was promised that backers (and those backers friends, as always ) would have acces to the Demo, i don't remember anymore, that was in the first weeks of the campaign.

Now, aside from that... Enkeria you DID this or you found it somewhere? lol