I see a strong potential for a Simon's Quest type 8-bit game

While the idea of the game has appeal, I'm not sure I'd want Inti Creates any further involved in anything Bloodstained related than they have been already. They burned a lot of bridges with the community with this release, not just with the miscommunication regarding platforms and key availability, but with their complete tone deafness regarding DRM and the way that makes ArtPlay look by association given that DRM-free was advertised during the campaign. And yeah, that was only advertised for the main game, but saying that they didn't technically say the mini-game would be DRM-free is basically pulling a "gotcha!"

So the game sounds like a fun idea, but I have no idea who they would get to do it that would both result in a good game and not piss off the community by being associated with it.

Honestly, the IGAvanias are pretty much the natural progression of what Simon's Quest tried to do. If Inti ever comes back to the Classicvania style, I'd root for something like Rondo of Blood.
But regarding what Scars Unseen said, I definitely agree that we need to let Inti know that the way they handled the game's release was quite poor, and that their refusal to do a DRM-free version is unacceptable if you consider the main game has that option.
I do like Inti's games, always been a big fan of Megaman Zero and I liked what they did with Blaster Master, but this really can't happen again. Fool me once, as they say.

I think I'd prefer something more along the lines of an 8-bit lite version of Symphony of the Night than Castlevania II. I enjoyed Castlevania II when it came out, but that one didn't age as well as the other Classicvanias in my opinion. Even when I first played through it I was disappointed by the lack of variation in enemies, and poor bosses compared to the original Castlevania. Then again it made for a really good Angry Video Game Nerd episode.

Squirrel Taskmaster Actually that would probably be the MSX version of Vampire Killer, which came out only a month after the original Famicon version of Castlevania. It's basically a remake of Castlevania with more exploration elements. It also came out the same year as Metroid.

Maybe, though as with games such as this it is important for it not to be TOO MUCH like the games they are based on. I can't imagine it being more true than with simon's quest.

On one hand, it can leave a lot open for a game developer to do their own thing(simon's quest is unmistakable as an entry). But on the other, Simon's quest was very much a game of its time, something like that today would have to take into account the various walkthroughs and resources people can go to coast through the game if they want to keep it a "thinking man's igavania", while at the same time being clear and sane enough to not require the nintendo power hotline.

Is it wrong to have the nighttime theme from CV2 running through my head on repeat whenever I read this thread?

Busterific Is that a thing? I play music in my head almost constantly and even compose it occasionally.

Busterific I remember the smell of the place I was at when I first heard particularly memorable pieces of music.

Busterific Maybe I've just been in smellier places than you.