How should Bloodstained grow beyond it's original release?

I'd love it if they went into the background of various bosses, and mayhaps added more parts to the castle as so we could expore their history and maybe recover notes and books about how they became what they are, new enemies would be cool even if they were mostly palette swaps.

Getting to play as Anne or Dominique would be awesome, and perhaps they could have their own side story outside of the castle or even a reimagined old part of the castle, perhaps a part that has changed after Miriam went through it? As for other new characters, since Miriam is going to be something of a "jill of all trades" I think any new characters should be more focused in their specialties

Maybe an additional part of the castle where all the enemies are invisible until you find some relic halfway in the new part?

I think some kind of prequel to how Miriam got to who she is today would be nice. Perhaps she had a friend at the time that thought he or she was doing the right thing, but got Miriam into a bad situation thus she is where she is today.

Or maybe a backstory to Zangetsu's growth. If playing as Zangetsu is similar to playing as Alucard in Dawn of Sorrow, I wouldn't be interested as much. I'd like to see Zangetsu storyline where he levels up and can upgrade as extensively as Miriam.

I did not finish playing CotM, so apologies if it does cover this storyline.

rav4ishing
Finish Curse of the Moon... NOW!!! I suggest.

Aztec
Well the work on the game is mostly done, and they need to get started planning on what to do before they actually do it, and us discussing what we think should happen doesn't hamper there work in anyway... also... that's kinda the point of the forums to discuss the game and what we'd like to happen with it Aztec. Making a game and keeping that game alive with updates doesn't work on a lets do one thing at at time sorta frame of mind, you need to be planning and working on things long before you know how things are gonna turn out. Regardless we can still talk about the future here and now, it's not gonna hurt ArtPlay or any of their plans, but if you prefer to wait however months before weighing in that's fine too.

I would love to see expansions released for the game as long as they're reasonably priced.

Alfred DLC.

Alfred cosmetic/skin DLC.

Alfred Avatars.

I'm honestly not fond of expansions. To be fair, as opposed to the extra modes we're getting for which I care nothing about, I can appreciate the old school kind of expansions, so whole new areas and content, but I don't really like to go back to a game after months to experience a snippet of new content, especially in a metroidvania game where the content could be integrated in the main map, forcing me to replay or re-explore the map from scratch. I'd prefer a straight up sequel for the future.

If I knew something about programming, I'd mod Alfred into Hollow Knight to make Mr. Welldone love it!

Oooooh, a new player!

<makes popcorn to enjoy with the new show>

I don't think that even EA could make enough cosmetic microtransactions to beautify Alfred!