What's your motivation of backing this Project back then?

I was still in a university, when I heard about Igarashi's Kickstarter campaign I immediately formed the preparation requirements of backing the project and backed it without further hesitation despite lacking of credits (only managed to gather $45 and chose the $28 tier). My initial motivation was a "thank you" to him for bringing Castlevania Chronicles to PlayStation One, which was my all-time-favorite side scrolling action game and actually led me into retro video gaming genre.

When I saw the concept art material at the KS page, BBS/forum sites, etc.  I was really hyped and can't wait to  give it a try during the state that this game was still at the direction to be looked exactly like those concept art materials designed by Inti Creates. "Oh man Igarashi team and Inti Creates came together? this was the hype of all time! THE Dream Combination!" Of course I saw the promises at the KS page was a little unrealistic but I believed the strongest dream combination would come across them without that much problem - at least not consuming whole five years to pull it out. 

Then the wind had been un-significantly shifted. When played through the demos at the time its information was spreading all over the Internet I didn't sense anything really that outstanding despite the control scheme was the as-promised Igarashi-team class. And it's the seemingly endless waiting, as two Castlevania: Lecarde Chronicles fan-made titles filled the empty spots without a side scrolling action game title made by pure blood Igarashi team or "fit my channel" and they are made especially memorable beyond the free games I experienced. 

The semi- Metroidvania genre steps into a long, horrible night when information from KS campaign and Igarashi team became fewer and fewer, some teams/companies made fellow titles with similar play styles, all have some sparking spots but the genre always seem a bit inconsistent and disorder without a "lead", but as a lead FINALLY returns, I can't held my disappointment despite I still enjoy the final result in some way. There's almost nothing like the scene with sunset clouds? behind the window at concept art materials which I loved, as everything was heavily revamped/altered during the process so that idea for a scene may have been discarded. Shame. 
The rest was just the as-promised Igarashi-team-made Metroidvania despite I can't seem to find any factor for it to reclaim their past glory - more like an anniversary for core fans of their late titles (Dawn of Sorrow, etc.). At this point my secondary motivation - to adventure through the scene appeared on concept art material - lost forever.

Even though the sunset cloud scene on the concept art maaterial may only be a good memory for us, I'm still glad I was hyped for it and I'm still proud to be a (rather minor though and didn't slip into the "clans") backer of the project.