Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 announcement trailer

The artwork (and designs) looked like Yuji Natsume again to me rather than any work of Mana's. Here's a refresher on what those looked like for CotM 1:
curseofthemoon.com/en/1/characters/

It has that same pastel/ghostly pale texture and feel to it, and the original KS concept art was similar which was also his.

Warning - there's something really cool and spoilery at the end of the boss fight

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Man, this is a super pleasant surprise. While I'm still looking forward to RotN's DLC, I'll certainly take a CotM 2.

I wonder if the "Crossover Character" will end up being Hachi. Might be cheating, but I won't say no to Corgi Mech in my game, lol.

Few interesting notes about the trailer. Curse of the Moon 2 seems to be referencing other 2D classics. I kind of find it strange how it sort of goes out of its way to give nostalgia nods when I feel like it's strong enough to stand on its own if it wants. It's almost like it has a vibe where it wants us to see the winks and chuckle. Here are some examples:

*Zangetsu flying into his mission on a glider = Capcom's Strider flying into his first mission on a glider.

*Dominique's pogo stick staff attack = Capcom's DuckTales (...Zelda II's down thrust, and more recently, Shovel Knight)

*Hachi = Capcom's Mega Man X series' Ride Armors.

*(Maybe less so) The rising moai heads = Konami's Gradius shout-out?

Anybody else spot these and/or get the impression it's winking at long-time gamers?

Hehe, I think I say it a lot because I when the Kickstarter campaign launched I was only excited about Ritual and thought of "the prequel game" as something small and unimportant. Now I see it as one of the best games and enjoyed it so much more than Ritual, for various reasons. I prefer the visuals and 2D sprites, I prefer the bosses, the music, the atmosphere, the main character Zangetsu, the possibilities of having allies or getting their powers, changing characters and powers, various paths in the game..I feel somewhat disappointed with Ritual, even though I did like it and got a LOT from it (artwork, music, new IGA game, new experience..) but I didn`t like Miriam as the main character, I didn`t like alchemy and cooking, which you had to do in order to 100%, I didn`t like some bosses, and really the Switch experience just ruined this game: the input lag and low quality graphics, the loading times between some rooms is unacceptable. I also didn`t like when they nerfed items, some that didn`t make any sense. I am a little bitter about Ritual, and even when I can play it now with Zangetsu, who is my favorite character, I don`t have much motivation to go through the game again. On the other hand I can replay Curse many times and I am excited about it every time, I really enjoy it. When I saw the news of Curse 2, I was so hyped, I coudn`t believe we are getting the sequel already. I am so excited about it and have to repeat I like it more than Ritual, because even to me it seems improbable that I would prefer the smaller game that I didn`t care when it was announced, to the game that was supposed to be THE game. I am glad we have all of these Bloodstained games, and look forward to all that will come from it. 

 I knew he looked familiar! Duh, Robert. Maybe they're setting the character up for the sequel, where he'll be voiced by The Man Himself.

 Maybe the character moonlights as a librarian?

And, has anyone noticed the description of Lubius? "Those who have ventured deep enough have reported seeing different things: a beautiful woman, lost family members, and even a slender female dog", does this look like "The Mirror of Erised": It shows what characters desire: "lost family members" shoule be Dominique's, "a slender female dog" I guess is Hachi's, "a beautiful woman", maybe this related to Robert?
Btw in Japanese description it is "a beautiful long-legged female dog".

I can't wait to get it, it looks so damn AWESOME!!!