Will Bloodstained meet its March 2017 release window?

I have no expectations on the company to reach that initial estimation date. First, development has unexpected delays, that's a reality for any form of production ever, especially in any form of computer development.

Second, as stated by our friendly fangamer representative, the scope of the game increased exponentially thanks to having a hugely successful kick-starter, that adds work for our guys, I expect that work to be treated with the same sort of TLC as the rest of the game, and I'm honestly ok with the delay on that.

So, my answer is no. They won't meet that deadline. The addendum to that is: I'm ok with this.

I am perfectly fine with them taking as much time as you need to make the game good and make it as polished as I possibly can before release. That is as long as they don't go the mighty number 9 route of saying release date after release date and only to have them be delayed again just as the previous date gets close. The teasing is only good when it's done sparingly and when you overdo it it gets people mad.

Like I said as long as they don't go to mighty number 9 route I'm good.

Well, like was mentioned, you *have* to put a month and year in your kickstarter and can't change it afterwards. That's why you always take it as a suggestion not anything firm.

I expect something more reasonable to be around a 2018 release schedule due to the additional stretch goals met during the campaign and the fact that right now the main thing being discussed is the shaders and such which is really just the art style of the game not even being finalized,Once the team starts talking about additional rooms and monsters and weapons do you know their getting deeper into the development cycle

HOPEFULLY NOT! (as in, HOPEFULLY they won't make the deadline).

Assuming that IGA and his team aren't slacking off and working efficiently, The more time and LOVE the better.

On that note, I have no idea why they gave a date in the first place.
Don't get me wrong, we are waiting for an igavania game since 2008 (excluding "Harmony of Despair")

On a personal level, i don't mind waiting for 3 - 5 more years for a good quality game.

For me this is probably the last thing I would worry about for this game whether it meets the date or is delayed. Don't get me wrong sure if it gets delayed multiple times for long periods it will be annoying but if it gets delayed I don't know like five more months for everything to be right then am all for it. Of course it would suck if it gets delayed so much like Mighty 09 from what I heard it got delayed again but if it's for the sake of the game then we just have to deal with it.

How would I know I can't see into the future.

You were right in your assumption, Foffy.
Putting it bluntly, it's simply far too early to tell.

A project's release date window generally depends on if the team sees fit to fine tune the project; or if they come across an unexpected setback (be it via the code, tech, publication, trademarking, etc.). Generally speaking, game development takes anywhere from 2 - 5 years per project (though some can take upward of ten). This is a consistent trend with an experienced team of 10 or more members (not being overseen and given direction from another individual outside the team); though some indie titles were launched in as short as two years, with a team of under five members (Super Meat Boy, Fez, etc.). It's really all up to how well the team can work together, how cooperative the coding process behaves, and how the pacing of development goes. It's also dependent on if the project changes during development (adding new features, or changing the way a feature behaves will cause a fair chance of increase to the development time).

Sometimes it's faster to tackle the problematic parts first, other times it's faster to address the basics.
Sometimes new things get added, other times features get cut.

Given that bloodstained was originally planned to release as vanilla bloodstained (no stretch goals included), i think it's a fair bet to say it "might" (keyword being MIGHT) take longer. But if it does, that is totally reasonable given the change in the project's nature and goals.
Either way, we'll just need to wait and see. I know I'll be enjoying the watch as things develop!

This post, with that username? I see what you did there...