now now enough with the negativity GEEZ
you know, at any rate, a Cease and Desist doesn't always have to mean dismantling.....
Crimson Echoes... yah, it was based off chrono trigger in its entirity, but sometimes C & D could be gotten around by changing things up...... take "Bid for Power" a Quake 3 TC....... was supposed to be DBZ, but they got C&D...... the game still came out though, only thing missing was licensed things like Goku and Vegeta etc. u could still close ur eyes and say "Kamehameha!" (not to mention you could just dl some model replacements from elsewhere to bring it back to its original DBZ form)
so, i say GO4IT to this here castlevania.... if this game goes far and gets a C&D, u could link me and i could give u a run-down on a work-around and some new characters to replace the licensed ones
Big companies are just afraid u'll make something better then they can anyways..... to be honest, if i had a big company and i saw someone do this, i'd A) take it as a huge compliment and B) fire the retards in my company and hire the homebrewer that did far better