oday in our interview with Koji Igarashi (which we’ll be posting the full transcript of in the coming days) Konami’s Igarashi divulged to Game Informer Online that he’s already knows which platforms his next Castlevania games will appear on. His next Castlevania project will be for the Nintendo DS and will not be a remake like Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles and will be all new. This game is currently well into development, however, when it will actually shown is unknown. However, if history repeats itself, Castlevania titles are always revealed in North America – and usually at their Spring Gamers Day.

Considering it’s been quite a while since Konami has released a true home-console version of Castlevania, it’s no surprise that after the next DS project Igarashi plans on releasing a new Castlevania title on the Xbox 360, and possibly the PlayStation 3. That is, if PlayStation 3 sales pick up. Also, whether it will be 3D, much like the last few PS2 titles, is also undermined at this time. It looks like Igarashi-san may want to try his hand at finally making a 2D version of Castlevania.

Finally, now that Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles has been approved in North America, Igarashi-san has one more secret to reveal about that game. Secret character Maria, who originally was only available in the Saturn version of Symphony of the Night will be available once again, yet exclusively in the PSP version of Symphony of the Night that will be featured in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. Maria apparently has been completely redesigned and optimized for this version of the game. Maria will have all new attacks and will be able to summon a number of animals to help her in her quests, including an owl that not only can be used as a projectile, but help her fly to new areas, a cat, tiger and a turtle shell to be used as a shield.

We’ll have the full transcript of our interview with Igarashi-san next week.