This is the first New Castlevania game for non handheld console since 2005's really really terrible game, Curse of Darkness.
So far everything I've read about the series taking a new direction seems to be the right way to take the series (rather than failing hard at a 3d world).
Any you can read up on it if ya want.
http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=9922
Woot.