Heroes, optimism, brightness, positivity, trust morality, friendship, bonds are concepts I absolutely hate. I prefer more mature concepts like anti heroes, protagonists who are also antagonists, genocide, depression, sadness, lose, betrayal, ptsd, moral relativism and grayness. That's probably why I like Castlevania more than Ufouria and other NES platformers tbh.
"It's just a brand identity it doesn't make a difference" Yeah no, a platformer being intended for people who want to make friends or people who want to be a badass will obviously make a difference in literally every aspect crying emoji