>>10334141Really the biggest obstacle TLG faces with Castle, outside whatever shit their marketing research team is telling, is that they can't lazily chuck Castle into City like they've done with othe things. If they found a way to do that, I feel like we would be seeing a greater range of Castle-inspired sets kids and parents could afford. In that regard, I think the next best thing (in TLG's mind) they could do is try to come up with a marketable conglomerate theme that's like a historical/fantasy counterpart of City. Something that includes sets inspired by Castle, Viking, and maybe even Pirates among other things that can free them from having to fight for space with everything else in Creator.
Other than that, the closest TLG would get to Castle again is if they evolve Zelda from that single Deku Tree set into a full successful theme like Mario. With the advent of Tears of the Kingdom and it's crafting mechanic, I feel like it's very possible that TLG or Nintendo would want to pivot their focus onto TotK if Zelda as a theme ever gets greenlit. Though, TotK wouldn't be every Castle fans or hardcore older Zelda fans's cup of consolation tea. But that's most realistic outlook we have in terms of TLG selling Castle-like stuff to kids in the near future.
(Though to be honest, the success of a Zelda theme is gonna be greatly due to millennials consoomers instead of kids anyway, regardless of TLG's approach).
