Greetings from Australia! I believe I heard about the game through PC Gamer or maybe RockPaperShotgun. As soon as I saw the kickstarter trailer, I was sold instantly and had to pledge.
I actually only got into the Metroidvania sub-genre of games over the past few years (I was always more of a PC gamer growing up then into consoles). Newer games like Dust: An Elysian Tail and Guacamelee (which I absolutely loved both) really got me into the genre, and also prompted me to go back and check out stuff like Super Metroid and Castlevania: SotN. I have a huge appreciation for those games now as they have aged extremely well and are still so fun to play still. I wonder if anyone else had this happen to them too?
I'm glad the genre has made a bit of a resurgence recently (a similar thing is happening with isometric RPG's on kickstarter), as it's not just old-school fans that are looking forward to Timespinner as well

Heart wrote:I can't wait for this either. It reminds me so much of Chrono Trigger, which I recently finished playing.
I had the same vibe too. But it was more so the character designs, time travelling aspects and the mix of sci-fi/fantasy elements that reminded me of Chrono Trigger. The gameplay definitely is Castlevania.