Simon's a ginger, and I'm not too fond of the idea that he must rely on spirit animals for help. He's always been the "lone warrior" type, but gameplay-wise it might be fun.
Either way he still looks better than he did in the LoS-prototype footage (*coughaltairbelmontcough*)
Don't worry about it, it's the noobs that are responsible.
Depending on how the spirit animals are implemented, I think they could still keep the lone warrior feel.
I'm not a huge fan of the idea of Simon calling in animals to smack badguys, like Maria and her dove/pidgeon spam, where they do all the fighting for him, but I though of something:
What if they made the spirit animals like some sort of Power-Ranger-esque thing were of instead of actually summoning the animals like familars, they'd just enhance him for a brief attack, like smashing a brick with bear strength or making an extra-long jump with owl wings.
It's just a thought.
Don't worry about it, it's the noobs that are responsible.
I would tottally ignore this system. Like I've said, it's too easy to exploit, and it doesn't say nothing at all.
True, it's just that -1 means someone was actually enjoying that. Ugh