Pretty self-explanatory.
Characters and people I'd have liked to see introduced in Castlevania:
Sherlock Holmes:
Dunno exactly why, but I find his character very compelling. Some of his stories include him debunking a supernatural thing and solving the case (like in Scooby-Doo). I think it'd be cool to see how would Sherlock react to the Dracula legend.
Nazis:
With WWII as it's background, PoR was an AMAZING opportunity to introduce a Nazi element as a villainous party. It could be an original character, even. No need to even mention Hitler.
With rumors of the Nazis conducting supernatural experiments, it would be nice to see a Nazi party going after Dracula's powers to win the war and possibly take over the world (and end up wiped out by Dracula himself after noticing the Dark Lord is nobody's pal).
Bram Stoker:
Obviously. The potential for nice writting here is stupendous, but I've already seen stories where Bram Stoker actually witnessed Dracula and wrote about him as a fictious character, and... It didn't turn out very nice.
The premisse is good, though, so I'd be happy to see it executed nicely.
Van Helsing:
Obviously².
More interesting would be imply that Van Helsing is actually related to the Belmonts somehow.
Rasputin:
No real reason beyond "Rasputin is freaking cool."
Oda nobunaga:
It'd be nice to introduce him as a pretender to the Demon King position, because he DID call himself "Demon King" after all.
Maybe he could've been turned into a vampire by selling his soul on his downfall at the Honnoji Temple, and now is seeking to overthrow Dracula? Maybe he did die, and had his soul enslaved by Dracula, only to find a way to rebel? Many interesting possibilities here.
Sherlock Holmes
Nazis
Van Helsing
Sherlock Holmes:
Dunno exactly why, but I find his character very compelling. Some of his stories include him debunking a supernatural thing and solving the case (like in Scooby-Doo). I think it'd be cool to see how would Sherlock react to the Dracula legend.
Konami Man and some known writer or director would be fun too, like "Wow, I really need to do a movie about Dracula after all of this".
For some reason I would want to see a hypothetical story where Chirstopher Lee has to fight Dracula.
Characters?
I wouldn't mind seeing some of the classics of horror being brought into the series and given actual characterization and plot importance.
Doctor Moreau and his various experiments with human animal hybrids could easily fit into Dracula's forces as a 'monster maker for him. I can also picture a tortured Dr. Frankenstein locked in the dungeon somewhere being forced to pout together Frankenstein after Frankenstein for Drac.
Griffin the original Invisible Man was also a nicely done over the top psychopath with delusions of grandeur in the original story if you've ever read it.
Also, I'd like the Headless Horseman brought in. If done properly a horseback battle against him could be suitably awesome. (Especially if you give him the ability to chop off your characters head as a finishing move.
For real people?
How about bringing in the real Dracula's traitorous brother Radu the Handsome? Give him his own source of evil; powers and it almost writes itself.
How about bringing in the real Dracula's traitorous brother Radu the Handsome? Give him his own source of evil; powers and it almost writes itself.
Jar-Jar Binks, I shit you not.
With a theory that Jar-Jar acts like a stumbling fool but is a Sith Lord (and the evidence that followed) it makes a bit of sense.
Why not have a Villain who plays a harmless role so well that he's the least expected person to be responsible for all the atrocities?