I'll just post here what I already posted on another forum.
My thoughts on the characters:
Simon: Y HALO THAR LIGHT. Maybe now that you've had SWIMMING LESSONS, you won't instantly die when you jump in the water.
Maria: Y HALO THAR MISA. Putting the O RLY? owl into your stick was a brilliant idea.
Alucard: Y HALO THAR SEPHIROTH. Who designed your armor,
Johannes Krauser II?Dracula: Well, don't you look FABULOUS with your slinky, flattering gold dress?
Aeon: Just so everyone knows, this is NOT "Aeon" the chef from Order of Ecclesia. (If you check the Konami website, their names are spelled differently in katakana. I believe the "Aeon" in OoE should've been named Ian.) Probably the best design out of all the characters (probably because it's an original design and not an interpretation of an existing character), but that's not saying much.
Eric: Y HALO THAR BRIDGET. Compensating for something with that spear?
Death: Please, Death. Put some clothes on. No one wants to see your naked body.
Shanoa: It must suck to be a
Blue Dragon Ral Grad reject, huh?
Golem: There are a lot of major characters who deserved to make the cut, like Soma or Richter. But every fighting game has to have a big slow guy, so here you are. Rejoice.
Carmilla: Sorry, girl. No amount of skin you show will make horny Japanese otaku create more H-doujins of you than Maria.
Trevor: See, I told you that playing with your whip too much would poke an eye out.
Sypha: Now I know that all the character designs have been butchered to hell and back, but Sypha REALLY looks nothing like what she's supposed to look like. It's just not the same without the robe.
Grant: Y HALO THAR REM. I thought you were supposed to be small.
Cornell: WTF, I thought IGA erased you out of existence. How did Obata bring you back?
You know the sad thing about all of this? I actually pre-ordered the game.
I wonder if Konami will pull a fast one on us and make this game awesome to play.