They also need to stop OVERKILLING on the number of options available to characters. PErfect example: SOTN's Alucard... let's review the list:
3 forms he can change to.... neat. But wait! What about!?
Spells: Summon Spirit, Tetra Spirit, Dark Metamorphosis, hellfire, souls steal, sword brothers, wolf charge, wing smash....
Those were all fine.. but then we have...
Shield rod spells.... one for each shield.
Slight overkill there.... but okay. BUT THEN we HAVE....
9 Sub weapons....
And don't get me wrong.... I like sub weapons... but what about.
One time use weapons... shuriken (4 types), boomerang (2 types), Pentagram (2 types), power of sire, Monster Vials (3 types), bwaka knife, javelin, tnt, dynamite, iron ball, etc. etc. blah blah.
And let's not forget...
5-7 FAMILIARS ALSO!
And then look what richter has....
9 sub weapons...
About 6 specials....
10 item crashes.
AND THAT'S IT! Tell me, who in the fukkin world is gonna use ALL THOSE THINGS FOR ALUCARD!? And for WHAT REASON? It's juts overkill. And then poor richter, gets not even 1/5th the number of things.
And as For DOS... same issue.... look how many souls, and weapons, etc. Soma gets? Whereas Alucard, Julius, and Sypha 93 more characters) all get 2 things... jack and shit. WONDERFUL! Real balanced there.
Then in POR.... I can't even count how many sub weapons Jonathen has... and he also has swords, spears, axes, whips, daggers, etc. And he even has some spell likes moves, and extra special techs.
Meanwhile all Charlotte gets is books. BUT WAIT! They also give her a TON of spells... most of which she will NEVER USE!
And then look at dual crashes.... Charlotte and Johnathan have about 8-10 of them... most of which again will NEVER be used.
Yet when we look at Maria and Richter.... they don't even get all their cool moves and crashes (Richter got TOTALLY raped here)... they get a few of them.
Oh sure, Richter now has assault and spin kick, and his dive kick. And heck.... even a backstep. But at the cost of 9 item crashes... and of all those, all they give him is that shitty ass grand cruz!? WHY? WTF was Konami thinking?