Mina Hakuba was a decent minor character in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Being the girlfriend of Soma Cruz, she’s somewhat important to the story but she spends most of her time outside of the castle. Pretty much always being at the start point. But in the story, she does take care of Yoko Belnades when…

Hammer was an okay minor character in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. He was supposed to be a member of the US Army stationed in Japan or something. And he winds up in Dracula’s castle. So he eventually just becomes the shop to buy items. Fate of the world? I don’t care about that, I want…

Genya Arikado is actually Alucard’s fake persona in Japan for Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow. While he should have been more prominent, it’s hard to hate the character. It isn’t super obvious that he’s actually Alucard. But his fake last name is actually very close to how Alucard is pronounced in Japanese phonetics. While he reveals…

Yoko Belnades (like Julius Belmont) is related to Sypha Belnades from almost a millennium before. But she seems to have more magical talents than Julius does. We meet her early on in the game, but she doesn’t really do a whole lot. She ends up getting stabbed by Graham Jones, the well dressed gentleman that…

Balore is a memorable boss in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. But it’s one of my least favorite ones of the GBA classic. Mainly because his body takes up all the very tiny screen on the GBA. Which makes it hard to attack and evade. But when all is said and done, I still beat him…