Description

Set one year after Aria of Sorrow, the first Castlevania game for the DS has you playing Soma Cruz again when he gets involved in a mysterious cult's attempts to resurrect their lord, Dracula.

All the action takes place on the lower screen, while the top screen is used to see the map or your character's stats. The game also takes advantage of the touch screen feature to let you draw magic runes to perform powerful moves to defeat evil monsters.

The mobile version is a fairly genuine port of the original game with a few minor differences. It adds a new special rare item: the lost soul vial. This item can be used if Soma dies and resurrects him. There is also the bat altar which can be used when Soma owns the bat form ability. Soma walks on a bat altar with the bat ability and is teleported to the linked bat altar. The inventory is strictly limited to weapons, armors and magic spells. It is not possible to store food, life potions or other items..

Alternate Titles

  • "悪魔城ドラキュラ 蒼月の十字架" -- Japanese spelling
  • "恶魔城:苍月之十字架" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "CV: DoS" -- Informal abbreviation
  • "Akumajou Dracula: Sougetsu no Juujika" -- Japanese title

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Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow Nintendo DS $18.00  
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User Reviews

A must have for anyone who owns a DS Nintendo DS Bregalad (666)
Evil, I stab at thee Nintendo DS Sam Vicchrilli (17)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic Nintendo DS Nov 20, 2005 A 100
Go Fanboy Nintendo DS Oct 15, 2005 9.5 out of 10 95
PGNx Media Nintendo DS Oct 26, 2005 9.5 out of 10 95
MAN!AC Nintendo DS Sep 30, 2005 90 out of 100 90
Thunderbolt Games Nintendo DS Oct 11, 2005 9 out of 10 90
Sliced Gaming (GameBiz) Nintendo DS Feb 13, 2007 9 out of 10 90
N-Europe Nintendo DS Oct 04, 2005 9 out of 10 90
JustPressPlay Nintendo DS Jul 20, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Nintendojo Nintendo DS 2005 8.8 out of 10 88
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN) Nintendo DS Nov 02, 2005 8.5 out of 10 85

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Trivia

In Lost Village, you can see the Bigfoot from the famous Patterson-Gimlin film, lurking in background. For more information; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson-Gimlin_film


This entry was contributed by Simon Chapuis (20) and Redkind (13)
 

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