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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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Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow Nintendo DS $17.13  
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow    
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User Reviews

A must have for anyone who owns a DS Bregalad (661) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
Evil, I stab at thee Sam Vicchrilli (17) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars

The Press Says

Deeko Oct 24, 2005 9.5 out of 10 95
IGN Oct 04, 2005 9.3 out of 10 93
VicioJuegos.com Sep 26, 2005 93 out of 100 93
Just RPG Jan 13, 2006 93 out of 100 93
Worth Playing Oct 30, 2005 9.1 out of 10 91
Mygamer.com Oct 20, 2005 9 out of 10 90
GamingTrend 2005 540 out of 600 90
Game Informer Magazine Nov, 2005 9 out of 10 90
FOK!games Nov 12, 2005 88 out of 100 88
Nintendojo 2005 8.8 out of 10 88

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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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