Nintendo DS

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Description

Set one year after Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, the first Castlevania game for the DS has you playing Soma Cruz again. While attempting to return to a normal life Soma is attacked by the leader of a cult with the intention of reviving Count Dracula. He, as well as friends from his last adventure, are drawn to the cult's headquarters to prevent another age of darkness.

All the action takes place on the lower screen, while the top screen is used to see the map or your character's stats. Soma can still equip various kinds of weapons, armor, and monster souls, although the exact powers of the souls have changed slightly from the previous game. Instead of multiples of the same soul just taking up space they are now necessary, as many abilities will not reach their full power unless Soma possesses nine duplicates of the soul. Yoko Belnades has set up an enchanting store inside the castle, allowing Soma to merge souls with weapons in his possession to forge more powerful weapons. The game also takes advantage of the touch screen feature to let you draw magic runes to perform powerful moves to defeat evil monsters.

For the first time in a Castlevania game simultaneous multiplayer modes are possible. Place monsters in a series of rooms and then blaze through it with a friend over wireless connection, either competitively or cooperatively. Trading extra souls between carts is also possible over wireless communication.

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 spelling (simplified)
• "CV: DoS" -- Informal abbreviation
• "Akumajou Dracula: Sougetsu no Juujika" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
• Fictional character: Count Dracula
• Theme: Vampires

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User Reviews

A must have for anyone who owns a DS	Bregalad (881)
Evil, I stab at thee	Sam Vicchrilli (17)

The Press Says

UGO (UnderGroundOnline)	2005	A	100
GamesAreFun.com (GAF)	Sep 17, 2005	10 out of 10	100
AceGamez	Apr, 2006	10 out of 10	100
G4 TV: X-Play	Oct 25, 2005		100
Nintendo Spin	Oct 27, 2005	9.6 out of 10	96
Mobile Tech Review	Aug, 2005	4.75 out of 5	95
Mygamer.com	Oct 20, 2005	9 out of 10	90
HonestGamers	Oct 10, 2005	9 out of 10	90
EL33TONLINE	Sep 22, 2006		80
Bordersdown	Oct, 2005	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

References

In the Lost Village, the player can see the Bigfoot from the famous Patterson-Gimlin film, lurking in the background.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2005 – #2 Nintendo DS Game of the Year
  • 2005 – Nintendo DS Action Game of the Year