If you survive all 17 rooms in this area, in which you cannot use MP, you will get the best armor in the game:Shining Armor. When you reach the area of the photo, at level 5 , you must break the wall on the left to open a new path down, where Annette is. After fighting Shadow on Castle Bs Sky Walkway, they must return to Castle A and visit the same room where they defeated that boss. First, go upwards. Soma: YesI couldn't have won the last battle by myself. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow has multiple endings: Three for Soma Cruz, each ranging from bad to good, and one for Julius Belmont when you play through the regular game after unlocking him. Good ending: rescue Maria, Annette and defeat Dracula. Once within this new area, you'll meet a missionary from the church named Graham. Composer(s) Avoid their arrows and approach them for the kill. The war took place in 1999, in a matter of human history this year can be considered a very recent period. Aria follows the model established by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, that of an action role-playing game. Japanesetitle(s) So this fight might be a bit tricky. As soon as you get one, go to the menu and practice it a couple times until you can draw it quickly under pressure. In here, simply kill the Zombie Soldier and grab the Potion lying there. Count Dracula has been resurrected and evil will reign supreme unless he is stopped. Julius: You fought well. We can't get that sword yet. These plants are called Unes, and they actually do massive damage if you run into them. Stupid me of course choose Hard Mode. Gallery Teleport yourself to the room in the Inner Quarters. Make sure to slash at the several treasure chests along the way to get a great many coins out of them. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Nearly fifty years has past since Simon Belmont rescued the land from the curse of Dracula. As soon as you get control of Soma, learn your basic jump and attack commands. Kill them all once more, jump up and up and then go right, and right once more to be back in the area where we found the Grave Keeper item from the elaborate looking candle. With the Skula Soul equipped, fall in, then head to the right. Also, don't overlook the candles in the area, where you can collect some money and other goods by simply slashing them, destroying them in the process. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow brings a multitude of new features to the Castlevania franchise. After the halo is gone, you can slide to the center of the room, duck and hack away at Graham. Save your game again, heal yourself, then leave the save room. All of the enemies here are Zombies. Though the game is correct about a Total Solar Eclipse occuring in Japan (which will be on September 1-2, 2035) but the Eclipse itself will come from the Northwest, not from the Southeast like depicted in the game. This is the game's final battle, so do whatever it takes to win Good luck! Go through this door, and across a pathway going left to enter the Underground Reservoir. In this room, you'll meet the large skeleton snake enemy named White Dragon. Now that you have the Skula Soul, you'll be able to sink to the bottom of any body of water and walk as if you were on land. He gains converts by preaching that the apocalyptic prophecies that were so popular at the end of the last century will come to pass in the year 2035 A.D. There isn't a hell of a lot we can do down here as of now, but I have you here to find two items quickly, and maybe gain a few experience points along the way. The game takes place in the year 2035 and stars Soma Cruz, a high school exchange student in Japan. When you beat her, Hammer will update his inventory. Finally, at the top of the area, use your Flying Armor glide skill to glide to a platform with a Potion on it. Each one is only worth an experience point a piece after defeating them, but if you feel you want to level up to the second level, do so, it wouldn't hurt. Now leave the Study and head back to the Chapel. Oh, thank God! google_ad_width = 728; If you pick up enough steam on your way rightward, you'll go right through the waterfall to the other side of it. They'll be here soon enough. It's $500, a big find indeed. Mode(s) 01:00:56. and played Castlevania Arcade (2009). This is my favorite chill room; The Rubber Ducky bathtub room in Aria of Sorrow. Kill them or simply avoid them, then jump up higher, and go left, where you'll find a Cape waiting for you. At that point you know you're getting close. Ending pictures thanks to Rey at the awesome Video Game Museum. With the $100 coin and Mind Up potion in hand, fall down to the bottom of the belltower, and take the crumbling stairs back down to the area below, at the base of the chapel. In here, you'll see a sword above you. At the end, you'll meet up with Death himself. There he meets Genya Arikado, who defeats a group of attacking enemies and explains Soma's ability to absorb monsters' souls. The trick is to take out the eyes on the four corners of the screen. In the next room, you'll find the Giant Bat Soul. . Soma and Mina look forward to watching this rare astral event from the high-altitude view of the Shrine, but something unexpected happens and they are knocked unconscious. From here, go right. Endings of Aria of Sorrow Ending pictures thanks to Rey at the awesome Video Game Museum. I think I'll quit the army and open up a shop sometime soon. This is especially true because once you get to the second level, you'll actually be over the limit where one simple slash will kill the Zombies. You'll run across Axe Armors and Skeleton Knights; that's about it. It is the third Castlevania game for the Game Boy Advance. Slash the two torches in this area as you go right, and you'll then encounter a water covered area. The first total solar eclipse of the 21st Century occured on June 21, 2001 as it began off the coast of Uruguay and across the Southern Atlantic Ocean and through Southern Africa and Madagascar. Keep following the path to the Inner Quarters, and you'll come across the Headhunter. Simply swim rightward from here, killing Fish Heads and whatnot s you go. This is the best accessory in the game, since it basically gives you unlimited MP. We just escaped from there. In this room, you can either go right into the next corridor or upwards. In here, you'll basically be climbing up and up and up using the various platforms in the area to get up. Before long, you will come to two staircases leading up to a room above. Finally, as you get really high on these platforms, an odd looking wheel enemy called a Buer will come rolling down. Follow the path to the Dance Hall, dropping down to the storage area. Use the two platforms on either side of the lair to jump up and over him. A soldier dispatched by the army to investigate Hakuba Shrine. Remember where you found that $100 coin before going upstairs to begin with? Like all the Castlevania RPGs, Aria of Sorrow is very open-ended, but items need to be found in a certain order to proceed (Except for Julius, who can proceed in whatever order he wants, since he begins with all abilities initially). Nothing too difficult here. You will recognize them by their white hair. By pressing L in mid air, you'll fly upward. To advance quickly, just ride the first platform up and keep doing that until you're as high as you can get. Mina: Yes, there's no mistake. Once at the bottom, bear left into the next room. There is Maria. Soma: I'm a lot cooler now! This book, which they find in Study when sliding under an obstacle, says: The first spirit is a demon from hellfire.. I don't know what that means. Use various souls to kill them (being that it's impossible to hit them with the sword in your current position). In fact, they don't even know where they are. Once that's done, go back left and drop down the gap, where you can now go left or right. While many felt the Metroid/Castlevania hybrid gameplay started by Symphony of the Night had begun to wear thin at this point, Aria offered more balanced and clean gameplay, along with a fresh plot, good visuals, and other generally agreed upon improvements. This place can be confusing if you don't know where you're going, but easy if you do know. Now for your LONG trek to the Manticore. Go right into the water, past the candle and back to the save room. Its not as interesting as a possible true ending toCircle of the Moon, but its worth it. It is the third and final installment of the Castlevania series on the system and was released in North America on May 6, 2003, and in Japan on May 8, 2003. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Wiki Guide updated Nov 26, 2021 Welcome to the Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow wiki guide Introduction Basics Walkthrough: Parts 1-4 Walkthrough: Parts 5-8. Soma Cruz didn't believe the existence of supernatural creatures at first at the beginning of Aria of Sorrow, so it isn't something from public knowledge so there's no way to be a war involving all humanity. Ending A - Defeat Graham Without Equipping the Three Souls. . 103. So go get yourself the Flying Armor Soul. The primary item we need to get up here, however, is the Rapier, located in the upper right-hand corner of this area. In this watery corridor, go right to the far end, fighting familiar enemies as you go. Producer Koji Igarashi, who had led the production teams for previous Castlevania games, led Aria of Sorrow ' s development as well. In Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, single-players may journey through such environments as an English town home and an Egyptian desert as they slay over 100 enemies in their search for the girls. After getting the Flying Armor Soul (which you can use to slow down your descent after jumping, useful in making long jumps), backtrack to the vertical hallway, climb up it, and use it to jump to the right side at the top. Once all the way left, bear left into the adjacent room. You can fight these Kicker Skeletons for the final Ability Soul if you'd like. Hold down the R button with the Curly soul equipped (and you have to be standing on top of the water in the room with Undine), and you'll turn into a large version of the Curly enemy, jetting rightward toward the waterfall. In this small room, slay the only enemy (a Skeleton Knight), then hit the three candles in the room for some goods (you can't go any higher in the room as of yet), then drop back down and go right into the next corridor. Our objective from here is the doorway going right at the very top of this area. As with previous titles in the series, Aria introduces a new magic system Tactical Soul System. google_ad_client = "pub-5230184257141993"; A childhood friend of Soma's, Mina is extremely friendly and well liked by everyone she encounters. Board Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Game Boy Advance) Endings? This guide is for theSNESversion ofDracula X, which is the one included in theCastlevania Advance Collection. Make a decision whether you want the game to end or continue, because depending on how you beat Graham, you'll either get an ending or the game will continue. This is also real quick and easy to get, but this time, you'll encounter a boss, the Creaking Skull. Of course, since this machine is not emulated - I beat it from beginning to end. At the end of this short corridor, go through the opening to the room ahead to your right. Get to the Manticore, give it what for and move on. When you get all the way up this long corridor, you have to jump to a platform to your right. Now, Simon's descendant J. Jump across the small gap and grab Castle Map 1 just sitting there.