IPS Patching required.

This is my final update (seriously this time). Julius’ weapons have been changed to reflect his character in this hack better. The boomerang weapon now has the Killer Mantle Soul ability so Julius can deal with Golems and Minotaurs more effectively.

A large amount of dialogue has been changed, as well as nearly all soul abilities colored to fit Death. Weapons have been customized, items have been relocated, enemy and weapon stats have been edited.

The story in Aria of Sorrow is completely revamped. The game play remains unchanged. However, the story takes on a completely different tone. The game starts with Death (Soma) being summoned to the Castle to locate Dracula’s powers.

The characters names and sprites have been colored to adapt to the new story:

• Soma = Death
• Mina = Carmilla
• Hammer = Shaft
• Graham = Olrox
• Julius = Belmont

And being the Grim Reaper, Death starts with his equipment that would normally be obtained on hard mode.

• Unmodded:
• No-Intro Entry: Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (USA)
• External Header: No
• ROM Size: 6.31MB
• CRC32: 03B97719
• MD5: 4DDE5C64AD0997E7BB0A74D3A0C4BFD0
• SHA-1: 0D2507B8B80D469C95EEC17A429FBBBAB053FCB9
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• Modded:
• No-Intro Entry: Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (USA) [Aria of Sorrow Spoof]
• External Header: No
• ROM Size: 6.31MB
• CRC32: E15862C6
• MD5: C66B85701F62B19F77A2F006A4BDA518
• SHA-1: DFBB71C91BEB8392D8A093AE24421DA89580803C