5 Absolutely Useless Souls | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Having determined the best early, late and overall souls in Aria of Sorrow, we’ve decided to commit some time to consider the absolute worst, completely useless, bottom of the barrel souls that we could find. Some of these originate in the early game, so you cannot really expect them to be incredible, but even then…
Is a Defensive Build Worthwhile? | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Having the ability to to actually create builds is rather unusual in a Castlevania game. Sure, you can focus your attention on certain items, or perhaps deliberately challenge yourself by exclusively using sub weapons or such, however being able to directly influence statistics in Aria of Sorrow does open it up to some interesting different…
Making a Magic Build Work | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Creating a fully magic build in a game designed primarily around regular attacks and equipment is quite a challenge. Doing something similar in most Castlevania games would be complete folly, although we could see a SOTN challenge in the same vein being quite fun, but thankfully Aria of Sorrow features a huge amount of Souls…
Making Soma Completely Overpowered | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Making the protagonist of a Castlevania game overpowered is, if we’re honest, half the fun in these games. Rooting around for the best equipment, abilities, spell cards, souls or transformations is what makes these, and indeed the entirety of the Metroidvania genre, tremendously enjoyable. Amassing such things will often take a great deal of time,…
The 18 Best Souls To Collect | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Grabbing some powerful souls is, in our opinion, the best version of a Castlevania collect-a-thon. Some games have spells, relics or equipment, but nothing comes close to hunting down enemies and learning their skills. Given that there’s a huge amount of them to gather in Aria of Sorrow, there are some filler spells and skills…
5 Essential Late Game Souls | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Gathering yourself some powerful souls is almost the entire point of playing Aria of Sorrow. Oh sure, there’s a vampire based storyline going on in the background, because of course there is, but the compelling pursuit of powerful and varied abilities soon overtakes this in terms of priority, and the game becomes somewhat of a…
The 5 Best & Most Useful Weapons | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Finding yourself a powerful weapon is a feeling almost unmatched in a Castlevania game. Sure, you could argue that the same is true of finding Souls here in Aria of Sorrow, but when you find a piece of equipment that just plain makes your basic attack feel satisfying, powerful or just plain different, it’s a…
3 Great Money Making Techniques | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Gathering yourself a lot of money is not technically a requirement in Aria of Sorrow, however once Hammer opens his store, it will allow you access to a selection of powerful consumables, weapons and equipment. Key among these is the Soul Eater Ring, and whilst our feelings are mixed when it comes to this particular…
How To Defeat Death | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
As bosses in Castlevania titles go, the Death that features in Aria of Sorrow is a fairly tame one, however it’s located very early on in the game, so for players new to the series and indeed Metroidvania games as a whole it can be a difficult introduction. His scythe is erratic at the best…
Unlocking The Secret Sky Fish Soul | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Collecting all of the Souls in Aria of Sorrow isn’t technically required to complete the game, however hunting them down is great fun and some of them are remarkably powerful. One Soul however, tends to elude the player for a great deal of time, mainly because it’s held by the most elusive enemy in the…
5 Powerful Early Souls You Should Gather | Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
Hunting down powerful souls has to be one of our favourite methods of improving in a Castlevania game. Having innovated to limited success with the DSS and elemental buff systems in the GBA titles, Konami returned to a system similar to SOTN and created the masterpiece that is Aria of Sorrow. Here, the player can…
Castlevania – Aria of Sorrow
- Platform: Gameboy Advance & Nintendo Switch
- Release Date: May 2003
- Genre: Metroidvania
- Developer: Konami
- Author’s Experience: 241 Hours