Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Nintendo DS game card
- Case with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Nintendo DS
PS5
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami. It is part of Konami's Castlevania video game series and the first Castlevania game released on the Nintendo DS.
PlatformRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 9.8 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami. It is part of Konami's Castlevania video game series and the first Castlevania game released on the Nintendo DS. The game is the sequel to Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and incorporates many elements from its predecessor.
Dawn of Sorrow continues the story of Aria of Sorrow: Dracula has been defeated, with his powers assumed by his reincarnation, Soma Cruz. With the help of his allies, Soma avoids becoming the new dark lord. A cult forms to bring forth a new one by killing Soma. Soma and his allies move to ensure that does not happen.
Dawn of Sorrow incorporates many features from earlier Castlevania games: the combination of elements from platform games and role-playing video games, the "Tactical Soul" system featured in Aria of Sorrow and a dark, gothic atmosphere. Dawn of Sorrow introduces gameplay elements, like the "Magic Seal" system, which requires the use of the DS stylus to draw a pattern to defeat powerful enemies, a distinctive anime character design, and a multiplayer mode, where two players compete for fastest times on a prerendered level. Dawn of Sorrow was commercially successful. It sold more than 15,000 units in its first week in Japan and 164,000 units in the United States during the three months after its initial release. The game received high scores from many video game publications, and was considered one of the best games on the Nintendo DS for 2005. The game was re-released in Japan in June 2006, and later in North America during 2007 as part of the "Konami the Best" line.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Good Ending) NINTENDO DS FULL GAME Longplay Gameplay Walkthrough VGL, Virtual Gaming Library - VGL. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami
- Series
- Castlevania
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 12
- ESRB
- T
- ACB
- M
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo DS | Japan | 2005-08-25 |
| Nintendo DS | Europe / PAL | 2005-09-29 |
| Nintendo DS | North America | 2005-10-04 |
| Nintendo DS | Australia | 2005-10-06 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
The whole game and its two-player modes still play on any DS.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Nintendo DS game card |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 27 August 2024 In the Castlevania Dominus Collection on Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. |
| In the store to buy today | Yes In the Castlevania Dominus Collection, US$24.99 on the Nintendo eShop. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes The Castlevania Dominus Collection is still sold. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Yes Two players race or trade souls, each with a DS and a game card. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic DS 89 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Eurogamer 9 10 Famitsu 33 40 GameSpot 8.9 10 Game Informer 9.25 10 GameSpy 4.5 5 IGN 9.3 10 Nintendo Life 9 10 Nintendo World Report 9.5 10 X-Play 5 5
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Konami TYO Publisher Konami Director Satoshi Kushibuchi Producer Koji Igarashi Programmer Shutaro Iida Writer Koji Igarashi Composers Masahiko Kimura, Michiru Yamane
Notes for collectors
- Follows Aria of Sorrow, with Soma Cruz again at its centre.
- Powerful enemies are sealed by drawing a Magic Seal on the touch screen.
- Two players, each with a DS and a card, can race through set courses or trade souls.
- Reissued in the Konami the Best line in 2007, and in the Castlevania Dominus Collection on 27 August 2024.
Credits
- Publisher
- Konami
- Developer
- Konami
- Director
- Satoshi Kushibuchi
- Released
- 2005-10-04
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 9.8 hours
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