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