Revision Differences Castlevania Double PackĬastlevania Double Pack's version of Harmony of Dissonance has some strange omissions and changes. Skull Knight Lord (スカルトナイトロード) is simply called Skull Knight in the US release.There are exactly eleven areas in the Japanese version that feature different names: the Wailing Way is called "The Approach to Deplore," the Castle Top Floor is called "Castle Tower," the Chapel of Dissonance is called "Chapel of a Heretic," the Sky Walkway is called "Corridor in the Air," the Shrine of the Apostates is called "Heretic's Grave," the Luminous Cavern is called "Moss-Grown Cave," and the Aqueduct of Dragons is called "Waterway of Aquatic." The four others are merely reciprocal: the Marble Corridor is "Corridor of Marble," the Castle Treasury is "Castle's Treasury," the Skeleton Cave is "Cave of Skeletons," and the Clock Tower is "Clockwork Tower."."Sypha's Crystal", named in honor of Sypha Belnades' lightning magic spell, was mistranslated as "Cipher's Charm".The name of the bullet-tip extension for Juste's whip, which is named "Christopher's Soul", in honor of Christopher Belmont's fireball ability in Castlevania: The Adventure, was changed to "Bullet Tip" in the US release.While the "Belmondo" spelling has been used in previous games, going as far as back as the ending of the first NES game, it was standardized from this game and onward in Japan. Juste's last name is "Belmondo" in the Japanese version and "Belmont" in the English version.Maxim Kischine is known in Japan as Maxim Kishin.The Trademark is labeled slightly different in the European version, as the "TM" trademark symbol is moved from the "Harmony of Dissonance" text to the "Castlevania" text, and the "®" registered trademark symbol at the right of "Castlevania" text is removed.Īs a norm in Castlevania, the usual differences between the Japanese and US versions all revolve around the changing of certain names. The title screen logo is redesigned for the international releases, features repositioned and resized large "Castlevania" text font, and with brighter layer graphics to make better contrast to the large text. Selecting SCREEN will lead to the system resetting. This menu lets you access graphics testing tools, but they don't function. Warp to Sky Walkway/Chapel of Dissonance area.Pressing B makes you spawn in "ura" (Inner Castle/Castle B).Pressing A makes you spawn in "omote" (Regular Castle/Castle A).Pressing Select brings up a counter that lets you select a room to spawn in.This menu lets you start the game from any desired area. Selecting SOUND MODE brings up the very nice unlockable sound test menu. You can access the debug menu with the GameShark code: (Collecting the phonograph to unlock BGM/sound effect test would make sense, but pointless because in the final game's logic, after beating the game in the best ending, you'll unlock the BGM test mode in the main menu anyway). Note while the BGM test is intact, the sound effect test is not normally available in-game, which is probably being cut due to ROM memory/logic concern. Text located at address 080D9AF8.Ī (presumably) sound effect mode description. The text located at address 080D9688 serves as a (presumably) music/sound effect test mode, stored near the furniture collection section.Ī (presumably) music test mode description. Aria of Sorrow later reused the entire money item value chunk and uses the $2000 money value for the new shop system's sake. There's no money item that's worth $2000 in the game. Perhaps it may be part of a older demo version shown at some events. There have been 4 likes from 4 votes on this game.Found in the title tileset. However, this game features better and more polished graphics making it more appealing to some fans, and casual players alike.Ĭlick inside the screen to activate controls Gameplay is akin to the previous titles and features similar platform puzzles and challenges. In this game, you will control Juste Belmont, grand son of Simon Belmont and a powerful descendant of the legendary Belmont Clan of vampire hunters. Control whip-bearing Juste Belmont as he continues to hunt down devils in Castlevania – Harmony of Dissonance! Use your powerful lashes and defeat the darkness that consumes the land in this action packed platformer game.Ĭastlevania – Harmony of Dissonance is the second installment of the Castlevania series for the GameBoy Advance handheld platform and was released back on 2002. The vampire hunting legacy of the Belmont continues.
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