Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Cheats For Game Boy Advance

1. Glowing Soma

   This glitch will make Soma glow for as long as you want. It does nothing else (as far as I know, I could be wrong) but it does make him really easy to see. First of all, you need either the Manticore, Devil, or Curly spirits. Next, make your way to the corridor in the Dance Hall (the one that leads up to the top level of the Dance Hall). Drop down from said top level, make your way to the last door (in the background) without killing anything, face left, and press R to transform. Keep holding it until you're just over the hole in the floor, and when the game starts to change you back, let go of the R button and do a slide. Voila! The game thinks that you fell through while you were changing back, so it replaces Soma's regular image with the really bright one. He'll stay this way until you use Devil, Manticore, or Curly again.

   Contributed by: TeknoBlade 

2. Early Copper Armor / Catoblepas

   At the upper half of Castle Corridor, there is a large room with 3 Bats, an Axe Armor, an inaccessible Armor of Fire, a Potion, and a Skeleton Knight at the bottom. The top-right ledge is normally inaccessible at this point (you need Malphas i.e. double jump) unless you do one of two things.
   
   The first thing you can do is do a pixel-perfect backdash jump. Reach the height where Axe Armor stands, face left and stand close but not directly on the stairs leading down.
   In quick succession, L / backdash and A / jump exactly as you reach the stairs, this part is pixel-perfect. Too late or too early and it fails.
   After that, keep holding A / jump while immediately holding right and holding R / Flying Armor at the same time. If done correctly, you reach the ledge just enough to snap on top of it, getting Copper Armor and an early chance at a Catoblepas soul. This may take a lot of practice, but you can get the hang of it and do it consistently.
   
   The second, far easier thing you can do is a damage-boost. If you killed the Axe Armor at this point, go into a different room and go back to respawn it. Crouch and wait as the Axe Armor hurls its axe at chest height. Then, hurry towards the ledge by jumping with Flying Armor. Turn left just before the Axe Armor's attack hits you, knocking you onto the ledge.

   Contributed by: Discerner_DeaL 

3. Floating Garden Without Undine Soul

   To access the Floating Garden the intended way, you have to obtain the Undine Soul and use its ability to walk on water to reach the platform leading to the new area. Due to a glitch, however, you can skip getting the Undine Soul entirely. Instead, all you need is the Malphas Soul double jump. Once you've obtained it, head to the platform beneath the passageway to the Floating Garden. Swim to either the left or ride side between the platform and wall, and then jump up. At the apex of this jump, press the jump button again and tap left or right to get closer to the platform. If timed correctly, Soma's sprite will land on top of the platform despite not having enough clearance. Due to how the Floating Garden is connected with the Clock Tower, this allows you to sequence break and reach several high-level areas much earlier than the developers intended.

   Contributed by: discoinferno84 

4. Infinite Gold In Hammer's Shop

   As soon as you've unlocked Hammer's Shop in front of the castle, go there and sell everything until you're down to exactly two items in your inventory. Once you've done this, press the R Button and press Up 6 times. This will cause the cursor to glitch and go above the menu, roughly lining up with Hammer's lip. Press the confirmation button again, and the game will ask if you want to sell an invisible item. Say yes, and your inventory will suddenly have over 100 potions. Next, press Up 4 more times. The cursor will line up with Hammer's eyebrow. Confirm and sell another invisible item again, and you'll have 255 potions. Exit out of the shop, and Soma's sprite will warp up and to the left. Reenter the shop and sell the glitched potions. The counter in your inventory will be glitched as well. Once you're back down to two items, you can repeat the process as many times as you want. This means you can earn tens of thousands of gold in minutes, and you can max out your gold when you're only an hour into the game. Since you need two have exactly two items in your inventory to activate this glitch, keep in mind that it's more beneficial to do this as early as possible, so you don't have to sell rare late-game items.

   Contributed by: discoinferno84 

5. Chaos Ring

   To obtain the Chaos Ring, you need to collect 100% of the souls in the game. After doing so, the Chaos Ring can be found in the Chaotic Realm, in a room next to the one with one Alastor and one Erinys. This Ring has the benefit of letting you have infinite MP.!
   
   (Note that you must still have enough MP to cast/use something. For example, you won't be able to use Red Minotaur at Level 1, since you only have a max of 80 MP then and Red Minotaur costs 150. But after exceeding a max of 150 MP, you can use it and you won't lose MP for doing so!)

   Contributed by: Anonymous 

6. Instant Second Swing

   Using a fast swinging weapon (like the Claimh Solias) will allow you to do a second swing. While jumping, use your swinging weapon. As you hit the ground, use it again and it will allow you to swing again instantly. It's not very much of use, but it is still fun to test out.

   Contributed by: Riflan 

7. Skip to the Arena from Floating Garden

   Once you get to the Floating Garden, you can use the Gorgons to reach the Arena instantly. First, go up the first elevator you see. Then, head up all the way until you see the Red Crow sitting on the staircase--there should be a Gorgon to the right of it. Stand on the very back of the Gorgon and have it walk towards the pillar. Once it hits the pillar and starts turning, run towards the pillar and, if you did it right, you should see Soma crouched in the wall and rapidly moving upwards. You should land in a room of The Arena right under a Dead Crusader.<p />Note: This glitch also works with any other Gorgon or Catoblepas if they run into a wall at some point and turn around.

   Contributed by: bokunokuso 

8. Extremely fast EXP

   Go to the teleport room right next to the arena, then head left, go up as soon as possible(on your map it will be two blocks left of the teleport room). After you go up, go left as soon as possible(it will be two blocks above where you just went up.

   Now you will be three blocks left and two blocks up of the teleport room. This hall contains two red minotaurs, a werejaguar, and a killer mantle. Go back and forth across the hall until you get a killer mantle soul. Equip it, it will kill red minotaurs in a single strike, and they give 1000 exp per kill. I can rack up over 6000 exp a minute doing this.

   Contributed by: MrIncomingT 

9. Easy Experience.

   Ok, before you get excited, there is one requirement to do this. The Sherman Ring. It gives you experience points as you walk. This ring can be found in the dance hall (you must have some way to get up through holes in the ceiling such asgiant bat soul or super jump ability). I'll leave finding that to you. On to the trick.
   
   1. Equip the Sherman Ring.
   
   2. Find a safe spot with no monsters.
   
   3. Pin down the duck button, and either the move left or move right directional button.
   
   4. Voila. You have fooled the game into thinking you are walking, when you are just sitting in one spot safe and sound. Now go to sleep or something and let the experience roll in.
   
   Why do it this way? Because if you just try to hold the run button down against a wall, you will not get experience points even though Soma is running.

   Contributed by: The_Green_Gamer 

10. Added Dialogue

    If 100% of the souls are collected, additional dialogue appers in the game's ending. Soma and Mina talk about how the experience changed Soma.

    Contributed by: gosan 

11. 100.2% Map Completion!

    First do the trick for 100.1% map completion. Continue on with the story except when you get the Undine soul do not go to the Top Floor area. Go back through the Inner Quarters and Dance Hall. Then go to the Floating Garden. Proceed to the room that connects with the Clock Tower. Go to the upper right corner of the room. Use the Curly soul and you will be transported outside of the castle again. This time stand on the left side of the 2nd spike from the right. Jump and if you did it right you will be transported to The Arena and then the Top Floor and your map will be 100.2% completed.

    Contributed by: sTrange_tHunder 

12. Surpass 100% Map Completion

    First beat the game with 100% map completed, and a Curly soul, and start a new game +. Make your way to the chapel and head up the stairs in the room with all of the ghosts. make your way to the top left cornor of the room and stand under the platform that the Axe Armor was on. Next face to the right and back dash until your against the wall. Then use the Curly soul and you will be warped outside of the castle. Drop down the left side until you land on a platform and jump off the screen to the left. You will be transported to the Study and your map will be 100.1% completed.

    Contributed by: sTrange_tHunder 

13. Boss Rush Rewards

    Finish boss rush with the following times to unveil secret items.
    -Over 6 minutes-
    Potion
    -Between 5 and 6 minutes-
    Excalibur
    -Between 4 and 5 minutes-
    Positron Rifle
    -Under 4 minutes-
    Valmanway

    Contributed by: Geusprime_gf 

14. All Endings

    Before fighting Graham, equip the Flame Demon, Succubus and Giant Bat souls. After you defeat him, You'll able to enter the black mist door and will fight two more bosses. Beat both to receive the best ending. Unlocks Sound Mode and Boss Rush Mode.
    
    Before fighting Graham, equip the Flame Demon, Succubus and Giant Bat souls. After you defeat him, You'll able to enter the black mist door and will fight two more bosses. Beat the first one, but lose to the second, you should then get the good ending. Unlocks Boss Rush Mode.
    
    Defeat Graham, but don't collect or equip the Flame demon, Succubus and Giant Bat souls. You'll get the bad ending.
    
    Lose to Chaos to get the worst ending.

    Contributed by: KintaroOe_age25 

15. 100.3% Map Explored!

    Ok, first you need to do the 100.2% map glitch, have the Giant Bat and Curly souls, and have not gone to the Chaos Realm
    Enter the long verticle room connected to the frist save room of the Chapel. Stand on the platform that is just above the door leading out (not the stone on, you have to be under the stone one). Face right and press R to use the Curly soul. When Soma turns a strange color pause the game and switch Curly soul with the Giant Bat soul. Unpause and hold right and change into the bat. You should end up in the ceiling of the Save Room. Fly just above the statue on the right side and change back into Soma. You should end up in the Underground Reservoir, in the middle of a wall. When you very close to the top of the room hold right and press R to change into the bat. Change back into Soma when you reach the gap in the ceiling of that room. If you did the whole thing right you will fly up through several rooms and end up in the Chaotic Realm. The room of the Chaotic Realm is a tower/observatory room with a space background, if your not halfway off the screen the glitch won't work and you have to try again. Eventually you will be able to move again and your map percentage will now be 100.3%!

    Contributed by: sTrange_tHunder 

16. Unlockables

    Complete the game to unlock the following:

    Unlockable	Unlockable
    Beat the game once and get the good ending.	Boss Rush
    Complete the game and get the good ending	Hard Mode
    After beating the game with the good ending, enter ''Julius'' as your name. After the intro, you should be playing as Julius Belmont.	Play as Julius Belmont
    To play as Julius Belmont in Boss Rush Mode just beat the game normally using him then select Julius' clear game file when you start the boss rush.	Play as Julius Belmont in Boss Rush Mode
    Successfully complete the game with the good ending and the Sound Test will appear on the Main Menu.	Unlock Sound Test Mode

    Contributed by: BelmontXS4, stncldrwg, PDh8sCNet, xxxhybrid, Son_Kain 

17. Hard Mode Items

    There are a handful of unique items that only appear once you've unlocked and are playing on Hard Mode.

    Unlockable
    Play on Hard Mode. Located in the Clock Tower, western side of the middle section. Giant Bat Soul required.	Death's Robe
    Play on Hard Mode. Located in the Clock Tower, in the hall between Death's boss room and the save room. Giant Bat Soul required.	Death's Sickle
    Play on Hard Mode. Located in a hidden room in the area above the Study save room.	Kaiser Knuckle
    Play on Hard Mode. Located in the Arena, in the room just past the entrance.	Silver Gun
    Play on Hard Mode. Located in the Top Floor, in the upper right corner of the stairs room before the Throne Room.	Tear of Blood

    Contributed by: discoinferno84 

18. No item use and no Soul use

    When starting a new game, type in NOSOUL to use no souls in the game. And type in NOUSE to use no items.

    Effect	Effect
    NOUSE	No items
    NOSOUL	No souls

    Contributed by: Saburota 

19. Soul Eater Ring

    The Soul Eater Ring is a special piece of equipment that increases the drop rate of enemy souls. However, it's not available for the majority of the game. Once you've beaten Death, it'll automatically be added to Hammer's Shop listing for 300,000 G.

    Unlockable
    Beat Death, then return to Hammer's Shop.	Soul Eater Ring

    Contributed by: discoinferno84 

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