Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Playable Old Axe Armor Hack

This is a very simple hack for Dawn of Sorrow that replaces Alucard in Julius Mode with Old Axe Armor from Portrait of Ruin (though Alucard is the one inside the armor ^^;). The Axe Armor has every move it had in PoR, minus the Martial Arts, but he has two new moves he can perform to compensate

Julius Mode is unlocked from the start in this hack so that you don't have to worry about going through Soma Mode, and now you meet with Old Axe Armor in the top-left room near the starting room on the map

Now in version 1.2 you'll be able to choose between three color palettes for the Old Axe Armor to your liking; Rondo of Blood (RoB), Portrait of Ruin (PoR), and Harmony of Despair (HoDes)

Hopefully you enjoy playing as Old Axe Armor!

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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Playable Old Axe Armor Hack
By: Masked Dedede
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This is a ROM hack of Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. In order to apply the patches provided,
you will need to first make sure you have the correct dump of the original game and the
required patching software.

File: Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA).nds
CRC-32: 135737F6
MD5: cc0f25b8783fb83cb4588d1c111bdc18
SHA-1: 47530FF87E608F88105A314FDF36DC385F8DEC94
SHA-256: 3ddc8b0eac841b6005ff4c38a184b517fa8225ac905aad951b0572850358d8b0


Patching program (xdelta UI):
https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/598/

Online patcher (ROM Patcher JS)
https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

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[Character Information]:

Old Axe Armor (Alucard):

Weapon:
- Axe Lord's Axe (Strike/Slash)
- Great Axe (Super Attack, Strike/Slash)

Sub-weapons:
- Axe (Slash)
- Puppet Master (switch places with it)

Moves:
- Taunt Attack (Hold Up, active hitbox on the axe, Strike)
- Back Dash Attack (L, active hitbox on the axe, Strike)
- Shield Slide (Down + B, invincible, Strike)

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[Notes on Julius Mode]:

- You start with the Tower Key in your inventory

- Julius' Vampire Killer whip now deals Strike/Holy damage

- Julius' uppercut has been restored to be a proper High Jump

- Julius and Yoko now have afterimage trails

- Yoko can High Jump now

- Cross deals Slash/Holy damage now

- Holy Water deals Fire/Holy damage now

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[Changelog]:

(v1.2 - January 1, 2022)
Masked Dedede:
- Reduced the Great Axe Super Attack's MP cost by 5
- Adjusted the layout of the room in the Clock Tower that requires Bat Form to get through
- Replaced Alucard's sprite in the credits
- Added optional patches to change Old Axe Armor's color palette to the ones it had in Rondo of Blood and Harmony of Despair

(v1.1 - December 31, 2021)
Masked Dedede:
- Halfed the size of Old Axe Armor's hurtboxes in his crouching attack
- Made it so the regular attack can't be land cancelled
- Made the Cross deal Slash/Holy damage
- Made Yoko able to High Jump
- Reduced the Great Axe Super Attack's MP cost by 100

(v1.0 - December 31, 2021)
Masked Dedede:
- Initial release

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[Credits]:

Masked Dedede:
- Main hacking for this project and porting of Old Axe Armor from Portrait of Ruin to Dawn of Sorrow

LagoLunatic:
- DSVania Editor hacking tool, ASM patches, and found the remaining data to restore Julius' High Jump

DevAnj:
- Found most of the data to restore Julius' High Jump

Database match: Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA)
Database: No-Intro: DS (all) (v. 20210227-111036)
File/ROM SHA-1: 47530FF87E608F88105A314FDF36DC385F8DEC94
File/ROM CRC32: 135737F6