[TAS] DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow "all souls" by Kriole in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/2205M
TAS originally published on 2012-12-12
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on the Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow ( tasvideos.org/1681M ). In it, Soma Cruz continues ( tasvideos.org/1759M ) to cultivate his unhealthy obsession with collecting the souls of his enemies.
Using the powers that only tool assistance can provide, every single possible soul is collected in a bit over 35 minutes. If you've ever played the game, you know what a pain those souls can be.
Very detailed information on the run is available in the author's comments ( tasvideos.org/3780S ).
There are also runs that complete the game as fast as possible with Soma ( tasvideos.org/2528M ), with Julius ( tasvideos.org/2459M ), and with Julius while staying in bounds ( tasvideos.org/2085M ).

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

Man literally vibrates so hard he steals everyone's soul and cannot die.

[@homers1999]

Gives new meaning to "he's just vibing"

[@zdyner3896]

@@samuelcyrus5296 shut up bot

[@Araneus21]

the embodiment of "good vibes only"

[@fghdkjlfkghfc]

It's like he's fully embracing his powers as Dracula's reincarnation, yet staying on the side of the heroes!

[@OverseerMoti]

​@@fghdkjlfkghfcMina is with him this time, so ...

[@cronqvist5763]

Someone: *trying to resurrect Dracula* Soma: *slides aggressively*

[@germanoschefo]

thats the way to impress the ladies even yoko would spread her legs for that teenage boy a'la dracula

[@somatgw]

I can confirm this is how we do everything.

[@justinsmith9006]

this is my favorite kind of tas, where they aren't out of bounds all of the time but still crazy.

[@TheTolnoc]

"This castle isn't scary enough." *turns out the lights*

[@ZaphodJan]

Getting the soul of every lilith is definitely one of Soma's quirks

[@sheldonsmith1739]

Soma has to be the most OP character in castlevania history. He’s a walking embodiment of a speed run

[@TheKeitaNobodyAskedFor]

him and Julius

[@monarckskatty]

*a s l i d i n g embodiment

[@spimbles]

Maxim in Harmony of Dissonance be like

[@6gv6rc7tv]

*Maxim beating the game in 24 seconds*

[@germanoschefo]

i love that the only calm part is in the condemned tower when he needs the double jumps

[@jeremylui9572]

TAS makes everything funny, especially the Castlevania series. Because TAS makes the main character gets something like spasm.

[@haidandurham8630]

12:55 this part right here for anyone who sees this and decides to play thru the game, if you have the medusa soul and while your doing that down kick thing, activate it and hold it till your mana runs out, will charge up the kick to insane proportions, I think I was getting like 300+ damage out of one kick💀

[@melty_x_]

Thanks for the tip

[@smok-e3396]

Imagine it with the demon soul

[@BIIIIIGMAN]

I can never get bored of this TAS walkthrough

[@tread0265]

Ah yes, Dawn of sorrow as I remember it. Take in this video, guys. This may be the last time you get to see Soma after having taken several truckloads of crack.

[@VonFirflirch]

16:49 That Rahab kill was rather cool to look at :D

[@ROOT_YT]

Celia: i'm gonna turn you into the dark lord Soma: * *It begins to slide fluid* *

[@Stitastic]

Literally the anti-simp. Killed the succubus and Lilith every chance he got.

[@OverseerMoti]

I mean, Soma has Mina. Also, by him having the power of dominance, he theoretically could summon all female monsters should he feel that pent-up. Just look how he summons Alura Une here.

[@williamreely3455]

Celia: Be Dracula pls Soma: *Moonwalks menacingly*

[@somefries3101]

Soma: SHUT UP THOT

[@lemix88]

"La corriente alterna tiene la capacidad de variar mas de 60 veces por segundo" Soma modo speed run:

[@ryozaki96]

This is insane, he's actually dancing and jumping but too fast that we only see 1 frame

[@cvmh777]

21:05 in all my years playing this game, this is the first time i've noticed the typo here

[@albaneedge]

I didn't see it until you pointed it out XD

[@MrLachapell]

Not a native English speaker , where is the typo ?

[@cvmh777]

@@MrLachapell The soul’s icon has the name listed as “Harpy,” but the description inside the text box has it spelled as “Harpie”

[@gi-go3336]

@@cvmh777 does it matter?

[@Arycke]

​@gi-go3336 irrespective of whether it matters or not, it is a discrepancy.

[@somefries3101]

14:17 Soma: OPEN UP DAMMIT!

[@LordTyph]

3:51 IT'S PIE LOVE BETWEEN TWO PIES!

[@vincevalie876]

This man Soma really doing a Ninja Gaiden run with those quick blunt sword swings sheeesh

[@pagannova3621]

ok, that heel strike on Gergoth was great.

[@melty_x_]

Soma, instead of saying GG ez after winning, he writes Pie

[@love.o.core..10010]

Bruh i love this game

[@brycestrife5605]

Man.... I am as OBSESSED with this game. I'm still obsessed with all castlevania. Great stuff

[@kerbe3]

I think I like Aria of Sorrow just a tiny bit more. I loved that twist of Soma discovering he is Dracula.

[@brycestrife5605]

@@kerbe3 that was a good twist

[@kerbe3]

@@brycestrife5605 That and I don't really like how they changed my two favorite souls in the sequel. Valkyrie was an awesome bullet soul with a long reach and a sexy lady, and Aluraune which was an awesome healing spell...and sexy lady.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

I find it the weakest of the DS Vanias, and Aria is better than DoS

[@kaiyang0183]

TerminalMontage must do a Something About animation using this speedrun

[@alloounou6900]

Him or Scott Falco. Seeing Soma flip a finger as he vibrates to victory would be hilarious.

[@ROOT_YT]

Speed Demon return... Oh no

[@thebadsagittariussrg.kroog1990]

31:28 I can just feel the excitement even from the TasBot when Black Panther is gonna be obtained lol

[@OneWingedAniki]

0:40 I know it's tas, but seeing that makes me seethe. Don't know how long that one took to farm >.< Yet, strangely, I ended up with 3 final guards in about 5 attempts

[@realbartsimpson]

16:27 Even in the TAS this boss fight is slow.

[@thebadsagittariussrg.kroog1990]

Fr this is probs the most irritating boss fight for me it's just so Long

[@electronegative6617]

Incredible!!!

[@doverboy1]

Y'know, sonic's a nerd for having to use SOAP shoes to slide on the rails For Soma over here, the world's his rail, and he'll slide on it even while using armor

[@CoucouYoutube]

I’m a fan of this game

[@spoon7328]

That zephyr kill tho

[@lowhp_comic]

16:59 "wooOOAaah this floor sure is icy"

[@HaunterOfKanto]

I’ve never seen Soma move... so smooth?

[@kingmaniactech]

"You've been hit by, you've been struck by.. A SOMA CRIMINAL!"

[@hxsain]

this is the most impressive shit ive seen in ages

[@grizzlyfuntimefreddy5872]

Castlevania:Dawn of Seizure

[@nx3407]

32:00 is my favorite part 👍

[@nx3407]

Lost Village soundtrack

[@monarckskatty]

TAS Soma can dominate the entire world while sliding/backdashing.

[@PLG0690]

Soma Cruz is very amezing for dancing and fight. Soma cruz: No one can stop me.....hohoho......XD

[@crinf3]

It always amazes me how castlevania speedrunners stay at 6 hp for almost the whole run

[@ryanrombalski378]

PIE ♡

[@A.M.04]

This game looks really fun, and I have never played it before. This TAS makes it look very interesting lol

[@meh1681]

then play it

[@haidandurham8630]

If you can get down with old DS games I highly recommend, anything castlevania really even the old NES ones, theres a show on netflix too. Not ab this particular character in the story line, but, still, very cool, you see alot of references to the enemies that are common between all the games.

[@haidandurham8630]

And actually, if you take your time with it, get full map completion, the good and bad endings, figure out all the puzzles and all the different weapons you can make by combining souls with original weapons, it's super cool. I spent an insane amount of my childhood playing this game. Dawn of sorrow, order of ecclessia, and portrait of ruin, all great games. Probably pretty cheap to get these days too.

[@HaunterOfKanto]

This is the “Soul Steal” run lol

[@Yuseph14]

How can he get the soul at first attemp ? Increasing rate or smt ? Sorry im new

[@psychopest]

This is a TAS (Tool Assisted Speed run), everything you are seeing is being manipulated (through programming) which means that the soul will most definitely dropped by the enemy. I hope that helps. :D

[@Yuseph14]

@@psychopest Thank u

[@psychopest]

@@Yuseph14 youre welcome :))

[@robbruh1661]

watching this was the embodiment of the " WAYTOODANK " meme lmao

[@zapperil]

Alternative title : Soma becoming Vergil and gets motivated

[@BIIIIIGMAN]

@3:50 PIE ❤️

[@Goku-bl2wv]

Impossible gameplay 👌

[@user-ov7cn1cp9uu]

awesome

[@somefries3101]

3:50 PIE ❤

[@HenrySugma]

“PIE❤️”

[@flowerkurosawa4671]

me: wow he is very cool !! 12:52 12:57 i dont know but ... that hit made me laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 still..that was cool😊👍 32:16 wait ...huh? what ? ..Well this is ... new to me

[@dylanwang8779]

32:16 is in one of the in game "newspapers", about some yeti showing up on curry. Gives you a soul to roll snow balls

[@ArianaRaven]

Yea you get from the newspaper about a Yeti, flying humanoid and mothman

[@diegoaguilar1954]

Yesterday i got the true ending of this game, good timing

[@mapes2572]

i got it yesterday

[@dr3ad698]

i guess that why soma is the encarnation of dracula

[@ancientprogeny8295]

3:50 HOLY FUCK OK this shit is crazy

[@PrincessColumbidae]

Isn't this run ancient? Why is it getting uploaded now, 8 years later? I think it's also on kriole's channel.

[@nullnikola6002]

Terminalmontage should take notes here 👀

[@internnot7100]

Please someone tell me the input required to dash forward like this. Even of it's inconsistent for human.

[@friendlybullet943]

Absolutely love this game, just finished a playthrough last week. This is a neat little TAS run too! But, I am curious: How exactly are the soul drops so seemingly consistent? Almost like in this TAS they're dropping nearly every first kill! (wish my last play through was like that) Is it some sort of RNG manipulation or was the run just repeated so many times until the best possible RNG was achieved? Edit: just read up on it thanks to the description! Very fascinating that Soma's constant seizures are able to let him harvest souls much more efficiently!

[@thedarktigerexenadral1069]

I think it is RNG manipulation, It is the best explanation for this :)

[@dopevader3673]

They put a save state before killing the enemy, if the soul doesn't drop, then they load the state

[@diw123]

its rng, but in aria of sorrow, some one found this can be manipulated doing something in the same and before room, hit first or last enemy behind, jump, using ability, etc. every action doing the soul drop, see the aria of sorrow 100% soul tas, he explained all

[@haidandurham8630]

I'd like to know what you discovered and where I can read it, I dont know anything about speed runs but I spent an insane amount of time playing this game as a kid and I was thinking the same thing, even with the best luck stat I could get from equipment and souls I never once got soul drops so frequently

[@Dowgy031]

idk if this man hacking or using 980 iq to make soma fast as fck

[@prinzeszelda3650]

Laws of Physiks:exist. Tasbot:and i took that personaly.

[@lightsoulja]

16:18 don't tell me he gonna finish the game without getting healed 😧

[@lightsoulja]

Ha my bad he did it a lil bit 😅

[@hypemugen]

how do you manage to get the soul of an enemy the first time you kill him everytime? How is this possible even for tas??

[@cherrycheetos]

PIE ❤️

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

I had to record this game dub episode by episode. 20 Episodes (21 if you count the half episode) were made for everyone who loves Castlevania.

[@haidandurham8630]

Wait what, imma check out your channel after this so you probably wont need to respond but I'm interested

[@silvazeking100]

18:30 wait, is THAT how you're supposed to get over there?

[@andresitocopado]

Bone Arc, but i think that with skeleton ape and master puppet you can get through.

[@silvazeking100]

@@andresitocopado I knew you could get over there with bone ark, but I always thought that you weren't supposed to do it that way, since it has the ark carrying Soma through a wall.

[@Mercury-ok8ie]

Can get through by just sliding and using potions

[@Dowgy031]

OMFG THIS MAN IS SPEED MY MAN COMBOS HARDER THAN GOKU AND JIREN

[@Dowgy031]

then after he micheal jacksons to the boss.....

[@onetime5632]

i like this games 👍😀👍

[@thebadsagittariussrg.kroog1990]

With that Amount of sliding even Smooth Criminal ain't gonna fit the title it's Silken Malefactor Lmao

[@ilovemybeard3394]

God damn....is he sliding with style? 😂

[@Yuwteck5037]

let's defeat dracula and save everyone, IKUZO!!! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@OverseerMoti]

But Soma *is* Dracula 😅

[@smoothbanana]

This is precisely why we are screwed once AI takes over

[@Multienderguy37]

TASes are planned by humans, so don’t fret too much.

[@LuizRasiel2012]

I guess we found who Dracula choose!!!😱

[@ambersummer22]

3:50 pie

[@Carnaj90]

PIE ❤

[@alexthompson5275]

Now that's rushing them

[@TheTolnoc]

I remember figuring out that skip after the flying armor on my own out of boredom once, lol.

[@DorothyLouiseBeryllium]

1:56 Play this at 480p.

[@jessahkat]

soma go brrrr

[@fallinho]

Uuuhhhuuuuu

[@somaryan]

Moonwalk, but forward.

[@gegijankho412]

TASelvania pass it on

[@AERoVALKYRiE]

seems legit

[@h_crow221]

13:12 and 14:17

[@just-mees]

Pie♥️

[@AwesomeCorgi]

How is the RNG manipulated to give a soul on the first kill every time?

[@tikbalang9545]

How do get a new soul with every kill

[@TompaA]

I'll just copy my last reply message about this: As TASes are made frame by frame and with save states, this makes it possible to manipulate the Random Number Generator into dropping when needed. How this is down is to make a save before hitting an enemy, kill the enemy, see if you get the drop, if not, load the state, change the inputs in order to change the RNG and try again. How the RNG works in a game differs, but that's the general way of doing it. There are no cheat codes or modifications made to the game.

[@Dylrex_el_angel]

Como diablazo le hizo para conseguir las almas con solo matar a un enemigo una vez? Yo eh pasado H O R A S farmeando un enemigo por una misera alma

[@cir3875]

Manipulacion de rng

[@Dylrex_el_angel]

@@cir3875 waos

[@cir3875]

@@Dylrex_el_angel waos

[@spyman4907]

How to get magic seal in 6:22?

[@fae_gavan7582]

Garden of Madness.

[@jakillerbe616]

How he dashin like thar

[@onetime5632]

👍😃👍

[@codingengineer2347]

Is it worth it to play?

[@haidandurham8630]

Dude. If you can get down with old DS games. Do it. So much fun. Literally watching this just out of nostalgia, I spent more hours on this game than the counter could register

[@joseotavio1378]

I think u have missed the heart eater soul

[@TompaA]

30:11

[@eccentricisaac]

i personally felt that you explained things a bit too fast at some parts, i had to rewatch a couple times to understand

[@danvelec]

He slides

[@hamadali908]

Make Game Call Tama and Friend

[@sakurikunikai7564]

heart guy doesnt have a soul ;(

[@haidandurham8630]

Nah his soul drop rate gotta be buffed lmao when I grind for hours I cant get a soul for shit his first kill of the enemy and hes somehow managed to get the soul, tf

[@ClexYoshi]

I'm surprised there was no OOB. oh well I still think it's a shame how late you get Malacoda.

[@krypticavalanch]

like why do souls drop so easily? tas plus cheats. is there a way to guarantee soul drops? i fought final guard an hour straight for 2 to make all weapons.

[@TompaA]

As TASes are made frame by frame and with save states, this makes it possible to manipulate the Random Number Generator into dropping when needed. How this is down is to make a save before hitting an enemy, kill the enemy, see if you get the drop, if not, load the state, change the inputs in order to change the RNG and try again. How the RNG works in a game differs, but that's the general way of doing it. There are no cheat codes or modifications made to the game.

[@doverboy1]

@@TompaA Its crazy how interesting TAS can manipulate the timing for something specific to happen, imagine that on real life, you're eating ice cream and its starts to melt, so you go back to a state of time where it didnt melt yet and prevent it from melting by licking on the part that was gonna melt