Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow FAQ/Walkthrough.

By MegaBelmont

Walkthrough

Stage 10: The Arena
Mission: Obtain Bat Soul
Boss: Balore

In here go left and then go all the way up in the large room, trying to avoid the blue skeletons. Once you go up to the new room go right and you will be in another new warp point. Only warp if you are low on HP and then come back to this point. Exit the warp point room and you can do a side quest if you have enough HP.

*Side Quest* You can also come back here after you get to the save point. Go left from the warp point and then go up to the next room. Then go left to the next room and keep going until you get the new sword. It's alot better than the one you have now, then go back to the warp point to continue where we left off.

Now go all the way left until you can go down. Then go down to the next room and then go left to a new save point. Now go right and it's time for a challenge. I suggest going taking the elevator down one level. In here dodge the medusa heads the best you can, and when you see the red switch inbetween the spikes jump on it. This will reverse the spin of the platforms. Avoid the big blue guy and slide under the wall and then go right to the next screen. In here get the new sword which will increase your attack by alot. Slide under the spike chain and make your way back to the save point. Don't be afraid to use 1 potion, but don't use any more than that. Come out of the save point and this time don't take the elevator anywhere and just go straight across. The begining is the only tough part of this room. Take out both devils and then jump over the statues feet and hands in the background. Take out each of the devils one at a time and you shouldn't have a problem dodging their attacks. When you get to the chain ball at the end face the wall and use your sword on it. Keep hitting the ball then it is comming at you and build momentum to ram it into the wall. Go inside and get the new clothes and then go back to the save point. Make sure you kill the devils one at a time when you exit, because you won't make it if you try to gun it! Now take the elevator down to the lowest floor and go right for the last challenge. This one is the easiest one, simply get on the floating platform and ride it until it gets to the first column. A red dot will appear on it. If you examin it closly you will see that it looks like a D-Pad. Simply tap the D-pad in the direction that the red dot is in. Don't mess up or you'll be thrown into the blue skeletons who won't like your visit. Here is the order that the columns light up in:

Column 1: Left, Right Column 2: Up, Down Column 3: Left, Down, Up Column 4: Up, Up, Down Column 5: Up, Left, Down, Up

Awww, Konami I'm dissapointed. You should have put in the classic Konami code for this section! (Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start for those who didn't know it, shame on you!) Anyway once you complete all 5 columns the wall will open up and you can get a new ring which increases your luck. Get out the fun way (Dodging the enemies) and save. Level up if you need to and then it is time to face one of my favorite boss's in this game by going down the elevator and then go left.

Boss: Baalore
Difficulty: *****/*****

Actually its the Vampire Bat, but he gets squashed. The boss's weak spot is his eye to aim for that. This guy is very strong so you want to avoid his hands the best that you can. Duck and jumping over them is the best way to avoid damage. Try not to get too far away from his eye because you will take alot of damage trying to get back. His second form isn't as bad. His left eye will open and you will simply have to jump over the first he summons while attacking that eye.

After you beat him go left to the next room and get the new blue soul which will allow you to morph into a bat!!! Walk back into the boss room and you will talk with J. Go back to the save point and from here equip the bat and go up 2 rooms. Explore the 2 small rooms here which have $1,000 and a cape and then go back to the save point and save. Now go to the warp point and warp all the way to the far left warp. You can stock up on items and then go right to your first save point. Then make your way to the 2nd save point and then go up to the next room. Go right again to the next room. Now go up and fly to the grey spot that you missed before. In here go right and then up to the next room. Then go up again to the next room. Finally go left and you will activate another warp point. Don't warp anywhere and go down and right. Keep going right until you get to the new stage.