Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2003)
Platforms: Game Boy Advance · J2ME · Wii UGenres: Genres · Action · Role-playing (RPG) · Side view · 2D scrolling · Metroidvania · Platform · Puzzle elements · Europe · Fantasy
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is a single-player side-scrolling action role-playing game. It takes place in the year 2035, where a rare solar eclipse draws a Japanese exchange student named Soma Cruz into the depths of Dracula’s castle. Trapped within...
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Cast & Crew · 85 people
- Koji Igarashi· Producer, Scenario Writer
- Junichi Murakami· Director, Enemy Designer, Map Designer
- Shutaro Iida· Chief Programmer, System & Player Programmer, Enemy Programmer
- Katana-1· Enemy Programmer
- Kengo Hama· Enemy Programmer, Demo & Event Programmer
- Shinsaku Inukai· Map Programmer
- Hiroto Yamaguchi· Chief Designer, Enemy Designer, Map Designer
- Noriaki Yamamoto· Player & Weapon Designer, Enemy Designer
- Asaka· Enemy Designer
- Tomonari Matsumoto· Enemy Designer, Map Designer
- Tsuguro Shimpo· Map Designer
- Ayami Kojima· Character Design & Illustrations
- Soshiro Hokkai· Sound Director, Composer
- Kiyohiko Yamane· Sound Programmer
- Hidenori Ohnishi· Sound Effects
- Michiru Yamane· Composer
- Takashi Yoshida· Composer
- Hikaru Midorikawa· Voice Cast
- Ao Takahashi· Voice Cast
- Osamu Ryutani· Voice Cast
- Tetsu Inada· Voice Cast
- Michiko Tokoro· Product Designer
- Yui Ozawa· Product Designer
- Nobuhiko Matsufuji· Special Thanks
- Kazuhito Imai· Special Thanks
- Sumiko Shindo· Special Thanks
- Yukako Hamaguchi· Special Thanks, International Product Manager
- Hiroko Usuda· Special Thanks
- Norio Takemoto· Special Thanks
- Masahiro Sato· Special Thanks
- Kenichiro Honda· Executive Producer
- Tomofumi Gotsubo· President
- Geoffrey Mulligan· Chief Operating Officer
- Linda Stackpoole· Vice President of Operations
- Chris Garske· Vice President of Marketing
- Catherine Fowler· Vice President of Sales
- Rick Naylor· Director of Marketing
- Jason Enos· Product Manager
- Cherrie McKinnon· Director of Marketing Communications
- Takeshi Minagawa· Producer
- Monique Catley· Senior Manager, Creative Services
- Lee Allison Verdeckberg· Production Coordinator, Creative Services
- Tammy Levine· Senior Manager, Public Relations
- Michael Dobbins· Product Website
- Mark A. Gonzalez· Consumer Services
- Michael Klug· QA Manager
- Keith Matejka· QA Supervisor
- Kengo Kishimoto· QA Liasion
- michael tang· Tester
- Daniel Castillo· Special Thanks
- Wilson Cheng· Special Thanks
- Huan-Hua Chye· Special Thanks
- dennis lee· Special Thanks
- Ken Ogasawara· Special Thanks
- Brett Robinson· Special Thanks
- matt robinson· Special Thanks
- Kathie Tompkins· Special Thanks
- Kunio Neo· President
- David Cox· Director of European Product Management
- Christopher Heck· European Brand Manager
- Martin Schneider· Director of European Marketing, Director of European Public Relations
- Wolfgang Ebert· European PR Manager
- Hans-Joachim Amann· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Cécile Caminades· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Ralph Champeau· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Susana González· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Richard Jones· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Kenneth Klingborg· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Hans-Jürgen Kohrs· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Kalle Lagerroos· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Jonathan Murphy· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Christian Pfeffer· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Michael Rotchell· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Martine Saunders· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Sofie Schulz· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Ella Siebert· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Peter Stone· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Yutaka Suzuki· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Katja Torrini· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Vincent van Benten· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Stefano Stalla· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Yoshinori Aoyagi· Special Thanks & Greetings
- Rainer Stoltz· European Packaging Design
- Matthias Fautz· European Packaging Design
- Allison Perry· European Packaging Design
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