Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

The direct sequel to Aria of Sorrow doesn’t even try to conceal the fact you are essentially playing as (a potential) Dracula. It improves upon its predecessor, even making the support cast playable in an alternate bad ending.

Julius Mode Unused Coding
Since the menu is disabled in Julius Mode, a lot of content that would show in menus would not show in normal gameplay. Using Action Replay codes to equip Julius Mode-exclusive items and abilities on Soma, or using the infamous Succubus Glitch to get as Soma to areas normally exclusive to Julius Mode characters, you can uncover some otherwise unused descriptions.

Abilities coded as Souls
All of Julius, Yoko and (spoilers, spoilers!) Alucard's special moves from Julius Mode are actually coded as bullet type souls. They can be equipped on Soma via messing with Action Replay codes or using the Succubus glitch, and they work exactly as intended, apart from the cross Soul playing one of Julius' voices. They have unused data as bullet type souls (as the menu is disabled normally in Julius Mode), though their names are blanked out, and their description reads “NULL” in the English version (blanked out in other languages). Pictured below is Yoko's fire spell.



These souls cannot be used in Enemy Set mode as they don't show up in the menu.

Unused Item Coding
The Alucard Sword can be equipped to Soma only via cheating or glitching, and it works exactly as intended complete with A button special attack. It has an otherwise unused description saying: "Alucard's favourite sword." It is equipped by default to Alucard during Julius mode.

There is also an unused "Bare knuckles" weapon with a description simply reading "Bare fists." This weapon is...well, Soma without any weapons, punching things. Pretty redundant as you can unequip him of his stuff with the -- option.

You can also glitch Julius' whip into Soma's game. It works correctly but its menu icon is a knife and it has no description.

Unused Text
A text dump has unused text for a part where Hammer would be playable during Julius Mode. The poor guy doesn't join the fun in the final version. Julius Belmont: You. Why are you here?

Hammer: Why? I'm here for Soma! My man's in trouble, I tell ya!

Julius Belmont: But it's of no concern to you.

Hammer: Heck yeah, it is! Soma's my pal, after all. Laying his life on the line for a pal... That's what a man does.

Julius Belmont: Wrong. An ordinary human is no match for a foe like this. Being a man has nothing to do with it.

Hammer: Hey, bud, I served in the military! I know weapons a whole lot better than you! And I'd like to think I've got enough sense to retreat if it gets too crazy.

Julius Belmont: Fine, then. But if you ever fear for your life, get out immediately, understood?

Hammer: Loud and clear. You have my word.