Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow: Soma VS Soma (No cheats) (HD) (Tool-Assisted)

Описание: [UPDATE] I made an improved version of this. Check it out here:    • [TAS] DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow "Soma...  

This video is Tool-Assisted (for more info, check out http://tasvideos.org), and does NOT use any cheat code; just glitches found in the official game.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS: cheat codes and instructions to reproduce the behavior shown in the video (fight Dark Lord Soma/Dracula with Soma) are at the bottom of the description. Note, again, that this video does NOT use any cheat code.

If you get tired of the "out of the room" section: I change my equipment and turn on Julius Mode at 6:14, and I get back to bounds at 8:07.

It's not a secret that when Soma goes outside the room (out of bounds). the game writes the "visited" flag to wrong memory addresses, depending on Soma's position. If you write 1 in the address 0x020F7257, you'll turn on Julius mode, which makes the final boss Soma (Dracula) instead of Menace.

This was somewhat hard to pull off since there are some other nearby addresses (which I don't exactly know) which mess with your game. It's really difficult to come back in bounds without having your controls altered; it can also happen that, after you defeat Soma, the final conversation with Soma's friends and thus the credits don't get triggered, getting trapped in the room where it should take place; and also, as it was the case in this video, it can happen that the upper screen sets its image to the one of the main menu (whcih was unfortunate since I wanted to show the enemy files for Soma and Dracula).

This video is far from optimal (specially the part where Soma uses Black Panther, since I was too lazy to make it faster), it's easy to spot a few places where some frames are lost, which may add up to a few seconds of video.

I will post the .dsm file if someone asks for it.

FAQ:
Can this be done on console?
Yes! But read the next question...
Can this be done on real time (and without savestates/tools)?
Theoretically, yes. However, it would be really hard to pull off, due to some issues I talked about earlier in the description, and because if you write a value that isn't 1 in the address 0x20F7257 (which, by the way, you don't know when you're writing there), you'll have to start over again. So yes, you can do it yourself on console, but I hope you have really good patcience.
What happens to your game after the credits roll?
Your game will still be on Julius mode but playing as Soma, so you won't be able of switching equipment or souls. You can start a New Game +, which will make your game full "Soma mode" again.
Can I use cheats codes to reproduce this behavior and fight Soma with Soma?
Sure thing, I'll leave the instructions here:

CHEAT CODE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO FIGHT SOMA WITH SOMA:
1) Go to the room in the abyss before the room with the door and the deaths (3rd last room of the game, right next to the warp room).
2) Activate this cheat code (Action Replay): 020F7254 01000000
3) Enter the next room (room with the door and the deaths, that leads to the final boss).
4) Deactivate the cheat code.
5) Activate this other AR code (Action Replay): 020F7254 00000000
(this reactivates your menu).
6) Enter the last room.
7) Fight Soma.

To fight Menace with Julius/Yoko/Alucard, follow the same instructions but swap the cheat codes, so that the second one is activated first.

You must use an emulator that supports Action Replay cheat codes. Please, do not ask me about compatibility with specific emulators, since I only have experience with DeSmuME. Any question asking "does this work with X emulator?" will be redirected to the description of the video.