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Floating Garden

From Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - In the skies above Dracula's Castle, locked in the eclipse, is the Floating Garden. This area marks the defining step Soma must take to fulfil his destiny.

The Basic Form of the stage offers a quad-plat layout, with two platforms lower near the sides of the stage with two more raised up near the middle - very similar to Merchant Port in base game Rivals of Aether.

The Aether Form of the stage has a unique gimmick - every time someone’s stock is lost, the stage’s ground will shift and move to another section of the garden, drastically changing the layout of the stage to fight on! There are a lot of layouts that can appear, so stay on your toes!

Additionally, this stage features various cameo appearances from other characters from Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow! They will appear in the background at random. Said characters include: Yoko Belnades, Julius Belmont, Mina Hakuba, Hammer, Genya Arikado, Graham Jones, and Soma Cruz himself (who won’t appear if someone is already playing as him)!

This stage uses Hyuponia’s Music Select Template, meaning you can choose which song to play during the countdown. Use the Left/Right stick to input a direction. The first four songs can be selected by inputting a direction going clockwise (up, right, down, left respectively). The latter four songs require an input to be selected (ATTACK, SPECIAL, STRONG, SHIELD, or TAUNT).
(The direction next to the song name is the indicated direction/input for it to be manually selected.)

Music Tracks:
(Up) Ruined Castle Corridor (Harmony of Despair)
(Right) Purgatory Arena (Grimoire of Souls)
(Down) Demon Castle Top Floor (Aria of Sorrow)
(Left) Forgotten Garden (Aria of Sorrow)
(Up + Input) Clock Tower (Aria of Sorrow)
(Right + Input) Heart of Fire / Can’t Wait Until Night (Harmony of Despair)
(Down + Input) Pitch Black Intrusion (Vampire Survivors)
(Left + Input) After Confession (Harmony of Despair)

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ricE_ECD - Stage Spriting
ViviVinya - Aether Form Programming, Stage Cameo Programming

Stage Cameo Credits:
Soma Cruz - ricE_ECD
Julius Belmont - batit the plant, w/ assistance from ViviVinya
Yoko Belnades - ViviVinya
Genya Arikado - Nightshade
Mina Hakuba - Nightshade
Hammer - batit the plant, w/ assistance from ViviVinya
Graham Jones - ViviVinya, w/ assistance from batit the plant

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