2) The Japanese title Akumajō Dracula: Sogetsu no Jujika is literally translated as "Demon Castle Dracula: Cross of the Blue Moon."
3) Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow is a direct sequel of Castlevania Aria of Sorrow. There is just a single year gap between the events of the two titles.
4) In Julius mode, a player has a liberty to use three more characters aside from Soma Cruz. These are Julius Belmont, Alucard and Yoko Belnades. This feature is a homage to Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse wherein players can use 4 different characters with unique skills.
5) As a tribute to Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Julius Belmont and Yoko Belnades resembles their ancestors Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades respectively.
6) Did you know that Alucard is one of the playable characters in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse? Thus, he plays as himself to pay homage to this classic game.
7) Grant DaNasty is the only playable character in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse who has no counterpart in Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow.
8) Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow's ROM has some unpublished dialogues of Hammer that openly suggests the probability of his inclusion to the playable character line-ups. If so, he could have been Grant DaNasty's parallel in the game.
9) The Bat Company is the boss encountered by Soma in Silenced Ruins. This resembles an enemy in the original Castlevania where Simon Belmont fought a boss known as the Phantom Bat.
10) To unlock the Julius mode, one must beat the game at least once.
11) Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow features 3 different endings. One of it can only be seen after beating the Julius mode.
12) It is interesting to note that the European version of Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow predates the release of North American version. This is a rare case based on the timeline of Castlevania titles' release dates.
13) The castle's drawbridge is guarded by giant wolves called as "Wargs." They are called "Fenrir" in Japanese version of the game. It is a reference to the wolf Fenrir mentioned in Norse mythology.
