... in Australia.
The OLFC ratings board, which rates videogames for the former penal colony, has recently rated the classic Castlevania title for that country. The original game has never been released in North America, except as an unlockable in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles for the PSP. So, I hope all you Aussies appreciate it.
Konami seems to have all but abandoned the Virtual Console in the United States and I wouldn't expect that to change, even for what's one of the very best games the series ever produced. Still, that PSP port wasn't bad and only takes a few minutes to unlock, so Americans can at least enjoy that version.
Not that I'm bitter or anything.
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9:00 PM on 12.22.2009
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What? It could happen!
Those are brand new games, not Virtual Console re-releases.
I don't get it, Conrad? Any ideas?!
Did you really need to mention that second part... even in jest? For fuck's sake.
I was under the impression that it was Hudson Soft who were moving away from the VC, but even that company has published 3 old-school games this year.
What? It's true. No good savages.