Here's the news many of us North America-based, Castlevania-obsessed freaks have been desperately waiting for: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is finally making it Stateside thanks to a Virtual Console release. The ESRB gave us a heads up not long ago, but Hudson has gone on to confirm the good news.
Talking to Siliconera, a representative from Hudson said Rondo of Blood ought to be "released shortly" but not in English. Oh no, whatever will we do? There's so much important text in the older Castlevania games. How the heck will any of us know how to whip skeletons without intense instructions first?
Now that my sarcasm powers have been permanently depleted from overuse, let me say how excited I am to finally play a non-emulated non-shady version of this game on my TV. Anyone else pumped up by this confirmation?
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Coming Soon, But It Won't Be In English [Siliconera]
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8:30 PM on 01.27.2010
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Right. They're only on Wii. Nintendo and Hudson have this thing going.
... Mmm, enthusiasm for something feels good. Yes, yes it does.
Though I couldn't tell you why they didn't include the translated sound files from the remake.
I would still love to see a Castlevania collection on the DS or PSP of all Castlevania games prior to SotN...
The reason why this isn't translated is because a modified/translated emulation for PSP can't have files taken from it and inserted with little effort into the original ROM. I'm admittedly no expert on this kind of thing, but that would require more work than publishers have made for VC in the past. There actually is some significant text, beyond previous Castlevania games, but it's perfectly possible to play the game without reading it.
Either way, considering that Konami had previously stated that it was done releasing additional games on the US VC, I'm glad to see that they made an exception (or maybe Hudson is footing the bill for the rerelease, which seems more likely).