Castlevania: Rondo of Blood on Virtual Console ’soon’
After years of waiting, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood has been officially confirmed for a Virtual Console release in North America. A Hudson representative told Siliconera that the game was indeed bound for release on the Wii Shop, over a year after it was released as a download in Japan.
Hudson (and/or Konami) must have spent all that time implementing the English translation used in the PSP release, right? Nope! The Hudson rep said that “it will not be released in English, however.” You’ll just have to do your very best to understand how to whip a Medusa head in Japanese.
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood on Virtual Console ’soon’ originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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ESRB rates Castlevania: Rondo of Blood for Wii
Previously, unless you were a resident of Japan who owned a PC Engine CD in the early ’90s (or, more likely, a PSP owner anywhere in the world within the past two years ago), there wasn’t an easy way for you to get your hands on “Akumajō Dracula X Chi no Rondo” (Rondo of Blood’s Japanese title). But now, it seems that Wii owners outside of Japan will get the chance to check out the game.
ESRB rates Castlevania: Rondo of Blood for Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Rated for Australian Virtual Console
Now this is something we’ve been waiting for with much enthusiasm. The infamous 1993 PC-Engine game, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, is making its way to the Australian Virtual Console according to a recent entry in the Classification Database for the OFLC (Office of Film and Literature Classification). It has been given a classification of “M” for mature.
Rondo of Blood debuted in Japan two years after the Super NES title Super Castlevania IV, and it made full use of the PC-Engine’s CD-ROM format by including anime cutscenes and CD-quality sound. However, the original version was never released in America until 2007 when Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles arrived on the PSP. A watered down port arrived on the SNES in 1995 under the title of “Castlevania: Dracula X,” but it lacked many of the stellar features of the original title (even though it contained rather high-quality music like its counterpart).
The original version has been available on the Japanese Virtual Console since April of 2008, but this marks the first time that Konami has emulated the game for English-speaking audiences.
It wouldn’t make much sense for Konami to release this long-awaited game in Australia alone, so we expect the game to arrive in the States some time next year, likely after Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth hits WiiWare. We’ll keep you updated as more information arrives.
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