OFLC rates two new games by Chibi Robo, Art Style dev
Two mysterious new games from a known DSiWare developer have been rated by Australia’s OFLC. Skip, creator of most of the Art Style games — as well as Chibi-Robo! — is named as the author of both Light Trax and Penta Tentacles, with Nintendo as publisher.
Though no specific platform is named for either, Skip’s recent output has been targeted entirely at the DS, with LOL and a Japan-only Chibi-Robo sequel released in addition to several DSiWare Art Style games. With all that evidence, we’re guessing these two will be released on Game and Watch.
[Via Siliconera]
OFLC rates two new games by Chibi Robo, Art Style dev originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Q Games working on ‘3D Space Tank’ for Nintendo
Australia’s OFLC has rated 3D Space Tank, which is apparently a new title for Nintendo by PixelJunk studio Q Games. Siliconera found the listing, but, beyond a generic name (which has never stopped the studio before), details are scarce. The studio has been producing games for DSiWare, but there’s no clear indication at this time what platform this latest game is for.
We’ve contacted Q Games for any details that it would like to share, hopefully the answer will be crisp and clear, not just a bunch of pixel junk.
Update: Q Games is deferring to Nintendo.
Q Games working on ‘3D Space Tank’ for Nintendo originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:45:00 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.
OFLC rating reveals Q-Games’ Reflect Missile, Nintendo publishing
Q-Games and Nintendo had a recent partnership in the release of Digidrive, but it doesn’t seem like they’re letting their relationship cool off any time soon. According to a new OFLC rating, Q-Games is developing — and Nintendo is publishing — a game called Reflect Missile. No platform was announced, but the safe money’s on either a DSiWare or WiiWare release.
Now, let’s get to determining exactly what a “Reflect Missile” is. Is is just, like, a really shiny missile, in which one might see themselves? Or is “Reflect Missile” a command in weird, broken English? For instance, “Captain Douglass, reflect [that] missile?” Or is the command being issued directly to the missile itself — “Reflect, Missile!” The possibilities are as endless as they are nonsensical.
[Via GamerBytes]
OFLC rating reveals Q-Games’ Reflect Missile, Nintendo publishing originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Australian Virtual Console to Get Ogre Battle 64
Australia’s OFLC (Office of Film and Literature Classification) has posted a rating today for Atlus’s strategy-based Nintendo 64 title, Ogre Battle 64, meaning that the title is headed to the Australian Virtual Console some time soon. The classification board has given the title a rating of “PG” for “Mild fantasy violence” and lists “Nintendo Co., LTD.” as the publisher.
The real-time strategy/role-playing title developed by Quest/Nintendo was a rare example of an original (and highly regarded) RPG for the generally RPG-bereft Nintendo 64. Much like Sin & Punishment, a virtual console release of Ogre Battle 64 may help to bring a rare title into the hands of several old-school Nintendo 64 fans, as well as RPG aficionados.
There’s no word on an American release so far, but with Nintendo evidently publishing the title itself, it wouldn’t be too unlikely for the game to arrive in the U.S. shortly after landing in Australia.
OFLC: Two more Street Fighter games on Virtual Console
With the slowing pace at which Nintendo releases Virtual Console games, it’s taking longer and longer for our Virtually Overlooked columns to be revealed as prescient — but it’s happening. The Australian OFLC ratings board has just revealed two classic Street Fighter games heading to Wii soon: Street Fighter II’ Champion Edition and … Fighting Street, the Turbografx-16 CD version of the very first Street Fighter.
The Champion Edition could be the arcade game, but is probably the PC Engine version, which is surprisingly faithful for an 8-bit port of the arcade game. It’s another port, but, like Fighting Street, it holds value as a curiosity.
[Via NeoGAF]
OFLC: Two more Street Fighter games on Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sexy Poker denied classification in Australia
Fear not North America and Europe, for it appears that Sexy Poker will make it to our virtual shores through WiiWare. The Germans rated the title last month and there’s also a listing on the ESRB site. According to the ESRB’s content description, the game not only titillates with visuals, but with “provocative comments” like, “I’ll always know what’s in your hand.” What, the Wiimote? Let us waggle it for you, Sexy Poker lady.
[Via GamePolitics]
Sexy Poker denied classification in Australia originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 26 May 2009 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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OFLC ratings suggest VC release for Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart
The OFLC website is back after being hacked, with the Australian ratings organization taking the opportunity to redesign it. Luckily, it’s still revealing unannounced games!
The database has two new listings for classic Nintendo franchises that, really, should already be on the Virtual Console: Pilotwings and Super Mario Kart. We’ve actually booted up the Wii Shop more than once hoping to buy Super Mario Kart after forgetting that only the N64 game is available on Virtual Console, not the original.
Also of interest: Picturebook Games: A Pop-Up Adventure!, which must be Nintendo’s original WiiWare board game adventure, Asoberu Ehon Tobida-Sugoroku!, and You, Me, and the Cubes, which is clearly Kenji Eno’s WiiWare puzzler Kimi to Boku to Rittai.
[Via GoNintendo]
OFLC ratings suggest VC release for Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 05 May 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Game & Watch Collection coming to Australia: Club Nintendo imminent?
A rating for the DS Game & Watch Collection has popped up on the Australian OFLC ratings board, along with a bunch of other stuff, including Boom Blox Bash Party (under the bafflingly different title Boom Blox Smash Party). The collection, featuring Oil Panic, Donkey Kong, and Green House, has been used as a Club Nintendo reward in Japan and North America. News about Australia’s Club Nintendo rewards program was expected last week, so this confluence of events suggests that this is to be handed out as a reward for Aussie gamers soon.
That is, whenever Nintendo of Australia gets around to setting up the Club Nintendo program.
Gallery: Club Nintendo Awesomeness
[Via GoNintendo]
Game & Watch Collection coming to Australia: Club Nintendo imminent? originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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OFLC catches Prope’s WiiWare game
After the miraculous announcement of Sega’s plan to localize Let’s Tap (a game so weird we kind of didn’t expect it to make it to stores at all, much less worldwide), we’re not too surprised to see Prope’s other Wii project, the much more conventional, lower-risk Let’s Catch for WiiWare, on its way out of Japan. But we are pleased to see it happening.
Let’s Catch is exactly what one would infer from the title: a game about playing catch, with multiple single-player modes (including a … story mode?) and multiplayer. It’s a concept so weird (or weirdly mundane) that we find it fascinating! Australia’s OFLC ratings board has rated the game, suggesting that it will be released there soon — and thus, probably worldwide.
OFLC catches Prope’s WiiWare game originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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