Luke Smith over at 1up.com is reporting that the current issue of EGM lists Konami's classic Playstation game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as being in the pipeline for release as an Xbox Live Arcade title;
"Konami is resurrecting the cult PS1 game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on Xbox Live Arcade. Along with SOTN, Konami is also bringing back other classic hits, some revered (Frogger, Contra, Super Contra, Track & Field) some obscure (Time Pilot), and some really obscure (Scramble)." - EGM Sept Issue as per 1up.com
Who the hell are they hiring at EGM nowadays? Time Pilot is obscure? Scramble is really obscure? Do these people play games at all? Those were classic titles of the 80's and two of Konami's early hits. It's kind of sad when people actually making a living writing about games don't seem to know the history of the industry. The story behind Time Pilot is a pretty good one indeed.
Getting back to the subject at hand, I'm absolutely thrilled to see SotN coming to the Xbox Live Arcade, though I wonder if the d-pad on the 360 controller can do it justice. According to the article, Symphony of the Night is due to appear on Live sometime in the first quarter of 2007.
Check out the post at 1up.com here for more information and if for those of you who may never have played Symphony of the Night, let me assure you, it is as good as everyone says it is.