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The OFLC has rated two new games that are headed to the Australian Virtual Console in the near future, and they're spectacularly weird! Spectacularly weird in that both games were never released outside of Japan, and neither game is currently available or slated to be available on the Japanese VC.

First is Do Re Mi Fantasy: Milon no Dokidoki Daibouken (Milon's Big Heart-Pounding Adventure), the Super NES sequel to Milon's Secret Castle, which seems to receive rave reviews from those who have played it. Also it's really adorable. Hudson rarely puts anything on the VC that isn't a Turbografx-16 game, and out of nowhere they decided to put up a Super Famicom platformer?

Second is Smash Ping Pong, a Famicom Disk System port of Konami's Ping Pong in which the paddles move automatically, and the player is required to time shots and choose shot type. On a system that made its name with a realistically-controlled sports game, it seems odd to dig this one up.

[Via Vooks]

Welcome to our weekly feature, Virtually Overlooked, wherein we talk about games that aren't on the Virtual Console yet, but should be. Call it a retro-speculative.

Last week, I asked for reader suggestions for this week's Virtually Overlooked. One reader suggested The Guardian Legend, and I thought that was a perfectly reasonable suggestion. The Guardian Legend was one of the biggest sleeper hits of the NES era, and something that is definitely worth checking out, especially for fans of Ys and Faxanadu.

It was only later that I realized that I was thinking of Legacy of the Wizard. I get those two mixed up a lot. They both fall into that "sleeper" category, they were both published by Brøderbund, and they both have "Leg" in the title. They're practically the same game, except that one's a hybrid vertical shooter/Zelda-style adventure developed by Compile, and the other is a side-scrolling action RPG from Nihon Falcom. But other than that, the same game.

Inspired by my inability to keep two similar things separate, I thought this week we could look at some more NES games I get confused about, either because they're so similar or because I'm so dumb.