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    Default Dodgy Castlevania: SotN?

    Indeed, I came across this on Ebay.

    Now this certainly doesn't look like any PAL SotN cover art I've ever seen. And PAL games certaily wouldn't have the 'Teen' rating.

    Hmmm. Discuss.

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    Well the Castlevania logo is ripped from Aria of Sorrow and the guy on the cover is off the PS2/Xbox Castlevania game... Smells like bullshit to me... no surprise though, seller has zero feedback. Scam till you drop! On the other hand... it could be a UK disk in a custom made jewel case with art. Seller may not even be aware... really, who knows?

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    Well, its not the original box thats for sure, PAL PS boxes are double the size, with a black strip along the bottom with "Playstation", and like Cosmic said, we don't have the ESRB.

    I call fake.

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    I call fake as well. There sure is something fishy about it the first moment I looked at it's pics.

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    I'm wondering if the whole thing is a boot. I mean it's listed on Ebay US, and the auction states that 'you must know how to play PAL import games'. This will of course require a Mod-chip or a boot disk; the same thing a bootleg would require in order to boot.


    Hmmm. Dodgy.

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    And for the record of interest, the PAL Symphony also came with a music CD, remixes and the like.

    And it never, ever, ever went Platinum [unfortunately].
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    Just so you guys know i believe my Friend TISON will be listing his FACTORY SEALED symphony of the night on ebay soon. He said he probably will unless he changes his mind. And his is the US version. Also hes a member of this site if you guys wanna hound em lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acidic_Pain
    Well the Castlevania logo is ripped from Aria of Sorrow and the guy on the cover is off the PS2/Xbox Castlevania game... Smells like bullshit to me... no surprise though, seller has zero feedback. Scam till you drop! On the other hand... it could be a UK disk in a custom made jewel case with art. Seller may not even be aware... really, who knows?
    Actually I think that's ripped from Curse of Darkness...

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    The other blatant fact that it's not legit is the PlayStation logo. No, not just the fact that it's on the left, as opposed to across the bottom like a PAL game, but also the fact that it's blue... Last time I checked, it was PAL Dreamcast games that had a blue bar to the left of the cover art...

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    well besides all the other obvious things he states its a PAL
    game yest has the US ESRB rating on it? um exqueeze me?
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    blatent pirate disc.. and a realy bad effort too

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    I want to know what the heck the back of the CD says. Also, the top of the cover has a jumble of letters that I can't make out. In any event, it's ended and someone is now stuck with it.
    The logo is from Aria of Sorrow, however.

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