Direct-to-video (game consoles)

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While most of us who watched last night's Nintendo Direct were undoubtedly anticipating news on games like Metroid Dread and Bayonetta 3, there are usually one or two "available RIGHT NOW!!" surprise announcements buried in there. One was leaked ahead of time (the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation containing Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow, and Dracula X as a bonus), and another came way out of left field (ActRaiser Renaissance, a remake/remaster of the 1990 platformer/civilization builder hybrid where you play what's implied to be the Judeo-Christian God, but is only referred to as "the Master" because Nintendo was very dicey about depictions of anything religious back then). I never got the chance to finish Circle of the Moon (too dark) or Dracula X (too hard), but that's a mistake I intend to correct before I die. That, and I like collecting these offbeat game compilations.

They're also out on PlayStation 4 and PC, if you're interested.