"Last week, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was made available for download on the Xbox Live Arcade - now would have been the perfect time for Nintendo to pull something special out of the bag and steal some of Microsoft's thunder."

I agree completley, now would have been a great time to whip out StarFox 64 or Super Metroid and go "Oh, yeah, Symphony of the Night is great, but check this out!" Though even then SotN wins in my eyes (sounds like blasphemy, but whatever).

Well, I'm just glad to see more RPGs uploaded onto the VC. Yes, Sword of Vermilion was a bit of a disapointment but it's a step in the right direction. I'm just waiting for Super Mario RPG and River City Ransom (I consider it an action RPG of sorts).