3D Fantasy Zone finally classified in Australia
So a few weeks ago Australia and New Zealand was meant to get the then newest Sega 3D Classics title, 3D Fantasy Zone but it never showed up.
It’s now almost a month later and we’re still waiting and we’re also now missing 3D OutRun. Not only that but every 3D Classic is on sale for 50% off meaning we’re missing out on buying all of them for cheap too.
So what went wrong? Well we tried to find out, no one would return emails and Tweets about the games to Sega just went unanswered. Many readers sent us links to replies they got indicating it was some sort of classification issue.
Until yesterday evening 3D Fantasy Zone remained unclassified here in Australia, we don’t know why it was delayed but now that it is classified the game should be out in due course – we hope. The listing on the Classification website indicates that the classification has been ‘modified’ in some way which could explain the delay.
This is also means that 3D Outrun is hopefully classified soon and can released. Right?
Natsume got Harvest Moon 3 (GBC) rated ages ago and Im still waiting on its release.
I hate the state of VC releases in this country.
The “modified” description does not mean what you think it does. It sometimes means that a particular classification decision was based on a precedent, in other words, a previously classified work (in this case, the original non-3D Fantasy Zone is used as a precedent for the classification of 3D Fantasy Zone). I think this occurs in order to both hasten and make the classification process cheaper for the publishers (which is why you occasionally see separate classifications for DVD and Blu-ray versions of the same movie being issued at around the same time, often with the version with additional content being labelled as “modified”).
Good news, everyone!
3D Fantasy Zone II, 3D Thunder Blade and 3D Out Run have also just been issued classifications.
Oh wow does that mean classifications for Australia for fantasy zone 2 and outrun? So excited.
They have been classified yup!
Great news! How soon do games release after they are classified here?