Ratings boards hint at big titles in the pipeline.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification is the Australian version of the ESRB. Like the ESRB, rated games often appear on their site before they are officially announced.
Currently unreleased games already rated on their site include a number of hits. For the NES, Adventures of Lolo, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Mach Rider, Mario & Yoshi (just Yoshi in the US), Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack, NES Open Tournament Golf, Pac-Man, Punch-Out!!, Shadow Warriors, and Super Mario Bros. 2 are listed. Actraiser, Final Fight, and The Legend of the Mystical Ninja are listed for the SNES. The Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) will be receiving Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Alien Storm, and Wonderboy in Monster World. All games are rated G except for Shadow Warriors, Alien Storm, and all three Super Nintendo games, which are rated PG.
In addition, the ESRB has rated Mighty Bomb Jack and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for the NES. They have also rated Final Fight and Street Fighter II Turbo for the SNES and Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64. Each of these games are rated E except for the Street Fighter update, which is rated T. Nintendo World Report will give recommendations for each of these games as they become available in the US.