Konami Announces Castlevania 35th Anniversary NFTs, Auction Starts Next Week

The Castlevania series is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, Konami is rolling out new Castlevania-themed NFTs. The “Konami Memorial NFT” program, as it’s called, begins with an auction starting on January 12.

There are 14 items up for sale, including pixel art showing off iconic scenes from the games. Some of the NFTs include “newly drawn” art from the Castlevania series, the NFT page says.

The auction itself is taking place on OpenSea, which bills itself as the largest NFT marketplace on the internet. The auction ends at 9 PM ET on January 14, at which point the highest bidders will take home, so to speak, their digital prizes.

In the FAQ, Konami says no Castlevania NFT with the same exact data will be resold, but “similar” ones focused on the same game “may be resold in the future.”

Konami getting into the NFT market is not a surprise, as Konami president Kimihiko Higashio said in a statement that technologies like NFTs w…

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