'PSP' Category

Check out videos of Tales of VS‘ story mode (officially called Yggdrasill Battle Mode) and also the frantic race for items on stage (video after the cut).

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At first glance, this is probably the most obvious Monster Hunter clone yet and it’s coming from Bandai Namco. According to the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, God Eater will be coming to PSP this fall in Japan and as the headline screams, it’s a 4-player action game, much liike MonHun. However, the similarities doesn’t end there as it also features giant monsters, fairly elaborate character creation tool and weapons customization options (one of the screens also shows how you can wear different armors for different body parts).

In the game, Aragami is some kind of mysterious creatures that suddenly appear in the world, which is set in near future. A group of young fighters called God Eater will be earth’s only hope against these giant monsters. There is a heavy focus on its weapon system, which is being called Deus Ex Machina, where players get to choose the form of their weapons to be either Blade, Gun or Predator Form and they all look super elaborate and bulky.

The co-op multiplayer will features support system that allows players to help those who are injured. Finally, and unlike MonHun, there is actually a Story Mode for the game and five NPCs are introduced so far. So what do you think? I don’t mind a MonHun-like game but I think a drastically different art style will probably do them a lot of goods. More mag scans after the jump.

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Marvelous’ recent PSP release Yuusha 30 (to be published as Half-Minute Hero by Xseed in US) gains a lot of attention in Japan due to its seemingly crazy concept, four different game modes and the amount of artists collaborating for the title. The latest issue of Famitsu PSP+PS3 catch up with the main guys behind the title, Director Kotaro Yoshida (aka UUE) and Producer Kenichiro Takaki, to tell us the origin of the title and how the development process was like.

Yoshida is actually the father of Yuusha 30, he created a Flash game called “30 Seconds Hero” (left) during his free time at his current employer Over Studio and it became the basis of Yuusha. It actually took him only a day to make the game as he doesn’t really play games and hope to create something that won’t take too long to play. Takaki, who was a former employee at the same company, suggested that they should make a retro game for PSP since the system is selling hot at that time. After ruling out a bunch of ideas, Takaki found Yoshida’s game to be the most appealing one because he think office workers won’t have enough time to play games that take a while to finish these days and Yuusha fits perfectly here.

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Here’s your daily Tales of VS. video feeds :) Tales of Vesperia’s Judith (above) and Tales of Phantasia’s Arche (after the cut) are the new characters being added to the official website.

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The battle begins this July 30th for Armored Core 3 Portable in Japan and another promo video being released. The trailer also promote the five others games in the so-called “From Software Portable Series”, which I find confusing. Anyway AC3P is only $39.90 at Play-Asia (Asia version), I’m still thinking :)

Didn’t get Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsu Shitachi Portable (aka Mana-Khemia: Student Alliance) after hearing the many issues it had, hope this will be much better. Mana Khemia 2: Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi Tachi Portable+ (the PS2 version is called Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy in the US) is being ported to the PSP with the main addition being the inclusion of a new system that will lets players train their new fighters under the guidance of the troubles making teacher Gunnar Damm. The alchemy-based RPG will be out in Japan this October. More screens after the jump.

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Lucky Musou fans will be getting another PSP game this September as Koei unsurprisingly announced that they are porting Shin Sangoku Musou 5 to our handheld with Meng Huo as playable character; the inclusion of Musou Mode and Free Mode for the Ad-Hoc multiplayer. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special will be out this September in Japan. More screens after the jump.

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I really hope this game will eventually come out in English, it just looks so good and it has been a while since I last played a mech action game. DengekiOnline reports that Armored Core 3 Portable is getting a new mech (above) from Armored Core: Brave New World, the novel that’s currently running in DengekiHobby mag. More screens after the jump.

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Namco is really busy putting up trailers for Tales of VS. This second PV shows bits of the opening movie and offers a brief intro to all the main features.

Covers for a couple of games that I’m getting. Ys I&II Chronicles and Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu will be out in Japan on July 16th and July 2nd respectively (will probably wait for a possible English release of the former).