Off topic, but the copy of Panzer Dragoon Orta I ordered got here a little while ago, Jeremy. Not only is it the first Panzer Dragoon I've played, but it's the first XBOX game I've ever owned.
The boss at the end of the first level kicked my a**. I am not used to the rail shooter genre, but I'm really looking forward to getting the chance to really sit down and play the game. If I remember correctly, if you put in X amount of hours you unlock the original game. I need to look that up online.
Personally I can't wait till Retro City Rampage comes out on the Vita. It's Retro, it's indie and it's Canadian! *cough* confultyf *cough* Plus it's got homages/cameos out the wazzo! It's also coming out for practically every system too.
Jet Set Radio Announced for the PlayStation Vita!
I am so happy right now!
Does anyone other than me go on near everyday to see what your friends are playing? Just me? Also has anyone tried niconico? I tried it and it said it was corrupted and I needed to re-download it. Then, when I tried to delete it, it gave me an error. It then kept giving me errors until I held the power button down to shut of my Vita. I'll try getting it working after I backup my Vita since I really don't want a repeat of what happened to my PS3.
I use it periodically as a way to see how many new Vita users are in my area, but that's it.
Nico Nico "works" for me. You have to connect your PSN and Nico Nico accounts for it to work though. I don't have a n2 account, so I don't know how well the app works. I'll check out the site later to see if it's worth making an account.
I just got a LBP Vita beta invite. :D Downloading now.
I just noticed that Balrog's post above was number 666 in this topic.
Anyway, Square Enix has announced their E3 lineup, and big surprise *cough cough*, there's absolutely nothing for the PSV. Nine iOS/Android titles being showcased, including a brand new exclusive Final Fantasy, 3 games for the 3DS, zippo for PSV. How did they go from massive PSP support to this?
PES 2013 has been confirmed as a no show this year on the Vita. But EA is releasing Madden for it. But what won't EA release Madden for?
Really sucks to not see Square Enix not have a single Vita title. I guess Sony is going to have to develop a killer system seller themselves.
I would be excited about Final Fantasy Dimensions, but unless you're the type to spend nonstop keeping up with current Android phones, or actually care enough to root your phone, most games worth a crap won't run on your device. Not to mention games on Android have terrible release schedules due to the fact that they have to make sure the game runs on a huge variety of devices.
656 is in fact 'The Number of The Beast', not 666.
Many hotels will have a room numbered 656, but not 666. ;)
I am. I feel the price was justified.
I'll put it to you like this. If i had waited until the day Gravity Rush released to buy one, I would be just as happy as I will be when my copy of Gravity Rush gets here.
In other words, I feel neither here nor there as far as buying a Vita day one. It all boils down to how happy Gravity Rush makes me. So, ask me again in a little over a week.
Nexus Prime
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Until they get more games on the market I'm having fun playing some older games on a slightly bigger screen than my PSP Go. When Final Fantasy 4 was on sale I bought it for my Vita and I've also started up a new game of Cladun 2 on it. So far that keeps me happy with it.
Looks like the Assasin's Creed Vita might not be a port of #3.
Set between 1765 and 1780 and somehow involving 1763's end of the French and Indian War, Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation will supposedly cast players as a French black female assassin named Aveline. The details point to Ubisoft Sofia developing the game, it not being related to Desmond, and "multiplayer specifically tailored to the Vita experience." The poster said Liberation will launch alongside the console version of Assassin's Creed III on October 30th.
a French black female assassin named Aveline.
This interests me greatly. I take notice of any game that moves away from the typical 30 year old white male with too much time and money on his hands. Or the stereotypical black male that either A, has a chip on his shoulder, or B, just plain ignorant.
To add to the Assassin's Creed rumor, their are also rumors that Medal of Honor Warfighter will have a Vita release, as well as a Resident Evil and a Metal Gear Solid.
I hope we get a GTA V release. If Rockstar wants my money twice (I HAVE to have it in the 360 too), they'll make it happen.
Jasper Nikki
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http://www.gaming-age.com/2012/06/sine-mora-shmupping-onto-the-playstation-vita-soon/
Hey onmode-ky, you might want a Vita for a SMHUP like this. And also, JeremyR.
I find it odd, though, that PSV-compatible PS1 titles will be coming out in a trickle. For a moment, I interpreted that to mean you'll have to rebuy them--but I think that wouldn't make sense for a device that already uses the PS Store.
It does bring up a question I should have wondered about earlier, though: how is it that PSP games have been getting "turned on" for the PSV? Prior to it happening, I had assumed that it was going to be via PSV firmware updates, but none of you PSV owners have talked about such things happening. So why is it that games which previously wouldn't work on the PSV suddenly do work, even games which you could transfer to the PSV previously but couldn't actually run? Are the games themselves being patched somehow, with PSV-specific versions (which I guess would mean that a download to a PS3 would have to have pieces of both PSP normal and PSV-compatible versions)?
Anyway, the press conference was, for me, unexpectedly devoid of any really big, upheaval-type surprises. Certainly, the JK Rowling augmented-reality PS3 book revelation was a surprise, and it looks like it could actually be pretty good for Potter fans, but it's not, as far as I could gauge, a game-changer. There's a Crystal White PSV coming, bundled with the AC3L game, but no PS3+PSV bundle like some were expecting. No price drops for anything, either. A minor surprise: PS Suite has been renamed PS Mobile, with HTC on board with new devices.
Something I'd like to learn more about: during the prerecorded walkthrough of Sony's E3 "booth," there was a very visible (hot pink) Hatsune Miku sign in the background of the closing shot. Is the presumably Japan-exclusive Miku game playable at the booth or something? Has that happened before, a Japan-only game being playable at an E3? Or is this a sign that Sega may actually be bringing the game overseas?
Final thought: the conference's live UStream seemed to peak just shy of 83,000 concurrent viewers, during the The Last of Us demo.
JeremyR
Member
I didn't have any real interest in the previous AC games, but that Vita one looks pretty good. Interesting setting and the main character isn't a 30-something white guy with brown hair (which I have to tell you, is not nearly as exciting in reality as video games make it out to be).
So depending on the price of that bundle, I might pick it up. If I'm not broke then.
And I've also heard some speculation that the PS1 support on the Vita is tied into PS Suite, as opposed to working like it did on the PSP, where it's just in the store. Hopefully that is wrong.
Yeah, like I said before, Liberation's main character is the OLNLY thing that interest me about the game. The name alone means fart seeing as I don't usually care about yet another AC game.
Whatever they do for PSone games, it's only relevant to me if I don't have to re-buy the ones I own. I'm content with Sony delivering on their promise, but PS2 games would be so much more of a hype builder than anything the PSone could offer. Most PSone games that are available in NA Sony seems to have pulled it's name out of a truckers hat. But with Sony you never know what is actually achievable, and what they flat out won't do.
I also wondered about how games magically start working without any update, onmode-ky. But to quote myself.
But with Sony you never know what is actually achievable, and what they flat out won't do.
I thought the Wonder Book was just plain boring, and viewers seem to agree because the view count started dropping steadily. The number started picking up again after it was over. I think it will end up being a flop, much like THQ's uDraw.
The only thing the conference did for me was make me much more focused on saving for a PS3. Beyond and The Last of Us look amazing.
JeremyR
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What I gather is that it's really up to the third parties to put PS1 games in the store. They just tell Sony to put them up, and Sony puts them up.
It's just most companies don't care, presumably because sales are fairly negligible. Figure maybe 5,000 copies a year? At $6 each, minus Sony's 30% cut. For big companies it's just not worth the paperwork, just like how they can't bother to localize stuff unless it sells 100,000+ copies. But for smaller companies, like localization ones, or the shovelware companies, even a small amount of money counts, so they get after Sony to put stuff in the store.
While I really think the Wonderbook thing will flop, who knows? Stuff like this is in fad territory, it could catch on, it might not. But it seems weird that they didn't do something with the Vita for it. Lots of people read on their phones, so why not the Vita?
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