Some new review scores from Famitsu
Disgaea 3 Return (PSV) 8/8/8/8
Dream Club Zero Portable (PSV) 8/8/7/7
Ridge Racer (PSV) 8/7/7/7
Ridge Racer (PSV) 8/7/7/7
this is the only proof you need that famitsu reviews are worthless. screw the 40/40 reviews.
PlayStation Vita is fully backwards compatible with almost all PlayStation Portable titles released on the PlayStation Network. Sadly, as the device does not have a UMD drive, those titles that are UMD only will not be supported. For those who've purchased PSP titles on PSN previously, you can migrate all of your content onto the new device.
Hmm, but Vita has an extra analog stick. What can that be used for? Good question, thanks to the Vita's backwards compatibility you can re-map buttons, and games fully patched can use the right analog stick like it was always there! Not only that, PSP games played on Vita will be subject to bilinear filtering and will look better than ever before!
Hmm, but you own a lot of UMD games. What are you going to do? Well, for a fee you can transfer each of those UMDs into a PSN copy with the UMD Passport Program. Please note, not every PSP game was released on PlayStation Store, and not every PSP game on the PlayStation Store will be in the UMD Passport Program. Please check here for a full list of participating titles.
Not officially.So games like Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep will never be playable on the Vita?
Not officially.
Birth By Sleep x Dream Drop Distance Dual Vita Pack
Believe
Square resell a "remastered" PSP title for Vita?
I can see it now.
So games like Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep will never be playable on the Vita?
So when will we get the list of games for the US UMD Passport program? I'm scared it won't be pretty as some licenses of localized titles probably expired already.
I have a good feeling we won't get the Passport program at all.
That's correct - unless Square Enix and Disney decide to release the game on the Playstation Network.
I have a good feeling we won't get the Passport program at all.
Yeah, I've got the same feeling. Hopefully SCEA will have post a huge sale on all the PSP games available on PSN, similiar to what they did in the fall of '09 when the GO launched.
I really want to pick up Resistance Retribution and 3rd Birthday for my Vita.
And regarding Birth by Sleep, isn't it one of the most technically advanced PSP games? Therehad to be some technical issue as to why S-E has never released it on PSN, right?
Isn't type-0 more advanced than bbs? And that has a PSN release?
Uncharted Golden Abyss : 8/10
+ a real Uncharted in the pocket
+ best graphics on a handheld ever
+ the narrative
+ a nice showcase of the Vita features
- the lack of open spaces
- not always smooth
- many knowned tricks if you have a PS3
More like " Riiiip" racerRiiiIIIiidge Raceeer. :,(
Guy comparing Shinobido 2 with Shinobido 1 said:I started from normal mode, I’m on chapter 3 right now, and here are some differences I noticed so far.
Changes I don’t like:
1. no mission editor or garden
2. no Nageshi Pavillion or Ryonin Market
3. no dog house
4. only voice mail, no animation mail
Changes I like:
1. The new shrine map, gorgeous and complicated, became one of my favorite locations immediately.
2. Fukuro. Imagine you escort an oxcart from the sky. lol
3. Instant kill is awesome, too. It won’t make this game too easy (at least first few rounds), more like a triumph card to me. You could choose not to use it anyway.
4. Counter attack. This one is difficult for me! But if you master it, it could be very useful in protect missions, or if you want to play with enemies.
5. Enemies seem smarter. They chase you further, their eyesight is better, and the rooftop isn’t always safe anymore, ninjas can jump onto higher rooftops even when they carry bodies! Enemy numbers are more than the first game. For instance, we have to kill nine yojimbos in a smaller map like Phantom Forest. And enemy positions and patrol routes are all different from Imashime,
Other changes:
1. no rain
2. there’s only one kind of village girl
3. the Amurita soldiers don’t sing the silly Amurita song anymore, what a pity lol
4. alchemy values are different basically. It is said we still have limited weapons, but I haven’t made it yet.
5. Time limit is not always 30 minutes; simple mission is only 15 minutes.
6. Zen’s HP, AP, DP, grappling hook length, and Instant Kill gauge will increase slowly by leveling up, which means we can’t buy grappling hook anymore.
You could turn off/on the rear touch pad if you want, and you could always use L shoulder button to lock enemies. I’ve read the IGN review too(of course Shinobido is not Tenchu, the review is biased), the controls worked fine for me anyway, and we could adjust camera angle by using R analog stick. Usually I don’t care about magazine reviews or scores, but Famitsu gave Shinobido 2 a silver award, not very high but better than my expectation.
It’s still an addictive game. I can’t stop playing lol. Thank you for reading my long post!
Touché, I forgot about Type-0. Does it also offer a "high performance" mode like BBS wherein it will use the full power of the PSP's processor?
Unlike bbs which forces low performance mode in multiplayer, but works on all psp models, type-0 will not allow multiplayer on psp-1000s.
Not sure if type-0 has performance toggles.
Pretty logical to assume if the vita can run type-0, it should be able to run bbs, hopefully one day well see cc and bbs on the us psn.
I thought Crisis Core was up on the US PSN?
nope.
Gamekult.com import reviews :
Uncharted Golden Abyss : 8/10
+ a real Uncharted in the pocket
+ best graphics on a handheld ever
+ the narrative
+ a nice showcase of the Vita features
- the lack of open spaces
- not always smooth
- many knowned tricks if you have a PS3
Craziness. S-E managed to get all of their 2011 PSP games on PSN, but can't be bothered to put CC?!
I played the shit out of that game. Loved it so much back in 2008.
Gamekult.com import reviews :
Ridge Racer : 3/10
Shinobido 2 : Revenge of Zen : 4/10
Uncharted Golden Abyss : 8/10
+ a real Uncharted in the pocket
+ best graphics on a handheld ever
+ the narrative
+ a nice showcase of the Vita features
- the lack of open spaces
- not always smooth
- many knowned tricks if you have a PS3
Gamekult said:L'autre point qui rassure vient du contenu offert par le titre. On est ici devant un véritable épisode d'Uncharted, pas un jeu mal fini et vite expédié pour coller au calendrier de lancement de la PS Vita (suivez mon regard).
Gamekult.com import reviews :
Ridge Racer : 3/10
Shinobido 2 : Revenge of Zen : 4/10
Uncharted Golden Abyss : 8/10
+ a real Uncharted in the pocket
+ best graphics on a handheld ever
+ the narrative
+ a nice showcase of the Vita features
- the lack of open spaces
- not always smooth
- many knowned tricks if you have a PS3