...and not in the pirated sense either, I mean the original Asian (region 3, it says) version!
Only played it briefly before I have to sleep for work tomorrow, and good and bad news I reckon. The bad news is I think Famitsu is smoking crack -- 9/9/9/9 is generous. But even that's not terribly bad news, because it's still a fine-ass game -- just not nearly as fine as they said it was.
It's definitely WE, though there's something missing. It has the general feel and pace of WE, slick passing, powerful shooting, etc, but control is a bit off (though this could be because I haven't settled on using the d-pad or analog stick yet) and the AI is brain-dead-retarded. They frequently misjudge balls, everything from simple square passes to swirling crosses, and it almost proved costly for me.
Also -- you CAN transfer all your names from PS2 to PSP, but it WON'T transfer "transfers" (ie, Owen to Newcastle, etc). I don't know why, but it's pretty annoying. The game also won't allow you to edit kits... but mysteriously enough it will import all your kit graphics (logos etc) so I reckon it'll be an unlockable extra. I can't read Japanese so anyone
Despite the gripes: IT'S PORTABLE WINNING ELEVEN. It has most of the good, and despite the loss of two shoulders translates fairly well to the PSP. And it appears to have a fairly fleshed-out Wi-Fi (ad-hoc) multiplayer mode, asking you to enter a name before it allows you to find a game and apparently keeping a full set of stats. I'll definitely be playing a lot more over the next couple of days, and I'll be happy to share my data file with anyone who's got the game and wants names for the English, Spanish and Italian leagues.
Only played it briefly before I have to sleep for work tomorrow, and good and bad news I reckon. The bad news is I think Famitsu is smoking crack -- 9/9/9/9 is generous. But even that's not terribly bad news, because it's still a fine-ass game -- just not nearly as fine as they said it was.
It's definitely WE, though there's something missing. It has the general feel and pace of WE, slick passing, powerful shooting, etc, but control is a bit off (though this could be because I haven't settled on using the d-pad or analog stick yet) and the AI is brain-dead-retarded. They frequently misjudge balls, everything from simple square passes to swirling crosses, and it almost proved costly for me.
Also -- you CAN transfer all your names from PS2 to PSP, but it WON'T transfer "transfers" (ie, Owen to Newcastle, etc). I don't know why, but it's pretty annoying. The game also won't allow you to edit kits... but mysteriously enough it will import all your kit graphics (logos etc) so I reckon it'll be an unlockable extra. I can't read Japanese so anyone
Despite the gripes: IT'S PORTABLE WINNING ELEVEN. It has most of the good, and despite the loss of two shoulders translates fairly well to the PSP. And it appears to have a fairly fleshed-out Wi-Fi (ad-hoc) multiplayer mode, asking you to enter a name before it allows you to find a game and apparently keeping a full set of stats. I'll definitely be playing a lot more over the next couple of days, and I'll be happy to share my data file with anyone who's got the game and wants names for the English, Spanish and Italian leagues.
It's a pity the Master League mode is out...
