PSVita (Successor to PSP, was PSP2 then NGP)

[Mr M0by]

Sony have announced a sale of 100 PSP playable games, the first 50 of which have been published here: http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/...h-august-2011/ Might be worth a look, if you have a PSP or are thinking of getting a Vita at launch.

[abigsmurf]

You'll be shocked to know that Sega will be doing a Super Monkey Ball on the Vita

http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id=16010&article_id=1398507

[Brad]

A lot of potential for that game on Vita. Will they make full use of the controls though or will it be a simple tilt to move the monkey?

[abigsmurf]

There's plenty of interesting things they could do with the mini games. Monkey slingshot where you pinch to pull the rubber band back.

They've more time to do this one than they had for the 3DS version so it should be a bit more content rich.

[Dogg Thang]

Sure, there's potential but have they really put in any effort into Monkey Ball since the original?

[Neon Ignition]

The Monkey Ball series has had enough bad entries in a row now to be effectively written off as a no hoper

[Brad]

Sure, there's potential but have they really put in any effort into Monkey Ball since the original?

Yeah, this was kinda what I was getting at. They could do things with the back touch panel like pushing up the ground and stuff but I reckon they'll just be lazy and have you tilting the ball around yawn.

[Neon Ignition]

Good morning all! Sony has finally exploded with PSV love all over the internet and is ready to hug you until you feel loved!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-14-ps3-worldwide-sales-reach-51-8-million

PSP worldwide sales figures now stand around 71m and PS3 has now reached a hair under 52m which puts it merely 3m behind the 360 now in the official stats (though MS's last update was in June)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-14-final-fantasy-x-remake-for-vita-ps3

Square has announced Lord of Apocalypse and Army Corps of Hell for the Vita in addition to a PSV & PS3 version of Final Fantasy X HD

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-14-mgs-zoe-hd-collections-for-vita

Kojima has confirmed that the Zone of the Enders HD and Metal Gear Solid HD Collections will be coming to PSV in addition to a new MGS title that is some way off and will also be recieving a PS3 edition.

Also announced during Sony's TGS talk was:

-The Playstation Vita will launch in Japan on 17 December 2011 with 26 titles
-There was a hint of a possible Monster Hunter title but nothing confirmed
-Already leaked but confirmation of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom as a launch title
-The characters Toro and Kuro from Mainichi Issho and Felyne from Monster Hunter will be in the PSV and PS3 versions of SFxTekken
-Everybody's Golf 6 will feature online play
-PSVita will be pre-orderable from 15 October 2011
-Some of the 26 launch titles are:

•Dark Quest
•Ridge Racer
•Dream Club Zero
•FIFA
•Ninja Gaiden Sigma
•Rayman Origins
•Gravity Daze
•Metal Gear Solid HD Edition
•BlazBlue Continuum Shift II
•Lord of Apocalypse
•Michael Jackson The Experience HD
•Shinobido 2
•Power Smash 4
•Uncharted: Golden Abyss
•Everybody's Golf 6
•Disgaea 3 Return
•Katamari Damacy Nobita
•Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru

-600 PSP titles will be available to download on PSV at launch, owners of UMD's will be able to download those titles at a later date
-Katamari Damacy Nobita confirmed for PSVita
-Ninja Gaiden Sigma for PSVita confirmed
-Tales of Innocence R confirmed for Vita
-For the original PSP there will be God Eater 2

[Nisa]

Good morning all! Sony has finally exploded with PSV love all over the internet and is ready to hug you until you feel loved!

I'd rather Sony gave me much cheaper memory card prices than hugs tbh. Nearly 80 quid for a 32GB memory card is daylight robbery. I'll be picking up the slightly cheaper 16GB along with mine at launch and probably only one game (Uncharted). Boooo at no Wipeout at launch as well.

Also can't wait for the people who gloated about Vita having better battery life than the 3DS to start back peddling with more fanboy horse****.

[dataDave]

I'm waiting for a domestic release so I can take advantage of the 3G ****. Infact, domestic Sony products here are Japanese, so I'm wondering if the 17th of December counts me in.

I can't stomach another Ridge at launch, so I'll try UMvC3 instead. I still don't reckon a hand-held will be any good for practicing on, mind. The main reason I'm getting one is for SFxT practice whilst on the way to work and back. Everything else can f off.

[abigsmurf]

You missed out the remake of Ys 4

Tales of innocence R is interesting. Especially given that the most liked DS Tales game was Hearts.

Still, if they do a full remake that fixes some of the issues with the original it'll be worth playing (namely the awful dungeon design). Annoying I lost my save game about 6 hours into the fan translation.

As for the battery life, it matches the original PSP. How good/bad it is depends on if Sony are being honest and games really do give between 3-5 hours or if it's like the 3DS and you'll struggle to hit 3 hours. Given it's a new 4core CPU and 4core GPU and that it has a 5" screen, it was never going to be ultra efficient. Still, it's being manufactured on an old process so there's plenty room for Sony to die shrink in 12-18 months time to improve battery life and reduce weight and cost.

I imagine Samsung will do some generic memory cards that are much cheaper like they do for most Sony formats.

Phenomenal launch line up, it's hard not to see it selling out at launch in Japan

[Flabio]

The newly released UMvC3 video confirms there's a Vita version.

[Neon Ignition]

Full work in progress games list excluding the launch games:

Sumioni - ink action (what?) (Acquire)
SRPG (working title) - simulation RPG (Alpja Unit)
Malicious (tentative) - ACT (what - action?) (Alvion)
No title (working title!) - dungeon RPG (Aquaplus)
Street Fighter X Tekken - fighting (Capcom)
Shirotsuku - simulation (Cave)
New shooting (working title) - shooting (Cave)
Emergency Escape Adventure Trust or Betrayal (tentative) - adventure: emergency escape adventure (what?) (Chunsoft)
DJ Max Technika Portable (working title) - DJ music game (Cyberfront Corporation)
Jurassic Hunter (working title) - action game (Digital Works Entertainment)
Slotter Mania 5 - slot simulation (Dorasu)
Hello Kitty to Issho Block Crash 5 - block crash (Dorasu)
FIFA (working title) - sport football (EA Sports)
Maplus Portable Navi 4 (working title) - navigations (Edia)
RPG (working title!) - RPG (Furyu Corporation)
Ragnarok Odyssey - action (GungHo Online Entertainment)
TBA - action (GungHo Online Entertainment)
TBA - action puzzle (GungHo Online Entertainment)
New title - new genre (what?) (Gust)
Sudoku by Nikoli Complete Edition - puzzle (Hamster)
Monsters Rising (tentative title) - card game (Idea Factory)
Dragon's Crown - action RPG (Ignition Entertainment)
Shin Megami Tensei series - RPG (Atlus)
Persona 4: The Golden - RPG (Atlus)
Pachi-Para Series - pachinko (Irem)
No title - adventure (Kaga Create)
No title - shooting game (Kaga Create)
Asphalt: Injection - racing (Konami)
AR Combat DigiQ - simulation (Konami)
Oh to Maoh to Nananin no himegimi tachi - shin ohsama monogatari (what?) - RPG (Konami)
PES (tentative) - sport football (Konami)
Zone of the Enders HD Collection - action (Konami)
Mah-Jong Fight Club: Shinsei Zenkoku Taisen Version - Mah-Jong (Konami)
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection - stealth action (Konami)
Baseball - sport baseball (Konami)
New Level-5 RPG - RPG (Level-5), duh
No title - adventure (Mages)
Saikyo Todai Shogi - table (Mainichi Communications)
Marjong Haoh - table (Mainichi Communications)
New Action RPG (working title) - action RPG (Marvelous Entertainment)
New Action-Adventure game (working title) - action adventure (Marvelous Entertainment)
New Simulation RPG (working title) - simulation RPG (Marvelous Entertainment)
New Fantasy RPG (working title) - action RPG (Marvelous Entertainment)
Next Education [English Grammar] - education (Media5 Corporation)
Next Education [Test preparation for certified administrative procedures specialists] - education (Media5 Corporation)
Next Education [TOEIC TEST] - education (Media5 Corporation)
Gundam Franchise (working title) - action (Namco Bandai)
Super Robot Taisen Franchise (working title) - TBD (Namco Bandai)
Tales of Innocence R - RPG (Namco Bandai)
Anime Action (working title) - action (Namco Bandai)
Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta - action RPG (Nihon Falcom)
Daito Giken Official Pachi-Slot Simulator Series - pachi-slot simulator (Paon)
No title - android communicator (Polygon Magic)
Little Busters! Converted Edition - adventure (Prototype)
Jumpin' (working title) - action (Railfan Holdings)
RPG (working title) - RPG (Rideon Japan)
Super Monkey Ball (working title) - action puzzle (Sega)
Ginsei Igo - table (SilverStarJapan)
Ginsei Shogi Huun Ryuuko Raiden - table (SilverStarJapan)
Escape - survival strategy (Sony)
Gravity Rush - action adventure (Sony)
Sound Shape - music action creator (Sony)
Starstrike Delta - shooting (Sony)
Reality Fighters - AR fighting (Sony)
LittleBigPlanet - platform action/create (Sony)
WipEout 2048 - racing (Sony)
Final Fantasy 10 - RPG (Square Enix)
Sangokuhime - simulation adventure (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation)
Battlefield of Maidens 2nd - strategic simulation adventure (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation)
Sengokuhime 3rd - strategic simulation adventure (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation)
Moe Moe Great War Modern Version ++ - strategic simulation adventure (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma - action (Tecmo Koei)
Lumines - music puzzle (Ubisoft)
Rayman Origins - action (Ubisoft)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-14-playstation-vita-the-other-74-games

As for the battery life, companies always give overly optimistic figures so we can forget getting any more life out of the Vita than the 3DS gives which on one hand is funny because it will raise some hypocrytical comments amongst the 3DS doomsayers, on the flip side it is more powerful hardware so it's not too bad in a way and I've personally coped fine with the battery on the 3DS so I'll cope here.

[fuse]

Cave support, 999 sequel, and DJ Max Technika. That's me sold.

A friend of mine is going to be in Japan around the launch, so fingers crossed I may be able to have one brought back soon after.

[Flabio]

Still no confirmation on whether it's region locked yet then?