New Phantasy Star Portable information!

[nonresponsive]

so has it been confirmed at all that this is even coming to the states?

[chaoskila]

its out in japan
but what dosnt japan have >.>
if it dosnt ummm
geting a game on the psp is pretty easy if you follow my drift

[ashley50]

its out in japan
but what dosnt japan have >.>
if it dosnt ummm
geting a game on the psp is pretty easy if you follow my drift

Uhm, Its not out yet...

its not even July 31st Yet

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...e-70-2q0j.html

[SabZero]

... actually the texter thing was kind of a joke about stupid PSU accessories come and gone. It would be even worse on PSP than it already is:

1. doesn't have the required 2 thumbsticks
2. doesn't have a plug-in controller for the texter to hijack
3. doesn't have actual online play.

The best chat peripheral for PSP is probably your mouth. It should already be installed and in working order, if not consult your dentist or maxillofacial surgeon.

LOL! Ok then

[blyr]

http://tinyurl.com/5a8ynj

On July 31, gamers based in Japan will be getting Phantasy Star Portable for Sony's PSP. Now any fan of the game knows that waiting for approximately one month can be hell. Thankfully, gamers in the aforementioned region won't have to wait that long.

Apparently, Sega has announced plans of releasing a demo for the game on July 14. According to the reports, the demo will probably be available via the Japan PSP Browser page and will allow players to try out both Story (single player)and Multi Mode (co-op with up to four players).

Just incase no one knew yet.

[EspioKaos]

Cool! Thanks, blyr!

Now to see if I can get one of my PSP-owning friends to download the demo when it comes out... <_<

[deso123]

NINTENDO DS CAN NOT HANDLE THE GAME GRAPHICALLY. Doesn't even look that great on PSP. What makes you think they could go even lower?

I got a question. I'm a PSO fan. I didn't like the PSU demo for the 360 when it first came out. I played it for a few days but i thought the levels involved too much walking and not enough monsters for the most part. I also didn't like the fact that the environments werent nearly as colorful as the episode 1&2 levels on PSO. I also missed the MAGs and didnt like the idea of an AI controlled replacement character. I also didn't like how the character creation was so limiting. And I actually don't like the ability to buy outfits. I also don't like the fact that there is no pvp. I don't like a lot of things but seeing how I don't play pso anymore because i got all the rares in it and played it long enough I thought Id move on to something different. The selection for MMORPGs is actually pretty slim. I was a big fan of Earth & Beyond because its similar to PSO but since that got shut down this is the best option I think especially since it's on a portable. I actually discovered this game because I was searching for an excuse to buy a psp. I was actually looking to see if anyone hacked it to play PSO and discovered this game. Anyways, I think it sucks that it offers no online matching system or lobby to play people online but the 3rd party support seems to be reliable enough.

So basically after all this rambling my question is did the expansion and changes make PSU any more fun and worth getting than the shitty PSU demo?

[chaoskila]

NINTENDO DS CAN NOT HANDLE THE GAME GRAPHICALLY. Doesn't even look that great on PSP. What makes you think they could go even lower?

I got a question. I'm a PSO fan. I didn't like the PSU demo for the 360 when it first came out. I played it for a few days but i thought the levels involved too much walking and not enough monsters for the most part. I also didn't like the fact that the environments werent nearly as colorful as the episode 1&2 levels on PSO. I also missed the MAGs and didnt like the idea of an AI controlled replacement character. I also didn't like how the character creation was so limiting. And I actually don't like the ability to buy outfits. I also don't like the fact that there is no pvp. I don't like a lot of things but seeing how I don't play pso anymore because i got all the rares in it and played it long enough I thought Id move on to something different. The selection for MMORPGs is actually pretty slim. I was a big fan of Earth & Beyond because its similar to PSO but since that got shut down this is the best option I think especially since it's on a portable. I actually discovered this game because I was searching for an excuse to buy a psp. I was actually looking to see if anyone hacked it to play PSO and discovered this game. Anyways, I think it sucks that it offers no online matching system or lobby to play people online but the 3rd party support seems to be reliable enough.

So basically after all this rambling my question is did the expansion and changes make PSU any more fun and worth getting than the shitty PSU demo?

you get shadoogs and madoogs that look like mags. maddooogs cast spells like a left handed wand and shadoogs just shoot. umm the casino is pretty fun. you see places from pso in AOi

[ashley50]

So basically after all this rambling my question is did the expansion and changes make PSU any more fun and worth getting than the shitty PSU demo?

As i've heard or read from the responses of 360 PSU users, The Demo and the actual game are COMPLETELY different

[DarK-SuN]

Wow, a PSP demo?
Awesome news, I'll be all over it!

I know of several friends of mine I'll be using this demo to convince them over to the Phantasy Star side...

Edit: Notice the install option in the menu screen: http://www.gpara.com/article/pop_sho...num=0&c_num2=0
Install progress bar: http://www.gpara.com/article/pop_sho...num=1&c_num2=1
Apparently PSP has the possibility of being partially installed to the PSP's memory stick to speed up loading times, much like Monster Hunter 2nd G for the PSP allows as well.