Seen on this page are a few recently posted commercials that will be running in Japan for the upcoming game. Navigate down to "TVCM" to check them out.

The official Japanese Phantasy Star Portable 2 site was updated yesterday with details on the wide variety of pre-order bonuses being offered by Japanese retailers. The items being given away as reservation premiums include telephone cards adorned with exclusive artwork of certain main and default characters, music CDs with different versions of PSP2's main theme, "Living Universe," and other goodies such as bookmarks and letter cases. Check the link above for sample images of each item.

Thanks to Mike for the news tip! You can discuss these items in his thread at the forum.

With the Japanese release of Phantasy Star Portable 2 less than a month away, new information continues to surface on a regular basis. This time, we're being given a glimpse of some of the monsters we'll be fighting thanks to a virtual collectible card feature of the mixi application, a Japanese social networking service. Forum user Arika posted an image which was uploaded to a Japanese image board earlier in the day displaying 24 of these cards. Check them out here!

Aside from the return of numerous Phantasy Star Online monsters, many unique creatures will be making their debut in the coming weeks. A few new enemies we'll be up against include Mog Boggo, Fazuntal & Seguntal, Grabbit S7 and Murnuha. Check this post for a fully translated list of the enemies displayed in these cards.

Feel free to jump in the ongoing discussion of this topic over at the forum. And stay tuned, as there is more PSP2 information to come!

The Japanese demo for Phantasy Star Portable 2 was released earlier today. The Sega servers are currently very slow and downloading the demo maybe difficult right now. You can discuss this news and share your thoughts on the demo in our Phantasy Star Portable forum.

Update: Here is a direct link for downloading the demo.

Fun! Fan! has arrived at the Sega of Japan offices. This video features a tour of the development studio in which PSP2 is being made.

Here is a short summary of the contents:

• New friends
• Uncensored concept art
• Video footage of Evangelion, Vocaloid, Fate/Stay Night, and Pizza Hut collaborations
• Seabed RELICS demonstration using infrastructure mode
• Dragon Sakai for your cell phone
• Producer Sakai's workspace
• A real life monomate
• Rappies...everywhere!

More information and discussion can be found for these videos here in the forums. A feature-rich demo for the game is coming this weekend. The full release is only a month away!

Recently, the crew from Fun! Fan! went out to TGS2009. Seen in these videos are exciting new clips from the upcoming PSP2.

This feature is longer than the others, so these are only a few things shown in the videos:

• More PSO enemies
• More brand new enemies
• More new areas
• Additional Mirage Blast footage
• Toro and Kuro featured as partner characters

By visiting the forums, more information and discussion can be found for these videos.

A new trailer for PSP2 has been posted on the official Japanese website. Shown in the video are some old and some new faces to the PSU/PSP storyline.

Once again, the release date is set for December 3rd of this year. A demo is slated to arrive in November.

The newest episode has arrived! *Highlights are as follows:

• New battle mechanics (dodge rolls, charged shots, guarding, chaining, TECHNIC comboing, Mirage Blasts)
• Chat shortcuts and NPC commands
• New enemies and areas
• Promotional items
• Battle mode demonstration

There is currently a thread in the forums discussing this new episode.

The official JP PSP2 homepage has received an update with a new video. *It stars Producer Satoshi Sakai as "Dragon Sakai", Arisa Noto, and Yui Ogura as "Hal".

The video starts off with a commercial for the recently announced Valkyria Chronicles 2 for PSP and then leads into a live action version of Gurhal Channel 5. *After this, the producer shows up (as Dragon Sakai) to discuss the game with an unsuspecting woman. *Halfway in, sections of the previously uploaded video are shown. When this is finished, the producer (in his normal form) reviews some of the already announced information with accompanying gameplay footage. Later, they show the promotional PSP2 cards as well as the printable certificate. Essentially, this certificate is to confirm your willingness to go on an adventure in space with three of your friends. The names you put in will appear on the upper right of the document. Concluding the production is a previously released promotional video with footage of character creation and gameplay.

This series will continue with several more episodes slated before the game's release. Also, as mentioned in the linked blog entry, there is a change to the framerate of multiplayer. The original PSP was set to 20 frames per second, while PSP2 will be running at a maximum of 30 frames per second.

There is currently a thread in the forums discussing this new video.