If you recall, Sega has a teaser site a while back that teased a new RPG. The game was formally unveiled yesterday as Phantasy Star Portable 2 for the PSP, and Famitsu now has screenshots available on their website.
Phantasy Star Portable 2 takes place three years after the events of Pahntasy Star Portable 1. Your character will be a member of the civilian-run Little Wing, a mercenary group on the space colony resort Clad 6. There are two main characters who are your main compatriots in...
"Phantasy Star Portable is undeniably one of the best looking games currently available on PSP. The main storyline is elegantly delivered in 2D cut-outs and simply gorgeous Cut-Scenes, light-years ahead of most other releases on the system. Although the enemy Character Models are no more distinctive than earlier 3D outings, the amount of detail present on those in Phantasy Star Portable is quite impressive."
"As I keep reiterating, the PSP has a solid line-up this year, and could just lift itself from the edge of its deep grave. With high hopes for this year’s titles, SEGA have managed to push a game into the market that was a little unexpected due to its past success; the Phantasy Star series. To be honest with you readers, I had a bad run-in with the series when I decided to grab myself a copy of Phantasy Star Universe for the Playstation 2. It turned out to be a rather sour singleplayer exper..."
This week I give 368 out of 52 GameGreps multiplied by ∞ divided by P(R)!
PC gamers can get their hands on Empire: Total War and/or 2K Sports' latest game in the baseball field (as can just about everyone else for the latter), PS3 owners see Tom Clancy's HAWX, Xbox 360 welcomes Halo Wars, and Phantasy Star Portable arrives on Sony's handheld.
"The gameplay is split into several phases, firstly you will be navigating the map screens where you can collect missions, buy and sell items, or gather information. From the Guardian Headquarters you can access the mission counter, and from there you can travel to the mission field. However, before setting out you can either attack the mission by yourself or browse a list of available partners, building a party of up to 4 characters. Once your team is formed you can head out to the field wher..."
Electronic Theatre hosts a handful of screenshots and the brand new UK Trailer for Phantasy Star Portable for PlayStation Portable released today by SEGA.
Posted by RubyEclipse on Sega of America's official blog, Sega has announced that it will bring four titles to the upcoming New York Comic-Con from February 6th to 8th in New York City. All four of these titles will be playable on the floor, and all a part of their upcoming lineup of games in 2009. They are:
Also, Phantasy Star memorabilia will be given out at the event, celebrating the upcoming releases of bot...
"Featuring over one-hundred and fifty new weapons and items exclusive to the PSP version, Phantasy Star Portable takes place just after the events of Phantasy Star Universe. Players will partner up with Vivienne, a brand new character to the series, to investigate an outbreak of wild animals that may possess the remnants of a once-powerful malevolent force. Selecting from three class types and four different Races, players will be immersed in the intriguing Single-Player Story Mode and addicti..."
Sega today has created their website for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2008, and has released their lineup for the show:
Japan's game and hardware sales from last week have been revealed, with Rhythm Tengoku Gold, a Ninteno DS game, coming first. One of the newest additions to the Japanese market, Afrika, came in second with 38,000 units sold. Rounding out the top five is J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship for the PS2, PSP Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper for the PSP, and Wii Fit.
Over on the hardware side, the DS Lite sold the most, reaching over 56,000 units! Second was the PSP with 41k new owners, ...
Japanese newssite GPara has just posted the top 30 software rankings for Japanese sales tracker Media Create, with again more new releases breaking into the top thirty, along with some familiar faces still sticking around, and others experiencing some continued strong sales, for the week of August 4th to August 10th.
This week's new releases in the top thirty:
02. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Sword of Light (Nintendo) - 145,000 / NEW
04. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Ba...
As is the standard, Japanese newssite GPara has posted Japanese sales tracker Media Create's top thirty sales rankings for Japanese game software for the week of July 28th to August 3rd.
This week's new releases in the top thirty:
01. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable - (Sega) - 342,000 / 342,000
02. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold - (Nintendo) - 213,000 / 213,000
04. [PS3] Soul Calibur IV - (Namco Bandai) - 75,000 / 75,000
06. [360] Soul Calibur IV - (Namco Bandai) - 35,000 / 35,000
07. [Wii] F...
The first-day sales for the most recently-released games in Japan are in, and you may be surprised with the results...
The PSP Action-RPG Phantasy Star Portable and the DS's Rhythm Heaven Gold had the highest first-day sales, selling well over 150k copies respectively.
Soul Calibur IV sold 56k on the PS3 and 35k on the 360.
Surprisingly, Fatal Frame IV sold 21k with a 60% sell-through on just the first day. Retailers were cautious as to whether the survival-horror would do well with ...
The Phantasy Star series has lasted throughout almost the whole video game generation and now Sega is releasing a game for the PSP, along with a trailer. Sega also mentioned in a flyer to retailers that there will be a UMD demo just before the launch of the game. Phantasy Star Portable is set to release in Japan on July 31st.
Note: The original source is in Japanese and the alternate source is in English.
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