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Valkyria Chronicles 2 Hitting North American PSPs June 30, 2010

Gamervision.com writes: "If GameStop is to be believed, Valkyria Chronicles 2 will be one of the first big games of summer, coming June 30, 2010."

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NateNater5244d ago (Edited 5244d ago )

Wait a second. Is VC2 also going to be on PS3? Please someone say yes! :P

@ LadyStarDust
Darn. Oh well. I'll get it for my PSP then. But I guess that means I finally have to get my PSP fixed or just buy a new one. Got the original PSP-1000, dropped it once, and the whole thing just got messed up and I haven't played it since then lol

LadyStardust5244d ago

Because the PS3 one sold so poorly, they were afraid to sink all the time and money into another next-gen sequel. Buy this one, and maybe the series will go back to the PS3 in the future!

I'm looking forward to it either way.

knifefight5243d ago

That's actually not true. The PS3 one sold really, really well actually; exceeded expectations.

A recent interview with the creators notes that the demographic is "too male" though, and they think they can hook more females into the series on PSP. I know, it sounds ridiculous because it is ridiculous, but that's what they said. (Interview was translated on Sankaku Complex.)

Also, this story is bogus. Gamestop often puts in placeholder release dates. Once in a while they end up being right (when you predict 1,000 things...some of them are gonna end up true, aren't they?) but usually it's just an estimate. Especially this far in advance. That's 7 months away.

LadyStardust5243d ago

The early sales for VC were not good in North America. It was only after the price was cut in half that the game began to pick up steam. And yes, GameStop does use placeholder dates, but they're usually on the first of a month. They also get info about release dates and sometimes unannounced releases before anyone else, so there's no reason to simply ignore them because it's cool to hate GameStop.

UltimateIdiot9115243d ago (Edited 5243d ago )

Actually, it did do well in the beginning before all those price drops if I remember correctly about Sega's announcement. I was one of the day 1 purchaser and all copies were sold out within NYC and Buffalo area.

GodsHand5242d ago

I got it for the PS3, never did finish it, left off at the fight with forgot her name but the girl with the shield and lance. I was hoping they bring trophy support for it then I would finish it. But all they did was add some extra mission for money, and added back the S rank you could get on mission for more money, when it was in the original version of the game already. So IMO they deserve the rep they get for charging for something that was alrady in the final version (Japan).

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Jerk1205243d ago

Great, another round of Valkyrie Crapicles.

lh_swe5243d ago (Edited 5243d ago )

Because if you haven't and all you base your judgement on it's reviews then it's quite the contrary and if you have played it and didn't like it maybe it ain't your genre and/or you have a lousy taste in games.

Either way that is not why you commented, you did it to antagonise. You said this in another post; "As long as we have people like PS3 fans in existence, we will always have fanboyism." Please take a good look at that comment on an IP many have come to love and re-evaluate the purpose of that comment because I am sick of your BS that I think you whole-heartedly believe.

Foliage5243d ago

Sleipnir, you are quite frankly an idiot. Valkyria Chronicles was the best RPG this generation.

Go play Mass Defect and cry yourself to sleep.

click 2 get virus5243d ago

i was looking for a RPG on the ps3, the guy at gamestop told me that it wasn't any RPG games on the ps3.

frjoethesecond5243d ago

Gamestop employees tend to be 360 biased. PS3 is the place for the best rpg's. The Pc is for mass effect and fallout 3. The 360 is for blue dragon.

Inferno5242d ago

I'm buying a PSP just for this game.
VC is my GOTD ( Game of the decade )

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The Best Games You Can't Officially Buy Anymore

From Xfire: "It's been estimated that roughly half of the video games ever released on the market can no longer be downloaded or purchased. Whether this is exactly correct is not the point. Rather, we think that either way, the video game industry, as a whole, has done a terrible job at preserving video games and making older titles available to play for future generations."

Terry_B1075d ago

You can play all of these games still lol. The headline is just misleading. Funny is that there is not one game in the list that you really can't play anymore due to it being online only games.

CorndogBurglar1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

Its not about games you can't play. Its about games you can't officially buy anywhere.

Terry_B1075d ago

The author changed it actually

Army_of_Darkness1074d ago

Who needs to buy these games anyway? Most of them are average at best and won't really be missed.

littletad1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

It says buy, not play though. You can't purchase Deadpool or the Simpsons game anymore. Unless you have a 360 for the simpsons or a physical copy of deadpool, or purchased it before it was delisted.

shuvam091075d ago

Look at his comment. It's from 9 hours ago. Article goes back 4 hours. Title might have been changed after realising the mistake

isarai1075d ago

One you actually legit cannot play AT ALL is Noby Noby Boy. I miss turning my brain off and messing around in that game, was so psyched to re-download it when i rebought a ps3 slim, but you cant, even if it's in your downl library, along with a few other obscure PS3 games i had.

NecrumOddBoy1075d ago

The original memes to the moon game. Loved NNB on PS3.

FreeckyCake1075d ago

I would replace Transformers Devastation with War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron tho.

Knightofelemia1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

Transformers Devastation was good but not as good as Fall and War of Cybertron they should be on the list. SH 2 I can play any time I want since it came free in a $10 Xbox I bought used. The Simpsons Arcade I have on my PS3 surprised the Xmen Arcade game is not on this list or the Turtles arcade game either.

CorndogBurglar1075d ago

I had the X-Men arcade game on my 360. I don't know if Xbox Live is still a thing or not, and of it is, I don't know of they still sell X-Men. But it was deinitely on Xbox Live at some point.

Knightofelemia1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

If you had X-Men before you can redownload it from your transaction history on the 360 Microsoft did not castrate the 360 from online. That is how I was able to redownload the old TMNT arcade game to my 360 you can't play it on XB1 or Series X but you can still access it for sure on the 360.

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7 JRPGs With a School Setting If You're Feeling Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Twinfinite Writes: With Fire Emblem Three Houses the series takes its first leap into a school life game, but there are other great JRPGs out there with a school setting.

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bluefox7551732d ago

Currently playing through Trails in the Sky SC, after spending 60 hours finishing the first. I want to jump into Trails of Cold Steel, but was told by several people that it's better to play the previous games first.

Positivelypositive 1732d ago

Trails of cold steel is great to jump right into. You won't feel like you missed anything. I am sure there is more to get out of the 3rd and 4th TOTS games but I don't see any reason to wait to play Steel.

DarkZane1732d ago

There are some mentions of events in Trails in the Sky in the first 2 trails of cold steel, but not much. You should definitely play Trails in the Sky completely before Trails of Cold Steel 3 and 4 (which are yet to be released), because there are characters from that series in those games.

You might also want to play Trails of Zero and Azure, which are the 2 unlocalized games. There are translation patches for them out there that are 100% done.

bluefox7551732d ago (Edited 1732d ago )

Interesting, thanks for the tip. I heard TITS 2 was the best one in that series, so I think I'll still finish it. Depending on the ending though, I may jump into TOCS after, mainly because the gameplay looks way better, and obviously the visuals as well. The TITS combat is a little shallow IMO.

Outlawzz1732d ago

Cold steel 1 was my first trails game. There were certain parts where I could tell they were referencing previous games but other than that it was a complete and separate story. It was great and I never felt like I missed out on anything just small mentions of other events.

Teflon021732d ago

doesn't matter which you play first as the games directly involving the story of Sky aren't even all released here to even worry about order. You'll miss alot of references no matter which way you look at it. Just play which ever ones you want in any order as long as 1s before 2. They're self contained stories by name for the most part.

AnnaDea1732d ago

Finished Cold Steel II today.

I have some time now to finish the Crossbell games before Cold Steel III arrives in late October. I can't sing enough praise for the Legend of Heroes series. I have only beaten Sky FC a little earlier and gonna play SC soon too. I feel sorry for the fans of jrpgs that misses this hidden gem of a series.

I have been a great fan of Nihon Falcom since the elary 90's. One of the strongest japanese developers out there. But and support their games Kreygasm.

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How Does Fire Emblem: Three Houses Stack Up Against Other Games With School Settings?

So how does Fire Emblem: Three Houses compare? Well, it doesn't offer the agency of Bully, but it does feel more expansive than Persona, even if the choices you have to make aren't quite as interesting. Its strength is in how well-realized and expansion it all feels, its calendar peppered with a multitude of fun events like feasts and dance festivals. Where Valkyria Chronicles 2's academy feels like a series of rote menus, Three Houses' setting feels fully integrated into the gameplay and story.