PS Vita's Japanese launch date and lineup revealed!
With last night’s Sony press conference, I think it is safe to say that the Tokyo Game Show is now in full swing and in predictable fashion, the center of attention was Sony’s upcoming Vita handheld, which will be released in Japan on December 17 (NA and European releases are still unknown).
Sony announced that the PS Vita will have a fairly strong launch lineup with 26 games in total. With a list ranging from such games as Uncharted, BlazBlue, Disgaea, Katamari and even Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, it seems that Sony is well poised to make it a hit straight out of the starting gate.
Here’s the full list:
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- Army Corps of Hell
- BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend
- Browser Sangokushi Touch Battle
- Dark Quest
- Disgaea 3 Return
- Dream Club Zero Portable
- Dynasty Warriors Next
- F1 2011
- Fish On
- Hot Shots Golf 6
- Katamari Damacy No Vita
- Lord of Apocalypse
- Michael Jackson The Experience
- Minna to Issho
- Monster Radar
- Nico Nico
- Power Smash 4
- Project NOELS (download only)
- Ridge Racer
- Sawari Ma Kuru
- Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru
- Shinobido 2
- Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
- Uncharted: Golden Abyss
- Yuusha no Kiroku
Now it’s safe to say that some of these games will be Japan only releases but there are still plenty of games on the way, with Sony promising that there are at least 100 games currently set for the handhelds launch window. Although it should be said that window will likely be as long as a few months, at least.
It’s great to see that Sony is taking theVita's launch seriously and making sure that it has as strong a launch as possible.
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
Bighead902
The only good games there are UMvC3 and Uncharted
Vapor
as much as i love sony, i feel like if i was to spend 250 bucks on a portable "in b/w ps2 and ps3" with touch capability, id rather just spend the same amount of money for another actual ps3 and play the original great games, not the sub-par spin-offs. I would have to see some really cool vita only games that are worth 250 in order to get a vita
gabrielh
I am going to buy this just for Ultimate MvC3 and the new BlazBlue game.
1337 Incarnate
Not bad. Not something I'd get it day one for, but glad to see there'll be some good stuff for people who do :)
Jikashi
It's not even out yet and it has a better library than the six-month-old 3DS
Leon4
Disgaea 3 Return Hot Shots Golf 6 BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend Uncharted: Golden Abyss I think I might go to midnight
Leon4
agreed
sage3k
I think I'll Import myself one when it's released on the 17Dec, waiting for the US release date will be kinda rough.
JJCobra
Dammit, they're doing Hot Shots Golf.... Great, now I gotta buy one of these.
Kaepora22
From seeing last nights' *yawn* conference, Not much of a lineup to me. A few remakes and quite a few I'm not interested in. they're doing horrible with marketing the Vita and I have a feeling it isn't going to sell well right away. It's just not THAT impressive yet and there truly hasn't been a good launch to any system (hand held or console) since the golden days of 16 bit :)