Monday, December 19, 2005 - Posts

Monday, December 19, 2005 3:42 PM

More Sega Games Slated for PSP

Totally Games announced plans to expand its Marin County, California studio with the announcement of a new game project signed with SEGA of America. ...

Lawrence Holland, President and Founder of Totally Games, is confident that growing its studio will allow it to follow-up its phenomenal success on games like the X-Wing series with even more outstanding games for both current and future consoles.

The newly signed PSP system project features state of the art 3D graphics in a run and gun blast-a-thon for the PSP system, drawing its inspiration from such timeless arcade classics as Robotron and Smash TV. Players must navigate through expansive and exotic environments while blasting their way through hordes of rampaging monsters. This game will challenge players' reflexes and concentration like no other product on the PSP system.

[source: Press Release]

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Monday, December 19, 2005 3:41 PM

PSP Turns Alonso to a Superhero (PSPRumors)


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Formula 1 racing fans who has the PSP can now access a superhero comic featuring Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso. He will be our hero in that comic for the mission of saving the universe from mysterious enemy. ...

This monthly chaptered online comic can be accessed at www.sector97.com, where currently PSP users have already been able to read the first chapter for free. There will be 12 monthly chapters available.

Here are some Alonso's comments about his new role in the comic:

"All children dream, at some time in their life, about being a superhero and saving the world. It’s fantastic that this wish has come true at the age of 24"

"I am a little surprised. The 2005 have been a fantastic year and to see me already as a superhero trying to save the world is something surprising ".

[Source:
- TodoJuegos
- F1RacingLive
- Informativos Telecinco]

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Monday, December 19, 2005 3:37 PM

Me & My Katamari for the PSP - Bonus Details and Japanese Trailer

Source: Eurogamer
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The PSP version of Katamari Damacy includes a 2d side-scrolling mini-game version as a bonus, according to Famitsu.

The Me & My Katamari mini-game features graphics done up (or rather down) to resemble an 8-bit 2d game, although the idea remains the same - create a katamari by rolling it around.

Good news, then, for those of you hunting it down when it comes out in Japan this week on December 22nd.

Naturally the main game mode remains in 3d - and Namco's managed to recreate the PS2 games' dual analog controls by treating the d-pad and face buttons as a pair of d-pads instead, and mapping camera controls to the shoulders.

Apparently the plot of the game this time has to do with creating islands for homeless animals to live on. What does Phoenix Wright have to say about that?

The official TV spot for Me & My Katamari, for the PSP, has been posted up, over at the official Japanese Playstation site. Take note of the familiar background music when you load up the commercial.

You can check out the commercial [here].
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Monday, December 19, 2005 3:28 PM

Looking for replacement analog sticks in the U.S.?

Try GameStop, Fry's, or Best Buy. Replacement analog sticks (far better than the shoddy one that comes with the PSP) are available for about $5.

Best,

-Auri

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Monday, December 19, 2005 3:27 PM

F.O.S.K. Fast On-Screen Keyboard v0.24 for PSP (Homebrew, PSPUpdates)

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A homebrew developer named mrn has updated his really great on-screen keyboard for the PSP to version 0.24. F.O.S.K. is a Fast On-Screen Keyboard-based text editor, requiring only two keystrokes to enter any character. The on-screen QWERTY keyboard is divided into 7 blocks, each one with a square shape, containing 3x3=9 on-screen buttons (therefore icon.png .) The first keystroke selects such a block, while the second one takes one of the nine chars inside the block. Changelog:

 - Analog joystick-based cursor movement added
 - "Find" and "Del" BUG (damaged line from the prev cursor position!!) fixed!! (Del was ok in 0.20)..!!
 - Scroll X .. added
 - DispAscii added to see what's available .

You can get it in PSP Updates' QuickJump Download site [here].
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Monday, December 19, 2005 3:26 PM

Sony 2006 CES Official Website Launched & Accepting Registration (and Auri is going to be at CES, too)

For those of you going to CES... I'm going to be there. Send me an email if you want to talk PSP.



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The official website of Sony 2006 CES has been launched. You can now start to register for the exhibition on the site [here].
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