Darius Burst (PSP)

[Tain]

Brand new Darius game after 2 billion years. Taito brings the war on fishes back on the portable scene. 11 stages, branching paths (starting from Stage 2, all stages have 2 paths, 5 stages per complete run, 4 possible final stages). Gundam 00 mecha designers on board for mecha design. Probably the only worthwhile article in Famitsu this week I bet.

Given that this is 1. probably developed by the SIE team and 2. developed for portables, I'm not too hopeful that this will be as fluff-free or challenging as the arcade Darius games. Definitely curious, though.

[Yoshi]

At least it isn't on DS.

[Tain]

ayup

[epmode]

PSP is also pretty bad for this sort of thing.

The dpad on my PSP 1000 is horrid.

[Yoshi]

The 2000 is a lot better. I haven't played a 3000. Darius needs an HD remake though.

[Bacon McShig]

Taito's been pretty aggressive with XBLA and WiiWare. I don't think expecting this to make it to consoles sometime down the line is very delusional.

[Yoshi]

Taito's been pretty aggressive with XBLA and WiiWare. I don't think expecting this to make it to consoles sometime down the line is very delusional.

Good point. Fingers crossed.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I use a 3001 now. I kept my 1001 in case I ever feel like emulating again, but I doubt I will. The d-pad on that thing sucked any enjoyment right out of any games I played on it. The pad on the 3001 is soo much better. Maybe I should get a 2001 and crack that for emulation.

[Low]

One thing I can say about the PSP, it fills the PS2's 2.5D void.

[Frogacuda]

G.rev on dev duties, please.