Topic: Nintendo Life Playstation 3 Fan Thread

I've been drooling over Crash Team Racing ever since I saw Sean's YouTube videos. It would be nice if we all had access to the the same content in the PS Store.

picked up white knight chronicles before coming to work, can't wait to play it when I get home tonight. I got moved to second shift for a while for whatever reason...

@SilentJ: And with good reason. I have a disc copy, and it's one of if not THE best Mario Kart clones out there! It's just baffling that it hasn't hit PSN out here yet, especially considering how long Europe's had it and the fact that we DO have the three platformer Crashes from the PS1.

@josh - let me know how it is...I was like 95% down to preorder but got Heavy Rain instead since I'm jonesing for an awesome-graphics fix. An awesome graphfix.

I love the trailers...I just wanna make sure the solo is engaging, given that it's experienced through a party-observer and not actually the main character.

Where the hell is twisted metal,tomb raider,crash 2,crash bash,castlevania?
We do not have any of that stuff.
Sony Europe can seriously suck it. Big time.

@Sean - I've never understood who makes these decisions--be it Nintendo or Sony. So many good, would-result-in-plenty-of-sales-for-minimal-cost games haven't come out that need to. I can't fathom why Europe wouldn't have a nigh-indentical catalog of PS1 classic releases, given that there is no translation needed whatsoever. The Japanese/English-speaking differences are a bit more understandable...but Japanese PSN has plenty of games we've had released in English that aren't on our store (Brave Fencer Musashi anyone? Game would sell 100k overnight)

@Swerd_Murd: In some cases, there are weird legal reasons for games not being released. In others, it's just the 3rd party publisher being difficult (which Squenix is infamous for, at least in Western regions). None of this explains the difference in the FIRST AND SECOND-PARTY titles, which includes PS1 Crash games. That's just plain stupid.

@stuff - I'm wondering what the rationale behind Square being difficult is. I of course have heard the same/seen examples countless times....but none of that offsets the fact that releasing an already-finished game, with little-to-no legwork, that costs 6 bucks and will insta-sell seems like a goldmine. I get the weird legal reasons thing of course....I just grow confused/frustrated when Square continually neglects VC/PSN offerings accross the board...and I cannot imagine there are any legal oddities preventing Brave Fencer, Threads of Fate, Vagrant Story, or Chrono Cross, given that they only came out on PS1 and were all domestically released. I guess we wait and hope...

@Swerd: You seem to forget how remake-happy Squenix is. They said a long time ago that they were hesitent to release too much on these services because it might impact their ability to sell remakes. As a result, they're probably wasting WAY too much time trying to confirm they have no plans to remake Soul Blazer and other such titles. Of course, we all know they won't remake random stuff like that, but that won't stop them from delaying the releases.

Of course...they seem to have finally decided that VC releases and remakes can coincide (see: FFI and IV, the latter in Japan until Nintendo stops being full of it and RELEASES the damn thing out West!). So many that's no longer an issue and they're just being morons.

^Amen. FF4 SNES and FF4 DS might as well be different games anyway--one has no dififculty and nice baby sprites, the other has punishing difficulty and awkward FF7-era blockiness--not to mention completely different...everything, aside from concept. I hate that Enix got wrapped into Squaresoft's business model with the merger....Illusion of Gaia is an unbelievably fond memory, and one I can't relive outside of replacing my composite connection for my SNES.

@Strofan.... congrats on MW2 Platinum man. Im going to wrap up Veteran and Intel this weekend and then its just me and the brother blasting thru Spec Ops, we have already finished the first two entire levels all on Veteran. The ones with the AC130 and the Chopper Gunner were really tough.

Oh..... I meant to drop this tidbit in here, but there are rumors around the net, sorry but a little to tired at the moment to try to find the link, but there may have been a back door deal between Sony and SEGA that may net us getting Dreamcast games on PSN. We already have Gunstar Heroes and Earthworm Jim coming, so it may be possible.

Yeah, I heard about that a while back. All I hope is that they'll at least add ICO, as well as a bunch of obscure and now stupid-expensive/hard-to-find RPGs on there someday. If they do I'll totally get a PS3 someday.(unless they successfully drive the going prices down to a reasonable level, but if they couldn't do that to FF7, I doubt there's any hope for some genuinely rare games).

And Vagrant Story! Instead SCEA gave us Final Fantasy 8. Talk about adding insult to injury.>_<

And where the hell is Wipeout XL? Seriously, we have every other Hovercar Racing game(except Jet Moto 3 and Wipeout 3, but I'll assume the latter will come after XL) on the system, but they aren't even willing to give use the most profound game in the series.

@Slappy: Yeah, that Dreamcast tidbit is just one part of the leaked meeting minutes from September last year. Those minutes also contained the statement from Sony that their long-term goal was to get "every" PS2 game on PSN. Several other, unrelated things first leaked in those minutes have come to pass, so they should be considered 100% legitimate.

@Mickeymac: I don't actually know much about Vagrant Story, other than it's got a good following. I'd probably give it a go if it ever finally released on PSN in America. No clue what the delay is.

Its the final countdown lads.
Come on now,you know,I know it.

@Sean007s: You mean to the release of the emulator? I'd LIKE to think that, but I thought so over a year ago when I BOUGHT my PS3, so...I try not to be overly optimistic.

put in a pre-order for lost planet 2 now, looking forward to playing it co-op with a couple friends. also for pre-ordering i'll get the wesker skin + handcannon, cannot say no to that.

oh and i'm not surprised white knight chronicles got such bad reviews, the first time i laid my eyes on it i knew it was going to be a bland lifeless mmo-ish rpg. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-white-knight/61564 looks terrible.

@y2josh
Let us know what you think about White Knight Chronicles. The online quests look like fun.

@Stuffgamer1
I'm thinking of tracking down a used copy of Crash Team Racing. Definitely looks worth it.

@Firkraag
Nice! I didn't know they were going to have a Wesker skin for Lost Planet 2.

TANKS HAZ A DEMO!

About time. I liked the one on Wii Play and I missed out on the sale so now I can find out if it's worth the price.

About White Knight Chronicles
I have had no time to play it. I woke up at 2 today and started playing the game at 2:30. It takes about an hour to load the information into your ps3 (whatever that is called), create your character, and watch a series of cut scenes. By the time I was able to move my character around the town it starts you in it was time for me to get ready for work. I'm hoping to get some quality time in this weekend though. Wish I didn't have to make money by working