More PSP budget reissues hitting Japan

  • By Hirohiko Niizumi, GameSpot
  • Posted Feb 1, 2006 6:29 am PT

Sony Computer Entertainment adds six more games to its PSP: The Best lineup.

TOKYO--In Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment announced it will release six additional PSP games as budget-priced reissues under the PSP: The Best brand on March 2. The series is akin to the Greatest Hits series for the PlayStation 2.

SCE previously released 13 titles as PSP: The Best reissues in November, and it will also release Koei's Dynasty Warriors as part of the series on February 16.

The budget-priced reissues up until now were mostly games that appeared around the PSP's launch. The March lineup covers the missing titles from the period, and there are also a few newer games, like Konami's Coded Arms. The games are priced at 2,800 yen ($24), nearly half of their official catalog price of 4,800 yen ($41). Konami's Mahjong Fight Club will be an exception at 2,000 yen ($17).

The complete lineup is as follows:

Bleach: Heat the Soul (PSP: The Best), Konami
Coded Arms (PSP: The Best), Konami
Mahjong Fight Club (PSP: The Best), Konami
Piposaru Academia (PSP: The Best) [Ape Escape Academy], SCEI
Saru Get You P! (PSP: The Best) [Ape Escape: On the Loose], SCEI
Shutokou Battle (PSP: The Best) [Street Supremacy], SCEI

25 Comments

  • dragonhanyou

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 9:27 am PT

    Hell yeah Bleach is awesome,if they bring it here they better have good charactors to fight with to keep me busy during the school year and it better be great at multiplayer cause me and my friend are in a feud,yourichi(if she is in the game) vs. Ishida who will win

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Mar 1, 2006 9:32 am PT

    PSP doesn't good games. And Japan is and will be more important than US to Sony. (Cause it's where it belongs!)

  • korn18m

    Posted Feb 28, 2006 11:20 pm PT

    Hmmm... well, they say Japanese gamers don't like FPS all that much yet a not-so-good FPS makes it as a "The Best" title in Japan? That doesn't make much since. Maybe it was the wierd virtual world that it took place in that drew them to it?

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 5:25 am PT

    yay for japan.

  • bizsumpark182

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 10:02 pm PT

    When in the hell are they going to start doing this over here in America. Ugh! Come on Sony hurry up.

  • yanyatkai

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 9:11 pm PT

    Though budget titles are welcomed, do they have any better games other than these??

  • Kravyn81

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 7:57 pm PT

    Yay! Because I just haven't been able to sleep at night without a Mahjong game. Way to put the PSP capabilities to work, guys =\

  • somesthetic

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 6:15 pm PT

    there are a bunch of other PSP Best games, for those of you who think those are the only ones.

    those ones there look like the crappy ones that just didnt sell for full price though.

  • Khimarhi

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 1:00 pm PT

    can't wait until solme of the prices drop here

  • xxPantherxx

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 12:45 pm PT

    when am I going to be able to afford Lumines!

  • XlpranksterlX

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 12:10 pm PT

    I really dont mean to rant on this one, but i really dont care about game prices unless its stateside. Mainly because coded arms sucked big time and some of those games never even made it to the u.s.

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 11:25 am PT

    didnt the PSP just come out a year ago? damn they already have budget games.

  • Timstuff

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 11:08 am PT

    This is great, but when will we get a similar lineup (I'm thinking it will be "Greatest Hits" here). I want to pick up Metal Gear Acid really bad, but I don't want to pay $40 for it!

  • Melgo

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 11:05 am PT

    FFman: Maybe because Lumines is already out as a PSP: The Best title? Along with games like Ridge Racer.

  • joeamis

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 10:49 am PT

    Make some of the launch titles here in the U.S greatest hits...

  • silentell

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 10:23 am PT

    That's just about the worst list I've ever seen.

  • FFman

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 9:50 am PT

    I wonder why Lumines is not on the list.

  • BigBubbRubb

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 9:47 am PT

    Any bets on which will come over from Japan first for the PSP; lower-priced "The Best" games (our equivalent of Greatest Hits) or porn on UMD?

  • Donkeljohn Site moderator

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 9:35 am PT

    Budget titles would be welcomed in the states as well. . . *hint* *hint*

  • Konfusion

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 9:23 am PT

    That's the best of the PSP ? I am still not interested.

  • bioniccommando1

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 9:06 am PT

    Rubber into shoes huh? Tell me more.....
    I would like it if they brought these bargain titles over here or at least made the US releases bargain titles.

  • frankeyser

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 8:47 am PT

    my shoes taste like burn rubber... i think i must walk fast...

  • Hero_of_Time82

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 8:17 am PT

    This is so underwhelming that I think I'm going to go read about something more interesting..... such as how rubber is manufactured into rubber for the soles of my shoes

  • haseeb_1989

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 6:45 am PT

    I think they should bring that bleach game here. Second Post....WoooHooo(lol)

  • Sapok

    Posted Feb 1, 2006 6:33 am PT

    That is fine and dandy, but when/IF are they going to release "PSP: The Best" titles here, in the US? First Post....WoooHooo

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