Most Good games on PSP are ports.

I'm sure we all already know this, but there certainly isn't any point in denying it.  It seems that they're always anouncing new ports of old games I've already played, so I guess it's called Playstation PORTable for a reason.  I mean, there's the Megaman games, Final Fantasy Tactics, Devil May Cry, Burnout, Gitaroo Man, Suikiden, Vandal Hearts, Gradius, Breath of Fire III, Power Stone, Castlevaina, the list goes on and on!  It seems every time I come here someone announces another port for PSP.  Sure a lot of these games are great, but why would I want to spend $40-$50 for an enhanced port of a game I played years ago? 

At least with DS developers are encouraged to try new things with the system, not just use the sheer horsepower to revive outdated games with a few new visual bells and whistles.  The number one reaon I probably won't ever feel compelled to buy a PSP is because I can get roughly the same experience elsewhere on another platform.  Most of these fancy games people talk about I already own or have played on PS2.  It's just not logical to me.

I would argue that a lot of the good DS games are ports of old nintendo games as well.Brown52

Not really.  Offhand, Mario 64 and Diddy Kong Racing are the only ones that come to mind.

Well, the acronym lives up to its name then, I suppose.

cmon, talking about ports...Nintendo has been porting Super Mario World and Mario 64 to every console they can.MikeE21286

Mario World has only been rereleased on gameboy and Mario64 on DS.:|

I would argue that a lot of the good DS games are ports of old nintendo games as well.Brown52

I'm sure we all already know this, but there certainly isn't any point in denying it. It seems that they're always anouncing new ports of old games I've already played, so I guess it's called Playstation PORTable for a reason. I mean, there's the Megaman games, Final Fantasy Tactics, Devil May Cry, Burnout, Gitaroo Man, Suikiden, Vandal Hearts, Gradius, Breath of Fire III, Power Stone, Castlevaina, the list goes on and on! It seems every time I come here someone announces another port for PSP. Sure a lot of these games are great, but why would I want to spend $40-$50 for an enhanced port of a game I played years ago?

At least with DS developers are encouraged to try new things with the system, not just use the sheer horsepower to revive outdated games with a few new visual bells and whistles. The number one reaon I probably won't ever feel compelled to buy a PSP is because I can get roughly the same experience elsewhere on another platform. Most of these fancy games people talk about I already own or have played on PS2. It's just not logical to me.

BobbyBobby85

Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario kart.
animal crossing
mario64
new super mario bros
final fantasy
mega man
yoshi's island.
castlevania
metroid hunters

Brown52

I would argue that a lot of the good DS games are ports of old nintendo games as well.Brown52

Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario64
final fantasy III

Brown52

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[QUOTE="Brown52"]Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario64
final fantasy III

BobbyBobby85

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I don't think final fantasy III is a port.

[QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"]

[QUOTE="Brown52"]Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario64
final fantasy III

Kev_Unreal

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I don't think final fantasy III is a port.

Technically, outside of Japan it isn't a port, but I don't wanna make the guy look bad.

[QUOTE="Brown52"]Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario64
final fantasy III

BobbyBobby85

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GTA:LCS, GTA:VCS, MGS: PO, SF: DM... :|
foxhound_fox

The GTA PSP games are a joke.  If it were up to me, I would consider them ports based on their unoriginality and reused maps alone.  But I'll play fair for you folks, despite the fact that Rockstar already had 90% of the work cut out for them in making those titles...

[QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"]

[QUOTE="Brown52"]Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario64
final fantasy III

Brown52

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Megaman games, Final Fantasy Tactics, Devil May Cry, Burnout, Gitaroo Man, Suikiden, Vandal Hearts, Gradius, Breath of Fire III, Power Stone, Castlevaina, BobbyBobby85

Nonsense.  If you had read my original post, I referred to them as enhanced ports.  There are very few games on any platform that are "direct" ports.

i like being able to carry around my wireless ps2.

hoffgod , we don't use gamerankings

Nike_Air

[QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"]

[QUOTE="Brown52"]Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario64
final fantasy III

Kev_Unreal

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I don't think final fantasy III is a port.

[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]hoffgod , we don't use gamerankings

Hoffgod

The DS has its fair share of ports and remakes too.
Sheep seem to forget about them though because the PSP's graphics makes everything look like a PS2 port while the DS graphics don't make you think GC.

And anyways, the PSP has a lot more diversity when it comes to genres.
Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
DireToad

Made up statistics FTL.  Elit Beat Agents?  Advance Wars?  Trauma Center?  Phonex Wright?  Metroid Hunters?  Brain Age?  Hotel Dusk?  Yeah, those are some of my favorite 2D sidescrollers... :roll:

The DS has its fair share of ports and remakes too.
Sheep seem to forget about them though because the PSP's graphics makes everything look like a PS2 port while the DS graphics don't make you think GC.

And anyways, the PSP has a lot more diversity when it comes to genres.
Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
DireToad

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"][QUOTE="Nike_Air"]hoffgod , we don't use gamerankings

DireToad

Too bad.
We still don't use GR.

:cry:
DireToad

Yep. And the rest of us non-GS faithful use a general consensus that actually makes sense.  Oh well, at least you're right here at System Wars.

[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]hoffgod , we don't use gamerankings

Hoffgod

Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario kart.
animal crossing
mario64
new super mario bros
final fantasy
mega man
yoshi's island.
castlevania
metroid hunters

Brown52

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"][QUOTE="Nike_Air"]hoffgod , we don't use gamerankings

da1on2

[QUOTE="DireToad"]The DS has its fair share of ports and remakes too.
Sheep seem to forget about them though because the PSP's graphics makes everything look like a PS2 port while the DS graphics don't make you think GC.

And anyways, the PSP has a lot more diversity when it comes to genres.
Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
BobbyBobby85

Made up statistics FTL. Elit Beat Agents? Advance Wars? Trauma Center? Phonex Wright? Metroid Hunters? Brain Age? Hotel Dusk? Yeah, those are some of my favorite 2D sidescrollers... :roll:

Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
DireToad

[QUOTE="da1on2"][QUOTE="Hoffgod"][QUOTE="Nike_Air"]hoffgod , we don't use gamerankings

Hoffgod

Whats the difference between a "sequal", but really is a remake, that has the exact gameplay as the first? PSP has the "real" games, like NH07, Socom, Ratchet and clank, stuff like that. DS gets games like Mario, a 2d platformer, Mario Racing, Diddy Racing... Wheres the awesome DS titles, because i cant see them.coolguy1111

[QUOTE="DireToad"]

Too bad.
We still don't use GR.

:cry:
BobbyBobby85

Yep. And the rest of us non-GS faithful use a general consensus that actually makes sense. Oh well, at least you're right here at System Wars.

[QUOTE="coolguy1111"]Whats the difference between a "sequal", but really is a remake, that has the exact gameplay as the first? PSP has the "real" games, like NH07, Socom, Ratchet and clank, stuff like that. DS gets games like Mario, a 2d platformer, Mario Racing, Diddy Racing... Wheres the awesome DS titles, because i cant see them.Hoffgod

[QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"]

[QUOTE="DireToad"]The DS has its fair share of ports and remakes too.
Sheep seem to forget about them though because the PSP's graphics makes everything look like a PS2 port while the DS graphics don't make you think GC.

And anyways, the PSP has a lot more diversity when it comes to genres.
Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
DireToad

Made up statistics FTL. Elit Beat Agents? Advance Wars? Trauma Center? Phonex Wright? Metroid Hunters? Brain Age? Hotel Dusk? Yeah, those are some of my favorite 2D sidescrollers... :roll:

Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
DireToad

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"][QUOTE="coolguy1111"]Whats the difference between a "sequal", but really is a remake, that has the exact gameplay as the first? PSP has the "real" games, like NH07, Socom, Ratchet and clank, stuff like that. DS gets games like Mario, a 2d platformer, Mario Racing, Diddy Racing... Wheres the awesome DS titles, because i cant see them.coolguy1111

[QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"]

[QUOTE="DireToad"]The DS has its fair share of ports and remakes too.
Sheep seem to forget about them though because the PSP's graphics makes everything look like a PS2 port while the DS graphics don't make you think GC.

And anyways, the PSP has a lot more diversity when it comes to genres.
Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
DireToad

Made up statistics FTL. Elit Beat Agents? Advance Wars? Trauma Center? Phonex Wright? Metroid Hunters? Brain Age? Hotel Dusk? Yeah, those are some of my favorite 2D sidescrollers... :roll:

Close to 1/3 of the DS' AAA and AA games are 2D side scrollers. Innovation FTW. :roll:
DireToad

No, I just don't waste my time looking up scores from one site and trying to use them against users in an attempt to "own" people.  Like I said before, I don't go by GS scores, and BTW Many of the DS sidescrollers are hella overrated (beside POR of course).  Alternatively, if you look at the rest of DS's library, you'll see that there are a great number of highly original games, as opposed to the PSP which consists of lots of ports and sports.

[QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"]

[QUOTE="Brown52"]Well, from looking at the PSP games you listed, I think these games would all fit in.
mario64
final fantasy III

Brown52

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