
Nation of PlayStation(.Blog),
We’re way-fairly convinced you’re going to find this post way-fairly awesome, and no, not just because it’s about Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, the upcoming PSP strategy RPG from, well… us.
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As for why we’re so convinced, it’s becau—wait, what? Oh, no, you heard right; we said “PSP.”
Look, folks, it’s still an immensely popular system with a huge user base and an amazing library of RPGs and SRPGs. Also, with a game as ridiculously lengthy as Growlanser: WoT (and this PSP remaster is significantly meatier than the original release from way-back-when), it does take a while to localize things from Japanese to English, so it’s not as though we’re eagerly planning PSP games for 2025. Unless, of course, the PSP becomes sentient and takes over the world, in which case we welcome our new PSP overlords and commit to supporting the system for all eternity.
Anyhoo, the reason you should be am excite for this post is because:
- It is to celebrate the debut of the game’s full trailer (above), which shows tons of gameplay footage from the imminent North American release.
- Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time is the fourth chapter in a long-running, highly beloved series of tactical RPGs. Despite being one of the most popular entries, it also happens to suffer from “Never-before-released-in-North-America-itis,” making this a rather exciting launch for fans of SRPGs, anime, things from Japan, and shininess. (check out the art and you’ll get what I mean about “shininess”)
PS Vita owners, don’t fret! Our last PSP release, Gungnir, may not have supported PS Vita at launch (we greatly appreciate the patience of PS Vita fans hoping for that compatibility), but we’re happy to proclaim that it does now (and should be accessible through the PS Vita PS Store as of August 7th). We’ll cooperate with the right folks as much as possible to make Growlanser: WoT playable on those sexy screens as close to launch as possible.
Our own Persona 4 Golden for PS Vita (coming this fall, pre-order today!), the enhanced and expanded handheld version of one of the highest rated RPGs of all time, is proof enough that we’re proud and excited to support those five diagonal inches of OLED goodness.
Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time launches in stores — and digitally via PlayStation Network — on July 31, 2012. Check it out, won’t you?
ATLUS says: when your Growlanser lasts longer than four hours, please remember to get up and stretch or something.
thank you atlus for this fine SRPG. Please localize more JRPG and JSRPG in the future…
Honestly, how stupid are some of you people? This game came out in Japan before the Vita ever released, this is a PSP game. And also, are you just so stupid that you cannot read the comments in red that indicate that this game WILL be playable on the Vita, but they cannot be sure if that will be when the game releases or a short while after.
And those of you asking about Crisis Core or Type 0 on the store, perhaps you should ask Square Enix, and not Atlus or Sony, as they dont have any control over the release of those games.
Seriously, you want these games but you are too stupid to understand how this stuff works? Seems like any semblance of intelligence has been siphoned out of some gamers nowadays, even the supposedly smart ones that like S/RPG’s.
We should just be happy that Atlus, Aksys Games, and XSeed are bringing such awesome stuff to us, and we can only help to get more games released by supporting the Vita and its games as well.
Now get a clue and stop asking about things that you are too uninformed to understand well.
oh boy oh boy, i cant hardly wait for P4 *____* thx a lot guys i know i always can count on you xD
I’m glad to hear so many Vita owners want some Growlanser, but please be patient. It’s not that Atlus doesn’t care about the Vita- they are localizing P4G on Vita, but *this* game was developed on the PSP before Vita was out. From what I’ve heard, once a publisher requests that their PSP title be put up in the Vita store, it is in Sony’s hands. Atlus can kindly ask them to hurry up, but Sony must give it the green-light (the delays we’ve seen for Gungnir may be so Sony could check it for hacking exploits).
I’m glad that I read the news on the playstation blog. You’ve made another Vita user happy with this news. Seriously, ever since I gave my PSP to my friend, I had somewhat regretted that. Now that I’ll be able to get my hands on Gungnir (and maybe Unchained Blades?) as well as Wayfarer of Time, I don’t need to buy a whole new PSP.
Revannefarious,
And to clarify, Gungnir should be Vita-compatible right now, it simply won’t appear in the PS Store when accessed through the Vita. Purchasing a PSP game another way (i.e. via PS3 or PSP) and then transferring to the system (again, via PS3) is said to work at this time.
That said, it should be 100% good to go, including visible in the PS Store via Vita, come August 7th.