Complete your Jak and Daxter collection on PS4 with the release of Jak II, Jak 3 and Jak X Combat Racing next week.
It’s been a few months since Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy has been available on the PS4 via download from PlayStation Store. We’ve had a great time re-living our fond memories of the game, which is why we are excited to announce that Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X Combat Racing will be available for download on the PlayStation Store on December 6! The games will be offered individually for $14.99 each, or can be purchased as a bundle for $39.99.
On October 14, 2003, Naughty Dog released Jak II for the PlayStation 2 system, and something amazing happened for the Jak and Daxter franchise: Jak was able to speak for the first time, enabling players to hear and experience Jak’s own point of view using his voice, instead of relying solely on Daxter’s witty banter and exposition. This was the start of something special, and the franchise continued to reach new heights with the release of Jak 3 and Jak X, in part because of this one simple addition.
By giving Jak a voice, it allowed Naughty Dog to explore new narrative techniques that allowed them to create a grittier world with a much more developed and evolved storyline. Jak and Daxter evolved from whimsical lighthearted platforming characters to a much darker vision of a future’s past world where Jak and Daxter find themselves pitted against multiple dark forces moving against them.
The narrative tropes Naughty Dog explored in Jak and Daxter laid the foundation for the evolution of their highly innovative story telling. It put them on the path that led to the creation of future blockbuster franchises like Uncharted and The Last of Us— and to think it all started with giving Jak his own voice.
In celebration of Naughty Dog’s rich heritage, it is with great pleasure that we present to you these Jak & Daxter classics on the PS4.
Wait, there’s more! To help make experiencing these games even more nostalgic, please check out the Legacy Dashboard Theme ($2.99) created by our friends over at Truant Pixel. You can find this at PlayStation Store, also on December 6. Whenever we see this theme on our PS4 console, we can’t help but think about our fond gaming memories. We hope you feel the same way too.
Please try and get more PS2 Classics out that we can buy and keep, some of us just aren’t interested in PS NOW.
@PortableKingpin Any idea on what will happen with Jak X’s bonus content? You used to be able to unlock specific bonuses depending on certain actions/conditions being met.
Daxtermobile (By connecting Daxter game via PSP with USB cable)
Ratchet (By having a Ratchet and Clank save on the memory card)
Ratchet Skin (Ratchet Deadlocked save on the memory card)
Jak (Precursor Legacy) (Precursor Legacy save on the memory card)
Jak (Jak 2) (Jak II save on the memory card)
Jak (Jak 3) (Jak 3 save on the memory card)
Sandshark Vehicle (Jak 3 save file on the memory card)
What will happen with this content? It’s in the game itself, but locked behind these conditions being met first. Will the save data for Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3 behave the same on the ports to unlock that content in Jak X? And additionally, with the Daxter and Ratchet stuff, how would that stuff be unlocked in the Jak X port?
Would be really grateful if you could help us out with this stuff so we know what to expect/how to unlock this stuff.
Wow. I didn’t know that there was such unlockable content. If this content doesn’t get a way to be unlocked in the game, besides the game losing Online, the game has lost big value.
That is why I said they should have packed Daxter game and The Lost Frontier in the bundle instead of Jak X.
I’m so glad that you called this out. We definitely did consider all of these items when approaching releasing Jak X on the PS4. Here is how to unlock all of the bonus content:
If a Jak TPL PS4 emulation save game is present, you unlock Jak from TPL as a driver.
If a Jak II PS4 emulation save game is present, you unlock Jak II as a driver.
If a Jak 3 PS4 emulation save game is present, you unlock Jak 3 as a driver.
In the original game, if a Ratchet: Deadlocked save game was present, you unlocked Ratchet as a driver. For our PS4 emulation, if a Ratchet Remastered save game is present, you unlock Ratchet as a driver.
In the original game, you unlocked the following by connecting a PSP with Daxter present: Drivers: Ximon, Osmo, Kaeden and Taryn, as well as the Daxtermobile vehicle. For our PS4 emulation you will unlock those 4 drivers and the Daxtermobile when an Uncharted Collection save game is present.
Lastly, in order to unlock the Sandshark from Jak 3 one must first have a Jak 3 PS4 emulation save game present and have completed the Grand Prix of the Blue Eco Cup. Once those conditions are met the Sandshark will become available for purchase at a cost of 40,000 Precursor Orbs.
Thank you for asking this. I have NO IDEA how this slipped by me. I was wondering about this during the actual announcement.
Logically, I figured the 3 playable Jaks and the Sand Shark would be safe, since the trilogy is also being emulated. I, however, did not expect for them to actually make a work around for the Daxter and Ratchet and Clank bonus content. (Though I find it odd how Uncharted Collection was chosen to be used to unlock Daxter’s content, even while knowing about that one Daxter easter egg in UDF.)
Thank you for the answer and including a workaround. By “For our PS4 emulation, if a Ratchet Remastered save game is present, you unlock Ratchet as a driver.” You mean having a save of the remake of Ratchet And Clank (based on the movie), not a Ratchet and Clank PS2 classic save (if you there is one planned in the future), right?
@THE-PLASTICA-MAN Yes, The most recent Ratchet and Clank PS4 title, no plans for a PS2 Ratchet and Clank remake.
@BlueDiamond93 We felt that including UNDC just made sense.
To PortableKingpin: It’s really impressive how much effort was put into ensuring that the Jak X secret content would still be accessible to people playing the game on PS4. Thank you for sharing these details with us!
I do have two other questions, regarding the content that was previously unlocked by connecting a PSP system with Daxter to the PS2’s USB port. The substitute for this that you described is reading saved game data from “Uncharted Collection”, but this is kind of vague. Now I’m wondering about the following:
1. What constitutes an “Uncharted Collection” game? I’ve got Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, but I don’t have Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (or its individual games) on PS4. I hope that U4 and/or U:TLL would qualify here
2. If someone does not have a qualifying “Uncharted Collection” game, then could you still link up a PSP with Daxter and unlock the same content the old-fashioned way?