Keep homes from being destroyed in Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley
Harvest Moon games are typically about starting a farm to either revitalize it, or restore a town, but things are a bit different in Natsume’s forthcoming PSP game, Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley. Instead of bringing new life to a forgotten farm and country town, you’re trying to raise… Continue Reading »
Sony’s free X-Radar Portable PSP program makes its Japanese debut
Japanese PSP owners, or people with Japanese PlayStation Store accounts, can get X-Radar Portable, a really neat, free program, courtesy of Sony. As you can probably tell from the radar part of its name, it allows you to see where you are on maps with the help of PetaMap. It’s… Continue Reading »
How To: Fix a broken PSP UMD
PSP UMDs are fragile little things. Without even realizing it, the casing could crack or the little metal circle in the center of the disc could become dislodged. When using a third party UMD case, I discovered that the tiny metal circle in the center of the UMD disc had… Continue Reading »
Important Importables Review: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 (Koei Selection) for PSP
Koei’s Neoromance line is quite popular in Japan. Rather than referring to one series, it refers to multiple series, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, La Corda d’Oro and Angelique which are designed to appeal to female gamers. All Neoromance games have some sort of RPG, simulation or strategy element to… Continue Reading »
Atlus is bringing Persona 3 Portable to North America
Persona 3 Portable is coming to North American PSPs! Atlus has just announced that the game will be released in stores and on the PlayStation Store in July 6, 2010. My day has officially been made. Persona 3 Portable came out November 1, 2009 in Japan and was very well… Continue Reading »
Get music and character voicemails when you buy Mimana Iyar Chronicles
Aksys has announced the official release date for its forthcoming PSP RPG, Mimana Iyar Chronicles, and a preorder incentive that will hopefully get people buying. First, the game is going to be released March 30, 2010 and will cost $39.99. PSPgo owners won’t be left out, as Aksys is planning… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Top 5 import PSP games of 2009
Hope 2010 is going well for all of you so far! This week we’re looking back at 2009 again. Last week, we went through the top five DS games released in 2009 and this week we’re doing the same thing, only with PSP games. So sit down, relax, and check… Continue Reading »
Altus bringing Hexyz Force to North America
Atlus obviously wants to let its fans know that the company will have their gaming needs covered well into the new year. For the Wii, there’s Shiren and Trauma Team coming out. DS owners can eagerly anticipate SMT: Strange Journey. Now, PSP owners not only have Metal Slug XX to… Continue Reading »
Limited edition of Lunar: Silver Star Harmony comes with a soundtrack
XSEED has announced that there is going to be both standard and limited editions of its forthcoming PSP game, Lunar: Silver Star Harmony. As you can guess, the standard edition of Lunar: Silver Star Harmony will only include the game and cost $29.99. The limited edition will cost $39.99 and… Continue Reading »
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 headed to a PSP near you
Good news for Naruto fans, another game is on the way to North America. Namco Bandai is localizing Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3 as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3. So soon you’ll have another, potentially epic, PSP fighting game in your hands. The only thing is, a release window… Continue Reading »
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Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.



