Just a gamer with a bit of free time writing down my thoughts about my hobby. Hoping to review the majority of my library of Vita games alongside PSP & PS1 games that are compatible with the console.
Twitter = @Kresnik258
Note about my review policy – games are scored based on the console they’re released on. I may make comparisons to a variety of other games, but their scores will always be reflected based on the hardware they were originally designed for (therefore a 10/10 game for PS1 is rated on a different scale to a 10/10 game for Vita).
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I just wanted to say that I think this is far and away the best Vita site on the net, and I’ve seen a few. So comprehensive and great deep cut reccomendations! The Vita is truly an axing console and thanks so much for helping to shine a light on it’s deep library of games.
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Thank you so much for the kind words. Always nice to come across a new fan!
Yeah, I don’t plan on stopping Vita coverage until I’ve basically played every title in the library that I’m interested in (which is a long way off, and even then I have PSP & PS1 title to play).
So hopefully I’ll see you along the journey to that destination haha!
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I meant “amazing”, not “axing”, lol. Though I suppose it can be used for hacking through styrofoam is required.
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I ran into your site about a year just by searching for anything Vita related through google search. Very glad I found this one along with VitaPlayer. Being a once new Vita user myself, your site gives out so much useful insights and information for this amazing little system (software and hardware). Its truly is an addiction (not the bad one) to want to collect and try out a lot of the interesting game that you’ve covered.
I do have one general question maybe you have the answer for regarding Japanese imports. It seems that the Japanese version of these games cost significantly less compare to US/EUR. I would like to try getting these imports but I’m afraid they might not have English subtitle options avai which would be a deal breaker since obviously I don’t know Japanese. For example, I would like to purchase Ys: Lacrimosa of Dana as a Japanese import…but how can I find out if there’s English subtitles or not?
Thank you again!
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Thank you for the comment and for the kind words! It’s always lovely to hear that people are still discovering my website and finding it helpful – that’s why I keep producing content! And welcome to the ‘collecting’ club – I’m still buying Vita games to this day!
In answer to your question about Japanese versions of games, a general rule of thumb is if they had a simultaneous release in Japan and in the west, then the Japanese release *might* have English options, whereas if the western release came after the Japanese then there’s very little chance of English.
I haven’t got Ys VIII to confirm, but I suspect it won’t have Japanese on.
I can say from my own experience that Hotline Miami and Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus have English in the Japanese versions (fun fact, Ninja Gaiden is also PSTV compatible while the EU version isn’t!). I’ve also read that various other games have them. There’s a good list here (another great Vita blog, sadly George doesn’t post much anymore):
There’s also a list here:
Perhaps I’ll collate these to one version one day since I think it would be helpful to have in one place, I’m also interested in testing a few games myself.
Good luck hunting down a copy of Lacrimosa of Dana, great game (I will get around to reviewing it one day!)
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