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I tried that, but after trying to connect to the PS3, the Vita throws up an error message saying that "The device could not connect" (the PS3 just stays on the XMB with no visible change). Anyone?

Finally got one! (Wifi, 16GB memory card & Rayman Origins - perfect port BTW!) Not really impressed with any demo (except Lumines. Though it doesn't do anything new, it looks like a great version of Lumines), but that's not why I bought it. I got it for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and by god! it really does breath new life into PSP games! The colours just pop and the bilinear filtering works wonders on these games. But best of all is that 2nd stick! (plus no more shitty nub and crappy ergonomics! ) The ability to finally be able to play MHFU with a good control scheme at last makes the purchase worthwhile. This makes the wait for MH3G a LOT more bearable Gonna have fun rediscovering the PSP's library BTW: Anyone else have trouble getting the Vita to connect to the PS3 via USB? It connects to the PC just fine, but it just doesn't detect my PS3. I've tried disabling USB charging but that didn't help (yes I've tried doing it from both the Vita's main menu and through its content manager, no luck) There's a bunch of PSP games that can only be downloaded onto the Vita by using a PS3. Please help!

Just a retailer making up rubbish (lol @ the Smash Bros 3DS pre-order case!) I reckon that there's a decent chance that they might make a DKCR game for 3DS at some point during its lifetime, be it now or in 5 years time (it would be a great fit, considering how the first game played a lot with 3D depth!), but this rumour has nothing to do with it. If by some divine coincidence it happens this E3, it won't have anything to do with this retailler listing.

Not really, Type Zero has been available on PSN since day 1. They just had problems getting it working with the UMD program (since it uses 2 UMD discs) that they've now fixed. The UMD Passport program is only run in Japan and is irrelevant to us here in the west. I would imagine that if it were coming over, it would be in the form of a HD/Vita Remaster. The fact that they've not announced it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence that they'll localise it

Yeah it's good news, but that was a terrible announcement video. I mean, that's it!? Release dates for MGS2&3 Vita, Persona 4, Type Zero being added to the JPN UMD Passport Program and a vague hint of Inafune making a Vita game at some undisclosed date in the long term future!? THOSE are your big announcements!? Oh man. So after MGS2&3 come out in April, there's... nothing else for the rest of 2012 apart from FF 10 Vita, SF X Tekken, Resistance Burning Skies, Little Big Planet Vita, Super Robot Wars, Legend of Heroes Zero no Kiseki Evolution, Gundam Seed Battle Destiny and Persona 4 the Golden (since PSO2 and Inafune's game wont be coming out until 2013), like... nothing at all!?

Assuming that it doesn't come to other platforms (at least PS3) first... Underwhelming video was underwhelming. PSO2 is the only big announcement and it's not even an exclusive!?

For those wondering, it's preowned BUUUUUUUTTTTT they're going to be marking new products as preowned shortly (like their games) PS, just to add another one. 3DS is £114.99 (crazy!) and the Vita will not be marked down at all (probably because GAME don't actually own their Vita stock, it's on loan from Sony)

Hardware price drop today. Currently known prices are listed below... Sad to see, but there are some great deals in there (that PSP Go is as good as mine!)

This has just gone from hilarious, to sad, to hilarious again. Now they're not stocking Asura's Wrath or Street Fighter X Tekken! http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/game-not-stocking-street-fighter-x-tekken-and-asura-s-wrath/092246 Are they even going to be stocking anything new from this point on? Dammit! I gave them 2 months! I can't lose face like this

Not bad for a game that wasn't stocked in GAME, Gamestation nor HMV either! (just goes to show how irrelevant GAME have become I guess!)

I see we passed the test this time Good to hear! I like the sound of his comment about them maybe moving back more towards classic RE style. RE:R was what I wanted to see, now I want them to move further in that direction and make it more non linear (basically move as far away from RE6 as possible!)

I wasn't joking when I said that it is the best traditional JRPG since Chrono Trigger! Glad to see you guys are enjoying it too! And you've still seen nothing yet (Yes, it manages to get even better from there on! It doesn't fizzle out like so many other promising RPGs do) BTW @Red Shell Just a word of warning. After you complete the next area after the one you're currently at, there's a point of no return that stops you from completing any quests in Sword Valley and Galahad Fortress (they'll disappear forever). If you care about completing all the quests (I didn't, but you may do), you might want to do them ASAP. If not, then keep calm and carry on.

Chapter 20 is just so WTF?! that it's awesome.

Pokemon fusion? (Celebi's head, Kirlia's body - Celebi's eye colour swapped with Kirlia's body colour?)

I think you guys are being a bit harsh on the Rear Touch pad. Yeah, it (like most of the Vita's novel control inputs) isn't being utilised in any significant way yet, but the potential is there. AFAIC, it's the key differentiator between the 3DS and Vita and the biggest opportunity for unique types of games to be made on the Vita. It just depends on whether or not anyone is creative and brave enough to take the plunge with a unique game designed from the ground up for the Vita (Given Sony's typical throwaway support for handhelds, being either B team games or console ports and the lack of 3rd party support, it might take a while though...) In terms of the Vita's extremities being cutting edge, maybe not (we do have Super AMOLED screens on phones now), but the analog stick design is unique (regardless of whether or not you prefer the 3DS Circle Pad design) and multitouch trackpads aren't commonplace (and certainly not on handheld devices) so it's perfectly fair to cite them as being ahead of the curve. Edit: Oh hey guys, Sony are doing a Nintendo Sony Direct video on March 9th http://andriasang.com/con05a/vita_heaven/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Supposedly the video "will include information about unannounced Vita titles, upcoming releases, and Vita services, as well as new information about in-release titles. The broadcast will feature presentations from game creators themselves." (Yes it's all very familiar. Of course, looking at how good Nintendo's one was, here's hoping for good things!)

She looks like a black & green Celebi that has been changed from SD to Chibi and with added long hair...

Yeah, I'd have to concur. There's no need for a redesign at this point (and unlike the original DS & GBA when they first came out, they can't make the 3DS any smaller!)

No surprise about the NES VC pricing. It's exactly the same price as the NES VC games on Wii. Just sucks that they don't even offer a discount for those who already own the Wii VC counterpart (giving it away for free is probably unrealistic, given that they have to code an emulator for each individual game)

No EA games at all?! Yeah, they're fucked. No way they're surviving now. Been watching this happen for a while, man the UK VG highstreet situation is grim. It's HMV or nothing now! (who knows how long they'll last as well). How ironic that the UK retail game market will have to survive off of online retailers! (what with the industry's shift towards digital distribution) Edit: They're not stocking Mario Party 9 either?! (and presumably no Nintendo published game at all of Tekken 3DS and The Last Story are anything to go by) Yeah, 2-3 months tops.

Nintendo Network is the replacement for Nintendo Wifi Connection (online play) and has nothing to do with the eShop. Yes it sucks that they're not allowing cross platform purchases since everyone else does it. I can see why they might not want to do it though because of the way they do VC emulation compared to other platforms (a unique emulator is coded for each game, meaning that significant emulation work is put into each invividual release. The added QA and dev costs for each game might discourage them from doing this). Still, they should at least offer a discount for people who already own the Wii VC version. That should be easily doable and is still fair compensation for the dev work that goes into the 3DS VC version!

Woah! HOLY SHIT! The VC really IS back from the dead! Good God! It's... SO BEAUTIFUL! Why the hell can't we have this EVERY month!? I was wondering why this week's release list was late, I'm not complaining now! NOE: Please make this a regular thing, I remember the good times when the VC wasn't dead. Let's keep this going please! Please NOA, follow in their footsteps. My US Wii NEEDS more VC games!

Woah, holy shit they weren't kidding! The VC really IS back from the dead! The March lineup is HUGE! http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/02/european_virtual_console_set_for_bumper_march_crop Full List: Wii Virtual Console Super Street Fighter II (Mega Drive) — Online Play enabled Strider (Mega Drive) Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge (Neo Geo) Mega Man 5 (NES) Mega Man X (SNES) 3DS Virtual Console Dr. Mario (Game Boy) Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (Game Boy) Punch-Out!! (NES) Super Mario Bros. (NES) Dragon Crystal (Game Gear) Shinobi (Game Gear) Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (Game Gear) US Wii owners am cry UK 3DS owners however...

That's a very impressive localisation turnabout time! @_@ Even given the worst case scenario (End of November), we've still be looking at a series record of just 4 months after the JPN release! Not bad at all!

Yeah, I just got the Spotpass notification out of nowhere! Talk about a nice surprise! Which one did you guys get? I got Kid Icarus Uprising!

Yeah they would do. GameFreak are a 2 game dev team and usually develop 2 games at the same time.