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Konami's classic shooters coming to PSP |
Listed in: News, Titles, Games Tags: Famitsu, Japan, Konami, Kuni
Because of the warm welcome and sizzling sales that Konami got with Gradius Collection, and with the evident anticipation for similar classic collections such as Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded, we can see that classic games are making a huge comeback in the current-gen and next-gen gaming industry.Now, Konami joins the nostalgic bandwagon as they resurrect and bring their classic shooter games to the PSP in three new bundles. The first details on this classic release are found on the latest issue of Famitsu, and the Japanese magazine gives us a glimpse of the titles included in each of the three collections: Salamander Portable, Parodius Portable, and Twinbee Portable.
Each collection reportedly has five titles, but Konami is still keeping mum about three titles that will be included in the bundle. Famitsu shares with us the titles under each collection that Konami has announced so far:
Salamander Portable
Salamander (1986)
Life Force (1987)
Xexex (1991)
Salamander 2 (1996)
Parodius Portable
Parodius da! (1990)
Gokujou Parodius: Kakou no Eikou wo Momomete (1994)
Sexy Parodius (1996)
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius - forever with me - (1996)
Twinbee Portable
Twinbee (1985)
Detana Twinbee (1991)
Twinbee Yahho! Fushigi no Kuni de Ooabare!! (1995)
Pop'n Twinbee (1996)
Famitsu has also revealed that Salamander will features original and wide
modes of play, while Parodius will offer a gallery mode, allowing users to listen to the classic sounds of the series. Whether these modes will be available on all three collections, we have still yet to confirm. Also, Twinbee will require the PSP to be held in a
rarely used vertical mode to remind users of the long aspect ratio of
the original arcade machine.
All three collections are said to be scheduled for release in Japan January next year, and will sell for 3980 yen. Whether the game will have an American version and/or a U.S. release is still unconfirmed. We'll let you know as soon as we find out.
Via IGN
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The retro compilations rule but i dont remember anything other than contra and mgs (That they didnt include,thanks alot).That truly shined those days,also why they cant bring a contra PSP in 2.5D?.
That would sell,From capcom i know some truly good old school classics from konami mmmm only Contra,MGS and Castlevania wich they didnt include.
I dont like this game but lets see i liked gradius collection.
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Konami, where's the 2-player WiFi? It was sorely missed in Gradius Gaiden.
Where's Castlevania Collection?
"But I already emulate those! For free!":
Well, if you buy these, technically you are paying for the binary contained on the ROMs (only now it's on UMD.) So at least you have some argument you are legally emulating it on your PC/PS2/Xbox/whatever.
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