Namco Bandai readies Macross Ace Frontier for PSP

Posted Jun 20, 2008 at 6:45AM by QJ Staff Listed in: News, Games Tags: Famitsu, Namco Bandai, Sony

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Finally - a mecha game that does not involve a Gundam. Well, sort of - Famitsu magazine reports that Namco Bandai is preparing the release of Macross Ace Frontier for the Sony PlayStation Portable. The game will feature characters and VFs from Shoji Kawamori's Macross universe. Here are the particular shows that appear to be making it into the game (based on the scans):

Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV series)
Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (movie)
Macross Plus
Macross 7
Macross Frontier

Given that the Sv-51 was also among the screenshots, there's a chance that Macross Zero will be included in the game as well. As some of the fellow mecha fans here may have guessed, the game takes its name from studio Satelight's currently ongoing Macross Frontier TV series.

Based on the translations made via Jeux-France, Macross Ace Frontier is currently being developed by Art Dink. The game is currently 60 percent complete, with a launch window set for Fall 2008. Macross Frontier is currently at episode 14 over in Japan, so it'll be pretty interesting to see just what sort of plot material the devs will be able to input before the release. Klan Klan as a selectable pilot? Now that's an interesting proposition...

Anyhow, we've also posted a couple of the Famitsu scans here, in case you're interested in peering over the game's details.

1325 Jumps Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D3 and 5.03HEN-C dated

872 Jumps Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D3 and 5.03GEN-C coming tomorrow

213 Jumps Custom Firmware 5.03GEN-C released *UPDATE* CFW 5.50GEN-D3 now available

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86 Jumps MaGiXieN: 6.xxGEN is not worth the trouble, 5.50GEN-D3 to be announced in a few hours

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49 Jumps PSP homebrew - DaedalusX64 Alpha Revision 447

39 Jumps Dead or Alive: Paradise coming to PSP

37 Jumps Custom firmware 5.50GEN-D now out

33 Jumps The world of Square Enix now has a currency

Comments

by Raijin-oh - 2008-06-21 08:49:34

there is a macross game for the PSP?

why there is a macross game for the PSP?

by Acteon - 2008-06-23 11:03:59

Sweet...

If it's as good as Gundam SEED Omni vs ZAFT I'm in - hopefully it'll be just as accessible to non-Japanese people too... Too much to hope for an English translation of course.

by - 2008-06-24 01:09:51

To be honest...

If you're following the release history of the Macross VF-X Mission games, this one might be strictly for Japan :( Not that imports are a bad thing, and it'll be pretty easy to figure out the plot (at least for the fans) :). Macross Zero and SDF...I'd like to see how the Roys from those two timelines will get along XD

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