I'm not sure I'll be able to stop myself from buying a Vita, though, once the fascinating RPG known as Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines (aka Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke in Japan, which translates to something along the lines of Go Forth Over My Dead Body) arrives on our shores.
In case this is the first you've heard of Oreshika, the gist (via the PlayStation Blog) is that it's "an RPG in which you take charge of an ancient Japanese clan that have been cursed with a maximum lifespan of just two years. Your task is to lead the clan on their quest to lift the curse and enlist the help of gods inspired by Japanese mythology to make sure each new generation of the clan is more powerful than the last."
Are any of you now itching to pick up this title? Or maybe you're planning to use your hard-earned dough to buy one or more of the other Vita games--like Freedom Wars, Soul Sacrifice Delta and Tales of Heart R--we've just learned will be heading West sometime this year instead?
Watch: Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke's Tokyo Game Show 2013 trailer
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Well it looks I have another game to added to my ever growing reasons to buy a Vita list. I'm also so glad Sony and Nintendo are starting to localize more of their titles that might of been consider "too Japanese" for western markets.
Oh, yes, I agree, Sam. Sony's especially on the ball in that regard at the moment. Hopefully Nintendo and other companies like SE (all of those un-localized Dragon Quest games) and Level-5 (I'm looking at you, Fantasy Life) will follow suit shortly...
I'll be the little devil who perches on your shoulder and whispers "Buy a Vita.... you know you want tooooooooo..." Heh. I think I'd have to get Freedom Wars and Oreshika. They look neat.
You know I want this game pretty bad, and I will definitely buy it. But I must confess that I still hate using my Vita. The little thumbsticks make my skin crawl. I know; I'm a freak. I've had the system since December, and I have yet to play a game on it for more than 30 minutes. I just got the new Ys for it last week, and I still haven't been able to force myself to try it out.
Oh, believe me, Terry, I don't need a little devil perching on my shoulder! I decided long ago that I wanted a Vita--it's just that at the moment I'd rather spend my money on 3DS and various retro (GB, GG, PCE) games. I'll very likely pick up a Vita and a bunch of games for it later this year, don't you worry!
Oh, it pains me to hear you say that, Steve--mainly because I've never completely loved using my PSP due to its thumbstick. Do you have a PSP, or did you have one in the past? If so, is the Vita worse than that, or better? I sure hope it isn't worse...
Oh, of course I have a PSP, and I totally hate its analog controller too. These thumbsticks are bad in a completely different way, so it's hard to say if it's better or worse. Just imagine pushing your thumbs down onto pencil erasers. Not my idea of comfortable gaming. But everybody else thinks the Vita is the best thing ever (except for the software selection), so maybe it's just me?
The Vita's thumbsticks aren't as small as pencil erasers, though, are they? Yikes :|
Well OK they are a *little* bigger than erasers, but it's more about the feeling. I prefer the concave 3DS stick to the convex Vita controls. On a bigger stick like the PS2/PS3 it doesn't bother me as much. I have some minor gaming-related nerve damage in my left thumb, so that makes it worse.
Ah, that makes sense. I don't much like convex sticks either. They make it too easy for your thumb to slip off, in my experience.
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