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Posted: Apr 28 2008 11:21 pm

This is old news, but: http://ds.ign.com/articles/853/853759p1.html

Metal Slug 7 will be on the DS. Between that and Dragon Quest IX, I am quite happy that I own a DS. My friend just traded his in for a PSP. I tried to explain to him that he was stupid and that The World Ends With You JUST CAME OUT, but he's a casual gamer and the only words he understands are God of War and Castlevania. Hell, he doesn't even know why it's cool that they released Rondo of Blood, but he wants to play it regardless. I tried explaining to him DS was getting another Castlevania too, and he just looked at me and screamed "God of War!" and walked away.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 12:36 am

Wow, that guy sounds retarded.

I can't wait for this to come out. My friend and I have an inside joke where we always say retarded shit like "Steve, why didn't you get the fucking ammo" in our best retard impression. We didn't know the name of Tarma the first time we played, so we called him Steve the Retard and it stuck. Since it's portable, this might make for some weird looks in public, though.

Joined: Sep 02 2007 Posts: 79

I'm happy with both systems. The PSP started out very slowly, but recently it's become a haven for strategy RPGs, which is great. And I love that I can put PS1 games I downloaded for the PS3 on there.

The DS has been great for text adventure type games and sidescrollers, like Metal Slug. It seems like all of my favorite genres have gone to the portable systems now. For whatever reason developers just refuse to make console titles that don't use either first or third person perspectives. If it weren't for the portables games like Castlevania and Metal Slug might be a thing of the past by now.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 12:47 am

I had a PSP for modding purposes, but it broke. So now I have nothing. The DS has a far better library of games.
As for Metal Slug, it looks good. If only I could play it.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 12:49 am

Yeah, the only reason I have a PSP is to have a modded PSP. Which mine is.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 03:28 pm

Most of the PSP games I had any interest in got PS2 ports, so there's less and less of a reason for me to get one. So far all I'd get it for is Rondo of Blood and... Lumines, I guess.

But Metal Slug 7 is great news to me. I was just wondering if they were ever going to bring out another one, since they had said a long time ago that 6 would be the last side-scrolling one or something to that effect. I hope Tarma's still in this one; I'm always Tarma.

This reminds me, I need to get a copy of Metal Slug Anthology sometime. It better not go out of print before I get a Wii.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 04:14 pm

lumines could be bought for XBLA. so thats one less reason for me to get the PSP. unless god of war stays exclusive to the PSP, then i would buy one for that reason alone.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 04:17 pm

I'm sure that will get ported over to PS2 eventually...just like the PSP GTA titles. I hope so anyway cause I really want to play it, but fuck buying a PSP.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 04:33 pm

crookshow wrote:

I'm sure that will get ported over to PS2 eventually...just like the PSP GTA titles. I hope so anyway cause I really want to play it, but fuck buying a PSP.

Besides the PSP being a better on the go resource, the GTA PSP games play MUCH better on the PS2. However, the Genesis Collection plays better on the PSP.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 05:36 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

This is old news, but: http://ds.ign.com/articles/853/853759p1.html

Metal Slug 7 will be on the DS. Between that and Dragon Quest IX, I am quite happy that I own a DS. My friend just traded his in for a PSP. I tried to explain to him that he was stupid and that The World Ends With You JUST CAME OUT, but he's a casual gamer and the only words he understands are God of War and Castlevania. Hell, he doesn't even know why it's cool that they released Rondo of Blood, but he wants to play it regardless. I tried explaining to him DS was getting another Castlevania too, and he just looked at me and screamed "God of War!" and walked away.

The Fire Emblem remake should be most excellent as well.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 07:15 pm

username wrote:

lumines could be bought for XBLA. so thats one less reason for me to get the PSP. unless god of war stays exclusive to the PSP, then i would buy one for that reason alone.

Seeing how Sony created God of War I can't imagine its gonna get a release on any other system. If it did thats when you would know Sony has forfieted.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 07:32 pm

Red_Mage wrote:

The Fire Emblem remake should be most excellent as well.

Not to mention the 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 07:55 pm

Douche McCallister wrote:

username wrote:

lumines could be bought for XBLA. so thats one less reason for me to get the PSP. unless god of war stays exclusive to the PSP, then i would buy one for that reason alone.

Seeing how Sony created God of War I can't imagine its gonna get a release on any other system. If it did thats when you would know Sony has forfieted.

i shouldve clarified and said that unless god of war chains of olympus got ported to the PS2, then i would have a reason to buy a PSP.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 08:59 pm

username wrote:

Douche McCallister wrote:

username wrote:

lumines could be bought for XBLA. so thats one less reason for me to get the PSP. unless god of war stays exclusive to the PSP, then i would buy one for that reason alone.

Seeing how Sony created God of War I can't imagine its gonna get a release on any other system. If it did thats when you would know Sony has forfieted.

i shouldve clarified and said that unless god of war chains of olympus got ported to the PS2, then i would have a reason to buy a PSP.

Chains of Olympus is for PSP, why would you get one if the game got ported to PS2? I'm confused

Posted: Apr 29 2008 09:09 pm

i Understand what he meant. AS right now he has a reason to get psp. IF it gets ported to ps2 like most of the other psp games then he wont have a reason.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 09:40 pm

thank you erock.

i currently dont have a PSP and god of war is my only reason so far to buy the PSP. if it got ported over to PS2 then i wont have a reason to buy a PSP.

Posted: Apr 30 2008 03:19 pm

Why not just play God of War I and II. Its like the same game. Beat the shit out of these soldiers, then harpies, move up to minotaur, cyclops, cyclops with dudes riding em, beat on a god, your done.

Metal Slug 7, thats gonna be awesome. Also, as an aside, when I first heard about the game Metal Saga, I was hoping deep down in my heart that it was a Metal Slug RPG. No such luck, despite not having any clue on how that would work.

Posted: Apr 30 2008 04:58 pm

RobotGumshoe wrote:

Why not just play God of War I and II. Its like the same game. Beat the shit out of these soldiers, then harpies, move up to minotaur, cyclops, cyclops with dudes riding em, beat on a god, your done.

Well, you can make similar generalizations about virtually any series of games. Games in the Mario, Zelda and Megaman library have followed the same basic formula for the most part since their inception. That doesn't mean they're not worth playing. I know as a game designed for PSP, it's not likely to bring anything new to the table, but I still want to play it for storyline implications. It's supposed to be a prequel to the first 2 games.