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PlayStation Vita Japanese Launch Thread. "APOCALYPTIC!" says concerned Nuclear Muffin

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My reservation list for Saturday-

Vita 3G
16GB Memory Card
Lord of Apocalypse
Disgaea 3

Things to do-

See how the account stuff really works
Try Princess Crown (a great 2D game) and Monster Hunter 2nd or 3rd (great 3D game) on the Vita screen with filtering and see how it looks
 
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mmm god damn, what game is this? the new vanilla game ?
 
500 YEN? fuck yeah. who needs to work after that. i wonder if how much these vita live wallpaper will cost lol. i think it cost $2 for a dynamic theme on ps3?
 
Yeah, I saw that on PSN the other day.

ANYONE WHO USES JAPANESE PSN AND IS GETTING A VITA AT JAPANESE LAUNCH: Might as well get on PSN store on your PSP or PS3 now and download that first "piece" of the campaign. You will get free wallpapers for each launch title and a chance to win a WHOPPING 500 yen credit!

Edit: You have until January 9th to do this
Bah, when I started reading your post, I thought you can download the second piece already. I WANT MY 500 YEN!
Btw., you don't plan to get a case with that Vita?
Also, let's play LoA after launch.
 
I wish I could grab some Vita games on PSN before Saturday.
It's gonna suck waiting for everything to download on a congested network with nothing else to do on my hardware.
 
Bah, when I started reading your post, I thought you can download the second piece already. I WANT MY 500 YEN!
Btw., you don't plan to get a case with that Vita?
Also, let's play LoA after launch.

I'll definitely get a case, I just haven't decided which one yet... Also gonna grab the screen protector film, of course.

And yeah, LoA, let's do it :D
 
Nico Nico app video.
The only thing that's actually interesting about this vid is that it shows that Japanese text input is the same as in iStuff when using a full keyboard.

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I'll definitely get a case, I just haven't decided which one yet... Also gonna grab the screen protector film, of course.

And yeah, LoA, let's do it :D
I've decided to go with the case that allows you to play games without taking Vita out of it, mainly because the pouches don't seem to protect the console well - my friend's Kindle got smashed in something like that, so I'd rather be cautious.
The only downside is the lack of game card/memory card slots, but that's why I bought this sexy beast (at a 100 yen shop):
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Nico Nico app video.
The only thing that's actually interesting about this vid is that it shows that Japanese text input is the same as in iStuff when using a full keyboard.

Edit:

I've decided to go with the case that allows you to play games without taking Vita out of it, mainly because the pouches don't seem to protect the console well - my friend's Kindle got smashed in something like that, so I'd rather be cautious.
The only downside is the lack of game card/memory card slots, but that's why I bought this sexy beast (at a 100 yen shop):
dVvQS.jpg

Awesome! There is certainly no lack of "small electronics pouches" in this country.
 
Nico Nico app video.
The only thing that's actually interesting about this vid is that it shows that Japanese text input is the same as in iStuff when using a full keyboard.

Edit:

I've decided to go with the case that allows you to play games without taking Vita out of it, mainly because the pouches don't seem to protect the console well - my friend's Kindle got smashed in something like that, so I'd rather be cautious.
The only downside is the lack of game card/memory card slots, but that's why I bought this sexy beast (at a 100 yen shop):
dVvQS.jpg

So how is Lord of Apocalypse, I'm wondering because I'd like to know as I might buy that at launch if its enough.
 
Awesome! There is certainly no lack of "small electronics pouches" in this country.

To ne honest I picked this up at the "girls stuff" aisle, but I think it's pretty (and) manly.

@Madmaxx
I think it's pretty good, much better than Arcana. There's a PSP demo out if you want to try it.
 
I'll be flying into Tokyo later this week. Pretty excited about being able to play UMVC3 on Vita actually.

I'll be picking up the following:

Ultimate Marvel VS. Capcom 3
Uncharted
Ridge Racer
Touch My Katamari

weeee!
 
I wish I could grab some Vita games on PSN before Saturday.
It's gonna suck waiting for everything to download on a congested network with nothing else to do on my hardware.

I was trying to just load PSN+ section of PSN store and it was taking forever to load the icons last night, like 2 or 3 minutes slow.
 
Won't be relevant to most people in this thread, but Yoshida was tweeting about a Remote Play update to the Torne application not too long ago.
 
Can't really decide on what launch games to get. Any recommendations?
If you want to play a monster hunter-like action RPG, I'd recommend Lord of Arcana (the PSP demo is up, you can try it).
Little deviants is pretty cheap (2000 yen), so I personally plan to buy it in addition to the "normal" game.

To be honest it all depends on what you want to play - about the impressions from the demo event you can read louis89's here, mine (15 games) here.
 
I'll be flying into Tokyo later this week. Pretty excited about being able to play UMVC3 on Vita actually.

I'll be picking up the following:

Ultimate Marvel VS. Capcom 3
Uncharted
Ridge Racer
Touch My Katamari

weeee!

You got a preorder or just winging it?

If i get one, I'd probably pick up

- ridge racer
- katamari
- hot shots golf
- uncharted

Then perhaps rebuy hotshots at uk launch if the language/online is too tricky for me. And wipeout, motorstorm RC
 
If you want to play a monster hunter-like action RPG, I'd recommend Lord of Arcana (the PSP demo is up, you can try it).
Little deviants is pretty cheap (2000 yen), so I personally plan to buy it in addition to the "normal" game.

To be honest it all depends on what you want to play - about the impressions from the demo event you can read louis89's here, mine (15 games) here.

Thanks, appreciated. LoA seems to be quite kanji heavy though, and I'm not fluent in Japanese so might have to pass on that one.

Thinking about golf and tennis, but also Army Corps of Hell. Looks interesting. Nothing you've tried?
 
Thanks, appreciated. LoA seems to be quite kanji heavy though, and I'm not fluent in Japanese so might have to pass on that one.

Thinking about golf and tennis, but also Army Corps of Hell. Looks interesting. Nothing you've tried?
Sorry, I was thinking about trying Army Corps, but passed on it after all.
One thing that may help all those still wondering which games to get is to watch the developers showing the demo versions that where playable during the weekend events in Japan. The movies are around 8-10 minutes long and usually they show the demos from start to finish.
 
You guys, if I go to yodobashi tomorrow I will still able to preorder and get a vita at launch or the available unit are already gone?
 
You guys, if I go to yodobashi tomorrow I will still able to preorder and get a vita at launch or the available unit are already gone?
According to Dunan:
Keiician, the Yodobashi Camera east of Shinjuku station was still taking pre-orders for the 3G Vita when I was in there a week or so ago. Mine is reserved at their Ueno store, along with a 4 GB card (Y1980) -- they were out of the bigger memory cards already but the 4 GB had plenty of stock. Games were no problem; they were taking orders for all of them, and all had small discounts off the MSRP. Sofmap in Akihabara was the same -- don't fret!
But you probably won't find the WiFi model for preorder anywhere.
 
All Bic Cameras I've visited recently (Shinjuku, Ikebukuro) stopped accepting preorders if that's any help.
 
Might be able to find one in random places in Osaka. Sofmap in Nipponbashi got a second batch of wifi models a few weeks back, probably sold out now though. Was lucky to get one. I'm still seeing 3G here and there.
 
Debating whether I should get Blazblue or Marvel vs Capcom. Not much of a fighter genre person.

Also I feel for the Play-asia people. You know you're going to be paying 500+.
 
Debating whether I should get Blazblue or Marvel vs Capcom. Not much of a fighter genre person.

Also I feel for the Play-asia people. You know you're going to be paying 500+.
I'd go for MvC, it's much more fun, especially if you don't plan to spend million of hours mastering the battle system.
 
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