One of the biggest criticisms thrown at Sony's portable system, the PSP, has always been its lack of quality games (or of games in general). Sony seems to have taken the criticism to heart, and in the coming months a bevy of grade-A titles are set to hit the PSP. There are quite a few games I'm looking forward to, and I've decided to share a portion of my most wanted list with you guys.


If you're a fighting game fan you likely are familiar, or at least aware of, the Soul Calibur franchise. A weapon based fighting game developed by Namco (the nice folks who brought you Tekken), the Soul Calibur games consistently provide a high quality fighting game experience to fans of the series.

Namco has decided to let PSP owners in on the fun with Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny. The title borrows heavily from Soul Calibur 4 (released last year on the PS3 on Xbox 360), with most characters and locales being directly imported from said game. However, new stages have been developed for the PSP game, and two new characters are featured in the games roster, including none other than Kratos, from God of War. As for the graphics, well, if videos and screens released so far are any indication, Namco is set on outdoing itself once again.

Soul Calibur Broken Destiny is set to be released on September 1st, 2009.



Ok, so not everyone was on board when Sqaure Enix (known as Squaresoft at the time) announced that it would be developing an action RPG game which fused together the worlds of Disney Animation and Final Fantasy... a kid that looks like Cloud riding on Dumbo...seriously? Years later we are all well aware that the Kingdom Hearts saga is simply awesome, delivering high action and intense gameplay, with a deep story and involving characters (not to mention a badass Mickey Mouse).

Set ten years prior to the main Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is a prequel to the main series and will tell the tale of Aqua, Ventus and Terra, three Keyblade weilders. Little else has been revealed about the story of the game, and details on the gameplay are also scarce, although it will follow in the vein of previous Kingdom Hearts games, so combat promises to be quick and eye catching.

No official release date yet, but make sure you keep your eyes open for this one.



Perhaps its because I love Marvel Comics to death... or perhaps its the fact that I'm very immature for my age...maybe it's a little bit of both. Well, regardless of the reason, I am very excited about Marvel Super Hero Squad, and hell, I think GGTLers such as yourself should be excited too.

A kid friendly game with graphics aimed towards a five year old audience, Marvel Super Hero Squad is a brawler which lets you take control of over 20 marvel characters, and set them loose in a mission mode (think lego games) taking on waves of bad guys, and in a battle mode, taking on three other heroes or villains in an all out brawl (think a watered down version of Smash Brothers).

With simple graphics, simple controls and game mechanics, Marvel Super Hero Squad promises to be a whole lot of fun for any marvel fan...well either that or a complete mess. The game is set for release in the fourth quarter of 2009.



If you've been paying attention to recent posts you'll know just how excited I am about Dissidia: Final Fantasy, the PSP game which puts you in control of your favorite Final Fantasy heroes and villains. Rather than bore you with details about the game, i'll just refer you to my impressions of the PSN demo, which you can check out here. Dissidia is set to hit stores on August 25th, 2009.

Well there you have it, Part 1 of GGTL's PSP wishlist. There are plenty of other high profile games coming out on the PSP soon, for now I've mostly concentrated on PSP exclusives (all of the above except for Marvel Super Hero Squad will appear only on your PSP). Stay tuned for Part 2 of the list, for info on PSP versions of the hottest games coming out this fall and winter.

Labels: Dissidia Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy, Joey Núñez, Kingdom Hearts, Marvel, PSP, Soul Calibur

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