Posted Jul 24th 2007 1:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Tekken

It took long enough! Namco Bandai's sublime PSP fighting game,
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is finally available at the Greatest Hits price of $20. Easily the best 3D fighting game on the platform,
Tekken features PS2-quality graphics, enhancements over the PS2 original, and online data sharing. Not bad for $20, no?
Check it out at
Gamestop.
Posted Jun 8th 2007 11:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Jeanne d'Arc, Imports, Tekken

It shouldn't come as surprising that two of PSP's best games is joining the Japanese "
The Best" budget lineup. Each game will come at the discounted price of 2800 yen.
Jeanne d'Arc will be re-released on July 5th, and
Tekken: Dark Resurrection will come a week after.
North American gamers will be able to get a taste of Level 5's latest SRPG,
Jeanne d'Arc, later this summer.
Posted May 10th 2007 6:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Tekken
Tekken: Dark Resurrection has been an overwhelming success on PSP, selling over a million copies since its release according to
Gamasutra. The title's selling power has been so significant that it's become the second best-selling title for Namco Bandai in the past fiscal year. The only other title to beat it was
Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for PlayStation 2. Hopefully, the rampant success of Namco's fighter on PSP will make it consider bringing one of its
other high-profile fighting franchises to the platform.
[Via
PS3 Fanboy]
Posted Mar 7th 2007 6:30PM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: Guilty Gear, Street Fighter, WWE, Tekken, Metareview, Fan Stuff

The PSP has been selling quite well recently and I figured some new PSP owners may not know what great games the system has to offer. With that in mind, every day this week we'll feature a new genre and list the top 5 games (according to metareviews), so no matter what you're into, you'll have some idea of what games you should own. Today the focus is on Fighting games, a genre that used to be one of the biggest things in gaming, but has lost some popularity with time. I'm still a big fighting game fan though, so I had to make this list.
Top 5 Fighting games on PSP
- Tekken: Dark Ressurrection
- WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW 2006
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX
- Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover
- Guilty Gear Judgement
This list doesn't include import games like Bleach or Naruto, so my personal list of best fighting games would be different. But what do you think about these 5 games? What fighting games aren't on this list that you think every PSP owner should have?
If you missed it, you can check out our previous top 5 game lists:
Action
Racing
Sports
[Data Via Metacritic]
Posted Feb 2nd 2007 11:00PM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: Tekken, Fan Art

Do you want to share your PSP-related fan art? Send us an e-mail. A new piece of fan art will be shared every Friday.
I've got a jonesing for more cowbell, but even more than that, I want more fan art. Luckily it's Fan Art Friday, so my needs for one of the two will be satisfied. This week we take a look at a Tekken related fan art that depicts Kazuya dealing with Heihachi the only way someone can. Paolo Diego is the creator of this fine work. I could totally picture something like this actually happening in a Tekken game. If you dig the art like I do, go check out Paolo's deviant art account. I'd write more about the piece, but it's sorta a tall work and I want it to fit on the main page for all to see. Thanks for the art Paolo! Feel free to let him know what you think and see us back here next Friday!
Posted Jan 22nd 2007 9:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Tekken, Daxter, Loco Roco
LocoRoco has been earning
tons of
award nominations ever since its release. The most important video game-related award of the year is handed out by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Science, and they have just unveiled their nominations for their 10th annual award.
LocoRoco picked up a couple of nominations, including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Original Music Composition, and Children's Game of the Year
Daxter picked up nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Male Character Performance, and Action/Adventure Game of the Year.
Tekken: Dark Resurrection picked up a nomination for Fighting Game of the Year.
LocoRoco is the sole PSP-exclusive game to receive a nomination for Handheld Game of the Year. The Nintendo DS earned three nods with
Elite Beat Agents,
New Super Mario Bros., and
Brain Age. Good luck to all the PSP games in the running: hopefully, one of them will pick up a win.
The full list of nominations can be found
here.
[Via
GameDaily]
Posted Jan 14th 2007 7:30PM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: Gripshift, Tekken, Fan Stuff

Sony seems to be having a bit of a problem. They have a portable system that is a success, but not by any means their main product. Then they have a new console that desperately needs games any way it can get them. Obviously they need to compete on the high end next gen game front, but they also need to compete against the Virtual Console and Xbox Live Arcade. Without the backlog of games like Nintendo or the head start of Microsoft, they seem to be turning to a questionable source for their downloadable games; the PSP.
The obvious issue with PSP games going to PS3 is that it begins to negate the reasons for a consumer to own both. Sure, right now it's a Gripshift and a Tekken, but what happens if the trend just continues? Sure, this would strengthen the PlayStation Network, but at the cost of PSP exclusives. This is just not acceptable when the PSP still has a long way to go to establish itself.
If Sony does insist on continuing to take games from the PSP library to the PS3, than it needs to change how it does so. Microsoft announced Live Anywhere quite some time ago, but we're still waiting for the day when we can play Xbox Live Arcade games on the go. Part of the reason is that Microsoft doesn't yet have a portable gaming system, but Sony does. Why not have it so if I download Gripshift on the PS3 I can download it to my PSP as well free as charge. For games that require progress, it would be great if I was able to share saves between my PSP and PS3. Maybe this is part of Sony's eventual plans anyway, but until I can buy Tekken on my PSP and continue it on my PS3 or vice-versa, it seems like a missed opportunity.
It could just be that this is a temporary solution and as more developers jump on board the PlayStation Network, Sony will stop relying on PSP games as downloadable content. Even if this is the case though, it still seems like a dangerous road for Sony to travel. It could just be that I'm overreacting though. What do fellow PSP owners think of this development?
Posted Dec 27th 2006 1:55PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Tekken

I reported
earlier that
Tekken: Dark Resurrection would appear on PlayStation 3 as a downloadable title via the
PlayStation Store. It looks like the game's finally out... in Japan. The monstrous 830MB download features all the functionality of the PSP version of the game, such as ghost battling, but now comes in glorious 1080P full-HD. To add insult to injury, there's multiplayer included (no need for multiple machines and discs!), and the cost: a measly 2000 yen ($17).
Some of you
disagreed with my prediction that the PS3 version would be cheaper. Looks like Sony's trend is to release PSP games... and then make them
better and cheaper on the PS3. Does that sound fair to you?
[Via
Joystiq]
Posted Dec 21st 2006 12:01AM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Tekken, Fan Stuff

Chances are, you probably won't find this upcoming fan-made film adaptation of
Tekken to be as titilating as
Maxim's Tekken girls photo shoot. This impressive-looking fan effort, entitled
Tekken: King of Iron Fist, will feature some pretty accurate cosplaying, mixed with some action sequences. From the looks of things, this may be better than "official" Ewe Boll-produced film massacres.
[Via
Gamespot]
Posted Dec 6th 2006 6:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Tekken

The once-exclusive PSP version of
Tekken 5, entitled
Dark Resurrection may be heading to the PLAYSTATION 3. According to
Jeux-France, the latest issue of Famitsu details a potential HD version of
Tekken: Dark Resurrection to be released through the online PlayStation Store. It appears that, like
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories before it, Bandai Namco is attempting to maximize the audience for this enhanced fighting game. No other details, like a release date, or a price, have been revealed.
Will you feel burned again if this PSP exclusive heads over to another console... for less money?
[Via digg]
[
Update 1: No longer a rumor. Confirmed.
With pictures.]
Posted Nov 9th 2006 9:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Lumines, Grand Theft Auto, Tekken, Loco Roco
The PSP is up for some more awards for this year's Spike TV VGA, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. It's exclusive games earned 7 nominations, with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories getting the most on the system, with 3 nominations in total. Here's a sampling of the categories PSP games will be competing in:
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Namco Bandai)
Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo/Team Ninja)
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology (Capcom)
God Hand (Capcom/Clover Studio)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
New Super Mario (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds / Rockstar North)
Tetris DS (Nintendo)
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment America/SCE Studios Japan)
You can vote for your favorites by heading over to the Spike TV website. Voting ends December 7th, so rock the vote, PSP fans! The winners will be revealed on December 13th at 10PM on Spike TV. See more nominations after the cut.
[Update 1: Haha, Spite TV would be an awesome name for a network. Corrected. Remember kids, NEVER update a blog while reading Moby Dick.]
Continue reading PSP nabs Spike TV VGA nominations
Posted Oct 7th 2006 7:05PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Tekken, Video, Fan Stuff

Oh no, PSP Fanboy is using sex to promote its site again! It's true... they say that sex sells, and the people behind
Tekken know it. For a Maxim photo shoot, they had some models dress up (or down) as
Tekken models. Taking some inspiration from
Dead or Alive, the photographers then placed those models under running water. The following video won't disappoint you... unless you're at work and your boss realizes what kind of pevert you are. So, I'm giving this an
EXTREMELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK notice
. Enjoy!
[
Update 2: New PSP-compatible video
and newly hosted video after the cut. Sweet, huh? (Streaming video coming soon. Sorenson isn't working, drats!)]
Continue reading Tekken girls get real... and naked [Update 1]
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