MONSTER MONPIECE VITA PHYSICAL PLUS
It’s especially disappointing because the game itself is really enjoyable, despite a few performance niggles.ĭespite it receiving a whopping eight entries throughout the Vita’s life (nine if you count the Japan-only Lydie & Suelle), the Atelier series only two of them get English physical releases – Escha & Logy Plus and Shallie Plus. Possibly the most revered anime series in recent years (at least until Demon Slayer came along) is Attack on Titan which got its own Vita release from Dynasty Warriors developers Omega Force but it was digital-only in the west, which was definitely a hard sell thanks to the high price tag and large file size. Vita received more than its fair share of anime games with many of the more popular ones such as Dragon Ball Z and One Piece receiving physical releases in the west (even more niche ones like Asterisk War and Gundam got them in Asia). It’s a personal list (and I’ve given a larger priority to those games with big file sizes) so just as I might be disappointed that Ice Cream Surfer got a physical where Attractio didn’t, so too might people find my selection unworthy – but that just serves to highlight what a great library Vita has that’s worthy of preservation! It’s these that I intend to examine in this article – games that should have gotten a physical release, but didn’t. Unfortunately, for every gem these companies managed to put out, they’ve also handled some stinkers (the recent Pachi Pachi on a Roll being a fantastic example but plenty of others exist such as Drive Girls, Mutant Mudds and Tokyo Tattoo Girls), which often makes me yearn for the titles that fell through the cracks. Thanks to the fantastic efforts of companies like eastasiasoft and Limited Run Games, many Vita games which would otherwise have been digital-only got physical releases, plus a handful of niche publishers like Aksys and NISA also released small print runs of their titles. While this doesn’t look to be a reality any time soon for Vita, the fact that Sony blocked access to already-bought PlayStation Mobile titles does not paint a promising picture.
Fast forward 17 years to the launch of the PlayStation Vita and suddenly digital gaming is on the rise, a cheaper and easier way to distribute titles which, combined with the handheld’s poor market presence (except in Japan, where you can find stores filled to the brim with Vita cartridges) meant that many games were only available digitally.įor many gamers like me, this was disappointing as there’s something enjoyable about holding a copy in your hand, plus it means they’re future-proofed in the same way my PS1 titles are – many digital games can be pulled from the store without notice and in the case of things like the infamous P.T., are gone forever unless they’re backed up to your hard-drive.
MONSTER MONPIECE VITA PHYSICAL FULL
My first ever console was the original PlayStation and back then, digital distribution wasn’t a thing – I had a shelf full of games in their jewel cases that are there to this day and all of them are still playable on the original console (touch wood none of them suffer from disc rot).
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