Interesting thing about Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology series is that it features all sorts of different characters from other Tales game and that makes Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology a one great crossover game. As for the gameplay, it resembles to the one that we see in MMORPGs because players can complete all sorts of quests and craft all sorts of items that can help them in their quest. Besides all sorts of characters from Tales franchise, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology also has all sorts of classes available to the players. Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 had more than 50 characters from the Tales series included and it has brought all sorts of improvements and new classes to the franchise, so the question remains will Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 live up to the fame of previous game.

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 will have massive amount of characters available in the game and we’re expecting that character roster will have 80 available characters. All the characters from the previous game, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2, so you’ll have the chance to play with most characters from Tales series in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3. Speaking about the available characters, most of them will be unlockable, and most of them are from another Tales games. Just like in the previous Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology games, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 will feature all sorts of characters from another Tales series so we’ll see characters from different series such as: Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Legendia, Tales of the Abyss, Tales of the Tempest, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Hearts, Tales of Graces.

So far, there is no additional information about the storyline but we know that the story in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 it revolves around Kanonno Grassvalley, a traveler who travels around the world after the death of her parents. Your new character joins up with Kanonno Grassvalley at the beginning of the game in order to help her with her quests.

Sadly, we don’t have any more information about this game but if you’re a fan of Tales series and of Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology franchise the upcoming Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology game is the right for you. It has 80 characters from the Tales series and improved gameplay so what more can you ask? If you’re a fan of Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, I suggest that you check for Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3. Sadly, no information about release date is available but we’re hoping that we’ll see it in near future.

Story of Ys Seven follows Adol Christin, the main character from the game series, and his friend Dogi in Capital of Altago. Adol and Dogi are thrown into the jail at the beginning of the game but soon after that the King itself orders them to go and investigate the mysterious earthquakes that have occurred recently. Story is cliche, and Adal and Dogi will have to fight against the great evil once again.

As for the gameplay, you’ll lead three characters at the time and you’ll be able to switch between them whenever you want. You can control only one character at the time, and the AI will control the other two and surprisingly AI does a great job with it. As for the combat, we already mentioned that this is an action-based RPG so there are no combat turns and like in other RPGs. Everything happens in real time and everything is fast and intense so there’s a lot of combat, blocking and dodging in Ys Seven. Each character has base attack that can be charged by holding a button, few special attacks that you get while using specific weapons, and a super attack that can be unleashed when gauge is full. As for special attacks, you have a special meter that is filled each time when you kill an enemy and interesting thing is that you can learn a special attack if you use a specific weapon long enough so you’ll be able to use it without that weapon. Interesting thing is that enemies drop all sorts of things that can be used for crafting and that way you can craft all sorts of items such as armor, weapons, healing items and similar. As we mentioned before, it’s crucial to switch between characters in Ys Seven because each character can use different types of weapons that are effective against different enemies. As for the enemies, Ys Seven offers wide range of enemies throughout the game and the special treat of the game are the bosses. Bosses are really challenging and it will take you some time to figure out a pattern in order to beat them. Interesting thing with bosses is that they will sometimes surprise you with sudden moves so it might become almost impossible to beat them. This can be frustrating at the times because when you think that you’ve figured out a way to beat the boss he’ll hit you hard with an unexpected move. Another flaw with Ys Seven is that you’ll need to complete some stages all over again, but luckily, the layout of the stages will change. However, even with the different layout, stages feel repetitive in a way.

As for the sound and graphics, they look decent. Although there are no voices in this game, Ys Seven offers amazing soundtrack, but unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing for graphics. Graphics is decent but it seems too flashy at the times so you might even lose your character sometimes in the combat due to all the flashy combat moves. They don’t look spectacular and they almost feel like an distraction that makes your game a bit harder. On the other hand, bosses and repetitive stages are another flaw of the Ys Seven, but despite that, Ys Seven provides interesting, real time and intense combat that is not a common thing in JRPGs. Besides that, there’s an interesting skill system and crafting that will keep you occupied for a while. Therefore, if you’re a fan of JRPG make sure that you check Ys Seven.

As for God Eater, it’s a super popular game in Japan and interesting thing about God Eater is that it has been sold in more than half million copies just three weeks after its release.  As for the story of God Eater Burst, you play as young warrior that is on a mission to destroy powerful creature known as Aragami. Of course, you’re not alone on your mission and you’ll have to team up with other warriors in order to defeat this mighty creature. All warriors that are fighting against Aragami are given the name God Eater, therefore you must unite with other God Eaters in order to destroy this evil creature once and for all. Unlike Monster Hunter, this game has deep and interesting storyline that features voice acting and more than 100 missions. Besides single player that has 100 missions, there’s co-op multiplayer available as well via local ad-hoc wireless. Besides local ad-hoc, you can enjoy in co-op multiplayer with three AI controlled characters as well, but God Eater Burst provides the best gaming experience when it’s is played with real people via ad-hoc. I’ll have to admit that God Eater Burst resembles to Phantasy Star Portable 2 a lot. On the beginning of the game you create your own character and choose its physical appearance. You can create all sorts of characters by changing their hairstyle, hair color, clothing, skin, face and voice. In addition, you can also change weapons by using special materials. Speaking of weapons, all weapons are divided into three groups: Blade, Gun and Shield. Of course, each group of weapons has three subgroups that give you more diversity. Another great thing about weapons in God Eater Burst is that you can instantly switch between them and make all sorts of interesting tactics that way.

Before each mission you need to choose three teammates that you’ll lead into the current mission. After you’ve chosen them you’re deployed to the battlefield and this is when the fun starts. Again we’ll have to admit that this game resembles to Phantasy Star Portable 2 when it comes to gameplay. First thing that you’ll notice when you enter the battlefield are the three bars in the top left corner. Red bar stands for your health, while the green one stands for your ammo, and the last one represents your energy. You lead your character through a map in order to complete your objective and entire time you’ll carry a huge sword that is almost two times bigger than you. Interesting thing is that in God Eater Burst you can sprint but that will consume your energy bar so you’ll have to run from time to time in order to keep your character rested. All sorts of actions such as jumping and melee combos will drain your energy bar but it will recharge over if you don’t perform dashes or any other special attacks. Of course, in God Eater Burst you’re not limited to your melee attacks. If you’re tired of melee combat you can simply transform your sword into a gun or even into shield. I think that there are several version of the gun available and as for the gun you fire it by pressing the Triangle or the Square button. In order to make your aiming easier you’ll get the crosshair on your screen for precise aiming and another great thing when it comes to aiming is that you can strafe while firing. Another interesting thing is that you can transform your sword into some form of monster that probably gives you more attack power. As for the monsters that you fight, they are big and challenging so fighting them with your friends in co-op is always a great fun. Combat looks great and intense although it’s not flashy like in Phantasy Star Portable 2, but it will surely keep you occupied for some time.

Overall, God Eater Burst looks promising enough and it will provide you with intense combat sequences and great co-op. As for release date, we’re expecting to see God Eater Burst in North America exclusively for PSP in 2011.

Story in Phantasy Star Portable 2 takes place after three years from events that occurred in Phantasy Star Universe. As you know all four races have defeated SEED but there’s a new issue in the universe. Resources in Gurhal are getting low and therefore Gurhalians have decided to move to outer space. Player takes place as one of the members of private military group known as Little Wing on Clad 6 and this is where the story begins.

Like in the previous games on the beginning you create your own characters. You can choose several options such as gender, facial features, body and voice. One interesting thing about Phantasy Star Portable 2 is that you’ll be able to transfer the character from Phantasy Star Portable. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to input entire character with its level and equipment but you’ll be able to import its original appearance and name. This is great feature because it will make you feel like you’re a part of a story.

Phantasy Star Portable 2 will offer several new interesting features. First new feature is entirely new and deep storyline, that will provide you hours of fun. On the other side, Phantasy Star Potable 2 will provide Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure online support so this means that you’ll be able to enjoy dungeon crawling with up to four friends over the internet. In addition, Phantasy Star Potable 2 will feature improved combat system, new weapons and new customization features.

Since Phantasy Star Potable 2 is action RPG gameplay reminds us a lot of  Kingdom Hearts. In order to attack you just need to press the Square button and you can even perform simpler chain attacks that way. If you want to make powerful attack you’ll have to use the Triangle button. Triangle button unleashes a powerful attack that consumes your Photon Points. As for the Photon Points they are not assigned to your weapons anymore, instead they are assigned to your character and they will regenerate over time. Interesting thing is that you can also use two swords and perform some nasty combos that way as well. As for combat, most enemies can be defeated easily simply by tapping the Square button while bosses will require certain tactic. Boss fights look impressive especially if you manage to level up your character to a higher level. Combat is filled with flashy effects and animations that look breathtaking on the PlayStation Portable. As for the bosses and storyline, before each mission you’ll see a screenshot of a character that will explain you the current objective. It’s nothing special but next to the outstanding and flashy combat it looks shallow in a way. So far, there’s not much information about the storyline but it is certain that co-op provides the best gaming experience when it comes to the Phantasy Star Potable 2.

Phantasy Star Potable 2 looks promising enough and with the amazing combat and interesting character creation it will surely provide you hours of fun. Add amazing co-op to all of this and you’ll get one solid action RPG experience that will keep you occupied for a long time. As for release date, we’re hoping to see Phantasy Star Portable 2 on September 14.

If you don’t know, Bleach is an ultra popular manga and anime series in Japan and in United States. Original manga was created in 2001 and soon after we got an anime version in 2004. Plot in Bleach follows a teenager, Ichigo Kurosaki, that receives the power of Soul Reaper. Bleach series is quite popular and it has a huge number of manga comics, movies, anime shows and of course, video games. Since Bleach series features a lot of fighting it’s no wonder that we’ve seen so many Bleach fighting games on all sorts of consoles and PlayStation Portable is not an exception. PlayStation Portable gamers surely remember the Bleach: Heat the Soul series that has been present on the PlayStation Portable since 2005. If you don’t know, Bleach: Heat the Soul is a fighting game that features characters from Bleach series and it’s exclusively available for the PlayStation Portable. So far we’ve seen six installments of this popular game and it’s seems that we’re about the see the Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 in future.

So far there aren’t many information about the latest Bleach: Heat the Soul 7, but as we find out there will be amazing character roster that will feature 84 characters. This means that you’ll get the chance to play as the most popular characters from Bleach series. Of course Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 will introduce some new characters that include: Allon (Ayon), Coyote Stark (Los Lobos), Barragan Luisenbarn (Arrogante), Tia Harribel (Tiburon), Yammy Riyalgo (Ira), Ulquiorra Ciffer (Segunda Etapa), Ichigo Kurosaki (Full Hollow), and Muramasa. Besides that, there will be some additional features such as fights against the giant bosses. Besides that, it looks like that Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 will feature easy difficulty setting, practice mode and tutorial mode. Another thing that’s new in Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 is the four player mode. It remains a question how will four player mode look but we’re guessing that it will probably resemble to Bleach Blade Battlers from the PS2. Besides that, we should see 3D camera perspective as well. Of course, Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 will follow the characters and events from the latest anime. As for the release date, we don’t know when will Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 hit the United States but we’re hoping that we’ll see it on September 2 2010 in Japan.

As mentioned before, Valkyria Chronicles 2 is being developed and published by Sega and it will be available in near future for the PlayStation Portable. Will the sequel on the handheld device such as PSP be worthy of the original game that has already been seen on PS3? We’re here to find out.

From what we find out story is set two years after the events of Valkyria Chronicles and story is focused on a small European country called Gallia and its civil war. In order to put the civil war to an end Gallian army has sent recruits from military academy and your objective is to lead them. So far, there’s not much information about the story itself but famous Valkyria Chronicles gameplay is here on the PlayStation Portable at its best.

As for the combat, it looks like in the original game, but now we have a chance to take a overhead look at our map in order to see where our friendly units are deployed. It’s a great strategically improvement and in some missions it might be a key to success.  When the combat starts you have overhead view of the battlefield and you can see where are your units and enemies located. Besides that, you have certain number of command points that are located in the top left part of your screen. You use those combat points to move your characters and each time when you decide to move a character one combat point is spent. Luckily, you’re not limited one combat point per character but you can only move one character at the time. Interesting thing is that after you choose your character game switches to third person and you move your character on the same way like in the third person shooter. After you switch to the third person view you have to move your character quickly before the bar on the bottom of the screen runs out. Interesting thing is that the bar on the bottom runs down while you’re moving your character so you’ll have to plan each and every move in advance. While you’re in the third person you can move freely until the enemy spots you. If that happens, enemy will start firing so you can simply run or shoot at him. If you decide to shoot, game will freeze and you’ll have a chance to aim carefully and kill your enemy that way. As you progress and get more experience you’ll get a chance to develop your characters and unlock additional classes. As for the graphics, it looks quite decent for the handheld device such as PlayStation Portable and if you enjoy in anime and cartoony graphics you’re going to love Valkyria Chronicles 2. According to the developers, Valkyria Chronicles 2 will have more than hundred missions and it will provide us twenty different environments. Besides that, developers are planning to introduce versus and cooperative multiplayer modes in Valkyria Chronicles 2 that will surely be a blast.

Valkyria Chronicles 2 will be one great tactical RPG for the PlayStation Portable that will provides us with hours of fun. Official release is scheduled for August 31st.

In Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable you’re a high school student in modern Japan and soon after you arrive to your new high school you discover that this is not an ordinary school. When the “Dark Hour” occurs all people from your town are turned into coffins and strange tower appears during this “Dark Hour” that is filled with monsters known as Shadows. As you probably guessed it, your quest here is gather your high school friends and enter this strange tower during the “Dark Hour” and defeat the Shadows. Of course, high school students are not alone against the Shadows because they can summon powerful beings known as Personas to help them out. Interesting thing is that Personas are character personalities and as character builds stronger social relationships in school the more powerful his Persona gets. Interesting thing in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable is that you have a leading female character as well and that you can make all sorts of unique social links with her as well. Social links are side stories and by completing them you’ll establish new friendships or maybe even fall in love and make your Persona stronger that way. As you see, there are two parts of the game: the battling stage that happens during the “Dark Hour” and day stage that takes place in the high school. At school you need to attend classes, meet new friends and join clubs so it’s like a simulation game during the day. There are many decisions in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable and all of them will influence your charm, academics and courage stats and it will change the way how the world sees you. In order to make your Persona stronger you’ll need to spend a lot of time with your friends so make sure that you find time for them as well.

There are some new things in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable and as I mention before first one is the female protagonist that will give you a whole new look at the story. Besides new female protagonist there are new difficulty settings but the biggest improvement is the ability to take control over your friends during the combat. As you might remember, on the PlayStation 2 you weren’t able to do that and often your teammates wouldn’t heal you and that was the main source of frustration in PS 2 version. No more will have to rely on poor AI to make choices in battles because now you can make them all on your own and it’s the great improvement that will make your battles easier and simpler than before.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable is a great game but it has its flaws and the first one is the absence of the animated cutscenes that we loved in previous games. Instead of cutscenes we got screenshots and voiceovers but it just doesn’t feel the same. Besides that, there’s no free roaming in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable. You can still choose where you want to go, but you won’t be able to walk, instead you’ll just have to move your cursor to the interactive objects on the screen. This might make the game faster but it’s still a flaw in my opinion. Another problem with Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable is that battles and dungeons can get a bit repetitive and you might easily get bored with them, but despite that this game provides great complexity and interesting story that makes Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable one great game.

If you don’t know Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip is not a series tennis simulation but it’s interesting and a fun game that will keep you occupied for hours. The best thing about Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip is that it’s simple and that you’ll be able to master its controls in a few minutes. Controls are simple and all that you have to do is to move your character towards the ball and when ball is within your range you need to press certain face button for different type of shot. Speaking of shots there are several shots that you can perform such as lob, slice and topspin shot. On the other hand, serving is simple as well and all that you need to do in order to serve a ball is to press a certain button to toss the ball and press another button again to hit it. As I said before, it’s simple as it can get and it will take you few minutes to learn most of the moves in this game. Of course, those are just the basics and if you want to become a pro you’ll have to work on your timing and angles. Speaking of timing you’ll know that you’ve hit a ball too early or too late with a certain image next to your head. If you hit the ball too soon you’ll get a rabbit picture and if you hit it too late you’ll get a turtle picture, and if you manage to get your timing right and hit the ball at the right time you’ll get a note next to your head. As you see, there’s a certain complexity in this game and if you want to become a pro you’ll have to work on your timing.

One thing that makes this game amazing is the level of customization that it has. If you play the Story Mode you’ll get access to new accessories such as clothes and hair, but you’ll also get new moves and rackets by defeating other people in Story Mode. Speaking of Story Mode it includes open world in which you need to travel and get members for you tennis team. Of course getting the members for your team isn’t always easy so you’ll have to do certain tasks before you get a chance to challenge them. Don’t worry, these tasks include tennis mostly on several different courts. There are many courts available in a game and you can discover them all by challenging all players that you meet. By challenging other players you’ll unlock special accessories, courts and characters as well so there’s a good reason to go back to those previous zones that you’ve already cleared. As for the members of your team, each has its stats and loyalty meter that increases if you play as that character. The more loyalty you have from certain members more unique perks you’ll unlock for those characters. In addition, more loyalty means more stats boosts so you should really work on those as much as you can.

As for the multiplayer game uses ad-hoc mode that has support for four players. This means that you can play double matches with your friends in multiplayer and in story mode. Unfortunately, this game doesn’t support online mode so you’re limited only to the ad-hoc.

Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip is a great tennis game, it has simple but great looking cartoony graphics and a lot of customization options. Sound is great and controls are easy to learn and master. Only problem with this game might be the lack of online multiplayer and Story Mode can get boring from time to time especially if you’re not a fan of tennis. If you’re not a fan of tennis you’ll probably be easily bored with Story Mode but if you enjoy simple game of tennis make sure that you check this great game out.

As you know, we’ve already seen several Metal Gear Solid games for the PlayStation Portable so let’s see what the latest Metal Gear Solid game has to offer. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker follows the same gameplay mechanics as the previous Metal Gear game for the PSP, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. In order to understand the story of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker you need to understand the story behind Metal Gear Solid 3 and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. I’ll just say that in Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake (also known as the Big Boss) has betrayed his mentor and in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops story is about Snake and his rouge army called FOX. In Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker story takes place in Costa Rica, four years after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Just like previous games, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a stealth game that is using third person camera. This means that you need to navigate Snake through missions without being seen or heard. Speaking of stealth in this game, Snake can easily neutralize its opponents with close quarter combat moves. Interesting thing is that close quarter combat moves are easier to perform than before simply by holding the right shoulder button. That way you can grab your opponent in a sleeper hold, interrogate him, or throw him at wall or at other opponents. Interesting thing about close quarter combat moves is that you can perform several of them with a timed button press and disarm several enemies that way. Just like in the Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops you can capture enemies and add them to your own army, but unlike in the previous game entire process is much simpler and faster. In previous game you had to knock the enemy out and carry it to the truck in order to capture him but now it’s a lot easier. All that you have to do is to knock the enemy out and attach him to a balloon so that the helicopter can pick him up. Every captured enemy can be assigned to a different division of your army such as combat, development and similar. Each captured enemy will help you to get new weapons, items and upgrades or it will aid you in combat so capturing enemies is crucial. You can send captured enemies to missions or order them to develop new weapons or even order them to develop your own Metal Gear.

Interesting thing is that each mission is a single task and before each mission you can select and change your equipment. Speaking of missions before each mission you’ll see a cutscene that will explain the part of the plot. As for the cutscenes, they look like comics and they are simply amazing. Konami did an amazing job with cutscenes and even if they are on handheld device such is PlayStation Portable they look breathtaking.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker offers interesting story but besides deep story there are 100 additional missions as well. As for the multiplayer, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker offers interesting co-op mode that is available only via ad-hoc in which you can play the story mode or any of 100 additional missions with your friends.

What can we say about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker? Well it’s without the doubt one of the best games for the PSP. Everything in this game is awesome: long and interesting story, graphics, sound and atmosphere. Everything is optimized for PSP and it looks simply amazing, and it is without the doubt the best Metal Gear game that you’ll find on handheld device so make sure that you don’t miss this great game.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII takes place in the same world as Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, and all three games make a single compilation that is called Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII. As for the latest game, Final Fantasy Agito XIII, story is about militaristic nation, called Milites, that rises and starts occupying other nations throughout the world in order to achieve world domination. On the other side, only students of Peristerium School of Magic can stop this militaristic nation and only they can return peace to the world.

As for the gameplay, it should be a bit different from previous games. There will be twelve students that you can lead in this game and you’ll be able to switch them and add that to your team before any battle. Interesting thing is that combat in this game won’t be turned based like in previous games, instead it will be more action based and it should be similar to Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core or maybe even Kingdom Hearts. This means that we’ll be casting spells through certain menu while combat will be real-time. This looks great since I never liked standard turn-based combat from previous Final Fantasy games. Speaking of spells, since all characters are magic school students they will be able to cast all sorts of spells. For example you’ll be able to summon certain creatures to fight by your side, but you’ll be able to disappear from the combat and take full control of your summoned creature. That way you can access all spells and abilities that your summoned creature has. One thing looks weird to me when it comes to spells and that are cards that characters are using. Trailer for Final Fantasy Agito XIII shows that characters are using cards for certain spells and possibly for summoning. In my opinion that looks just like Yu-Gi-Oh and developers could have used something better. Another great feature will be multiplayer co-op that you can enjoy with your friends. We don’t know if you’ll be able to play the main campaign in co-op or if there will be any other modes but we’re looking forward to it.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII will have a lot to offer to fans of the series, but the biggest change in my opinion is the improved combat system that will attract more players. Anyway, we’re looking forward to the official release.