Night Trap Will Ham Up the PS Vita Because Why Not?

Sure, whatever

by Sammy Barker Sat 27th Oct 2018

Night Trap made its grand PlayStation 4 comeback last year, but that ain’t stopping the SEGA CD cheese-fest from putting in an appearance on the PlayStation Vita. Limited Run Games has announced that a physical version of the FMV foray will go up for sale on 2nd November. We’re going to assume that it’ll be available on the PlayStation Store as well if you want to download the controversial “classic”. Double Switch is also getting a retail release on the PlayStation 4.

The whole Night Trap thing is funny, though, isn’t it? That game should for all intents and purposes be long forgotten, but here it is getting a second retail release in just over a year… On the PS Vita. Y’know, the handheld that also should have been dead and buried in 2014.

[source twitter.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Haruki_NLI
Sat 27th Oct 2018

Third retail release. PS4, Switch and now this.

For some reason.

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TheWormThatGnaws
Sat 27th Oct 2018

Yay? I mean, it's an interesting time capsule but does the game really have that many fans?

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Flaming_Kaiser
Sat 27th Oct 2018

@Wormold They just need to release a cheaper handheld no gimmicks. Just a nice big screen and nice to hold.

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Flaming_Kaiser
Sat 27th Oct 2018

@Knuckles-Fajita Still dont understand why Square Enix did not release the PSP Final Fantasy game only on PS4. 😑

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hulkie
Sat 27th Oct 2018

I have good news for those of us that already own night trap digitally from the USA ps store digitally. I asked Tyler Hogle,who worked on the ps4 version. He says those of us that have the ps4 digital version, in December will be getting a free graphical update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rob_230
Sat 27th Oct 2018

@Wormold This!

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Fight_Teza_Fight
Sat 27th Oct 2018

Well they’ve just earned themselves a sale !

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RogerRoger
Sat 27th Oct 2018

@TheWormThatGnaws I think it's because of the game's place in history more than anything.

Night Trap, along with Mortal Kombat, were the primary triggers of the 1993 US Senate Committee hearing on violent videogames, which led to the creation of the ESRB and defined a huge misconception about gaming and gamers that we're still trying to shake off to this very day.

There's a guaranteed number of sales in something having that kind of historical value (even if it turns out to be a janky load of old nonsense).