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I still think I'll wait for a sale or PS+ before I get this, But hearing it has the option for Stock matches goes a long way towards making me want to buy it.

How's the character balance? I know it will almost absolutely be tweaked with patches later on but how is it right now?

And is there an option to mute all voice chat?I hate games that don't include this and force me to listen to mouth breathers, crying babies and people having conversations with their family.Especially on the Vita because I don't think most people even know how to turn off their mics.(Hold the PS button and check the box,please I'm begging you.)

It's nice to be able to back up my vita saves, But to bad Mobile game game saves can't be backed up. Also is it just me or does auto-uploading saves not work? My trophies auto-synced over night but ticking the auto-upload box in the content manger doesn't seem to stick.
And the time stamps on saves are backwards when you download a save,very confusing.

I think they improved the store too. When I re-downloaded the AR soccer/football game it downloaded the latest version update with it.And I don't remember the transaction management options being there before.

and there is now a place to update PSMobile runtime in the system options in the settings. Currently it just downloads ver.1.00

The update is now live in NA.
The browsers score one Html5test.com has gone from 58 out of 500 to 243 and 2 bonus points after the update.

I've never been into Uncharted before, But this looks mildly interesting to me. And might even give me more incentive to find all the collectibles and get the trophies( which also power up cards) in Golden Abyss.

Also if anyone is wondering there will be a free demo and there is a single player mode with about 8 hours of gameplay.

And me with my stupid no GPS having Wifi Vita
Although I suppose I don't really go enough places to make this very useful to me anyway.

@nathanuc1988
It's a PS+ freebie in North America , If or when it will be on Europe's PS+ is unknown.

I think a big problem in Japan is that there are not enough RPGs being made for the VIta,Japan Loves RPGs.
It's kind of a vicious circle,Developers keep making new RPGs for the PSP because of the low adoption rate. Gamers keep playing their PSPs instead of buying a Vita because there are not enough games they want.
Add to that the fact that in Japan the fans and money follow Monster Hunter and that is now in Nintendo's camp also means more money is to be made with 3DS games then Vita so more games made for that.

My dreams of being able to move Ps1 and Mini save wirelessly between PS3 and Vita have been shattered. When asked if PS1 saves can be saved in the cloud Morgan replied "I’m afraid the cloud saves only work on PS Vita Game Save Data"

Morgan left these replies to comments about Dungeon Defenders on the US Playstation blog.

"Dungeon Defenders is in fact coming to Plus, free for members. We’ll have more on it next week! But there will also be more deals next week as well."
"Yep, this game will be coming next week for Plus users on PS3. We’ll have a post on it next week, but there you have it! =)"

Don also confirmed for sure that Vita game saves that are tied into the game can be uploaded separately to the cloud so you don't lose them when you delete a game. "You can upload just the game saves to the cloud."

I wish I could buy a copy to help the guy out. But Wii U

@Pikachupwnage
Yes, You can use any cash you have in your PSN/SEN wallet to subscribe if you have a PS3. I don't think you can purchase it in the Vita store yet but I'm sure they will add it once the update goes up if you don't have a PS3.

I have to say Sony is sure making it easier for me to save up for a Wii U by giving me all these (practically) free games to play. If they can keep me busy enough not to buy any games through March I'll be able to afford a Wii U in time for monster hunter.

@OorWullie
I think they mostly give out games that have slowed down in sales and need a publicity boost or that have extra DLC to buy. Plus you need to keep your subscription active or you lose access to the games.

Looks neat. It'd be great if it came the NA PS+ some time.

Other then Uncharted It's like they Picked games right off my Wishlist.
It soooo much better then I thought it would be. I thought maybe we would get Uncharted OR gravity rush ,but now..my mind is just blown. When I saw gravity rush I actually let out a squeal so high pitched it was inaudible. This must be what a tween girl feels like at a Justin Beber concert.

I wonder If they will add Wireless transfer between Vita and PS3. In the video there was a weird cut in the audio in between him saying Wirelessly and PC. Almost like he originally said"PS3 and PC" but they had to cut out the PS3.

I was waiting to buy this cheap on steam but I guess getting it free will work too

And How could you pass up the chance to make a Head-IKE pun?

Japan is getting these..
PlayStation Vita
Sumioni: Demon Arts

PSP
Ape Quest
Crazy Taxi Double Punch
Influence

I hope we get some PSP RPGs. Also if they gave out Gravity Rush or Dynasty Warriors NEXT I would never complain about the quality of PS+ service again.

I'm sure we'll probably get Reality Fighters and Table Top Tanks and/or Pulzar.

@Epic
I almost put that in my post too.

@kivi95 I saw that but I really doubt they would do it. He said they might do it if you bought it "recently" but I bet that probably means like a day or two.

Tip#1: Be Kratos.

I'm so mad at about this.First I bought One Piece at full price one week before they announced the Spend $100 get back $20 sale and now less then a month later they do a huge discount.

PS+ in the US has become nothing more then a way to get people to buy DLC.

Yay! Another thing to complain about on the US blog ( although I'm not a fan of console shooters so I don't complain much)

But if things keep up like they have been I can just imagine what PS+Vita will be like..
EU probably gets Gravity Rush,Modnation and Uncharted.
NA probably gets Escape plan,Mutant Blobs Attack and Table top tanks.

Japan got it worse with this update, apparently it make Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD freeze up while playing.

That Sackboy puppet is creepy..

@get2sammyb
I'm used to playing fighting games like Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 so it's seems really slow to me, It also make the combos seem simple in comparison. I know it's supposed to be more like Smash Bros.( which I have also played TONS of) but it just feels like it can't decide if it wants to be a serious fighting game like MvC or if it wants to be a fun party game like SSB.

I also find to Super move kill system really annoying. You can put in good work the whole round, get 6 kills and no deaths and then in the last 10 seconds the Kratos who has been doing nothing comes in with a level three and wins the match.

I'm not saying it's a bad game, It just got boring for me real fast. Maybe once the full game is out and it has more characters it will have more depth but so far it's a snooze fest where I either win too easy or feel like I lost cheaply.

I'm a little disappointed that there is so much marketing effort going into such a mediocre game (going by the beta.)

to me it just looks like a generic shooter with over-powered weapons.

And then it turns out that they are building the bar from the Michael commercial in real life and are going to employ actors to play the characters.

Watching it again I notice that the thing next to the "Saru! Get you!" box looks like it says "Limbo City" which is from DmC so I'd say this is for All-Stars.

Makes me wonder if the 1 7 has any significance.

That box with the words on it that flashes with the power says " Saru! Get you! " which is the Japanese name for Ape Escape. It could be a new Ape Escape game, Or it could be just be All-Stars since Spike is in it.

I guess that means I should be thanking you guys for beta testing the store for us here in NA .

@Paranoimia IGN said it's going to have that it's going to use a vertical column of letters but I think it will have a predictive search because they also said you will usually only need to type three letters to find what you want.

The new functionality sounds good but I don't like the new design.The stupid "Hero" thing takes up half the page!

I give this game a perfect 10. It THE best LBP game and the best Vita game so far. It takes all the great thing from LBP2 and makes them better.Story,characters,mini games,sound track,create mode, are all made better.If you own a Vita and don't have this game you are doing yourself a great disservice and I question your sanity.

@Splat
The single and multiplayer download both share the same trophy list and you can earn trophies even if you only have one version.Both the downloads also share the same trophy list as the retail version. So if you have it on disk you won't earn double trophies.

I can't wait until NA gets LBPVita and One Piece next week.

P.S Double Dragon Neon is really great BTW.
Edit: One Piece is 11GB !? I guess those really are some high quality scenes. Now I really wish we were getting it on disk.

I'm in NA and I just a beta code in my e-mail that's good for both PS3 and vita

Man I could have used that time zone converter last night. I was trying to set up a match with a guy from New Delhi in an TCG MMO I play and was converting GMT in my head.

But speak on topic, I think I would like to see a new Monster Hunter game for a Sony system and a New Patapon.

+Gets on airplane to Europe+

I'm guessing Firejonie was referring to buying A Vita game at retail and getting a digital copy for PS3 which would make a difference. I would guess that buying digitally will end up working both ways but the PS All-Stars blog specifically only mentions buying the PS3 version

" For all of you that purchase the PlayStation 3 version of PlayStation All-Stars – at retail or digitally through the PlayStation Network – you will be able to download the PS Vita version of PlayStation All-Stars from the PS Network at no additional cost."

They say it will be for retail as well as download. This seems like it could be a bad idea unless they find a way to stop people from buying the disk,downloading the vita version and then selling the disk.

I bet they are all Wonderbook characters.

You are incorrect Sammy. I'm not interested in the Walking Dead games so I am neither happy nor am I grumbling. I am in fact sighing that I am once again disappointed by the PS+ updated this month.

Yippie Whippy! It would have been impossible for me to choose.

I hope NA does something similar.I really want Escape Plan to go on sale with it's new DLC but I'd buy Tales From Space and maybe Stardust if they went on sale here.

@Swiket & get2sammyb
Very disappointing news but thanks for telling me.
Stupid Joystiq!

The Harley DLC will be out April 30th. http://twitter.com/#!/rikkusarah/status/194418661077950464

This dramatically decreases my desire to buy this game. I guess I'll just be waiting for Little Kings Story to buy a Vita.