NGP | The Wired Fish Network

Looks like there might be a reason to keep an eye on the NGP. The CEO of Falcom has said that the company is working on a new RPG for the handheld, hopefully to be released near launch. I haven’t found many reasons to look forward to the NGP just yet, but having Falcom supporting the handheld with RPGs would definitely be one of them.

In other Falcom related news, a new Legend of Heroes game for PSP will be arriving later this year in Japan. Eiyuu Densetsu: Aoi no Kiseki, sequel to Zero no Kiseki, has a release date of September 29th. A teaser has been put up on youtube, which you can see after the jump.

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As you might notice from my recent posts, handheld gaming has taken an increasingly large portion of my coverage. All the good stuff just seems to be coming out this month in particular, and between running Tactics Ogre : Let Us Cling Together with Prota just after finishing Final Fantasy Tactics : The War of the Lions and the race to finish Pokemon White and Okamiden continuing, I haven’t really touched any of the big consoles this month.

That said, I’d like to discuss the next wave of handheld systems : the 3DS and the “NGP” along with my concerns for each.

On Nintendo’s side, I can’t complain about the amount of quality games coming out. We’re getting great stuff, a couple of disappointments, but overall enough to keep me coming back for other games. If only the same treatment went toward the actual quality of the console, it would be perfect. Currently I own the original gray model, two DS Lites that have torn out L and R triggers from trying to figure out why they would stop working and a 3DS that not only has busted triggers, but shuts itself off randomly wasting hours I’ve spent on games not taking into account that I typically use my DS as my alarm clock so I can make it to class on time…

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