Phantasy Star Portable demo released for PSP

[BelmontSlayer]

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p35/BelmontSlayer/Phantasy_Star_Portable.jpg

The official Japanese page (http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psp/) for SEGA's port of the popular MMO has been updated a bit earlier than expected. What did they add you might ask? Why nothing short of a huge demo that includes the entire first chapter from "Story Mode" and 5 missions from "Multiplayer Mode". RomTheStampede has mirrored the huge 297MB demo on SendSpace and you can grab it from the below link.

Download (http://www.sendspace.com/file/kjd0n9)

via RomTheStampede (http://forums.**********.net/showpost.php?p=979170&postcount=1)

[Buddy4point0]

OOooOOO I want this

[bigleak2]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ABP8u_-6u0
This a video of this game with its demo download plus The gundam battle universe demo

[jarshale]

YES


:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[JKKDARK]

This is one of the best games I wil lpaly on the PSP :)

[dangee]

272mb! its gotta be the most generous ever PSP demo.

[cal360]

It looks very promising, it's just waiting for the main game now.

[sedkiller]

DOWNLOADING NOW !! this is gonna be great 256mb yea.

[BelmontSlayer]

Just beat the demo in single player after 45 minutes or so of playing. Awesome game and quite easy to play. I can't wait for the English version!

[Stone Temple Pilots]

Are there english subtitles? I want to play this, but I want to understand whats going on in it too.

[noname1]

WOW amazing i was trying to download this game from the japanese psp store but, it can't read Japanese so it was too difficult to understand it. Altough i understand japanese games:)

[jarshale]

Its fairly easy to figure out. Only thing I got stuck on was the part where you had to add party members to start the first mission.

[noname1]

OH NO! OH NO! OH NO!
Is there a way to play this on CFW 3.90 M33?

[darkriku2000]

WAH!!! I can't play this on 3.80 m33

I was so looking forward to this too :(

[Seven7]

Yeah, in regards to above posts, I had to upgrade to 4.01 M-33-2 to play (firmware requirment of 3.95). I imagine it'll be similar if not the same on final release.

In the meantime, here's something for you guys, the demo generates a save file. I'm guessing it's either nessesary for the game engine to run proprely for some reason, or it got left in from the main build. Another option is you can carry over data to the final product but...iuno.

Any suggestions/speculations?

edit: Forgot to put what I actually thought of the demo. It's actually well put-together. It's a faithfull transition from ps2/pc to the psp. Some things where dumbed down yes, but not nearly to the point where it diminishes gameplay. I think once us english-speaking audiences get a release, it shall be sweetness.

[Jojoj]

Is it good?

[Jojoj]

Is it good?

[BelmontSlayer]

SEGA has stated that your save can be transferred from the demo version to the full version.

[Sketchy]

WAH!!! I can't play this on 3.80 m33

I was so looking forward to this too :(

You can. you'll need pbp unpacker, after d/ling the demo open up the eboot.pbp and extract to any folder on your pc, then go to said folder and open param.sfo (with pbp unpacker) double click on the "3.95" box and another will pop up, simply delete 95 and replace with what ya want. Lastly use pbp unpacker again to recompile the eboot!!

I've recently finished this demo and im on 3.80 also. If anyone whats this badly i can always upload the 3.80 version :D

Let me know

Peace

[JKKDARK]

Is it good?

Yes, it's like Phantasy Star Universe.

[alentris]

This demo isn't going to be released in english, unfortunately. Hopefully the game is, though. It looks fantastic.

[stinlin]

OK – so I have questions. :)

First, I have 4.01 m33-2 or whatever the newest CFW is. I found a torrent with the Japanese demo. If I DL that, it should work, correct?

Also – if I play this demo on the multi-mode and raise a character…And just keep raising him/her…It sounds like I’d be able to transfer this character to the full version when it’s released, right? Any thoughts as to if this character will be transferable to the US release?

I’m like, going seriously crazy about this release. I haven’t been this excited about a video game since the original Fable (I preordered it over a year in advance, and was let down hugely, but still loved the anticipation!) or PSU’s release (I wasn’t as happy with it as I was hoping, but since I had been playing PSO since DC v1, I was soiling myself with anticipation).

[theovemonk]

BTW THIS IS NOT MY TRANSLATION> I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE GUYS NAME BUT IF I REMEMBER I'LL ADD HIS NAME AS WELL

Phantasy Star Portable Menu Translation

This is the menu you get when you press the start button (from left to right, exploring submenus):

Character Information
--Status
--Equipped Items
--Photon Arts
--Types List

Items
(weapons, armor, items, clothes/parts, special items)

Map

Community
--Form Party
--Remove Party Member
--Member Location
--Examine Status
--Return

System
--Options
----Text Speed
------Instant
------Normal
----Background Music Volume
----Sound Effect Volume
----Radar Map display
------Set
------Move with Camera
----Button Explanation Text
------Always
------Temporarily
------Off
----Menu Cursor Position
------Save
------Don't Save
----Character Information Display
------Name
------Name and Level
------Off
----Camera Options
------Chase Camera
--------Rotation
----------Normal
----------Reverse
--------Up and Down
----------Normal
----------Reverse
------First Person View
--------Rotation
----------Normal
----------Reverse
--------Up and Down
----------Normal
----------Reverse
----One Hand Weapon / Technique Switching
------Hold
------Click
----Lock On
------Hold
------Click
----R L Button settings
------Original
------Reversed
----Return
----Reset to Default
--Switch between Multi & Story Mode
--Abandon Mission
--End Game

Save

Here's the character creation menus:

First Screen
Race
--(Human, Newman, Cast, Beast)
Sex
--(Male, Female)
Next
Back

Second Screen
Face
Expression
Eyes
Eyebrows
Eyelashes
Ears
Hair (Head Type for casts)
Body Suit (Not selectable for casts)
Skin Color
Proportion
Next
Back

Third Screen
Jacket
Pants
Shoes
Main Color (only for casts)
Sub Color (only for casts)
Voice Type
Voice Pitch

Fourth Screen
Name
Job
--(Hunter, Ranger Force)
Next
Back

Fifth Screen
PM Name
PM Type
Finish
Back

Change the input method for names by pushing the select button.

Item Menu

If you press triangle at the item menu, you bring up the sort menu which follows in this order:

Weapons
-------------------
Type
Grade
Hand
Attack Power
Accuracy
Elemental Percentage
Rareness
Maker

Armor
----------------
Type
Grade
Defensive power
Mental power
Evade power
Durability
Elemental Percentage
Rareness
Maker

Clothes/Parts
-----------------
Type
Rareness
Brand

Items/Others
-------------------
Type
Rareness

Item Menu

So the flow from 1 to 5 is weapons, armor, items, clothes/parts, others. Now this is the menu you get when you select an item.

Weapons
-------------
Add to Pallette (equip)
Link to Photon Art
Refresh PP using an item
Drop
Throw Away
Return

Armor
-------------
Equip / Remove
Drop
Throw Away
Return

Items
-------------
Usable Items
Add to Pallette
Use
Drop
Return
Non-useable items
Drop
Return
PA Disks
Learn
Drop
Throw away
Return

Clothes/Parts
---------------------
Drop
Return

Others
---------------------
Drop
Throw Away
Return

Guardians Colony Hub
-----------------------------------
Mission Counter
Shop
My Room
Guardians Office
Interplanetary Movement

Parum Hub
-------------------
Mission Counter
Shop
--GRM Shop
--Clothes Shop
--Parts Shop
Interplantary Movement

GRM Shop (from back to forth, left to right)
----------------
Upgrade Counter (yellow "key" icon)
Armor Counter (blue wave icon)
Unit Counter (blue small wave icon)
Photon Art Counter (orange CD icon)
Weapon counter (orange weapon icon)
Item counter (green icon)
Leave (yellow door icon)

Shop Menu
----------------
Buy
--Buy
--Compare (weapon shop only)
--Return
Sell
Leave

Mission Counter
-----------------------
Select Mission
--(available missions)
----(available mission ranks) (confirmation after mission select)
------Mission Start
------Abandon Mission
------Item Distribution
--------Rare Item Distribution
----------Goes to the who picked it up
----------Random
----------Ordered
----------Return
--------Non-rare Items
----------Random
----------Ordered
----------Return
--------Finish Setting
------Return to city

I think that's all of the menus in the demo.

ハンター Hunter
レンジャー Ranger
フォース Force

[JKKDARK]

Thnaks for the translation ;)