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Koei's Samurai Warriors series is coming to PSP this spring in the form of Samurai Warriors: State of War.

The action strategy game allows gamers to re-enact battles from Japan's feudal past when warlords such as Nobunaga Oda, Shingen Takeda and Kenshin Uesugi struggled for control of the country.

The action is similar to Koei's other hack 'n' slasher, Dynasty Warriors, with your character slicing through clusters of enemy soldiers in open battlefields or booby-trapped citadels.

State of War has an all new story mode which allows you to align your characters with one army corp and experience the conflict from their perspective. Once that has been concluded you can choose another group to align with and chop your way down another story path.

There's also a competitive multiplayer option that allows up to four players to test their tactical nous and button mashing abilities against one another using PSP's Wi-Fi capability.

Samurai Warriors: State of War will be released for PSP on 24 March ...

The number of players on Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection online service has topped three million worldwide, according to the company's UK general manager David Yarnton, who revealed the figure at an event in London this afternoon.

Wi-Fi Connection, which is currently used by Nintendo DS titles but will eventually also service the Revolution home console, was launched with the online-enabled Mario Kart DS late last year and is playable both over home wireless networks and at public hot-spots in Nintendo's partner network.

The service now has over three million players online, according to Yarnton, continuing the phenomenal success which was first indicated when almost 50 per cent of US purchasers of Mario Kart DS used the online service in the first week of availability.

The numbers will have been boosted significantly by the launch of the Wi-Fi Connection enabled Animal Crossing: Wild World, which launched in December in Japan and North America and sold well over a million units in Japan alone in its first fortnight on sale.

Yarnton also revealed that a thousand new hot spots are to be equipped for DS use in the coming months, adding to the existing network of public hot spots in locations such as cafes, pubs and transport stations.

He was speaking at a special event held at the Science Museum to promote key forthcoming Nintendo DS titles including Electroplankton and the European version of the hugely successful Brain Training titles.

The venue wasn't chosen simply at random; Yarnton took the opportunity to announce that Nintendo has agreed a sponsorship deal with the museum for the next four years, worth over a GBP 1 million, which will include new touring shows designed to bring in new audiences and a "launch pad" gallery. ...

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Next Generation has a piece on an analyst's prediction that Sony's PSP will gain more ground on the Nintendo DS, here in the states, over the next five years. From the article: "SIG has compared year-by-year sales and estimates for the first five years of each machine's life, using sell-in and factory shipments. It points out that in its first year both PSP and DS managed around 13 million units each, with DS slightly ahead. Year two cumulative stats give PSP 25 million over DS' 22 million. In Year Three the difference rises to ten million (38m to 28m). In Year Four, PSP's lead has stretched to 15 million and to 20 million by Year Five." Though the PSP is now leading in the U.S., the DS is still king of the mountain in Japan. ...

News From Lik Sang

Attention PS2 owners, this week we've got what you want, what you really really want [did I just type a line from the Spice Girls?! My little sister would probably love me for that... while I hate her for knowing about the existence of that damn band]. The big names on the menu include Final Fantasy, Samurai Spirits and Onimusha! First though, as a fan of wacky 'way out there' Japanese titles, I couldn't pass up the chance to mention Cooking Mama, due March 23rd for the NDS. As you can see from the screenshots further down, it's a cooking sim!

Similar to the Revolution tech demo, suddenly your NDS stylus slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries! In addition to knowing how to prepare a number of meals fit for human digestion (although sometimes our views and the Japanese can differ there!), you must get the presentation right too. Anyone who's played the cooking mini games in Eye Toy Play, or given Yoshinoya a spin will know how much crazy fun this can be. As for everyone else, you can find out by pre-ordering a copy today, then learning how to dish up scientifically studied whale left overs this March

Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus - PS2

Square Enix's mammoth compilation of Final Fantasy VII continues this week with FF VII: Dirge of Cerberus on PS2. Timeline wise this is also the end, set after AC (Advent Children - The PSP movie), BC (Before Crisis - A mobile phone game), and CC (Crisis Core - An upcoming PSP title). Three years after the events of FF VII, events kick off here in the midst of the Revival Festival when Deep Group soldiers lay siege on the town of Kalm. This army of Shin-ra comes in search of Vincent Valentine, who far from a secret character, this time has the lead role. Packing some serious firepower, Dirge of Cerberus is a third person shooter with many RPG elements, and beyond a wide range of guns to choose from, Vincent can also transform into his Limit Breaks such as Galian Beast, Chaos and possibly more!

Not wanting to be compared to Devil May Cry, designer Tetsuya Nomura explains how it's more influenced by Half Life. Tetsuya was the character designer for the original FF VII, and many of these staff members also played their part in the 1997 epic, including Writer / Director / Producer, Yoshinori Kitase. So here we have a shooter with the brightest stars of Japan behind it, a storyline that expands on the most famous RPG of all time, and includes characters like Cloud Strife, Yuffie Kisaragi, Lucrecia Crescent, Hojo, Tifa Lockhart, Barret Wallace, Cid Highwind, Cait Sith, Azul, Reeve Tuesti, Shelke, Shalua Rui, Rosso, Nero, Vice and more. It keeps getting better though with three online modes, starting with Team vs. team, then a free-for-all deathmatch, and finally a mission mode to gang up on a boss. Culminating in one hell of an action packed adventure, this dramatic ending finale to Final Fantasy VII arrives this very Thursday, and at the same time fans of the first game can still pick up both the original soundtrack, plus the fantastic piano collection right here.

Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuten - PS2

SNK Playmore's Samurai Spirits (known as "Samurai Showdown" outside of its home land) has been going strong since 1993, and set in the early 1800's, pays great attention to realism, using authentic Japanese weapons and even background music. Along with its focus on quick powerful attacks, Samurai Spirits is a unique and spectacular 2D beat 'em up. When Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuten came out in arcades last year, players couldn't wait for the PS2 port, but this week that day has come.

Really outdoing themselves, SNK have packed an unbelievable 53 characters into the game! That's everyone from the all previous titles, including any hidden characters, plus 5 new comers to the arcade edition last year, and then on top of all that, 11 more fighters exclusive to this PS2 release! Also new to the home release, you can change character colors, select from an arranged soundtrack, or choose and edit styles from every single previous Samurai Spirits game. If you can't find or make one you like there, there's also three new styles, Beast, Evil and Fiesta. Then in addition to all the usual game modes, there's an extra Survival Mode to test your might. So grab your twin swords and get ready for the biggest Samurai Spirits ever! It's coming out before the end of the week.

Shin Onimusha Dawn of Dreams - PS2

Right behind Resident Evil, Megaman and Street Fighter is Capcom's 4th biggest franchise, Onimusha, and the next hit release has just arrived yesterday. If you haven't picked one up before, now's your chance as Capcom designed this sequel with the goal of it being totally accessible for newbies to the saga. The series is a third person action combat affair with a healthy side of puzzles and a rich story. Many characters and settings also come straight out of real Japanese history, giving the adventures a depth and spirit unmatched by ...

Heres the 2nd new pack of Faceplates for the PSP, heres the info:



Product Features
Replace your boring faceplate with exclusive new colors
Includes plastic window located in front of the screen, as protection
Does not include buttons or screws (original screws and buttons supplied with PSP system must be swapped)
Necessitates removal of 7 screws on your PSP system (screwdriver included)
Exchanging faceplates will void your PSP system warranty
Includes Installation Pictures
Front Side only, no back side available
This repair part can be used in case your original faceplate got damaged
This product is not manufactured or approved by the console manufacturer

What's in the box
Screwdriver to open the PSP
Installation Pictures
Faceplate Metallic Light Blue
Faceplate Metallic Purple
Faceplate Anthracite Black
Faceplate Metallic Light Green
Faceplate Metallic Peach

More info Here --> http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...3&lsaid=219793 ...

Lik Sang have some new packs of Faceplates for the PSP, heres the info:



Product Features
Replace your boring faceplate with exclusive new colors
Includes plastic window located in front of the screen, as protection
Does not include buttons or screws (original screws and buttons supplied with PSP system must be swapped)
Necessitates removal of 7 screws on your PSP system (screwdriver included)
Exchanging faceplates will void your PSP system warranty
Includes Installation Pictures
Front Side only, no back side available
This repair part can be used in case your original faceplate got damaged
This product is not manufactured or approved by the console manufacturer

What's in the box
Screwdriver to open the PSP
Installation Pictures
Faceplate Metallic Dark Blue
Faceplate Metallic Gold
Faceplate Metallic Dark Green
Faceplate Metallic Bronze
Faceplate Metallic Pink

More info Here --> http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...2&lsaid=219793 ...

hi fellow PSP-ers. i just finished an update to my LUA internet program
called LuaLinker. it's a neat idea especially for mp3blog visitors.

a neat trick (for psp-to-psp file sharing) is have someone start up
the psp web server (psphttpd v5) and you can use their IP address
as a bookmark. with this, you can download any file from their
memory stick.

screenshots:











and download here

please enjoy and leave feedback, thanks.

modsyn ...

Hello,

Here is the latest PLynx version.
The firmware 1.5 package was tested with the Fanjita Loader and approuved

v0.82:
- New sound system for Fanjita Loader compatibility for firmware 2.0.
- New GUI.

<A HREF="http://plynx.dcemu.co.uk/screenshots/CIMG1731.JPG"><IMG SRC="http://plynx.dcemu.co.uk/screenshots/CIMG1731s.JPG"/></A><A HREF="http://plynx.dcemu.co.uk/screenshots/CIMG1733.JPG"><IMG SRC="http://plynx.dcemu.co.uk/screenshots/CIMG1733s.JPG"/></A>

<A HREF="http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17635"> Download</A> ...

Percival has released a multiplayer version of GTA Pong, heres some detail:

"This one is good if you have a friend nearby. It's basically GTA Pong without the 'computer' opponent. You hold the PSP vertically, with one end of the PSP in your hand, and the other end in your friend's hand. Move the paddle left and right and walla! Multiplayer using one PSP. Innovative!"

Downloads (3 versions) via the comments ...