Konami unveils new pair of portable games

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While the gaming press is busy getting its hands on Konami's lineup of upcoming games at the company's press event, the publisher has taken the wraps off a pair of portable titles.

This fall, PlayStation Portable gamers can expect to take Pocket Racers for a spin. Described by the publisher as a "dark yet zany racing game," Pocket Racers puts players in the role of a party guest who has been turned into a tiny car by "an evil nemesis" and forced to race against fellow partygoers. The races will take place on tracks found throughout 15 different parts of the party host's house, with 16 playable vehicles, from sports cars to off-roaders, and with power-ups including nitro boosts and homing missiles. Konami is promising an extensive single-player experience with multiple modes of play, and sociable gamers will be able to play against one other wirelessly in races and minigames for up to four players.

Early next year, a sequel to the DS survival adventure game Lost in Blue will be found on store shelves in the form of Lost in Blue 2. Like the first game, the story revolves around a man and a woman who find themselves stranded on an island with no others in sight. To survive, the pair must forage for food, fight wild animals using weapons that have been found or fashioned by the player, and make use of their own unique skills. And in case the castaways' lives didn't seem hard enough, Konami has also added the threat of natural disasters, like hurricanes and earthquakes, to the game.

Lost in Blue 2 has not yet been rated, while Pocket Racers has been rated E for Everyone. Konami has not released pricing information about either game.

News via Gamespot

[Apoklepz]

This all sounds great, and a bag of chips, but....were's our CastleVania share of games on the PSP, Konami?

[TacticalBread]

This all sounds great, and a bag of chips, but....were's our CastleVania share of games on the PSP, Konami?

All the gaming systems out now have a Castlevania game EXCEPT the PSP. Why do we not get one?

[MetalMind]

Yeah, a Castlevania game and a Gradius V port, thats what I really want

I know Gradius V just wouldn´t work on a PSP, but lowering graphics and with some changes here and there, I think it could be done That game rocks!

[ACID]

All the gaming systems out now have a Castlevania game EXCEPT the PSP. Why do we not get one?

Actually what systems last time im checket only nintendo systems had the franchise tag for this game.

Yeah, a Castlevania game and a Gradius V port, thats what I really want

I know Gradius V just wouldn´t work on a PSP, but lowering graphics and with some changes here and there, I think it could be done That game rocks!

Have you played Gradius collection for the PSP this can get done no problem its just a matter of Konami doing it.

[MetalMind]

Actually what systems last time im checket only nintendo systems had the franchise tag for this game.

There are Castlevania titles for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 too

Have you played Gradius collection for the PSP this can get done no problem its just a matter of Konami doing it.

I haven´t played it yet (I´m going to buy this one, but it hasn´t arrived here yet), but I surely want it

Gradius V features lots of bullets, ships and cool graphics, making even slowdowns in PS2... You can see how can it be during 10 loop here:



I´m sure that this game couldn´t be ported without lowering seriously graphics and/or number of ships/bullets in it.

I´ve played it a lot in PS2 (over 30 hours) but it could be awesome inside a PSP n___n

[ACID]

LOLMetalmind you are right the best game for the series i have is for PS2 mi bad. But other then thous 2 only nintendo thats why i thought and got confused. But remember the power for the PSP is at the same level of the PS2 so if its done for one im sure it can be managed for the other.