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Balrog0
05/06/20 11:09:50 PM
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Kind of interested in expanding my handheld collection. I have my GB pocket, GBC, GBA, a PSP, and a Switch.

The other I'm considering is the neo geo pocket color, but honestly I've played the few games I'm interested in on that system.

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DarthAragorn
05/06/20 11:10:53 PM
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Persona 4 Golden is supposedly amazing
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TheDarkCircle
05/06/20 11:11:49 PM
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i loved NGPC. You should check out the wonderswan too
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andel
05/06/20 11:12:07 PM
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vita is really great if you like rpgs

recommend p4 golden
legend of heroes trails of cold steel i and ii (some of the best games ever imo)
ys games are all top tier
tales of hearts r is a lesser known but still amazing game
dungeon travelers 2 is really great

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Snip-N-Snails
05/06/20 11:12:35 PM
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Danganronpa and Zero Escape
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Balrog0
05/06/20 11:14:42 PM
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andel posted...
legend of heroes trails of cold steel i and ii (some of the best games ever imo)

Isn't there one coming out on switch? Are they connected?

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AlisLandale
05/06/20 11:14:51 PM
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I liked Toukiden, but that may have seen a console port idk

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andel
05/06/20 11:17:15 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Isn't there one coming out on switch? Are they connected?

looks like 3 is coming to switch in june and 4 is coming to switch next march

personally my favorite videogame series of all time and @Villain is more versed in it than myself but he would likely tell you its worth a shot too. you can play the first two on vita then the next two on switch when they come out

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Divinehero
05/06/20 11:18:48 PM
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none of the cold steel games are vita exclusive.. and on that note i'd recommend soul sacrifice delta

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Balrog0
05/06/20 11:18:49 PM
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Yeah I've seen you guys rec them before. I'd like to hear more why you're into them though. I'm def looking for a jrpg

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Villain
05/06/20 11:22:35 PM
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andel posted...
looks like 3 is coming to switch in june and 4 is coming to switch next march

personally my favorite videogame series of all time and @Villain is more versed in it than myself but he would likely tell you its worth a shot too. you can play the first two on vita then the next two on switch when they come out
I definitely wouldn't recommend playing Cold Steel 1 or 2 on the vita unless you had literally no other option. There are performance stutters, the games pushed the vita to the max.

Edit: I'd also recommend starting with Trails in the Sky FC which is on psp and PC, but you should be able to play it on the vita.

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Tropicalwood
05/06/20 11:22:35 PM
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I'd recomend if you get a vita to look into installing one of those micro-sd card mods. The normal cards are slow, expensive and small.

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andel
05/06/20 11:23:42 PM
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Villain posted...
I definitely wouldn't recommend playing Cold Steel 1 or 2 on the vita unless you had literally no other option. There are performance stutters, the games pushed the vita to the max

yeah and just the scope of the games would be better on ps3 or especially ps4 which has more quality of life features like turbo mode

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Balrog0
05/06/20 11:25:09 PM
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Uugh I mean I have been looking into PS3 also because I missed that whole gen...

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CRON
05/06/20 11:27:13 PM
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The Vita is only worth it if....

A. You're a weeb and enjoy JRPGs and VNs.
B. You enjoy homebrew/piracy.

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andel
05/06/20 11:27:48 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Yeah I've seen you guys rec them before. I'd like to hear more why you're into them though. I'm def looking for a jrpg

the worldbuilding/plot building/character development is 2nd to none imo and it is a huge world spanning many games so far in the same universe. there are the trails in the sky games playable on steam which are amazing and the trails of cold steel games on ps3/4/vita which are also all amazing.

the battle system is turn based but feels modern and has elements that make it much more strategic than your dad's jrpg battles. exploration is fun too imo and the sepith system is p great and all the main characters just get really fleshed out with a few minor exceptions. there were quite a few times the story legitimately shook me

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YugiNoob
05/06/20 11:28:23 PM
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Persona 4 Golden
Gravity Rush
Muramasa
Trillion
Soul Sacrifice
Freedom Wars

There are a bunch of Gundam/mecha games I liked but I'm not sure which (if any) are exclusive. TBH being exclusive doesn't matter one bit. It's the portability that stands out.

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Balrog0
05/06/20 11:28:32 PM
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CRON posted...
The Vita is only worth it if....

A. You're a weeb and enjoy JRPGs and VNs.
B. You enjoy homebrew/piracy.

Well I guess I'm like at least 1.5 of those

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Balrog0
05/06/20 11:29:39 PM
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YugiNoob posted...
Persona 4 Golden
Gravity Rush
Muramasa
Trillion
Soul Sacrifice
Freedom Wars

There are a bunch of Gundam/mecha games I liked but I'm not sure which (if any) are exclusive. TBH being exclusive doesn't matter one bit. It's the portability that stands out.

Yeah I only got a switch as far as consoles go anyway. Well.. The newest otherwise is my GameCube

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andel
05/06/20 11:30:22 PM
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YugiNoob posted...
Persona 4 Golden
Gravity Rush
Muramasa
Trillion
Soul Sacrifice
Freedom Wars

There are a bunch of Gundam/mecha games I liked but I'm not sure which (if any) are exclusive. TBH being exclusive doesn't matter one bit. It's the portability that stands out.

i own trillion and still have yet to play it. my backlog is insane tho

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andel
05/06/20 11:30:52 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Yeah I only got a switch as far as consoles go anyway. Well.. The newest otherwise is my GameCube

do you play any games on pc/steam? many of the games are playable there too

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Zack_Attackv1
05/06/20 11:31:21 PM
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It's great for holding down those important papers on my desk.
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Villain
05/06/20 11:47:02 PM
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The trails series is a series of interconnected games which come together in Cold Steel 3. No series has ever pulled it off so successfully.

Not to mention they are well written games with pretty good gameplay.

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Divinehero
05/07/20 12:00:48 AM
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unfortunately cold steel 3 kinda assumes u played the crossbell games (or so i heard) which haven't come here tho supposedly a ps4 version of them is in the works but no confirmation on localization...yet

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ssjevot
05/07/20 12:04:56 AM
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It's actually my favorite handheld. I have 3 of them (two 1000 models and a 2000 model). Lot of good exclusives, but mainly in RPGs. Sadly some of the best are Japanese only (though I only play games in Japanese myself). If you like the DRPG subgenre (Etrian Odyssey, old-school Megami Tensei games, Wizardry, etc.) it's a must buy for sure.

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Villain
05/07/20 12:29:08 AM
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Divinehero posted...
unfortunately cold steel 3 kinda assumes u played the crossbell games (or so i heard) which haven't come here tho supposedly a ps4 version of them is in the works but no confirmation on localization...yet

Zero and Azure are easily accessible on PC and PSP (though atm you're stuck with a leaked first draft for Zero on PSP)

I beat Zero with Geofront's translation a couple of weeks ago and I'm now playing Azure for the first time. Azure is considered the best of the series so far IIRC

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Guerrilla Soldier
05/07/20 12:37:35 AM
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badass

get the Earth Defense Force games

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obsolete
05/07/20 12:38:52 AM
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Villain
05/07/20 12:38:54 AM
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...
badass

get the Earth Defense Force games

The series was on vita too?

I picked up 4.1 on steam to play with some friends during quarantine

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Balrog0
05/07/20 8:37:16 AM
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ssjevot posted...
It's actually my favorite handheld. I have 3 of them (two 1000 models and a 2000 model). Lot of good exclusives, but mainly in RPGs. Sadly some of the best are Japanese only (though I only play games in Japanese myself). If you like the DRPG subgenre (Etrian Odyssey, old-school Megami Tensei games, Wizardry, etc.) it's a must buy for sure.

I've never heard that term but I do like those games!

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ssjevot
05/07/20 8:53:32 AM
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Balrog0 posted...
I've never heard that term but I do like those games!

Oh man, am I glad to hear that. My love of that genre helped me get into Japanese to begin with. I think pretty much everyone agrees the best DRPGs released in English on Vita are Dungeon Travelers 2 (skip the first one), Demon Gaze 2 (first is also good), and finally Stranger of Sword City Revisited (make sure it's the Revisited version, this is not the same as the earlier version also on Steam). If you can do Japanese get which is not only cheap, but includes a free copy of Stranger of Sword City Revisited.

I would also recommend Coven of Dusk but it's better on Switch, which you said you have.

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Balrog0
05/07/20 8:54:51 AM
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That's great, man, I appreciate it. Definitely give me some switch recs too if you have time. I like my switch but I haven't found an RPG to really hook me

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ssjevot
05/07/20 9:05:30 AM
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Dragon Quest XI S. So good I actually replayed the whole thing when I was in Wuhan despite having beaten it on PS4 already. S adds a number of additional features, especially compared to the Japanese original which had no voice acting at all. I also really liked Astral Chain, but I am a sucker for anything Platinum Games makes.

For DRPGs on Switch Coven of Dusk as mentioned, and a really great story oriented series that started on Vita but has a far superior version on Switch, Mary Skelter. Buy Mary Skelter 2 for Switch and it includes a free remake of the original. The final game is coming out soon.

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Balrog0
05/07/20 9:10:30 AM
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Man I had trouble getting into it just playing the demo, but maybe I should give it another go. The only DQ I ever really got into was VII (actually why I made an account here fwiw)

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ssjevot
05/07/20 9:12:18 AM
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I recommend picking the stronger monsters option. It forces you to use good strategies for all the bosses. Otherwise you just kind of steamroll everything as is the standard for most RPGs now. That's why I like DRPGs so much, a lot of emphasis on strategy.

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