PSP:Phantasy Star Portable
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Phantasy Star Portable is the third iteration of SonicTeam's Phantasy Star Universe series. The game is exclusive to the Sony PSP and was released in Japan on July 31, 2008. Although there has been no official announcement of a release in other terrorities, anonymous sources as well as comments from Sega of America's President Simon Jeffery have heavily implied that an international release is a matter of when, not if.
While Portable offers no online capabilities and thus is not connected with the PC, PS2 or Xbox 360 servers, four player multi-player is available via ad hoc. In addition, there is a single-player story mode where players accompany Vivienne, a new CAST prototype from GRM, to investigate recent terrorist activities across Gurhal.
Contents
New features
Phantasy Star Portable introduces a number of new features which will set it apart from its console predecessors.
- While not an online multiplayer game, Portable allows players to import their character data from the PC/PS2 servers to the PSP game.
- Character import carries over the following data:
- Name, race and sex
- Outward appearance (excluding facial features)
- Voice type and pitch
- Level (although characters which are LV21+ will be reduced to LV20)
- Clothes and parts (only those which are equipped at the time of transfer)
- The following data will not be carried over:
- Equipment (weapons, line shields, units, etc.)
- Inventory items (including personal inventory, common box and partner machine storage)
- Meseta (although 10,000 Meseta will be given to all transferred characters)
- Guardian types
- Photon arts
- Partner machine
- Character import carries over the following data:
- While in a party for wireless multiplayer, if a rare item is collected, it will be distributed to all party members.
- Drop items in a mission change based on the Guardian type of the party leader.
- Enemies and boxes drop only weapons, line shields and related items. Also, photon art disks drop during missions as area drops or boss box drops.
- Movement in cities is changed so that you can select a location to go to from a menu instead of walking there. There are no lobbies, as such.
- Weapon grinding is changed to get rid of the chance of failure. However, instead of stats increasing at predetermined values, increases will be random.
- A special mission was released on the Japanese PC/PS2 version of Ambition of the Illuminus which commemorates the release of Phantasy Star Portable. This mission is single player only and features Vivienne, one of the lead characters from PSP. Presumably this mission will be released on the US PC/PS2 and Xbox360 servers when the US version of Phantasy Star Portable is released.
Gameplay
Drops
- Native creatures (Parum)
- Native creatures (Neudaiz)
- Native creatures (Moatoob)
- Humanoids
- Machinery
- SEED-Forms
- Stateria
- Rare enemies
- Bosses
World
Items
Photon Arts
Shops
Controls
| Button | Battle actions | Menu navigation |
|---|---|---|
| Square | Normal attack | - |
| Triangle | Photon art | Change item order |
| X | Action palette | Cancel |
| Circle | Pick up item | Confirm decision |
| R | Switch between left- and right-handed weapons | Turn page right |
| L | Tap: camera reset / Hold (while moving): strafe | Turn page left |
| D-pad | Adjust camera | Move cursor |
| Analog key | Move character | Move character |
| Start | Menu screen | Close menu |
| Select | Enter first-person view | Turn secondary page |
New weapons
| Weapon name | Weapon type | Rank | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Sacred Duster) |  |
A | Originally appeared in PSO: Blue Burst. |
| (Soul Eater) |  |
A | Originally appeared in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Nacon) |  |
C | |
| (Bil De Horn Axe) |  |
B | |
| (Final Impact) |  |
B | Originally appeared in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Primera Fiole) |  |
B | |
| (Laser Pannon) |  |
B | |
| (Girasole) |  |
S | Originally appeared in PSO: Blue Burst. |
| (Vivienne) | |
A | Originally appeared in PSO: Blue Burst. Possibly the signature weapon of Vivienne |
| (Twinkle Star) |  |
S | Originally appeared in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Nidra) | ? | - | Originally appeared as a Mag in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Nei Claw) |  |
- | |
| (H&K38 Combat) |  |
- | Originally appeared as a mechgun in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Aoriyuu) | |
A | Has two horns, similar to Gudda Hon. |
| (Alseva Volga) |  |
A | Has asymmetrical blades, similar to Tiga De Ragan. |
| (Velos Esquede) |  |
- | |
| (Okikudohg) | |
S | The rebirth of Okiku Doll as a TCSM. |
| (Caelum Fluge) | |
B | Related to the Tower of Caelum from PSO: Episode 3? |
| (Caduceus) |  |
S | Originally appeared in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Guardianna) |  |
- | Originally appeared in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Gigas Spinner) |  |
- | A whip with a spiked iron ball at the tip. |
| (Genfu) | |
A | |
| (Samba Maracas) |  |
B | Appeared as a mechgun in Phantasy Star Online. Originally appeared in the Sega game, Samba De Amigo. |
| (Shippuu-jinrai) |  |
- | Literally means 'with lightning speed.' |
| (Shag Hodogg) |  |
- | Resembles the Mag Kumara from Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Skull Sorcerer) |  |
- | A rifle with a skull set on the barrel. |
| (Spintail Diska) | |
- | |
| (Double Slasher) |  |
A | Resembles the weapon Flapjack Flapper from PSO: Blue Burst. |
| (Twin Distortion) | |
- | Right blade is blue, while the left blade is red. Related to De Ragnus? |
| (Tippo Labna) |  |
- | A unique rare with the form of a magic lamp. |
| (Din De Bell) |  |
B | A bell shaped crossbow. Sprays stars when it fires. |
| (Tension Blaster) |  |
- | Appeared in PSO: Blue Burst. Originally used by Ulala in the Sega game Space Channel 5. |
| (Dreamcast) | |
S | Appeared as a Mag in Phantasy Star Online. A recreation of Sega's console. |
| (Papillon Dance) | |
B | A wand with a huge butterfly at the tip. |
| (Halva Tornade) |  |
A | The weapon carried by the male beast on the game's cover. Easily mistaken for an axe. |
| (Beeftade Medium) | |
A | A sword which imitates comic-style meat, it is held by the bone. |
| (Bloody Fluge) | |
- | A sword which imitates the right side of this game's logo? |
| (Pretty Baton) | |
B | A pretty rare with heart shaped blades. |
| (Bringer's Rifle) | |
S | Originally appeared in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Magana Slayer) | |
- | Connected to Magas Maggahna? |
| (Rappy Fan) | |
B | Originally appeared as a slicer in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Riulicon) | |
B | A charming fox TCSM. The successor to Shato? |
| (Rocket Punch) | |
S | Originally appeared in Phantasy Star Online. |
| (Lollipop) | |
A | Originally appeared as a Cane in PSO: Blue Burst. An oversized lollipop. |
| (Mark III) | |
C | This RCSM shoots unique ROM cartridge-shaped bullets |
New missions
Image gallery
Cover art
Vivienne, a new lead character in PSP.
Helga facing off against Tylor.
Bil De Golus, a new boss.
In-game screenshot.
External links
Work-in-progress details
If you update the data in the existing pages please update this table to indicate what's remaining to do, thank you. Enraged Newb 1:14, 11 September 2008 (CDT)
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