Jeff

Sure, but if sales taxes are included in the UK price, wouldn't the final price be similar for North American customers?

I don't mind digital distribution of games, but only if consumers get some advantage to it. But when Locoroco 2 was released in both UMD and digital formats last fall in Europe, some retailers offered UMDs for a better price than getting it on PSN!

All PSPs may download games but not all PSP games may be downloaded, yet. I played LEGO Batman from the official UMD and from a memory stick on a modded PSP and really appreciated how quickly stages were loading on the latter. This might be the main argument to upgrade my console, once prices get more reasonable.

It's possible to play in original, normal, zoom and widescreen modes. To my surprise, the O and X commands seem to be inversed compared to other PSP games. Is this a change since the game was released in 1997, or might it be because these buttons are used differently in Japan than in North America and they forgot to correct this feature? I'll have to check if this can be modified under the Options menu.

So, what happened with the previously announced PSP port? Well, in the meantime I found Challenge of the Warlords for $3,99 at EB games and should be fine with this.

Where are the comments? I can't see any

Found it for 3$ at EB games a month ago and decided it was worth it, but I refused to buy it at full price from the PSN Store because of the unsolved companion bug.

Looking how game critics reviewed Mana Khemia, it is not surprising they would try to avoid having any similar issue

I wouldn't mind if they also expand their US offers to Canada, just next door. The current Locoroco 2 sweepstake is reserved to US residents, and the PSN doesn't offer any TV shows or movies up here.

PSP related comments are getting lost with this new structure, but I find it interesting that SCEA finally release the Locoroco 2 demo on PSN while it was only available for those who pre-ordered the game until now. Good move, and hopefully good sales for this smile-making game!