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Crash Bandicoot 2 is officially the first PsOne Classic on the PlayStation Store in 2008, which arrived in North America last week. Japan rings in the New Year with two downloadable PsOne Classics: Arc the Lad 3 and I.Q. Final. Both games ring in at 600 yen ($5) and Arc the Lad 3 is probably a better value for your money. However, I’m tempted to get I.Q. Final since I missed out on it. When it came out I felt it was too similar to Intelligent Qube to purchase at full price, but for 600 yen it’s enticing.
With the third game now on Japan's PlayStation Store, Sony is wrapping up the series of Arc games in Japan. None of them have arrived in North America yet and I wonder if any of them ever will after the death of Working Designs.
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5 Responses to “Japan’s first PsOne classics in 2008 are…”
January 16th, 2008 at 9:45 am
The Arc the Lad games did come to North America.
http://psx.ign.com/objects/013/013919.html
This did actually make it out the door, though it was a very limited release and probably near impossible to find now that WD is dead.
January 16th, 2008 at 10:56 am
@Chris - I should have clarified when I meant “none of them have arrived” I meant none of them have arrived on the US store. Since WD moved on it’s uncertain if we will ever see individual games in the Arc the Lad collection appear on the PS store.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Oh, I got you. I read that wrong. Does anyone technically own the US rights then since WD is gone (or maybe Namco since they put out End of Darkness), or would someone have to negotiate with Sony again for any US rights?
January 16th, 2008 at 11:04 am
@Chris - That’s a really good question and it depends on how Working Designs liquidated their assets. When they officially shut down the rights to the Arc the Lad Collection may have already lapsed too depending on their original contract. Hmm… even if that is the case someone should have picked up the rights to their localized version. I guess it will be a mystery until someone (anyone?) republishes the PsOne games.
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January 16th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Got-daigmn! Sony is just being mean. When are we going to get this RPG avalanche that the Japanese seem to be buried up to their eyeballs in? Wild Arms whet the appetite, so why not start dumping other NA-released role playing games? It can’t be that difficult.
Speaking of…. why not let us download Japanese games if we want? Surely additional revenue is something Sony isn’t averse to - PS3 notwithstanding.
Who wants to protest? Anyone? Oh nevermind….