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Sony Paying Grade Schoolers And Grown Ups For PlayStation Feedback

By Spencer . April 23, 2009 . 12:28pm

Sony is setting up focus groups in Japan to get opinions on developing PSP and PlayStation 3 games. If you’re in Tokyo, more specifically Aoyama where Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is located, you can apply here. Half-day participants get 2,500…

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Even PSP Greatest Hits Games Get Re-released On Japan’s PlayStation Store

By Spencer . November 6, 2008 . 1:20am

It’s no big secret that Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is pushing digital distribution for the PSP. All of their first party games get a retail and digital release on day one. Now Sony is extending this policy to their back…

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Monkeys, Sony and the McDonald’s Happy Disc part 1

By Spencer . February 13, 2008 . 9:04pm

Sometime in 2001 Sony teamed up with McDonalds for a unique promotion, the McDonald’s Original Happy Disc. The PlayStation 2 game contains demos of PaRappa the Rapper 2 and Piposaru 2001 processed with additional hamburgers. Piposaru 2001 probably needs some…

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Sarugetchu: The Record of Piposaru War stealthily appears on the PlayStation Store

By Spencer . January 11, 2008 . 7:55am

Out of the blue Sony brought Ape Quest on the PlayStation Store yesterday as a downloadable PSP game. You may not have heard the Ape Quest name before, but you might recall Sarugetchu: The Record of Piposaru War. This is…

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The Record of Piposaru War begins, site opens

By Spencer . December 31, 2007 . 2:23pm

Ape Escape’s first foray into fantasy, Sarugetchu: The Record of Piposaru War (which as Nich points out in comments may not be related to the Record of Lodoss War) has an official site up. There are a few screens to glance…

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Monkeys and fantasy mingle in the Record of Piposaru War

By Spencer . December 11, 2007 . 7:14am

I love the name of the upcoming PlayStation Portable Ape Escape RPG. Sarugetchu Piposaru Senki: The Record of Piposaru War is cleverly named after at the high fantasy anime, the Record of Lodoss War. The first screenshots over at Famitsu show…

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Sony planning to bring out a new Ape Escape game in North America?

By Spencer . October 5, 2007 . 11:51am

As a diehard Piposaru/Ape Escape fan I had a grin on my face when I saw Ape Quest rated by the ESRB. This is far from official confirmation about a new Ape Escape game, but I can’t think of anything…

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Importing on a budget? Sony lines up more “best” games for November

By Spencer . October 4, 2007 . 11:33pm

This list isn’t all that exciting, but it’s worth mentioning since Piposaru Racing (Ape Escape Racing) is going to drop in price on November 22. It’s been out for a year now and no company has expressed interest in localizing…

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Dress up your PSP with stickers

By Spencer . August 7, 2007 . 1:06pm

The truth is there just aren’t as many limited edition PSPs as there are special edition DSes. And many of the special edition PSP models don’t even have characters etched on them. If you’ve been aching to get a Loco…

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Grab the Sarugetchu: SaruSaru Daisakusen demo

By Spencer . June 30, 2007 . 12:19pm

Sony put a downloadable PSP demo for Sarugetchu: SaruSaru Daisakusen online and if you have a PSP make sure to check it out. You could head over the official site or you can skip straight to the PC download page for the…