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Quite possibly the best and my favorite handheld ever made.
Besides the really expensive memory cards I had nothing bad to say on my experience with it.
Please tell me your experiences with it and feel free to list off your favorite games for it.
I'll give a mini list of my must plays for the system.
Dragons Crown
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A sword-and-sorcery beat 'em up homage with elements of Golden Axe, D&D Arcade, and more; except, expanded into an RPG. As such, in addition to the standard stages to play, is incentive to revisit them thanks to several quests which reward you with loot and further improve your powers. Each of the 6 classes has numerous skills and passive abilities to learn, letting you customize how you want to play and what role you'll serve in a party. You'll definitely want to party on, since after the initial 9 stages, you unlock 9 more, each with new bosses to conquer.
After beating the game once, you get to the REAL meat: The Labyrinth of Chaos! It's a randomized dungeon containing mixed up elements from all stages, like fishmen out of water in the middle of the sky raining fire in an underground cave. Further on, bosses spawn as common foes, except
harder with new attacks and patterns, AND other common enemies and stage hazards smash on you simultaneously.
Gravity Rush
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An original and stylish action adventure game, and one that's been executed with incredible polish. Use gravity powers to float, manipulate objects, run-and-jump on walls, speed from plane to plane, etc. like you're Spider-Man but 50 times better.
There is a remaster available on the ps4 that might be easier to pick up but I feel that the PSVita version is the best way to play it.
Killzone: Mercenary
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Probably the best portable FPS game I've ever played and that seems to be the general consensus on this game. The campaign, though 9 stages, is lengthy and full of activities/situations other than running thru a level shooting. Extra replayability comes via different strategies for goals (i.e. hacking extra info, alternate target-kill methods, etc.). The multiplayer was amazing and probably my favorite part of the whole game.
Muramasa Rebirth
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Enhanced port of the Wii game "Muramasa: The Demon Blade". If you haven't heard of this or played it yet, then I recommend you seek out a copy now. This is the best way to play Muramasa. It's hard for me to speak on this without spoiling too much so all I will say is that this is a must play if you can only play one game on this list.
Touch My Katamari
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While it doesn't offer groundbreaking changes from previous entries, it's still Katamari and thus damn good and funky. Improved controls flow smoothly (jump and turn only need one button each, etc.) and also has a new stretch and squish mechanic to get lots of stuff or squeeze through tight spaces. You can also use touchscreen-centric controls.
As always, roll your magic cosmic ball to get stuff stuck to it before time runs out (or other stage-based goals). You'll often start small with stuff like toys and cookies, but soon grow enough to roll up pets, people, buildings, and even entire countries!
It's how I primarily play a lot of games. I think the Vita is underwhelming without modifying it. I had physically purchased only one game and maybe a handful digitally while the PS store was up.
