Oh yeah, it's true, I have a Nintendo Switch and I have been playing Ridge Racer on my PSP for like 8 hours in a couple days
As of the time of writing, I have driven a total of 807 miles—1298 kilometers for regular people—which basically means I have managed to beat all of the 9 Basic Tours and 4 Pro Tours, from class 1 to class 5! That’s a lot of drifting!
So yeah, the PSP is back!
This all started because Brendon and Stephen from the Into The Aether podcast, announced that they are making a PSP premiere episode this season, which means they’ll play a bunch of games for the PSP and talk about it for I hope 5 or more hours straight.
Of course, I am, and have always been, a PSP sicko.
I already mentioned this multiple times in previous weeknotes but I felt like talking about it on its own post, that’s how excited I am to just have my favorite podcast highlight one of, if not the most significant gaming device of my life.
All of these things also made me return to my journey playing Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection, and to dip my feet once again into the Ys franchise with Ys: The Oath of Felghana. Both have provided me with a lot of fun as well, as mentioned before.
I am even considering to purchase some physical UMDs, because why not? But I don’t actually want to do that right now, I am yet to purchase a physical game this year, keeping with the commitment I started last year!
Regardless, it is a little ironic, to come back to the PSP over my current emulation handheld, the Anbernic SP—where I’m playing games like Drill Dozer or Fire Emblem—or my Nintendo Switch—where I have done a lot of progress lately with Dragon Quest XI and Hollow Knight.
The PSP should not feel as good as it does when compared to the nice things of modern software and hardware, and yet, it does. The XMB interface remains absolutely gorgeous, and the hardware itself is still really nice!
The only real issue is the buttons for me, only because I replaced the originals after they broke when I shell-swapped my device, and the 3rd party ones are still quite stiff, my thumb gets actually tired of pressing them sometimes, not a good thing when spamming sword attacks in Oath of Felghana. But I’m still playing!
What else can I say? the hype got to me, and the hobby cycle never stops going.
This is 10 day of #100DaysToOffload
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