Following the official reveals of Dead or Alive 5 Plus and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus earlier this month, Team NINJA and Tecmo Koei Europe have confirmed that both titles will be making their way to PAL territories for PlayStation Vita handheld system early next year. Dead or Alive 5 Plus brings the signature fighting style of the popular Dead or Alive series to PlayStation Vita with all-new system-specific features, while the faster, bloodier Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus brings the legendary action videogame to a versatile new battleground.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "While fully-fledged fighting games on handhelds have achieved varying levels of success in the past, they weren’t really a thing until the PSP. Prior to this there would always be certain concessions to get them running on weaker hardware. Sony’s powerful portable console, however, allowed developers to experiment with new ways of delivering their titles that would sometimes be hugely successful (e.g. Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection), which in turn meant new games were forthcoming throughout the console’s life. This mantra continued onto the Vita, which received ports of a number of high-profile fighting games, from launch through to the present day.
The ever-expanding industry of eSports has somewhat put a damper on handheld fighting games, as the fanbase moves increasingly towards arcade sticks, perfect latency, and other measures that always ensure a fair fight. That doesn’t mean the Vita doesn’t have access to its fair share of fighting games, though – whether you like 3D arena brawlers, party-friendly multiplayer titles, or pixel-perfect technical 2D fighters, you’re well served by the selection that’s available here, especially when including backwards-compatible PSP & PS1 games."
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Despite being the most powerful handheld console to be released in 2011, and being more than capable of handling ports of PS2, PS3, and even PS4 titles when the developers put the effort in, not every company was willing to take the time to ensure that the Vita version of their games turned out well - and as such a large number of games are hugely disappointing on the handheld simply due to the way they run.
In this article, I aim to examine these ports – what was disappointing about them (and why they should have been better than they were), as well as possible explanations on why they turned out the way they did - and ultimately come to a conclusion as to how well the Vita did as a machine capable of handling console ports during its lifespan."
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "In spite of Switch now dominating this niche and mobile/tablet games inching ever closer to console quality, Sony's Vita has a number of titles which were not only impressive relative to the time they released but still remain gorgeous to look at even to this day. So I'll be looking at what was impressive about them (and what could have been improved) alongside a conclusion on how well the Vita did as a high-end handheld during its lifespan."
I once heard someone brag how the vita is as powerful as the ps3. That really made me laugh. A lot of games couldn't even run at the native 540p OR maintain 30 fps... It was basically a portable ps2.
Vita was 28gflops, ps2 6.2gflops. I think the comparison was that it could almost run ps3 games if the resolution was reduced. In reality probably not as it had 8x less gpu power. It was good for a handheld at the time though in terms of power.
A nintendo 64 could almost run ps3 games if the resolution was reduced. To 160x90 pixels.
To most people, PS Vita was probably to PS3 what PSP was to PS2.
On the smaller screen, you could say "ehh, kinda in the same ballpark"
On the vita's smaller screen, first party titles like Killzone: Mercenary and Uncharted: Golden Abyss can really fool
you into thinking that it is a ps3 game, it was more like a portable PS3, if only more dev use its power. A portable ps2 is more like the 3ds.
only thing good about it was jrpg support and the og vita's oled screen. Other than that I felt I wasted my money on it.
If only Sony supported it with software and didn't put a ridiculous pricing tag on memory cards.
Killzone: Mercenary looks awesome on the Vita. Too bad it didn't get a big exclusive game like a new GTA to reel buyers in, plus those propriety memory card prices are ridiculous even now.
Right now I'm playing Trails, and while it's no technical showcase, being able to suspend the game at any time makes grinding much more manageable.
Some of my favorite vita games aren't impressive graphically. Persona, Danganronpa, Lone Survivor, Spelunky, Rogue Legacy(!!).
Still working thorough my backlog.
“Dead or Alive 5 Plus and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus both bring the art of combat alive with graphics that rival any console game, alongside tight controls designed to fully harness the power of the [PlayStation Vita],” said Yosuke Hayashi, Team NINJA leader. “Whether unleashing martial arts moves or striking enemies as a deadly ninja, players will discover that handheld gaming has never looked-or played-better.”
Loved reading that piece of info. Hopefully more Developers and Publishers take advantage of the Vita and/or start making games for it.
Saw the title and immediately thought: 'OMFG please don't tell me Tecmo are pulling a Capcom and releasing a Plus edition of the same f*cking game!'
My relief was overwhelming when I saw its just the names chosen for vita release :D
this shows that vita can have ps3 games quality and now the developers should focus on vita more than other consoles.
Ok now does this mean US is getting it too or do i have to import?
DOA5 for PSV!!! O_O!
Harada-san where's my TTT2 for PSV? T_T