[Rumor] PSone Classics to hit Vita late June, Heavenly Sword character for Battle Royale

So here's to hoping for the best. An anonymous source from Sony communicated with Pixelitis, stating that PSone Classics will be hitting the Vita by the end of this month.

While it was previously stated at this year's E3 that they would be available in the summer, we hope that tomorrow's Sony's PlayStation Store Update will in fact have these games up for Vita users.

Our source also stated that Nariko, the protagonist from Heavenly Sword, will be a playable character in PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale. It was also noted that there is the possibility of having a few Mortal Kombat characters in the punch fest.

Pixelitis has reached out to both SCEA and Heavenly Sword developer Ninja Theory, but so far there has been no response as of this posting.

We'll be updating the story if the situation changes.

[sinncross]

A few MK characters? ...
If any, please only one. They must get as many different franchises represented without any one having too much character support.

Nariko is a fine choice but I would hope that someone like Kat still makes it. Nariko would not be my first female choice.

as for PS1 Classics: that would be great. But I am going to bet that the upcoming Gaming Heaven PSV event for Japan will be used to highlight the PS1 emulator before it releases in any region (maybe by like a couple days).

[user5467007]

If they chose someone like Kai over Nariko then I would be ticked off...

[sinncross]

I wrote Kat (from Gravity Daze), not Kai (from Heavenly Sword).

[sikbeta]

Nariko love, nice, Kat is less known coming from a new franchise exclusive to Vita, It'd be awesome to have her as character now that PSBR is also coming to Vita though

[PoSTedUP]

give me RoadRash 3D, and i will be kicking ass with nariko aswell, plus i heard about some new Gravity Rush DLC's in the upcoming weeks.

[MaxXAttaxX]

Kat!
It'd be awesome if she was in it.
I'm pretty far into Gravity Rush right now and really like it.

[PersonaCat]

I was just thinking that Kat would be an amazing edition to this game. Maybe a Vita exclusive character? I'm so in love with Gravity Rush right now.

[Hicken]

Kat is also a good idea because having her in PS All Stars would make people go, "Who is she? What game is she from?"

Then they look her up, say, "Oh, I have a Vita. I should check this game out."

I want her in it, though. She's so absolutely adorable. DAMN, I HATE THIS LAST BOSS BATTLE!!!

[BlaqMagiq24]

I agree with you. She deserves to be in this game. She has enough moves to fit perfectly in here. And I love Kat's design. Had to say that.

[remanutd55]

Nariko must be the Heavenly Sword Character.

[ginsunuva]

No it can't be. Probably that evil fat king dude.

[WeskerChildReborned]

Still hoping Solid Snake or Cole Mcgrath get announced.

[Sorrow24]

Cole pretty much got confirmed by the voice actor and there's no way Solid isn't going to in there. :)

[BlaqMagiq24]

Not putting them in there would be a crime to the Sony community.

[StayStatic]

Surprised no one has mentioned Crash Bandicoot xD

[Afterlife]

Snake is semi confirmed anyway. The voice actor leaked it on his twitter, said he worked with David Hayter and Nolan North. He later removed it.

[Dno]

Lara croft, Snake, Crash and Cloud from ff7 is a must. those games put sony on the map so lets pay some respect to them.

[brew]

I hope Nariko makes it in , but I'm not going to expect it.

[Summons75]

can't get any later than this week seeing Saturday is the end of the month. Here's hoping because I have a flight saturday and would love to spend it playing Grandia or FF6=]

[refocusedman]

I know i'm late just bought heavenly sword. Wow this game is great I would love a sequel.

[remanutd55]

let them know we want a Heavenly Sword sequel http://share.blog.us.playst...

[danimitsu]

yeah Heavenly Sword is excellent. :) I think I'll do another replay this weekend.

[GaryOak]

I can't wait to get all them Final Fantasy games on my Vita.Also Wid ARMs and Resident Evil.

[guitarded77]

Yeah, I'm ready for the PS One Classics on Vita. Do we have to re-buy them, or can we just download to the Vita without re-buying?

[TomSawyer187]

I believe if you own them on your PSN account you will not need to re-buy.

[TronEOL]

Nariko seems like an obvious choice to me. One of the first memorable and still talked about PS3 characters. So it only makes sense to put her in it. Although I'd understand if she didn't end up being in it since there are many character that take priority over her.

Still, very interested to see who else they announce.

As for the PS1 games on Vita, I can't wait. I have 28 PS1 games on my PS3 waiting to be transferred over to my Vita.

[KingOptimusOrigin111]

Still waiting to see Jak with Daxter on his shoulder and Ratchet with Clank on his back for All-Stars Battle Royale.

[remanutd55]

lol of course they are going to be there, they are Jack/Daxter and Ratchet/Clank, Sackboy/Cole/Nariko/Old Snake/Chimera must be there too

[360GamerFG]

I had a dream about Nariko, (no not that kinda dream) she was being featured in a new game but not Heavenly Sword (not by name anyway).
I hope SONY get off their behinds and quit making rubbish like Motorstorm and Resistance and make a sequel to what was for me the first truly next gen game this generation.
I absolutely loved HS! :(

[dragonyght]

Good than you are in luck. Show your love for Nariko by kickstating Heavenly Sword. http://share.blog.us.playst... it only cost you 2 minutes of your time bring friends and family

[Silly gameAr]

I don't think he cares about Heavenly Sword or Nariko, but I'll gladly show my support.

[DivineAssault]

i hope this is true.. Youtube & ps1 classics in 1 update would be nice.. Looks like ima need to get another EXPENSIVE memory card ;(

[paybackprahl]

If your "anonymous source" is within Sony, why are you reaching out to Sony?

Besides, I really can't see this happening by the end of June. It's the 26th. They would've said something by now, and more than likely PSone Classic support will come with the launch of several PSone Classics at the same time, which will only happen on Tuesdays. The last Tuesday of June is today, and the only PSone Classic we're getting is The Little Mermaid II.

[asmith2306]

The PSone support can't come soon enough. Can't wait to upload RE 1,2 & 3 onto it!!

[Canary]

I went ahead and bought a 32GB stick for all the PS1 games I want to add.

If only Suikoden II could be one of 'em.

Who do I need to write angry letters to about that? Sony? Konami?

[Fullmetalevolust]

Are we gonna be able to download the games we already bought over the PSN from our PS3 to our PSvita? I'd hate to pay for those games again!
Hopefully we can transfer our saves too! Anyone knows?

[MoonConquistador]

@Fullmetal - Yes all the games you bought will be transferable, but I think its limited to only two portable devices (psp or vita), so as long as you haven't transferred them onto PSP's, you should be good to go

[Fullmetalevolust]

Thanks for you reply, I've only played them on my ps3, I haven't touched my psp since I bought my vita :) It's great news.

[Tyre]

Heavenly Sword's Nariko would be Great in PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale! Still hope Heavenly Sword 2 will be made, Anna Torv & Andy Serkis are awesome in HS.

[extermin8or]

lol end of june, that gives us what till saturday, usually they release firmwares on a tuesday or wednesday; sometimes a thursday-guess we'll see but I doubt it...