PlayStation Vita Is One Year Old, Here Are Five Games You Must Play

Push Square: "Much like those people forced to celebrate their birthday on Christmas Eve, the PlayStation Vita’s first anniversary on the market has been somewhat overshadowed by the impending PlayStation 4. But we couldn’t let the handheld’s big day pass without a commemoration of some sort, so we’ve compiled a list of five of the system’s must play games. The console may not be setting the sales charts alight – but few could argue with the quality of the titles within."

[Knight_Crawler]

Said no one ever.

[Blastoise]

Says Sammy Barker from Pushsquare.com

[jakmckratos]

Shut up and go lick Tom Brady's butt. Boom youre roasted.

[Playstation4LyFe]

Yeah ok.. coming from someone who watches American Football, go crawl back in ur little hole!

[GoldenMonkey34]

And what a year of dissapointment it has been. Honestly, at least with the 3ds Nintendo picked up the slack within about 6 months, but even now I can only name a few I games that are must have for the vita, and only a few more known to come out in the next year

[Skate-AK]

You honestly don't sound like you own a Vita. I love mine and play it almost daily.

[SAE]

Same here. But still, we need games like gta/gt/tekken/battlefield..etc . Vita needs it for sales too. It need to unlock it's features. They should make it like galaxy note 2. You can do what ever you want in it just like the pc. It's just sad how we have this powerfull hardware and we can't use it's potential ..

[GoldenMonkey34]

I did own a vita, til I realized I wasted my money

[Kamikaze135]

6 months? More like around a year. The Vita just turned a year old and it's starting to get some decent games.

[rainslacker]

Vita had some good games from day one, but admittedly went through a software drought in the summer. Quite a few good games on the Vita over the past year.

[DarkZane]

The 3DS was as bad even a year later. Hell, the 3DS did far worst at launch.

When the guy from Nintendo publicly announce a price drop, along with a public apology, where he practically begged people to forgive them like a bunch of beggars, you know they went below rock bottom.

YOu know when you hit the bottom of the barrel, you reached a new low? No, Nintendo went further, smashed the bottom of the barrel and they kept going.

Now, Nintendo is repeating the same thing with the WiiU, except the WiiU is in a much worst place, since the thing isn't even futureproof.

It will fail to attract 3rd party devs with its inferior hardware and will get burried by the PS4 and whatever Microsoft is gonna call their next xbox.

[bothebo]

Right on and well said.

[redrim217]

I disagree whole heartedly. I bought 3 games in the first year of 3DS (SFIV, Zelda OoT, RE:R). I've not actually spent money on it since RE:R - which turned out to be good - though restricted by the platform. PSV - which I've owned for 6 months, I have 11 games for. Only regret one purchase the entire time I've owned it. And I get free games every couple of weeks from +. If only nintendo had the online service to dish out it's entire catalog digitally.
All down to preference anyway - and after nintendo's shoddy output with both 3DS AND Wii U (which looks thoroughly uninviting now, given Sony's stella unveiling of the PS4, along with quite possibly the most robust online service out there)I've learned to to avoid consoles where the only reasonable support comes from first party; and also to avoid technology built on a crappy components from the 90s

[Deku-Johnny]

I recommend Vita owners sell it and get a 3DS instead. Nintendo always have and always will be number one for handhelds in terms of hardware and software.

[tack129]

No

[arabiensoldier]

I love nintendo and I love mario as much as the next guy, but don't get it twisted. Nintendo re-wraps its old franchises and puts the out into new games. When is the last time you saw nintendo create a memorable new IP. it always Zelda, mario, luigi, yoshi, kirby, samus , etc. The same characters we see in each iteration on the nintendo consoles.

[Kamikaze135]

It's pathetic, but I just only started to realize recently. It's like after Mario Galaxy, they stopped trying to release original Mario games.

[sdozzo]

Psp was a beast.

[r21]

Nintendo used to be for me. Loved the GB, GBC and GBA. After that, not much until the PS vita :D

[IMightBeRetarded]

*Sniff* *sniff*
Whats this? do I smell a fanboy?

[rainslacker]

Both systems offer completely different types of experiences. I have both, and I like the 3DS for it's Nintendo and RPG stuff, but nothing else on it interests me that much. The Vita has a wide range of genres that play and mostly look like their console counter-parts, as well as Sony exclusives and RPG's on the horizon which I'm really excited about.

I couldn't care less who's number one. I play games.

[dafegamer]

why not both actually?

[Protagonist]

@Deku-Johnny

Please dont recommend anything.

[Jake_the_Dog]

In terms of software, yes, hardware, no, not by a mile.

[maniac76]

1 year old and only 5 must plays lol

[TheGrimOfDeath]

He could make a list of 10 must plays. There could be even 15 must plays. Yes I am dead serious.

[karlowma]

I don't have a Vita, but probably will eventually. Was the Uncharted game so bad it deserved not be included on this list ahead of the ports and remakes?

[IMightBeRetarded]

The only remake was persona 4 golden. The others were original vita games. Although many of them werent new IPs

[tack129]

Uncharted was actually a good title if you take away the gimmicks.
It's not a port or a remake. It's a new game from an already established IP.

[Kur0]

It was't bad. it had a good story and the voice acting was top notch. The gameplay was about on par with the first uncharted but there were some annoyances like swiping the touch screen and stuff. It was around a 75 for me. The best non-port game for the Vita right now is probably Gravity Rush but the ports and remakes are amazing like Persona 4 golden and Little Big Planet. If you're really unsure just wait until games like Soul Sacrifice and Killzone Mercenary are out.

[Hicken]

Only one remake, and it's a superb one.

NO ports.

Three existing IPs.

One new IP.

The list could have been a bit bigger, honestly.

And yes, there would be ports and remakes on the list. Just like on every other system. Is that a problem?

Edit: I ask because you bring it up like it IS. And you're not the only one. For some reason, the Vita having a couple of ports or remakes is bad, yet EVERY system out there has libraries full of ports and remakes, including some of the best in the library.

So why treat the Vita like those are a bad thing? I'm not "defensive." Just curious as to why the Vita is treated differently.

[karlowma]

"Is that a problem?"

I don't know, is it? Defensive much? Lol.

[karlowma]

Come on dude, even you can see through your rose-colored glasses that these are all fairly unoriginal titles, with the exception of Gravity Rush.

And I didn't imply it as a negative. In fact I even said I would be getting a Vita.

I'm just curious that the Uncharted game wasn't on the list, since it's so A+ on the PS3.

[worldwidegaming]

I am enjoying my ps vita.
Persona 4 golden and a host of PSP games I can install.
good stuff but then I paid $179 for mine. (amazon deal.)

[arbitor365]

the vita is the only system that can walk away with all the handheld GOTY awards in its first year (over a dozen between 4 different games) and people still say

"derr it has no gamez!!"

[sherimae2413]

i will never sell or put away my vita just to gather dust
i really love it eventhough i only have gravity rush
im going to buy ninja gaiden sigma 2 on 26 of this month
and doa5 plus next month and soul sacrifice on april so cmon tell me still no new games coming? besides muramasa and valhalla knights 3 and ys memories of celceta will also come this year
and if thats not good enough killzone mercenary is on sept. 17 and tearaway might be on oct. to dec. and we still at february expect many vita games to be announced in japan and in west ^_^

[nugnugs]

Persona 4! I have had to charge my Vita twice without turning the thing off. Cant.Stop.Playing.

[sherimae2413]

is it really addicting.. i mean is that game really that great i havnt played any persona games but i played ff and suikoden games is persona 4 is like those games

[oONinjavitiSOo]

Don't forget people.....you will get to play ps1, ps2, ps3 and of course ps4 games on Ps Vita when Ps4 comes out!!!!!! Awesome!!!!