In this entry, Sam Hewitt looks at Wild Arms - A western-themed RPG released on the PlayStation 1 in 1996.
Andrew from Rocket Chainsaw talks through his love of some of his favourite games, beginning with his favourite game of all time, Wild Arms.
A franchise Sony need to bring back into the light was pissed the franchise never showed up on Ps3 or PS4
One hundred percent agree with that. I’m still hoping they bring the series back, but I haven’t held my breath for another game for quite a while.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Each of these articles will be centered around a specific theme, whether that's a style of music, a specific console, or just something completely different. Also, at the end of each of these articles, I will pose a video game music related question on something usually related to the theme of the article, which you can answer in the comments below if you so wish. Each article will highlight between five and ten different tracks from various games, in no particular order.
With that in mind, let's start with a theme that's quite timely and relevant right now thanks to the recent release of Red Dead Redemption 2. The American old west has inspired countless different video games and produced some amazing pieces of music over the years, so let's have a listen to just a few such tracks."
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that PlayStation®Classic, a miniature games console that mirrors the look of the original PlayStation® and comes preloaded with 20 original games, will launch in limited quantities on December 3, 2018, in Japan, North America and Europe. PlayStation Classic will be available*1 at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of 9,980 yen in Japan, $ 99 USD in North America and € 99 in Europe.
wow Sony is Nintend-izing a lot....still a worthy mini-console imo ...these games are pure nostalgia
Don't tell me you honestly think that this isn't coming about precisely because of the Nintendo Classic consoles' recent success.
Please don't.
Anyone with a working brainstem knows it's taking a page from Nintendo here.XD
I mean, not that that's a bad thing, because this looks cool, but let's be real here, rofl.
@XenoBoone382 Um no, the Neo Geo Mini just came out. You're talking about the Neo Geo X.
You have to admire Sony fans sometimes just for their sheer audacity XD
Atari, Neo Geo and even Sega consoles have had these long before Nintendo or Sony jumped on the bandwagon. Still Sony is the first to use 3D games so that's a step in the right direction when it comes to these.
Only 20 games.... should be 25 to commemorate the 25th anniversary.
25 games that defined the og PS1. And using the non ds controllers???
what are we implying here? That this is somehow something distinctly Nintendo, and anyone else who does it somehow owes it to Nintendo?
Lets be honest here. When N announced the NES classic the whole collective gaming fans went nuts and started saying how there should be (insert system as a mini here). Now that others are starting to come to market, there is room for them and should not be a well they are copying them and so forth.
That is just petty and immature. I'd love for Sega to actually make their own mini systems and not go the 3rd party mfg route. Scrap the contract with Radica and At Games and actually design their own Genesis mini, Master System mini, Saturn mini and DC mini.
And on a similar subject, I'd love for Sega to enter the mini arcade cab market as well. A little 12" tall cab of golden axe or shinobi or virtua fighter would be awesome.
Stop fighting over who did what first or better or whatever and just play the damn games and have fun.
So...100$ to play FF7 and Wild Arms? Ok!
I really hope it has The Did Hard trilogy and xgames
Well this sucks. No wonder why we still don't have PS1 or PS2 backwards compatibility on our PS4.
But it is Nintendo who made the “classic” console popular though. The Atari and Neo Geo Mini sold nowhere near as much as the Nintendo ones.
@King_Noctis
Sure that had more to do with the brand and games than the title “Classic”
No one is saying they invented it but give credit where credit is due. They certainly capitalized, popularized and sensationalized the plug and play mini more so than any company before them. including Jakks Pacific who made dozens of PnP units.
It is because of the Nintendo classic console's influence, but a playstation-centric site won't let you live down pointing that out.
It's not about who's first, it's about who sells out first. Nintendo did.
"but a playstation-centric site won't let you...."
Whaaaa. Want a tissue?
"It's not about who's first, it's about who sells out first. Nintendo did. "
Sounds like shit people say when it is convenient at the time.
If people can say the Tomb Raider reboot didn't happen because of Uncharted, then this issue shouldn't matter either.
Soooooooo all you nity boys wanting fortnight and all. Wouldn't you be coping Sony???? Even though Sony didnt have it first cuz it was PC, Sony, xbone, it sold THE MOST on the ps4 system. So with you're logic then you shouldn't have fortnight cuz ur just coping sony, since Sony making a mini ps1 is just piggybacking off of nitys 🤔 🤔 🙄 😏
I would have to agree. Nintendo definitely did not start the trend, but it was certainly popularized by them. Sony had a motion controller before Nintendo, but it was the buzz and curiosity around the Wii that had them include it in the SIXAXIS/DS3. Even the PS2 Eye Toy had some early demos featuring the first "PS Move controller" that was, again, lost to the wind until Nintendo made it popular.
The Nintendo classics may not be the original classic consoles, but it's sincere denial to think for a moment that the PSOne classic is not a response to the Nintendo classics' success.
Okay, but you wanna bet on who is gonna sell better?
I guarantee you won't 😂🤷🏻♂️
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@ EddieNX
Right because Nintendo came up with the idea oh wait they didn't otherwise they would have patent it because that's what they do. So what if Sony was inspired to do this because of Nintendo's success you act like they don't all copy each others ideas.
They did.
The switch has the online capabilities of the PS2 🤣 excluding voice chat.
Naruga
It's not uncommon for companies to copy what had succeed and Sony isn't the only one to do so
Nintendo showed there is a market for these type of mini consoles
Nintendo hardly invented the concept of a mini retro console. Atari and Sega have been licensing their systems for practically ever, and they put more games onto the systems as well
I was interested in this until I saw the $99 price tag. I have all my favorite PS 1 games on PC
All the Naysayers on here. You really think Sony didn't just copy what Nintendo was doing. Because that's what Sony is about. Copying other platforms. They have since they launched PS1.
Sony see's the massive success of the NES and SNES classics so they launch a PS1 classic. Too bad PS1 games are pretty much unplayable. They definitely didn't do it because of Sega, Atari or Neo Geo.
Sega and other companies have done it before but they licensed it out to other companies. Atari games are trash.
NES offers amazing games that still hold up, same with the SNES classic.
Sony wants the same success and Nintendo, not Neo Geo or Atari.
Technically they all copied China ripoff systems, so there you go! They have had them here in NYC for over 10 years.
So again, Sony following Nintendo and the fanboys flock to Sony's side on N4G. How dare you say God Sony copies!!!
i wish they used the same controller port as the original, to be able to use the 4 controller split device and other accessories(DDR carpet controller, Time Crisis gun etc...)... i'm not interested because of this.
I'm not interested because they didn't even bother adding perspective correction or texture filtering to improve the graphics.
Perhaps those are options you can set in the system? Just like there are filters on the NES/SNES classic, I'd imagine there will be something similar on this.
'letsa-wait' there letsa-go.. ;)
@darthv72 lol I hope you are right. It would be nice to play these games without the graphical issues that plagued the system when it was first out. That was the whole reason I avoided it in the first place! I don't even mind the lack of texture filtering as long as they get perspective correction in there. Warped textures and polygons are so ugly!
you don't know if they have done that.. it was on PS2 already and this one has HDMI.
i am pretty sure the smooth filter will be available.
Cute idea but the 5 games shown I really don't care about. I have FFVII on my PS4 Pro in HD the other 4 is a meh. For $99 the 15 not shown would have to have some must play titles otherwise I'll pass.
I'm honestly more disappointed on the fact that it only contains 20 titles?! Come on Sony! So many amazing ps1 classics, at least give us 50 games! I'd buy it in a heartbeat!
Dont worry, someone will hack it and you will be able to add more games. Just like the Nintendo classic and SNES Classic.
it all depends on how much internal storage. I mean a PS1 game would take up about 650 MB (Assuming they used a full CD). FFVII was several CDs though. I don't think you are going to have a ton of space on this thing. 32GB of internal storage tops, but 16 is a possibility.
25 seems right. Especially if it is meant to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the PS1.
That means that we should be expecting a mini PS2 with 20 games for its 20th anniversary.
Exactly what I thought. What games wil be on it that I can't get on PSN network or something else? Is Syphon Filter a sony game?
OMG...this is real?? official from Sony?? when I first see this news, I thought some cheapfvck from China is making the replica with Raspberry Pi and selling it with the PS1 case. LOL
I don't know why Sony feels they should do this because this obviously mimics the NES and SNES mini but at the same time, it looks like there are huge demands for these mini consoles. the gaming market is in a weird place right now, so who knows.
I think it's about appreciating our videogame history as much as our future. Plus all the kids that got to experience the birth of 'true' console gaming (I say true in that before Nintendo and Sega fueled the industry, there wasn't a huge console market) are now middle aged like me, and we like the idea of these things live on. I have my kids playing the NES and SNES minis right now. It's definitely a great thing. I do agree that if not for the success of the Nintendo minis Sony would probably not be creating this, but at the same time they could've been planning this for a while and just waiting for the right time. Who knows how long Nintendo sat on the idea.
There is definitely a a demand for retro gaming. This is why the Nintendo minis are doing so well and Sony wants in with a classic of their own, (if this is true).
wild arms, underrated?
truth.
this game got me into the rpg side of gaming. i beat them all and all were great.