Jason Nimer says, "Despite its trouble history, the PlayStation Vita has gotten a lot of love around my house. Despite all the shoddy ports, delayed, cancelled and disastrous games (Resistance: Burning Skies, I'm looking at you), I have spent a lot of time with Sony's handheld, probably more than most. Out of all the games on the system, though, one caught my attention like no other, and it probably isn't one you'd expect: Akiba's Beat: Undead and Undressed. I spent tons of times with dozens of other Vita games, but when I think of the Vita, I think of Akiba's Trip. The wacky 3D beat-'em-up was tons of fun, had lots to unlock and was a game I played, beat, and immediately played again - five more times, if I remember correctly. So when I saw that Akiba's Beat, a semi-sequel or spiritual successor on PlayStation 4, come up for review, I jumped at it. How did my second trip to Akihabara turn out? It wasn't as bad as having some hipster kid rip of your shirt in the middle of a bustling metropolis, but... no, wait, that's what made the first game fun. Akiba's Beat is the exact opposite of that."
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Just like Artdink, Acquire is a quirky Japanese developer with a history of experimentation and big ideas, but has unfortunately been at the mercy of low budgets throughout the years, leaving gamers with some fantastic titles that suffer from a large amount of jank. Acquire worked on Vita from its launch in Japan through to early 2017, injecting a nice level of variety to the console’s library despite some of the technical shortcomings of its titles, making the company a prime candidate for examination here."
Amazon has discounted the physical versions of several Vita games to below $20, including Akiba's Beat, Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!!, BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma EXTEND, Drive Girls, Tokyo Tattoo Girls and Zero Time Dilemma.
"Here’s a look at the best Japanese PlayStation Plus Double Discounts — the currently running PSN sale that offers huge savings for PlayStation Plus subscribers. While there are some pretty good non-Plus discounts, the Plus-NESS is what it’s all about this time around. And there’s some goodies!"
