Fullmetal Alchemist for PSP in summer

By Tom Bramwell Published 4 March, 2010

Handheld Brotherhood.

Namco Bandai has announced that Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood will be released for PSP in Europe this summer.

As surely everyone knows, Brotherhood follows the Elric brothers, two alchemists cursed after trying to bring their mum back from the dead.

They face a battle-packed adventure on the trail of the philosopher's stone, which can restore the damage they incurred.

Apparently there will be other customisable player characters beyond Edward and Alphonse Elric, but I'm afraid that's about as far into the world of "research" as our feigned enthusiasm will stretch.

The game seems to have come out in Japan last October. Check out screenshots elsewhere on Eurogamer.net.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Vlad27145 #1 2 years ago

    Yup, I can tell that you're really excited for this LOL

    EDIT: misspelling
    Edited by 1 at 04/03/10 @ 16:05

  • MaliceMajorE15 #2 2 years ago

    Releasing this in Europe. where we dont even have the original fullmetal alchemist anime. who the hell are they targeting? im mean ill buy it because i watch it. to to the average person who hasnt even heard of it. the license is wasted.

  • NewbieZilla #3 2 years ago

    PSP game? Fail.

  • Pac #4 2 years ago

    I watched the whole series the other day and whilst I thought it was aimed at a slightly younger age group than I was completely happy with it was reasonably entertaining.

    Anyone recommend any (dare I say it) adult orientated (there, I said it) anime?

    I am half way through Death Note (which I found a little dull to be honest). Quite liked Elfen Lied, Gantz etc. (and oldies like Ninja Scroll).

  • Burton2000 #5 2 years ago

    Full metal panic is an awesome anime, really funny id recommend watching that.

  • NewbieZilla #6 2 years ago

    I haven't seen that many different anime, to be honest. Death Note, Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell 1st and 2nd Gig were all ones I enjoyed though.

    I have heard good things about Paranoia Agent. Only 13 eps. Can't personally speak to its quality on account of having not seen it. How far exactly did you make it in Death Note? Really can't see where a dull judgement is coming from. In terms of non-anime, are you a Dexter fan?

  • consignia #7 2 years ago

    Releasing this in Europe. where we dont even have the original fullmetal alchemist anime.

    Erm.... The original had a couple of full DVD releases and several runs on TV (ok, a really minor niche channel, but still).

    Manga are also going to be releasing the new series in due course as well.

  • FenderMaster #8 2 years ago

    yeah, they showed FMA on some anime channel on Sky that no longer exists

    amazing series imo, but i guess i should point out that brotherhood is retelling the whole story from the start, without deviating from the manga like before (anime production outpaced manga, so the anime guys wrote their own episodes and ending)

    game could be good, but i doubt it... FMA isn't the type of series that would translate well to a game, there wasn't all that much fighting, and an rpg story retelling would be redundant

  • Pac #9 2 years ago

    Cowboy bebop is very good. Full metal Panic was OK. Paranoia Agent is also highly rated.

    To be honest I like a bit more Sci-fi, fantasy etc in my anime so that is probably why I am not so keen on Death Note which is more of a thriller (if I would put it in any genre).

    I do however like Dexter... weird eh.

  • NewbieZilla #10 2 years ago

    Well, in fairness, Death Note is hardly grounded in reality. It features Death Gods and a book that lets you kill people with their name in it.

  • MasterNameless #11 2 years ago

    It's not the top of my list, but Planetes is a great sci fi anime.

    Kemonozune is a great samurai/horror/fantasy anime too, a very original style by Studio 4c too - and whilst I'm mentioning it, one of my favourite (non-ghibli) anime films is from them too, Mind Game - which is phenomenal.

    Another great sci fi anime which shouldn;t be missed is, Gunbuster I and II. The series' are 20 years apart in production, but both are sublime.

    Bloody hell, that's just what springs to mind, the list could go on and on. I recommend checking out top 100 lists and going through it from the top, that's what I normally do. :D

  • MasterNameless #12 2 years ago

    Also, another batshit crazy Sci Fi/Fantasy/Comedy(and even some pretty poignant Drama at times - although that might be a bit of a reach ^^) is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It has probably one of the most epic scales of any animes I've seen, and has a wonderfully bright and lively style. I haven't seen anything quite like it.

    And finally, for a fucked up, cerebral, cute, and slightly disturbing anime - Kaiba is a no brainer, also intensely original.

    I'm gonna shut up now, as I stated before, I could go on forever!
    Edited by 3 at 04/03/10 @ 17:44

  • Toothball #13 2 years ago

    Think this'll be release on PSN at the same time? I doubt I'll be buying it, but I do like seeing them actually release things on PSN.

  • firefly #14 2 years ago

    @MasterNameless

    Completely with you on Gurren Lagann, I finally finished it two days ago and it's one of the coolest anime series I've ever seen.

    Agreed though that it's sort of odd that they release these games when the anime aren't particularly available in the UK from /ahem official sources. When you stop to think about it this means that there pretty much wouldn't be a market for anime related products at all here if it weren't for piracy, which pretty much turns conventional logic regarding piracy on its head.

  • Pac #15 2 years ago

    @MasterNameless

    Thanks for that. They all sound pretty cool.

    I'll certainly be checking out some of them.

  • NyteWolf #16 2 years ago

    Everyone who hasn't tried Trigun yet should, it's one of the most awesome anime series I watched. Starts out very quirky and funny, and halfway through takes a turn for the serious and gets pretty emotional.

    Made me cry ;').

  • kingcrude #17 2 years ago

    one of the Soul Eater games please

  • Grayvern #18 2 years ago

    Deathnote plummets in quality as soon as the second Kira appears because she is unbelievably annoying.