MG Acid gets price cut

By Ellie Gibson Published 19 September, 2005

But only in Japan, so far.

Konami Japan has announced that turn-based card battler Metal Gear Acid will be re-released at a bargain price, making it the cheapest PSP game on the shelves by a healthy margin.

MGA was first launched in Japan last December priced 4800 yen (around £24), but the new version - which is being released as part of the Best of Konami range - will cost just 2100 yen (£10.50). It'll hit the shops on November 17, just weeks before Metal Gear Acid 2 arrives on December 8.

The re-release was announced by MGA 2 producer Noriaki Okamura at a Tokyo Game Show event.

"There are probably a lot of people who haven't played the first game yet," he said.

"Metal Gear Acid really isn't a hard game. We hope everyone will try it out at our booth and pick up the original game before we release the sequel."

A Konami spokesperson told Eurogamer there are currently no plans to release a budget MGA in Europe, which is hardly surprising since it only came out here about three weeks ago. But it's still interesting to see Konami taking the lead with budget PSP games, even if only in Japan so far... Let's hope Sony follows suit with a Platinum PSP range at some point, eh?

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • Danj #1 7 years ago

    Anybody know when MGA2 is due out over here?

  • Lovemoose #2 7 years ago

    Just wish I could read Japanese.

  • gizmo #3 7 years ago

    I would by this at about £15, but don't want to jump in at full price. Besides, I'm still hooked on Everybodys Golf at the moment and WTS. Got 46k on Lumines last night though, although it seemed to put me into some sort of trance.

  • myiagros #4 7 years ago

    this game is well worth the money at full price, so for just over £10 its a bargin.

    It's even playable in japanese, OK so you miss out on the story but you get all the action. (The story is not that great anyway).

  • red_shift #5 7 years ago

    dont be fooled! its rubbish! uses the great Metal Gear name for a crapbag card game (but obviously buy it if you like crapbag card games)
    Edited by red_shift at 19/09/05 @ 20:56

  • brombeer #6 7 years ago

    Don't bother. The game is crap. I played it for 3 hours and got so frustrated and bored at the same time. I wonder why I ever did buy that PSP.

  • myiagros #7 7 years ago

    give this game a chance, yes its a bit slow starting, but when you get further through the game (or when going through for a second time on expert), it is actualy quite engrosing and challenging.

  • brombeer #8 7 years ago

    I gave it another shot. Been playing for 10 hours. My opinion is still the same about Metal Gear. It's dull, way to depend on chance. I had to wait 27 cards just to get a C4 to blow up a wall. Ridiculous. Furthermore, why is that PSP so shiny and fragile? I am constantly wiping fingerprints off of it, scratching the surface in the process. And if not by me, than my two lovely, adorable kiddies who find daddie's new toy all too much interesting, will leave their marks on it. I have NEVER wiped anything on the DS before. I think it's a failure in the design, really.

  • Bates #9 7 years ago

    lol, and you told poor Petay you were gay Brombeer :)

    You're nasty.

  • brombeer #10 7 years ago

    Hey, let me have a stab at him once in a while Bates! I just find him so incredibly narrow minded and judgmental, I had to do something about it. It was fun while it lasted, anyway. Indeed, I'm married (to a woman) and have two children, a son of 2 years and a daughter of 10 months ;-)