LocoRoco PSP demo
Download and tilt!
Sony appears to have finally woken up to the idea of downloadable PSP demos - and today's release is for one we've been looking forward to for absolutely ages, LocoRoco.
A trial version of the game, which involves tilting the play area to wobble some blobs around platform-style levels, is available from the game's Japanese site now.
The actual download is only 8MB, but unfortunately you'll first need to download the new 2.7 system firmware to play it.
Once you've done that - and although Sony would discourage you from running the US firmware on a UK PSP, there's actually nothing stopping you - you can download the demo, put your PSP in USB Connection mode while connected to your PC, and by popping the EBOOT.PBP file in a /PSP/GAME/UCJS1O041/ folder on your Memory Stick Duo you should put yourself in a position to join in the fun.
The only thing you might want to bear in mind is that version 2.7 firmware will rule out any chance you had of running homebrew code - at least until someone cracks this one, anyway.
Still, it's a price we're prepared to pay to play LocoRoco, and as soon as our STUPID PC WHICH WILL BE KICKED MERCILESSLY ALL MORNING starts behaving, we're certainly going to give it a go.
LocoRoco is due out over here on 23rd June according to Sony's most recent UK schedule.
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I'm slightly scared to play it now, in case it isn't as brilliant as it is in my head.
Someone fire up the demo and tell me it is awesome!
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Or is it more like a 2D Mercury?
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And it only took a year and a half.
Yipee
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Took me about 20 minutes to complete with a lot of faffing around hunting secrets.
I cant wait for the full thing, my fae hurts from smiling the whole time I was playing.
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2.70 Euro version now available from SCEE
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Theres very few games that I can sit and watch the press start screen for long periods of time. Loco Roco is one of these games.
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And is it just me or is it kind of nice to see the return of old-school "secrets"? - you know, secret corridors behind walls etc.
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Someone got that rumor out of the babelfish-translation of the japanese readme.
Nope, you can't play it on PC. You need a PC to download it .
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Just don't charge loads as we are so used to FREE stuff off the net
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Nope, you can't play it on PC. You need a PC to download it.
That's a shame then. I won't be upgrading just to play the demo. Although it's likely that the full game will require 2.7 as well...
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I haven't enjoyed playing a game so much on PSP.
My new favourite after Exit and a necessary purchase !!!
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The only downer is that it's 90% Sony that's coming out with all these fun new titles, come on third party devs NO MORE PORTS!!
Or at least half arsed ports.
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