SCEI have unveiled the games Japanese PSP owners can expect to play when the handy console is released over there.
Hold onto your hats because we have a run down of the PSP games that are being released alongside the handheld wonder in Japan. We stress that these are only confirmed for a Japanese release and as yet there isn't a confirmed list for Europe. But when has that ever stopped you pondering and gossiping about the ones you'd like to see over here?
A lot of the titles are yet to be confirmed (and some only have "series" meaning "another game in the..."), but here's the definitive list and who's publishing it over there:
Techniccute (working title (WT)) - Akira
TGM-K (WT) - Akira
Mobile Suit Gundam (WT) - Bandai
The Gagharv (WT) - Bandai
Super Robot Wars (WT) - Banpresto
Darkstalkers Chronicle (WT) - Capcom
Devil May Cry series - Capcom
Viewtiful Joe series - Capcom
Kollon - CyberFront Corp.
DoraSlot series - Dorasu Corp.
Need For Speed Underground (WT) - EA
Tiger Woods PGA Tour (WT) - EA
AC Formula Front - FromSoftware
Shutkou Battle - Genki
Bomberman series - Hudson Soft
Far East of Eden series - Hudson Soft
Ren-Goku: The Tower of Purgatory - Hudson Soft
Shintenmakai (WT) - Idea Factory
Dynasty Warriors (WT) - Koei
Mahjong - Koei
Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Koei
Metal Gear Acid - Konami
Powerful Proyakyu series - Konami
Winning Eleven series (known in Europe as Pro-Evolution Soccer) - Konami
Exploration based horror FPS (WT) - Konami
Mah-Jong Fight Club (WT) - Konami
Ys - The Ark of Napishtim - Konami
AI Series: Go - Marvelous Interactive
AI Series: Mah-Jong - Marvelous Interactive
AI Series: Shogi - Marvelous Interactive
Harvest Moon - Marvelous Interactive
Pilot Academy - Marvelous Interactive
Legend of River King - Marvelous Interactive
Moji-Pittan (WT) - Namco
New Ridge Racer (WT) - Namco
T.O.E. (WT) (this could possibly be Tales of Eternia) - Namco
Makai Wars (WT) - Nippon Ichi Software
License of Intelligence (WT) - Now Production
The Evil Village (WT) - Now Production
Project S (WT) (Hedgehog related, possibly?) - Sega
Puyo Pop Fever - Sega
Ape Escape (WT) - SCEJ
Derby (WT) - SCEJ
Dokodemo Issho (WT) - SCEJ
Gran Turismo 4 Mobile (WT) - SCEJ
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (WT) - SCEJ
Hot Shots Golf (WT) (AKA Everybody's Golf) - SCEJ
Monkey Games - Ape Escape series (WT) - SCEJ
Popolocrois Story (WT) - SCEJ
Talkman (WT) - SCEJ
Ten No Kagi, Chi No Mon (WT) - SCEJ
RS Revolution (WT) (Riding Spirits series) - Spike
Game "To be determined" - Square Enix
Mah-jong Mate - Success Corp
New Simulation Game (WT) - Sunrise Interactive
Puzzle Bobble - Taito
Action game - Tomy
Detective Adventure Jinguji (WT) - WorkJam
Pro-wrestling (WT) - Yuke's (the people behind the WWE wrestling games over here)
So just one shy of 60 titles for the release of Sony's handheld marvel, then? Not a bad line up to choose from by any stretch of the imagination. Keep your eyes on PlayStation.com for the latest and official PSP news and we'll bring you a European PSP game list as soon as we get one from the powers that SCEE.