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Oh Yeah, PixelJunk Monsters Supports PSP Remote Play
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 1:57 PM on January 17, 2008
My bad. I totally missed Q-Games' Dylan Cuthbert revealing that tower defense PSN title PixelJunk Monsters supports PSP Remote Play on the official PlayStation Blog. Thank heavens I watched this trailer for the PlayStation 3 game today, so that I didn't look like a complete space cadet when my future self would have frantically ran to the Kotaku news desk, swept away the Tifa hentai and typed up the "news" in a sweat next week.

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HykCraft
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
Yes, forgot about the /sarcasm
I just love how most people spend 80% of their time on a next-gen console playing arcadish style games. Nice.
I heart my PS3 too.
HykCraft
Roflcopter_Down
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
@HykCraft: I lol'd and I heart my PS3.
Roflcopter_Down
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
This looks real cool, fun :) And co-op eh? is that over PSN and does it have voice chat? IF so then I'm Sooo getting this game for sure.
@HykCraft: Done trolling for the day?
Irenicus-the one and only
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
@HykCraft:
its a psn game. I also hope your were being sarcastic because that shit isn't needed here.
This game looks pretty interesting as well. Build and destroy. That's all i saw but hopefully they provide a demo along side it as well.
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
qBIRD
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
@HykCraft: if this is your attempt at sarcasm..then give it a rest..it's a PSN game..and it works on the PSP too..that's awesome news.
qBIRD
HykCraft
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
Wow.. the CELL processor is really showing off what the PS3 can do!
HykCraft
rateoforange
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
@cheez:
Insofar as the ps3 getting anything good, at all, increases the likelihood of me wanting to buy one (and parting with a nice chunk of hard earned money) it could be construed as such.
rateoforange
Viet
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
uh... tifa hentai? lol
Viet
Witzbold
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
This looks pretty cool and is totally a game I wouldnt mind using with remote play!
Witzbold
cheez
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
I don't see how one could possibly construe this as bad news.
cheez
Trochan
Posted 1:36 PM 17/1/08
I'm not sure if this is good news or bad news.
Trochan
jerrt
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
@HykCraft: my younger brother developed a similar trick from years of warcraft 1 game play.
jerrt
Nightshift_Nurse
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
In the meantime I wait patiently for any news pertaining to Soldner X, flOwer, and the Vib Ribbon rumors...
Nightshift_Nurse
Nascar
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
Remote Play is actually the reason for me to buy it...having this on the handheld is awesome.
Nascar
JayD16
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
@okenny :):
I don't see any reason it wouldn't.
JayD16
dead_red_eyes
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
Let's see that Tifa hentai please.
dead_red_eyes
Boxelder
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
I wish they would do this with everyday shooter.
Boxelder
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
@okenny :): Really? How come?
Irenicus-the one and only
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
@Kirbytheslayer: Punch the Penguin and Win a Prize!: Nice story, allways fun to hear about how games comes to existence :)
Irenicus-the one and only
okenny :)
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
The programmer in me tells me that games that support remote play will have in-game XMBs without any patches when the feature is finally turned on by Sony.
okenny :)
Kirbytheslayer: Punch the Penguin and Win a Prize!
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
@HykCraft: Any excuse to bring up the history of the beloved TD.
TD's started in Starcraft, actually.
There was a game in which you would use those burrowing Zergs, and various different towers/units to build defenses. From those ideas, Wintermaul on WCIII was made.
From there, the concept of TD's came around.
Kirbytheslayer: Punch the Penguin and Win a Prize!
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
@HykCraft: True :P But it is nice to sometimes play something smaller and not eat cake all the time.
@Minister of Fun: More true words have never been spoken by someone that does not own the thing.
Irenicus-the one and only
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
@HykCraft:
What's wrong with having different games like this on psn. Yes because you know playing arcadish games is so old now. Why must they continue with nonsense *rolls eyes*
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Kai_
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
Oh wow. This game just went from "Boourns DLC" to "Hmmm"!
Kai_
Alski
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
Thats a huge feature in my opinion. I was going to pick this game up anyways but that is icing on the cake for me.
Alski
HykCraft
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
Didn't the whole Tower Defense idea start from someone creating a TD game in WarCraft III from years ago?
HykCraft
Minister of Fun
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
Remote play is the new GC/GBA connection minus Pac-Man Vs. and FF:CC. Utterly pointless.
Minister of Fun
Samaridino
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
I truly love remote play.You can take a shot at sony for multiple things,but for me psp-ps3 connectivity is not one of them.
Samaridino
Kirbytheslayer: Punch the Penguin and Win a Prize!
Posted 2:36 PM 17/1/08
I want to see more.
...of the Pixeljunk monsters gameplay, not the Tifa Hentai.
...Ok, well maybe that too.
Kirbytheslayer: Punch the Penguin and Win a Prize!
ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PolarBearPlunge, link in profile
Posted 9:22 PM 16/1/08
@Minister of Fun: If you actually had to stay in the ad havoc network to remote play, I could see you calling it pointless, but you don't, which makes it a good feature. Being able to play any PS1 game through remote play instantly makes it so that I will actually have games to play on my PSP when I get one, and, considering you can play the downloaded PS1 games, plus certain PSN games, it makes it so even if you can only carry one UMD with you, you can have several games to choose from. Once portable copy starts up, movie watching on the go will be a lot easier. And hey, even if you were only able to use it in the ad havoc network, it would be useful for people like me who have the PS3 hooked up to the family tv and can't monopolize the use of the tv.
@Irenicus-the one and only: Would it make me cool if I said "The cake is a lie!"?
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pyropetey
Posted 9:20 PM 16/1/08
boooring -_-;;
it looks worse than desktop tower defense which allows for 'mazing' ( no i didnt mispell anything) gameplay.
and desktop tower defense is infinitely worse than the TDs on WC3 and SC o_O
way to ride the wave and do poorly -_-;;
pyropetey
glitched
Posted 9:17 PM 16/1/08
So wait, this is a tower defense game? Ive seen it around and never really gave it a 2nd thought, but after playing and getting addicted to desktop tower defense i so need this game. AND ON TOP OF THAT, i just got remote play working on my custom firmware PSP... best news i've heard all day!
Remote play + 1 terabyte of media published via tversity, and then streamed to my psp via remote play... I dont think i'll ever get enough of remote play!
glitched
Bellamy
Posted 8:51 PM 16/1/08
PJ MOnsters is a lot of fun, just wish it had online co-op instead of just local co-op. Haven't tested the remote play, but I read a Japanese review say that even with a small amount of lag that the game gets incredibly difficult to pick up the coins and build things in time.
Plus, it's the first TD I know of with dancing! Dancing!
Bellamy
DeathbyOtis
Posted 11:43 PM 16/1/08
Speaking of remote play. I've been messing around with it for a week and it is incredibly legitimate. If you have a desktop/laptop with Tversity installed it's possible to stream all of your media files in on-demand fashion to your PSP. HD content on the PSP looks amazing, even over wifi.
DeathbyOtis
DeathbyOtis
Posted 11:40 PM 16/1/08
Pixel Junk Monsters is now available on the Hong Kong PSN store for about $5 and it's in English. The game is addictive and remote play is extremely cool. If you can't wait till next week I suggest downloading it. Definitely worth the money. Huzzah!!!
DeathbyOtis
kiwizz
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
I got this on the playstation store more than 2 weeks ago. (Japan) Its a great game (one of the only ones) that I can play with the mrs.
kiwizz
fecalchaos
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
*goes to buy psp*
fecalchaos
Kj719
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
@pyropetey: I'm glad you played the game...oh wait...you haven't
It looks similar to the Tower Defense I have on my cell that doesn't include "mazing," which is an awesome little game, so I'll try this one out
Kj719
rockmanjoey
Posted 1:44 AM 17/1/08
@Shindokie (psn and xbl): I like Variety and the PSN has it. Fair enough a lot of XBLA games are classics and I would love to see not just PSone classics on there. I wouldn't mind some of the remade stuff for Live on the PSN but I do like the new content the PSN has been getting.
Echochrome is my most anticipated game of this year. Okay, your probably wondering why I want it so much. It looks unique itself, looks very challenging for a puzzle game and its completly new content for the store.
Anyways, I will get PixelJunk Monsters next week. That and Burnout Paradise next week...sweet!
rockmanjoey