As with virtually every PS One Classic that is available to buy from the PSN Store, this game runs on the PS3, PSP and PS Vita but while I have played the game on all three systems, I am only looking at it in relation to the PS Vita for the purpose of this review. But has it been worth the wait?īefore I continue I do want to stress one thing about Vib Ribbon and this review in particular. Unusually for the PS One, gamers in the UK and Europe were well served with the game as it was released here as well as in its native Japan but not in the USA, unusually and it’s only now with its release as part of the PS One Classics range that it’s available officially for our American friends. Released back in 2000 and developed by the creator of the classic PaRappa the Rappa, Masaya Matsuura, as with his other games, this was a unique take on the music rhythm games starring a charismatic rabbit, Vibri… Either my dodgy sourced version was labeled wrongly or something else is going on.ĭid anyone here buy it in the US? My Vita is currently out of charge but once it’s up I’m going to check if the startup logo says SCEA or SCEE.Vib Ribbon has been a long time coming to the PS One Classics range. I get no picture but can hear the start-up logo and menu music etc. But then, how did it even play on US PS3s? Makes no sense. Here’s the thing though, after conversion it seems to just be the PAL version. My plan was to extract the PS1 iso from the eboot and burn it to a disc to play normally (since music can’t be changed on Vita/PSP). Not wanting to pay up a 3rd time without confirmation that I could actually play it, I found the USA PSP eboot elsewhere. Then I found out it was also released in the US for the first time on the PSN. It plays great and I can swap the music, but I really miss the English text. It was cheap enough, so I bought the Japanese one as well with my Japanese account.

I tried every connection method and setting I have available, nope. Then found out my Japanese PS3 is incapable of playing it, and just complains about the video output settings. Being very concerned that the store would get shut down, and not wanting to have any future regrets I immediately jumped on to my UK account and bought it. I just found out recently that the game was released on the PS3/Vita as a PS1 classic.

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