Pax East 2013 Vita Players?

miker525

3/4/13 Update:
Official PAX East Vita Events:

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Tournament - Saturday 3/23/13 @ 1:30pm
64 player tournament being hosted through PAX's Handheld tournament group. Signups open Friday at opening

PAX East 2013 Vita Meet-up - Sunday 3/24/13 @ 1:00pm
Meet up for any and all Vita players! Have a Vita? Come! Know someone with a Vita? Bring them! See someone you don't know with a Vita? Make friends and bring them! Any and all Vita gamers and games welcome. Possibly having mini tournaments if enough people show up with the same games (likely PS: All Stars, uMvC or Sonic Racing). Come on in and make friends and have fun with your favorite Sony Handheld! We'll meet right next to HH in the SE corner hallway on level 1(street level).

PS Online handle: MikeRosenberg - Add me...Maybe we'll play together ahead of meet-up

Thanks again to @Scoots for helping to make both the Vita Tournament and the meet-up possible.

Can't wait. Just over 17 days
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Wondering how many forum-goers are owners and players of the Sony PS-VITA!!!?!?!?

Along with that checking to see what games people plan to bring to play, and even what games are worth playing. Maybe if there's enough people we can do some kind of Vita Players meetup for meet and plays or something along the line.

List of games I have currently:
~WipEout 2048
~Uncharted: Golden Abyss
~Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
~Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
~Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
~Playstation All Stars: Battle Royale

Hopfully I'll get around to getting a fps for it at somepoint

What are the rest of you playing?

1/16/13 update:

Their is apparently a Vita "Wake Up Club" app in which the vita automatically wakes and connects players who set the same time. As we get closer to PAX we will decide on a time and day and may see how many PAX forum-goers and vita players are connected!!

Along with this if we have many people interested we may form a Vita meetup in which anyone with a Vita can come, chill, meet new people, and play Vita together. This should also be a great time if people are interested in doing so. Obviously we can discuss what games in this thread!

1/28/13 update:

It's currently looking like we will be planning a vita meet-up/get together and tournament. Within the next few days I'll send out a PM to @Scoots to begin working on more specifics. Still waiting to hear if I'm accepted as an enforcer so depending on that, my schedule is subject to change but I think based on everyone's responses here we can sort out a date and time. As of now it seems that the main games being played and considered for tournaments are:

~Playstation All Stars Battle Royale
~Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
~Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed

Again depending on player input, Resistance and Silent Hill and other titles are also subject to be added to the major list. I'll keep updating as it continues to get closer

Gaus

My current game of choice is still Pure Chess, but I bounce around a lot. There wasn't a ton of Vita players last year, but hopefully it will be different this year. I'd be surprised if there was any tournaments in with it though.

gonexall

I brought my Vita last year, and was not able to find anyone else with one (still, it was great to have). I have Golden Abyss, LBP, Unit 13, Sound Shapes, Metal Gear HD, Mutant Blob Attacks. I will bring it this year too and, if there is some tournament, would consider getting the game in question in order to participate.

Halfazedninja

I have a Vita and plan on bringing it as well. Currently I'm playing:

Uncharted
Uncarded (ya know, Fight for Fortune)
AC Liberation
All Stars
Zen Pinball
Final Fantasy Tactics

And a whole bunch more. I picked up Ratchet and Clank Full Frontal Assault For PS3 (because it has croos buy for the vita and it was only 20 bucks) but the Vita version hasn't come out yet. Once that does, add that to the list too lol.

Uriain

I will also be bringing my vita, I have:

Final Fantasy Tactics
AC Liberation
All Stars
Jet Set Radio
Chronovolt
Persona 4 GOLDEN
Gravity Rush

Looking to pick up at least 1-2 more before PAX

gonexall

How could I forget that I also have AC Liberation! I love that game!

There is this weird "wake up club" app coming to the Vita soon:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/01/10/start-your-morning-with-wake-up-club-for-ps-vita-next-week/

At the time, this struck me as odd and a bit pointless, but with Pax coming up, it might have interesting uses. I bet if we picked an non-standard time (say, 8:37 a.m. Saturday morning of Pax), we would probably get "randomly" selected as a wake up club. Might be fun to try and see how many Pax Forumers get grouped together.

Also, I have heard great things about Sonic racing, and that definitely has multiplayer. In any event, it might just be fun to meet other Vita owners, since there are so few of us. I really enjoy my Vita, but there are not too many people around with whom I can share my enthusiasm.

CaptainClang

I just picked up a Vita for my birthday and I'm loving it. The release of Persona 4 Golden was what finally got me to cave, and it was sooooooo worth the money. I've been catching up on PSP games I missed, and downloading PS1 titles that I loved and don't have copies of anymore. So far I'm really into:

Persona 4 Golden(obviously)
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Lumines: Electronic Symphony
Smart As(yeah, I'm one of those brain game dorks)

and I've downloaded:

Resident Evil 2 and 3
Patapon
Loco Roco
The Warriors
Puzzle Quest
GTA: Liberty City Stories
Final Fantasy Tactics

and I plan on getting in the very near future:

LittleBigPlanet
Dokuro
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Rayman Origins
Sound Shapes

Needless to say, I'll have my Vita with me at Pax East, and I'll be looking for other players.

ArcadiaExeter

I bought the AC Vita bundle during the black friday sale. most of the games i have on it are the free ones i get from being a PS+ Member.

I have:
rayman origins
gravity rush
Tomba!
jet set radio
uncharted golden abyss
final fantasy tactics
mutant blobs attack
frobisher says!
wipeout 2048
retro city rampage
jetpack joyride
chronovolt

and i just downloaded the wake-up club. I hope we can get a bunch of people to use the wake-up club together.

so i will have my vita at the ready and be looking for people to play with.

tortured3

I have a ton of vita games. Mostly ones that I bought physical copies of cause I only have an 8g card. But I have like 7-8 downloaded games too.

Cowlauncher

I am a die hard Vita fan and have a ton of games so I would be up for just about anything. I am looking to get some Ridge Racer play at PAX if anybody has it.

Halfazedninja

I'm thinking of picking up Sonic Racing. I love me some KArt games lol. I wish LBP Karts would come to the Vita

ArcadiaExeter

i rarely play with others on my vita. what are the best Co-Op games for Vita?

Halfazedninja

MGS Peacewalker (even though it's a PSP game) and Little Big Planet Vita are really the only co-op games I can think of. Unit 13 was ok but not great.

ArcadiaExeter

Well when i say co-op i mean any game that isnt only single player. anything we could play with others at pax. i wanna maybe buy some before Pax east.

Halfazedninja

Ah, understood. Well then here's what I can think of:

Uncharted: Fight for Fortune (AKA UnCarded)
Playstation All Stars
Wipeout
Sonic Racing
LBP Vita
Hot Shots Golf
MORTAL KOMBAT!
Ultimate MvC 3
Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault (if it's out by then)
Dead or Alive 5 + (which is supposed to be out before PAX East)

That's all I can think of off the top of my head

miker525

I think that wake up app could be interesting and I'm going to add info about it in the original post. Unsure if it'll work out but is worth trying! Along with that it seems that their are quite a few more vita players then last year (I remember playing by myself and one other guy walking past said he also had one but wasn't playing it), so maybe we'll do some kind of meetup depending on how many people would be interested in doing so. I think currently the most popular option of games we'd play multiplayer wise would likely be PS All Stars, MvC3 and possibly Sonic Racing?

Has anyone played one of the vita fps games (Resistance or CoD)? I want a fps on the go but both got pretty lousy reviews.

Also informing Vita fans Amazon lowered the price for Sly Cooper Thieves in Time PS3 (with Vita version) to $39.99 while the vita alone version is $29.99. For those interested may be worth pre-ordering. I don't believe it has plans to have online though

miker525

woah that was really strange. my post didnt...post so i tried again and now there all here....sorry about the multiposting in a row

Also just found found for apparently the next six weeks, each week Sony will be making one Playstation mobile app/game free. This week is Samurai Beatdown. Go download it for free now

miker525

gonexall wrote: »

How could I forget that I also have AC Liberation! I love that game!

There is this weird "wake up club" app coming to the Vita soon:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/01/10/start-your-morning-with-wake-up-club-for-ps-vita-next-week/

At the time, this struck me as odd and a bit pointless, but with Pax coming up, it might have interesting uses. I bet if we picked an non-standard time (say, 8:37 a.m. Saturday morning of Pax), we would probably get "randomly" selected as a wake up club. Might be fun to try and see how many Pax Forumers get grouped together.

Also, I have heard great things about Sonic racing, and that definitely has multiplayer. In any event, it might just be fun to meet other Vita owners, since there are so few of us. I really enjoy my Vita, but there are not too many people around with whom I can share my enthusiasm.

I think I'll add something about this to the original post. This could be a really interesting idea. Not too sure how well it'll work out but could be really neat. Looks like there are definitely gonna be more vita players then last year, as I don't remember seeing anyone other than myself with one. I think as it gets closer if more people keep popping up with vita's maybe we'll form a meetup or tournament to create some more fun for all vita fans. If we do decide to form a meetup or something we'll plan it slightly closer to the event.

Sonic Racing is another game I too want to pick up, it looks like it is a lot of fun and surely has multiplayer. Has anyone played any of Resistance or Call Of Duty? Those are the two fps games I know of on the platform but have yet to pick either up or play them.

Also just thought I'd inform folks Amazon seems to have the upcoming Sly Cooper game "Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time" on sale for $39.99 for the PS3 copy which includes the PSVita version as well as $29.99 for the vita version alone. I don't believe the game supports online play however

Halfazedninja

Wait, what is Samurai Beatdown and is it in the normal PSN store?

The_Doctor1

I have a vita and plan on bringing it. I don't have much for games (just AC Liberation and Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational). I am thinking about getting sonic racing and may pick up something else, depending on what seems popular in this thread.

ArcadiaExeter

i tried to download Samurai Beatdown but couldnt find it in the store. also, if u have PS3 and Vita, PS+ is more than worth it. i have a large collection of games on both systems that i got complete free. (ok not exactly free because its a subscription, but for a couple cents per game)

gonexall

ArcadiaExeter wrote: »

i tried to download Samurai Beatdown but couldnt find it in the store. also, if u have PS3 and Vita, PS+ is more than worth it. i have a large collection of games on both systems that i got complete free. (ok not exactly free because its a subscription, but for a couple cents per game)

To download Samurai Beatdown, go to the playstation store on your vita, go to Playstaion Mobile at the top--it's under music/rythm games. I noticed that lemmings in free also, not sure if this is limited or an all-the-time thing.

miker525 wrote: »

Has anyone played one of the vita fps games (Resistance or CoD)? I want a fps on the go but both got pretty lousy reviews.

I enjoyed Resistence: Burning Skies. It's very linear, but no more than all the COD games. Graphics are nice, cut scenes that do not use the game engine are horrible. Most important for me--game play and controls are fluid and excellent, there is a great variety of weapons and ways to dispatch the enemy, and shortage of ammo requires thoughtful and creative strategy. Overall, I thought it was a really fun game. Given the good controls and fluid FPS, I think it would make a fine multiplayer experience, though I have never tested this.

Halfazedninja

My Best Buy was sold out of Sonic Racing so they ordered it for me. I should have it in a week.

ArcadiaExeter

i am trying not to buy any physical games for my Vita. Since, i believe, all games are available for download i think it makes it just more portable to download everything. now i just wish they would come out with a bigger memory card for it.

Halfazedninja

ArcadiaExeter wrote: »

i am trying not to buy any physical games for my Vita. Since, i believe, all games are available for download i think it makes it just more portable to download everything. now i just wish they would come out with a bigger memory card for it.

I wish a third party card would come out that's cheaper. I need to buy the 32gb but I don't want to pay $100 for it. The cheapest I've seen it for lately is $80.

ArcadiaExeter

Sony probably has that locked up so no one but them can make those cards. I was lucky and got my 32gb as a xmas gift from my wife.

randy_wrecked

Bringing mine! I've got most of the games listed above.
Would love to play some Hot Shots Golf, Need for Speed or Hustle Kings.

sidran32

I got one! Brought it last year *and* bumped into a couple others who had their own.

Only off the top of my head, since I forgot it at my friend's house last weekend:
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Wipeout: 2048
Playstation All Stars: Battle Royale
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Sound Shapes
Zen Pinball
PulzAR
Super Stardust Delta

Aaaand... a few PSP titles for single-player goodness (Metal Gear Solid, Peggle, Lunar: Silver Star Harmony)

Halfazedninja

I was thinking of getting UMvC again. I have MK right now though

miker525

I need to upgrade to a 32gb memory card as well. Still holding off for hope of a third party card or an error in amazons system making them temporarily dirt cheap . Either way UMvC is fun, even though I'm not too great at it, although I suspect I'll stop playing it once I get PS Allstars activated on my Vita. Could be wrong

Halfazedninja wrote: »

I was thinking of getting UMvC again. I have MK right now though

MK??

gonexall wrote: »

I enjoyed Resistence: Burning Skies. It's very linear, but no more than all the COD games. Graphics are nice, cut scenes that do not use the game engine are horrible. Most important for me--game play and controls are fluid and excellent, there is a great variety of weapons and ways to dispatch the enemy, and shortage of ammo requires thoughtful and creative strategy. Overall, I thought it was a really fun game. Given the good controls and fluid FPS, I think it would make a fine multiplayer experience, though I have never tested this.

If I can find a cheap copy online I think I may pick it up. Sounds like it could be a fun time. Especially if it's got a solid multiplayer experience.

sidran32

I knew I forgot another one of my Vita games! I also have Modnation: Racers for the Vita.

randy_wrecked

Does ModNation have multiplayer? I thought I read somewhere that it only does asynchronous/leaderboard challenges.

Halfazedninja

Modnation does not have multiplayer which was a HUGE oversight!

MK = Mortal Kombat

ArcadiaExeter

im thinking about buying sonic racers but i might wait til im at pax and see if anyone else has it.

sidran32

Modnation actually does have multiplayer but only through ad-hoc. However, it does support 2-4 players, that way.

randy_wrecked

@sidran32 Good to know! If I see it somewhere cheap between now and PAX I'll have to grab it.

crazysteve5575

Got my vita for christmas, i have a few games, came with ac, and ps all stars, and i have the stuff that came with ps+

ArcadiaExeter

its nice to hear that sony will be coming out with more support for the vita in 2013. now i just hope a bunch of it is in the next 2 months :P

maybe we should all just pic one game to make sure we have. that way no one will be left not knowing what to get.

Gaus

Gamestop has Soul Sacrifice coming out a week after PAX. It's a shame that it's after, because that would have been a good meet-up game.

Halfazedninja

ArcadiaExeter wrote: »

its nice to hear that sony will be coming out with more support for the vita in 2013. now i just hope a bunch of it is in the next 2 months :P

maybe we should all just pic one game to make sure we have. that way no one will be left not knowing what to get.

I would say to focus on the most popular here. UMvC, Sonic Racing, Playstation All Stars and maybe Mortal Kombat?

miker525

Halfazedninja wrote: »

ArcadiaExeter wrote: »

its nice to hear that sony will be coming out with more support for the vita in 2013. now i just hope a bunch of it is in the next 2 months :P

maybe we should all just pic one game to make sure we have. that way no one will be left not knowing what to get.

I would say to focus on the most popular here. UMvC, Sonic Racing, Playstation All Stars and maybe Mortal Kombat?

Those sound good. Especially PS:All Stars and Sonic Racing (which I still have to pick up). UMvC and Mortal Kombat are also great games for a meetup but I think for anyone who doesn't own any of the above should stick with PS Allstars. IMO it's the funnest fighting game especially if we're going to have contests. I'm still thinking of picking up a shooter as well like Resistance, but if no one else has or wants we can exclude it from the meet up