Is there a point in buying Technika on Vita? I mean, DLC aside, this is pretty much a standalone release right? I need to buy the game soon even if I don't own Vita (...yet).



Fantastic series. It was hardcore enough while maintaining certain accessibility (Konami's games are often "too Japanese" I feel). It was a series that made PSP a must have console in my eyes. I got into the series late, with the third DJ Max Portable but I was in love (I tried out the demo of the second one but it was too difficult at the beginning so I never bothered with the series until the third one). Amazing production values, great music. It wasn't the best game in the series, especially in content (terrible patterns! awwwwful levelling up! shit mission mode!), but soon after that I got Fever (which is a pretty mediocre release, all things considered) and Clazziquai/Black Square dual pack which is one of the best gaming purchases I have ever made. "Fermion", "Son of Sun", "Heart of Witch", "Flower, Wolf and Kimchi" (...or something like that). Just magnificent.



I only had a chance to play Technika on iPhone with the Q release and it was so much fun. I wonder if it's Technika that got company into trouble. I always felt that they are stuck up in the way they approach the West - Clazziquai and Black Sqaure have never seen the Western release. Technika in Europe did not exist and their only American publisher was a joke (vide Fever and 3 release fiasco). In that way, I'm not surprised that Pentavision flopped. There were a lot of fans in the west that they never really bothered to cater to and the company largest step forward was the first Technika. I thought the brand will expand but it felt smaller and more exclusive than ever.



My favourite would probably be Black Square (which I am going to play as soon as I finish this post) but I spent a lot of time with the third one. A lot of people would disagree but I thought the remixes of the old classics are superior to the originals. And the other songs are some of my favourites in the series.