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Gundam: Extreme VS-Force Gets Limited Edition PS Vita/PS TV Models

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
December 23 bundle includes game, menu themes

The official Japanese PlayStation blog announced on Tuesday that Sony will release special collaboration models of the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV (known as the PlayStation Vita TV in Japan) that will tie-in with the release of Bandai Namco Entertainment's upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force PS Vita game.

The PlayStation Vita models will feature laser-etched designs depicting the RX-78-2 Gundam (from the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime series) and the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (from the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn anime). It will be available in both Glacier White and Black colors. The PlayStation TV model will feature a similar laser-etched design, but will only be available in Glacier White.

Aside from the PS Vita/PS TV models themselves, the bundle will include the Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force game, custom menu themes, and a box featuring the design from the models.

Sony is currently accepting pre-orders for the PS Vita and PS TV models, and will release them in Japan on December 23, alongside the release of Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force game. The PS Vita models cost 27,980 yen (about US$233), while the PS TV models cost 18,180 yen (about US$151).

Bandai Namco Entertainment previously streamed a trailer for the game in October 9. The trailer features T.M. Revolution 's theme song "Inherit the Force."

In addition to the familiar 2 vs. 2 gameplay seen in previous entries, the new game lets players form their own original unit from six mobile suits. For the first time in the franchise, there will be three MS units and warships with up to seven MSs in a battle. Two players can battle each other via PS Vita's ad-hoc multi-player function. The new Force System allows players to give instructions to other mobile suits with "one button" and collect force points from defeating enemies and capturing bases. These force points can be used to replenish stats.

Gundam Barbatos (form 4) from the latest Gundam television anime, this fall's Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, will be available for a limited time as a DLC included with the game. A download code for Gundam Barbatos (form 1) will be included with the anime's first Blu-ray set on December 24.

First copies of the game will also include an promotional "RX-78-2 Gundam" card for the Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. Card Builder game.

The game will get an English release in Asia this winter.

[Via Gematsu]


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