‘Corpse Party’ Hitting the Japanese PSP App Store 2/9
Based on Andriasang, Corpse Party are going to be hitting the Japanese PSP App Store this week for ¥2,200 which in US PSP App Store pricing would be $29.99. No word yet on a localized English release, but I figure if the game will likely be out there for iOS devices with Japanese text, an English adaptation can not be that far off, considering the fact that presumably the translation already exists from the PSP game.
The Corpse Party series of video games happen to be loitering around my “I seriously need to play these some day” game list since I 1st heard about them a number of years ago. The games have some crazy roots behind them, because the first title was produced in RPG Maker, a point and click game studio that was accountable for countless terrible ultra-indie RPG games. My personal favorite of these RPG Maker games was Chef Boyardee’s Barkley, Shut Up & Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa. Anyway, Corpse Party has had two different remakes considering the fact that then, the most recent of which landed as a downloadable title for the PSP in late 2010. A sequel arrived about a year later, and there have even been two manga adaptations. One was even published by Square Enix.
If this is the initial time you’ve heard of Corpse Party, Joystiq’s JC Fletcher put together an awesome description of what the game is all about. In essence, it’s your typical 16 bit JRPG that jumps the rails in a big way. You quickly find yourself in a nightmare dimension where no one can see each other, doors don’t work, windows are blocked by human hair, and evidence of numerous child murders are everywhere. There’s a cast of characters who are subjected to the torture of this environment, and you sit by and watch what unfolds.
What interested me about this crazy game is that there’s tons of “bad endings,” like a Choose Your Own Adventure book. I’ve always truly liked games that divert from a linear roller coaster ride to letting you screw up, and then showing you the consequences. The PSP version is even constructed with selectable chapters to allow you to go back and explore all these different outcomes.
