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Celebrate the New Years with Phantasy Star Portable 2. With brand new cash shop items dedicated to Japanese New Years traditions, you can obtain these exclusive items for your game! To download these items, your PSP must be synchronized to your Japanese Playstation Network account.

Not only that, but there will also be new missions planned for January. This includes a new exchange mission titled さすらいの星間行商人 第2回 :Wandering Interstellar Peddler (2) and another mission starring PSO Dragon titled 焔帝の猛攻: “The Violent Attack of the Fire Emperor” 

New Years Cash Items

ハゴイタウォンド Hagoita Wand
(Battledore Wand) 50% Light
200 Yen

カドマツスピア Kadomatsu Spear
(New Years Bamboo) 50% Fire
200 Yen

カガミモチシャグ Kagami Mochi
(Mirror Rice Cake) 50% Ground
200 Yen

Exchange Mission

Bruce is back in a new mission where you can trade in items for  weapons and costumes! It looks like that annoying Real Hand Gun is back…

[via psp2 download item]

Sega is holding a competitive gaming tournament where players will compete to become the strongest tag team of PHANTASY STAR PORTABLE 2. On January 16, 2010, Sega will be holding meetings around Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo. To sign up for this event, please visit Little Wing Grand Prix Application page for more details.

If you do make it to one of the halls, you will receive special cards with codes on them that will unlock two items. A saber, and a shield that shows the emblem of Little Wing known as the “Wing Spada” and “Wing Scudo”.

I must admit, it’s very pretty!

Players will participate in a special challenge mission exclusively for the event. You are allowed to choose any race, sex, and battle type, and as long as you are partnered in a team of only 2 players. If you answer a questionnaire at the PSU booth, you can also receive a special Phantasy Star Soundtrack which features the theme songs of the PSU series. Within the soundtrack there will be a code for a Koltova TCSM for Phantasy Star Universe JP.

Winners of the event will receive a Little Wing Crystal Trophy and Commemoration Trophy, 15 groups of people will receive a medal for their efforts.

[via lwgp]

New Vision Phone Passwords

• 6590 0864 ポリタン Politan (TCSM)
• 1976 3725 鉄壁のファミ通 Iron Famitsu (Shield)
• 7836 6354  クロスエッジ Famitsu PS Cross Edge:
• 8048 4290 スピードキング SPEED KING
• 4566 5856   コネオンナックル Connect!On Knuckle

You cannot play Internet Multimode without updating the game. If you receive Error Sg4003 when trying to sign on, please make sure your PSP is synced to your JAPANESE Playstation Network account. You can update your game by highlighting it from the PSP main menu, pressing the TRIANGLE button, then pressing Update.

[via announcement]

Christmas has come to the Gurhal Solar System, in all three servers respectively. Phantasy Star Universe Japan and Phantasy Star Portable 2 will receive exclusive Christmas related content. In addition to this, PSUJP will also start a new event with GRM, Yohmei, and Tenora.

Of course, outside of Japan we don’t get all this cool stuff, but at least we have an incredibly hard story mission to S rank. Unfortunately for you, Karen needs to stay alive, making you wish the PSP2 AI system could be ported over…

Ghost of Christmas Cash!

Amy practicing her pedobear stance.

Do you have money to spend? Wanna join in on the holiday spirit? Now you can with 4 brand new Christmas related items and outfits for both Phantasy Star Portable 2, and Phantasy Star Universe Japan! Each game has a different method of obtaining these items which will be discussed below.

Santa Dress, (Female Clothes and Parts) 300 Yen
Show them you’re the real Mrs. Claus with this new Santa Dress.

Reindeer Costume (Male Clothes and Parts) 300 Yen
Feel and warm and fuzzy inside as you carry Mrs. Claus on her sleigh.

Merry Christmas (Grenade) 200 Yen
Show your enemies the true meaning of Christmas with this festive grenade.

Christmas Tree (Spear) 200 Yen
Show the kids who’s boss with this Christmas Tree spear!

• PSP: To obtain these items in PSP2 head to the Playstation Store!
• PSP: Purchasing these items do not add to your collection rate for weapons and costumes.
• PSP: Only those who download the items can see them within the game. 
• PSP: Cash Items will be used to maintain servers so that they remain free.
• PSUJP: To obtain these items enter the Guardians Cash Mission,
  (Legacy of Light)  星霊たちの遺産!

How to Download Items from PlayStation Store

Before you actually see any download items in the game, you must first import them from the Title screen. After you purchase and downloaded the item from the PlayStation store, start up your game and select ‘Import”

Select the third option, “ダウンロードアイテムインポート” Download Item Import, to start the process.

Select the first option, “インポートアイテムの選択” Import Item Selection.

Select the items you want to import. The first page will list weapons, the second page will list clothing. When you select an item, its name will grey out.

After selecting the items you want to import, Select the second option “インポートの実行”  to start importing. It will pop up another screen which will say that the save data needs to be updated, select はい to start.

New Vision Phone Code

6590 0864 ポリタン Politan (TCSM)

[img via tyreek]