Sega has just announced they are planning a collaboration with Valkyria Chronicles 3 and Shining Hearts. These DLC are based on characters and weapons from their respective games. Unfortunately no screenshots were provided and this post will update once they are available. The DLC appear to cost money this time…
Shining Hearts releases in Japan 12/15/2010 and Valkyria Chronicles 3 releases January 27th, 2011.
Imca from Valkyria Chronicles 3 Outfit and Weapons.
Fortunately, the original PSP2 DLC of Valkyria Chronicles 2 is already included within Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity. So you may use that extremely long saber or wear their outfits.
Now someone was asking if because there's a visual lobby for PSP2i, if the game will have a monthly charge. Sakai reassures us that the internet multiplayer portion of the game is still free. Download Missions are still free.
But why are these items pay DLC? Well Sakai has a budget to make up for development time and labor, and PSP2 didn't have that many pay items to cover it.
So now, the DLC for items will be generally pay items. However collabs like Calorie Mate, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Evangelion, Gurren Lagann, and the Item Design Contest winners will stay as Free DLC. The price for these pay collaboration DLC items will stay exactly the same as they did since PSP2. Sakai will never provide any DLC that will increase your EXP or Meseta. These pay DLC are just for those who want them.
Jump Festa 2011. At this year's Jump Festa, you can receive this lovely yellow Rappy Pouch. It can hold the PSP or a digital gadget. The Rappy Pouch is in limited supply so get it if you can.
With this Rappy Pouch you can attach it to your belt and utilize the friend search to it's fullest potential. As you walk down the street and come in contact with other nearby PSPs, you'll download and exchange characters.
The event kicks off 12/18 – 12/19/2010 from 9 to 5.
This is a sample Rappy Pouch that Rapico posted on Twitter. It holds your PSP and you can thread a belt through the top. The purpose of this pouch is to highlight "Friend Search" which requires you to pass by nearby PSPs to exchange data, just like a similar feature in Dragon Quest 9 or God Eater Burst.
So I know that it will be highly impossible for anyone who lives outside of Japan to even receive one, but Sega of America usually gives out free swag like this eventually with their blogs and youtube videos. So not all hope is lost.
[via Rapico]