Seen the news? The PlayStation Suite Android game store is coming, and not just to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play either: it’ll be available for any Google blower running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and up. At launch, you’ll be able to play PlayStation One classics from back in the day. Here are five we want to play all over again on our phone right now.
We’ve already shown you how to make your own PlayStation Phone, but if that’s too daunting, we don’t blame you for wanting to wait for the official PlayStation Suite for Android.
It’s out this year, but the thing is, not every Android phone has a physical keyboard, so Sony is likely going to have to give us an onscreen gamepad overlay, similar to what’s already on emulators – and take it from experience, that doesn’t always work so well for action and beat’em up games. So here are the five games we think would be perfect for the PlayStation Suite, on any phone:
Final Fantasy 7
As a turned based RPG, Final Fantasy 7 would work wonderfully on a touchscreen Android phone (and does right now using psx4droid): you’re not punished for slipping off edges with a glass D-pad. Instead, you’re treated to an incredible sci-fi storyline and the best in-game music ever composed, until Metal Gear Solid 4 came along anyway.
We’ve basically given up waiting on Square Enix to make this amazing game for the iPhone when it’s happy to rerelease other titles from the series on iOS, so we’re hoping it’s been saving it for the PlayStation Suite for Android instead.
Parappa the Rapper
Dog gets trained to spit rhymes by rapping onion. You know the rest: push the buttons in time to the immense hip hop tracks and watch the absurd animation unravel in front of your eyes.
Gran Turismo 2
We’ve left action platformers like Crash Bandicoot off the list, but we think a driving game paced like Gran Turismo 2 would still translate well to all touchscreen controls. Drift round realistic courses, collecting awesome cars, without any of the fear of a red shell hitting you from behind.
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Chrono Cross
Never released in Europe, this Square Enix game is a sequel to its SNES smash, Chrono Trigger. It looks downright gorgeous for a PlayStation One game, sports one of the most captivating battle system in an RPG ever, and had multiple endings. Beautiful.
Oddworld: Abe’s Odysee
As a puzzle platformer rather than an action one per se, the original Oddworld game would be an ideal PlayStation Suite offering. Guide the Mudokons out of the deathtrap factory, with the power of your farts. Hilarious, cute and really, really hard.
And one PS2 game we’d love to see
Katamari Damacy
Android phones are getting so powerful now, we wouldn’t bat an eyelid if it transpired that the PlayStation Suite sold PS2 games too. And Katari Damacy, which sees you rolling a ball around ingenious mazes and puzzles – and has a cow on the front cover – would work perfectly on a smartphone stuffed full of gyroscopes. You wouldn’t even need onscreen controls.
Any other titles you’d like to see on the PlayStation Suite for Android? Shout up in the comments!
