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Phantasy Star Portable Every now and then I go back to an older video game and I’m surprised to see how well it holds up, sometimes still being ahead of its time . Phantasy Star Portable is not one of those games. I remember having a good time with hit when it originally came out for the PSP, but I was also a big weeb who loved everything anime and manga at the time , so maybe take all that with a grain of salt. I’ll say the one big advantage about playing it this time around was that I could map the d-pad to the right stick, so at least I started it out on the right foot. To break it down a bit: PSP is a spin-off of Phantasy Star Universe , the successor to the much more well-loved Phantasy Star Online , both of which are MMOs. As such, a good deal of the systems and settings were brought in straight from PSU . There are items you can’t ever sell, but can only trade with other players, and you can’t ever completely pause the game. Again, this is something that might make sens...