Namco Bandai developing Haruhi Suzumiya game for PSP
According to Watch Impress, Haruhi Suzumiya will be yelling her way onto the PSP before the end of the year. Tentatively titled Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), the game promises to be an adventure game, but not much else. That is to say, there's no real information on how the game will play until the official site opens on the 10th of July.
For those unaware, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a very popular anime series which started a year ago and is based on a number of novels. The show revolves around a schoolboy named Kyon who gets persuaded by Haruhi to set up a school society called "The SOS Brigade" with three other members. Through the society, Haruhi is desperate to discover real espers, aliens and time travellers. She fails to find any, even when they join the society themselves. Why do they join? To keep an eye on Haruhi, of course. When she gets bored strange things happen. Things that could lead to the end of the world. Season 2 of the series should be starting in autumn.
Sound bizarre enough for you? It's a really hilarious show and one we cannot wait to see as a game on the PSP. Let's just hope that it gets released outside of Japan. Oh who are we kidding, we'll pick it up even if we can't read any of it.
For those unaware, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a very popular anime series which started a year ago and is based on a number of novels. The show revolves around a schoolboy named Kyon who gets persuaded by Haruhi to set up a school society called "The SOS Brigade" with three other members. Through the society, Haruhi is desperate to discover real espers, aliens and time travellers. She fails to find any, even when they join the society themselves. Why do they join? To keep an eye on Haruhi, of course. When she gets bored strange things happen. Things that could lead to the end of the world. Season 2 of the series should be starting in autumn.
Sound bizarre enough for you? It's a really hilarious show and one we cannot wait to see as a game on the PSP. Let's just hope that it gets released outside of Japan. Oh who are we kidding, we'll pick it up even if we can't read any of it.









Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dreadhead541 @ Jun 22nd 2007 3:38PM
i want a GTO game
cafecito @ Jun 22nd 2007 7:21PM
I guess it'll be one of those completely unplayable date-sim like games..
By unplayable I mean, with tons of japanese text.
spin @ Jun 22nd 2007 7:46PM
Here's hoping some crazed otaku actually creates a translation patch or something, I reckon it's the only shot of actually playing the game! (assuming its any good of course)
andyscout @ Jun 22nd 2007 8:44PM
Guess I was too slow. Sent in a tip about this game...
I'm tempted to buy it even if it is a mostly text-based game... Just cause I loves me some Haruhi!
Yashamaru @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:08PM
I am a true Haruhi-ist. And based on how Namco Bandai announced it just weeks after the US release of the anime, it probably will. The anime is funny as hell. And the fact that most of the female characters are well drawn is nice. So hopefully the game will keep the same visual style, if you know what I mean.
No Name @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:56PM
No matter how many time I hear it, "Haruhi Suzumiya" will always sound backwards to me...
A PC version of the game would be nice... I think those are more likely to get translation patches...
matjet @ Jun 23rd 2007 7:04AM
awesome awesome + greatness * googleplex * 9999^9999^9999^9999^9 * (infinity-1) = Haruhi.
JeanP @ Jun 26th 2007 7:24PM
w00t! Gotta love Haruhi! I hope it makes it's way out of Japan...