The date was December 12, 2004. In Japan, the streets of Akihabara were frozen, yet the lines stretched around blocks. Sony was launching the PlayStation Portable (PSP), a device that promised to put a home console experience in your pocket. While the West would eventually see success with titles like God of War: Chains of Olympus , the true soul of the PSP lived in its Japanese library.
The West occasionally gets Super Robot Wars , but we missed the peak of the PSP era. Z: Hakai-hen features an absurd crossover of mecha anime (Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, Evangelion). The animations are sprite-based masterpieces. While the menus are in Japanese, the community has translated the core mechanics, making it playable for non-Japanese speakers.
A dungeon-crawling RPG set in the Fate universe. It features a rock-paper-scissors style combat system that is easy to understand even without knowing Japanese. The story is text-heavy, making it a favorite for those using fan translations.