Game details
- Game:
- LittleBigPlanet
- AKA
- LittleBigPlanet PSP
- Genre:
- Action
- Sub Genre:
- Platformer
- Release Date (US):
- November 17th, 2009
- Release Date (UK):
- November 20th, 2009
- Players:
- 1
- Online Players:
- N/A
- Developers:
- Sony Cambridge
- Publisher:
- SCEA
- Rating:
- E [Everyone]
- PSU Rank:
- 402 of 1169 Games
- PSU Rank on PSP:
- 49 of 0 Games
- Additional Information:
- Also available on PS3
About LittleBigPlanet
Announced at the Destination PlayStation event, Sony declared that LittleBigPlanet will hit the PSP while offering new levels and the ability to play, create, and share with users much like its PS3 counterpart.
Review
- PSU Review Score
- 8.5
- Avg. user review score:
- 8.4
Summary
Despite the lack of multiplayer, LittleBigPlanet remains one of the most enjoyable offerings on Sony's handheld platform to date.
We like
- The brilliant artistic design
- The improved create mode
- The tight physics that make this the best platformer on the PSP
We dislike
- The lack of multiplayer
- The occasional frustrating need to use the retry feature
See PSU's review on Metacritic & GameRankings
When LittleBigPlanet was released last winter, Sony appeared to have a new mascot and a champion for its fabled black box. SackBoy would go on to wow audiences and critics alike with its physics-based gameplay, eye-popping artistic presentation, catchy soundtrack, and the community that Media Molecule and gamers created together. The transition from the PS3 to Sony’s handheld device was inevitable, but many were concerne...
- Posted Nov 17th 2009
- 4222 Comments
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LittleBigPlanet News
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SackBoy invades North American PSP's next month
According to the chaps at Destructoid, SackBoy’s hotly anticipated handheld romp LittleBigPlanet PSP will be hitting Sony’s slab across U.S. territories on November 17, 2009. Europeans are still none the wiser as to when they can get their mitts on the platform outing, though rest ass...
- Posted Oct 5th 2009
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GamesCom: LittleBigPlanet PSP has no multiplayer
LittleBigPlanet PSP senior producer Mark Green has said that his team omitted the multiplayer component from the upcoming platformer in order to get it to function efficiently on Sony’s handheld. Speaking with Eurogamer, Green noted that although multiplayer functionality was lost, the game...
- Posted Aug 19th 2009
- 22 Comments
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LittleBigPlanet PSP to connect with PS3 via 'Cross-Talk'
Sony has revealed that the upcoming PSP iteration of LittleBigPlanet will be able to connect with its PS3 counterpart via a process known as ‘Cross –Talk.’ Utilizing this system, players will be able to unlock additional bonus content for the original game, though it remains unk...
- Posted Jul 30th 2009
- 9 Comments
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More "triple-A" PSP titles to be announced, says Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) director of hardware marketing John Koller has said that the firm has only revealed roughly half of the PSP’s 2009 line-up, with a number of “triple-A” titles still yet to be unveiled. Speaking to Kotaku, Koller stated, “At Desti...
- Posted Feb 27th 2009
- 30 Comments
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Sony: LittleBigPlanet PSP won't get in the way of PS3 version
Sony has moved to reassure punters that development of the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet will not detract from Media Molecule’s continued support for SackBoy’s home console iteration. Speaking on the Official PlayStation Blog, the platform holder commented: "For those of you wh...
- Posted Feb 26th 2009
- 9 Comments
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LittleBigPlanet coming to Sony's LittleBigPortable
This isn't going to come as a surprise, but it most certainly will come with a few fist pumps and hollers of joy. Media Molecule confirmed the long speculated rumors that the adorable SackBoy will be making his way onto the PlayStation Portable sometime this Fall. Over the last several months and sh...
- Posted Feb 24th 2009
- 37 Comments
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