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Japanese magazine Famitsu has simply dished come out of the closet yet another of its coveted "perfect" scores, awarding a 40/40 to Hideo Kojima's eagerly awaited Metal Pitch Solid: Peace Walker. Putting aside the recurring argument that Famistu has lately go a little too keen to hand impermissible these kinds of scores, there's no denying that Peace Footer is the PSP's title of the year and could be the vital nip in the arm the format needs to keep it relevant here in the Occident.

However, something worries us a little. Pocket Gamer recently overheard a fellow games journalist bemoaning the fact that He would have to purchase a PSP in order to play Kojima's close epic, and he even went as far as to suggest that the esteemed Japanese designer had made a solid miscalculation by choosing Sony's portable formatting as the platform for Peace Pedestrian.

In the eyes of many the PSP is a dead soothe, disdain the recent upturn in form engendered by Capcom's million-selling Devil Hunter Freedom Link.

While PSP owners are naturally loss to take issue with this viewpoint, it does carry close to weight; for sure if Serenity Footer is as involving as Kojima says IT is, wouldn't a full-blown home console launch be a more sensible option?

While the PSP's healthy standing in its inbred Japan should ensure abundant sales,Metal Gear has e'er been a big seller in the West and in this part of the world Sony's handheld is struggling. Therefore, it's unlikely to attain the same kinda sales it would if it had been released on the 360 and PS3.

There's also the question of suitability. While Peace Zimmer frame has been made-up to sweep up the strengths of its host platform, the entire MGS enfranchisement seems more at home on up-to-date technology. Will Kojima's vision cost sullied slightly away the PSP's comparatively baseborn hardware specifications? Will the halting be forced to slice up the experience into bite-sorted chunks more palatable for a mobile audience, American Samoa was the case with its prequel, Movable Ops?

There's little doubt that Peace Walker is going to be one of the handheld events of the year and should effortlessly live up to that dazzling 40/40 Famistu accolade, but we can't help but feel that by sticking with Sony's quickly aging take-away format, Kojima has not only when modified the scope of his fashionable adventure merely too fixed out many devoted fans who don't own a PSP.

Whether or not they will equal prepared to shell out for the motorcar strictly to experience this new title remains to be seen.

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