Nanoha PSP Game!? Hell yeah!

So I saw trailers and preorders for the Nanoha PSP game in Japan, and the second I got back in the States I preordered it from NCSX. Hell, I preordered the limited edition just because I could.

So today, UPS guy leaves me a package:

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable : The Battle of Aces Lyrical Box

It’s the game! The limited edition also has a really long name: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable : The Battle of Aces Lyrical Box.

Here’s the back:

Box of the Lyrical Box

As you can see, the Lyrical Box comes with an (exclusive?) Figma with school uniform ver. Nanoha.

As the LE (and game?) is undoubtedly geared toward otakus, it also comes with plenty of other awesome Nanoha schwag.

Lyrical Box goodies

My favorite’s probably this screen cleaner with Nanoha and Fate duking it out with a fighting game GUI.

Screen Cleaner of Awesomeness

Here’s a very pink PSP pouch with everyone’s favorite yuri couple.

PSP Pouch of Pinkness

Also comes with a very NanoFate sticker set. Sharp-eyed viewers will note that the small upper-left sticker is of Fate washing Nanoha’s back. Hell yeah.

Sticker Set of Nanofate

Also comes with a small artbook. Bigger than BlazBlue limited edition artbook (which btw has a great cover), but smaller than an actual artbook.

Book of Art

Comes with a Nanoha Figma which I think is exclusive to this LE.

Figma of Exclusiveness

Also has a NanoFate towel which is very pink. I’m honestly not sure what I’m going to do with this.

Towel of Pinkness

Lastly, there are these 3 posters of the 3 main girls which make up 1 picture. Apparently, these posters are actually meant for a shower or bath, you spray them with water and they’ll adhere to a surface.

I’m going to read the instructions a bit more carefully before trying it out.

Posters of Bath Time

The box also came with what I think is a PSN download card. It tells me that you can use the card to download a “Digital Nanoha” … thingy… on PSN.

PSN Download Card?

So enough about the goodies, what about the game?

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces

I really liked how the instruction manual was in the form of the Yami no Sho.

Yami no Sho instruction manual

So I booted up the game… yay! It works with my CFW! Worried there for a bit.

The opening really reminds me of the opening of some visual novel. Why?

1. Snow falling effect

2. Sepia effect in the beginning

3. Beginning is a piano solo with words flashing across the screen

3. Individual character intros

4. Flashing of random event CGs

Also, Nana Mizuki songs are always good.

Game itself? Looks promising so far. Started up Nanoha’s campaign and saw this:

Nanoha Campaign - NanoFate goodness!

Aw yeah, holding hands.