The Vita received lots of love during the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, and Falcom was among the companies pledging to support Sony’s new system. It’s first Vita offering is going to be a reimagining of an early entry in the Ys series. Surprisingly, it’s a reimagining of a Ys game Falcom didn’t make. Ys IV‘s story will be told again in 2012 as Ys IV: Celceta no Jukai.

There were two Ys IV games before, Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (SNES, PS2) and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (TurboGrafx-CD) and while they weren’t identical and played different, the basic story and timing was the same…

I’m sure fans of the Ys series are simply happy that XSEED picked up the latest entry, Ys Seven, for a North American release on August 31, 2010. While the series is a classic and beloved, it hasn’t really enjoyed the same success as other Japanese RPGs. But XSEED decided to go a step further to make the US release even more special – it has announced a collector’s edition of the game and a Facebook contest via its XG email newsletter and Ys Series Facebook page…

A first has just happened at the Playstation Store – a third party PSP game is available for purchase. Gurumin: A Monsterous Adventure, from Mastiff and Nihon Falcom, is now available for $14.99. It’s a 716mb download, so make sure your memory card has enough space.

Gurumin stars Parin, a young girl who is sent to live with her grandpa in a deserted mountain town. She’s the only kid there, so initially she’s a bit lonely. Then she meets two friendly monsters, and is invited to the Monster Village adjacent to the town. She makes friends and everything’s cool, until some bad spirits known as the Phantoms abduct all the friendly monsters. Parin steps up, grabs the Legendary Drill, and goes to save her monster friends.