Global A Announces Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru for PSP

Of all of the handheld RPGs Atlus brought/is bringing to North America over this 6 month period, perhaps none was as well recognized or as well received as My World, My Way, or Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru (The World Revolves Around Me) in Japan.

...What?

Er, scratch that.

I personally can't comment on My World, My Way, as I haven't actually sat down with it yet. But I've heard that some people aren't really crazy about it.

Well, regardless of critical reception, the game's developer/publisher in Japan, Global A, has decided to give the game another shot at mainstream acceptance through an enhanced PSP port titled Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru: Hikari to Yami no Princess (The World Revolves Around Me: Princess of Light and Darkness).

The enhanced port supposedly features new elements that were absent in the DS version, including the ability to choose Angela's color.

The scan is rather blurry and difficult to read, so I haven't given it a thorough read yet, but I suppose I can if there are some really loyal My World, My Way fans out there just dying to buy the PSP version also. Or something.


Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru: Hikari to Yami no Princess will be available for PSP sometime this year in Japan.

Atlus Announces My World, My Way

The year is nearing (read "speeding towards" in internet time) its end with most publishers and developers sitting back to let the holiday spend itself out before announcing next year's games. But not Atlus. No no, they want you to know that they have plenty more games where 2008 came from.

The latest entry is My World, My Way for Nintendo DS. Developed by Global A (the studio behind Master of Monster Lair), My World, My Way revolves around Elise, a spoiled princess who sets out to save the world on her own schedule.

Reportedly playing on many tried-and-true JRPG cliches, Elise's adventure allows her to change the world around her at will, and gives the JRPG genre a different spin. The game appears to be full of biting sarcasm and inside jokes that only the hardcore RPG fan would appreciate.

To quote (as sent by Atlus) from the game:

"Attention, please! I am sick of RPGs with gender-confused boy heroes with their spikey hair and ginormous swords living out an absurd ultimate fantasy. Is having your village burn down all you really need to be a champion? And a scar on your face is supposed to make you... What, dark and brooding? Try uncoordinated."

Any game that can cosciously make fun of its own genre is well worth a look in my books.

My World, My Way will be available on Nintendo DS in North America on February 03, 2009. It was released in Japan as Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru (The World Revolves Around Me) in June, 2008.