Classic PSP titles being revived on PS3 in HD. Monster Hunter leads the way.

Sony will be bringing classic PlayStation Portable titles to PlayStation 3 as part of a new PSP Remaster lineup. The company announced the series today along with its first major release.

PSP Remaster offers PSP titles remastered for play on the PS3. The games are spruced up with full HD visuals, compatibility with Dual Shock 3, PS3 exclusive content, 3D support, and other features.

The PSP and PS3 versions of the game also share save data. Sony says that this could allow you to play a game on the PSP while on the go, then continue playing when you return home.

The PS3 versions are also compatible with Sony's Ad Hoc Party for PlayStation Portable service for network play. This free PS3 app normally allows local play PSP titles to use the PS3 as a proxy for true online play.

The series will kick off first in Japan through sales of Blu-ray Disc titles, Sony said. The wording of Sony's statement suggests that the series will also be released internationally and will also see some games offered in download form. The press release did not explicitly mention these areas, though.

For the series' first title, Sony has a biggie. As detailed earlier today, Capcom will release a PS3 version of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd under the name Monster Hunter Portable HD. The 4.5 million selling PSP title will feature 3D support, HD visuals and shared save files with the PSP, and will see release this summer.

This could be awesome.

No trophies no interest.

I think they're will be trophies implemented as its compulsary now, all ps2 ports have had them so i should imgine these would, i thought they scrapped the idea of trophies on the psp because of all the hacks and pirate firmware etc

Monster Hunter will sell a lot of PS3 in Japan.

make this cross platform play happen on the NGP sony and i'll be a very happy customer ... this is a good start though.

Japan is not that crazy about home console Monster Hunter. Monster Hunter on the Wii sold "only" a million. Yes "only". Because Monster Hunter is huge on the PSP. Monster Hunter was a success in Japan because it was a game you played with friends, acquaintances and even complete strangers on the go. The portable nature of Monster Hunter provides it with a social experience you can't quite replicate with a home console version. Yeah you can play online with a home console or invite people over to your house to play but it's just not the same. This is also why Pokemon is huge on the Nintendo portables and why the main Pokemon series will always be on the handhelds. The whole appeal of Pokemon when I was a kid was that you'd see some stranger playing Pokemon Red/Blue during recess (lol) and then you'd either challenge him/her to a battle just like in the Pokemon anime that was popular at the time or ask to trade Pokemon.

O for god's sake just make a NEW Monster Hunter game MORONIC CAPCOM.

AMAZING.

If Sony do that with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (the best MGS ever) I will love it.

Others good games:

God of War: All games
Grand Theft Auto: All games
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Oh my god...

Valkyria Chronicles II
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

The world is so small for Sony PlayStation 3.