Thank you. You just made my day :)

Hope its not a limited release like Sumioni tho.

No offence, MUGEN, but why were you thinking that they weren't releasing this year?  When they were showed off at Gamescom, they mentioned a 2013 release.  When MM & GG did Christmas messages on the blog, they mentioned a 2013 release.  

I don't think it should ever have been in any doubt that they were coming this year :P

This.  It's actually frustrating at the moment to see some of the replies in this thread.

Full home console experiences on a handheld is the biggest problem Vita is facing, imo.  Adapting Killzone is a smart move, and there's no reason why it can't be the best of both worlds - some Unit 13 style mission structure mixed in with more lengthy and 'epic' console-like stuff.

Damned if they do, damned if they don't.  Let's just wait and see how it turned out.  From the minute they announced the name "Killzone Mercenary" at Gamescom I thought "This is an opportunity to make a proper home console experience adapted for handhelds", and it looks like they're making good on it.

If you make sure that all your time is spent doing social activities and you have the proper personas on you, it really shouldn't be a problem. Of course, that means when you do a dungeon you'll want to finish it all in one go (and do it on a rainy day, if possible). And don't go after Adachi until the last possible day, which I believe is December 24, so you can squeeze out some extra days.

Also, make sure to get Adachi's up to rank 6 by December (the rest is automatic) and max out Marie's before the skiing trip.

The only thing though is those who complain that it is too long are most likely those who have never played it. Example: OMG this Uncharted Golden Abyss game's cutscenes are too long. I can't be bothered to push the standby button on my Vita. Where are the save points? I don't want to lose my progress.Maybe if I pause it and leave it running in my bag I can pick it up after class. But if my battery dies I will have to do it all over again. Seriously I can say this shit with half the words and there are way too many enemies in this battle.

Publishers and developers need to ignore any an all voice of concern over the length of handheld titles. Some games are small and some are not, the thing you play on is irrelevant. You can't shove an epic into a magazine.

I am a bit super biased because EDF 2017 is in my all time top 10. But even having played the hell out of the original game I think it is absolutely worth every cent, especially with the new additions of pale wing and four-player co-op.

b.t.w does anyone knows about how PS3 and Vita cross save data works when the Vita game were in digital which it doesn't have any save data seperately to copy to PS3...??

The portable friendly sentiment is more or less a fabrication. Games comes in various shapes and sizes and if you try to limit experience to one type or the other that's what you are left with, limitation. Bite sized, pick up and play games are on every console. Games are games, regardless of system.

To be safe, so you don't accidently delete your only save. Use Content Manager to organize your PS Plus save data. You can copy saves from Vita to Cloud from there individually, as well as view your save data and compare which ones are up to date. If you don't have plus, or would rather have offline saves transfer the files directly to a computer or PS3.

do you mean digital Vita games that have cross save function will have seperate save data to copy to PS3? unlike ordinary digital Vita games that the save data is save in the digital game file itself?