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Sega announced today that Phantasy Star Portable for the PSP will be headed to North America in March 2009 and Europe sometime in the spring of 2009.

The game takes place shortly after events of Phantasy Star Universe and introduces a new character by the name of Vivienne. Players will have the option of choosing between three classes and four races and have access to over 150 weapons and items created exclusively for the PSP version. Phantasy Star Portable will feature a single player mode as well as cooperative gameplay with up to three other payers through the PSP wireless connection.

The Xbox 360 has long been the black sheep of the console war in Japan, but it got a bit of a boost this week with the release of Tales of Vesperia. The latest installment of the Tales series debuted on the charts at #4 selling 108,000 copies in its first week. The 360 meanwhile quadrupled its normally low weekly sales numbers, moving 20,000 units rather than the regular 5,000.

Tales of Vesperia is one of five RPGs on the top ten for the week of August 4-10 in Japan. Phantasy Star Portable for the PSP took top spot with 148,000 units sold (for a total of 490,000). Fire Emblem DS was close behind with 145,000 in its first week on the market. Dragon Quest V DS stands at #5, selling 73,000 units this week, putting its total sales past the one million mark. And Summon Night 2 for the DS, also released this week, managed to sell 30,000 and grab spot #7.

Source: Gamekyo