The PSP Games That Talked To Your PS2 & PS3 | The Golden Bolt

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One of the PSP's coolest features is also one of its least used: The ability for games "Cross-Talk" to both a PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, to unlock bonus content between a console game and its portable spin-off, to allow you to bring your console save on the go with the handheld port, or even to play online with the console version of the same game. It was so sparsely used, though, that many people don't even know that a ton of modern PlayStation features such as Remote Play and cross-saves originated thanks to the PSP. What better way to shed light on it than with a dumb video?

In total, only ~35 PS2 games ever utilized the feature, and 13 PS3 titles...though the PS3 has a few asterisks that can extend that number well into the hundreds. Up to now, there's never been a single comprehensive source digging into every single PSP game that could connect to a console counterpart.

0:00 Intro
2:34 PSP-to-PS2 Cross-Talk
28:50 PSP-to-PS3 Cross-Talk
36:01 PS3 Asterisks
42:19 PSP-to-PS3 Cross-Talk (Continued)

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This video explains the System-Link bonuses for the following PSP games:

PSP-to-PS2:
Armored Core: Formula Front (Japan only)
ATV Offroad Fury Pro (PSP) & ATV Offroad Furry 4 (PS2)
B-Boy
Crash Tag Team Racing
Daxter (PSP) & Jak X: Combat Racing (PS2)
FIFA 07-09
Madden NFL 06-08
Metal Gear Acid (PSP) & Metal Gear Solid 3 (PS2, excl. N. America)
Metal Gear Acid 2 (PSP) & MGS3: Subsistence (PS2)
Micro Machines v4
Monster Hunter Portable (PSP) & Monster Hunter dos (PS2, both Japanese versions only)
NBA Live 07
NHL 07
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (excl. Japan)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2005-2010
Routes (Japan)
Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja (PSP) & Shinobido: Way of the Ninja (PS2, both games excl. N. America)
SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo (PSP) & SOCOM 3: US Navy Seals (PS2)
SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2 (PSP) & SOCOM: Combined Assault (PS2)
Super Monkey Ball Adventure
Wild Arms XF (PSP) & Wild Arms 5 (PS2) (Japan)
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2006
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 (PSP) & Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny (PS2, known as Tag Force Evolution outside N. America)

PSP-to-PS3:
Assassin's Creed Bloodlines (PSP) & Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3)
Gran Turismo (PSP) & Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 1, 2, & Extend (PSP) w/ Hatsune Miku: Dreamy Theater 1, 2, & Extend (PS3, Japan)
Madden NFL 10
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
ModNation Racers
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP) & MH Portable 3rd HD (PS3)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Reminiscence of Haruhi Suzumiya (Japan)
Resistance Retribution (PSP) & Resistance 2 (PS3)
Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP) & Valkyria Chronicles 1 (PS3, Japan)
White Knight Chronicles: Origins (PSP) & White Knight Chronicles II (PS3, excl. N. America)

Coded Soul (PSP) & FolkSoul (PS3, Japan only; FolkSoul did release internationally as Folklore, without this feature) (Thanks to Y2000NK!)

Additional notes on PSP-PS3 connectivity:
1. Every PS1 game on PSN featured PSP-to-PS3 cross-save.
2. Every PS Minis release was available on both, and downloading them on PS3 allowed you to download the PSP version there, to transfer via USB to your handheld. Similarly, you could purchase PSP games on the PS3 store, and transfer them to your PSP directly. (This transfer feature no longer works, following a 2022 PSN security update that killed it.)
3. 30 games/apps were designed specifically for PS3 Remote Play using your PSP, as well as every PS1 game - regardless of if they were digital purchases or physical discs you already owned. These games/apps are:

Anarchy: Rush Hour
Aqua Vita/Aquatopia
Bejeweled 2
Bionic Commando Rearmed
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Chaos;Child
Chariot
FirstPlay
God of War Collection
Gundemonium Recollection
High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol. 9
Imabikisō
Lair
LEGO Batman
Life with PlayStation
Mainichi Issho
Misato Katsuragi's Reporting Plan
Peggle
Peggle Nights
PixelJunk Eden, Monsters, & Shooter
PlayTV
Retro/Grade
Robotics;Notes
SingStar, Vol. 2, Viewer, & ABBA
Tokyo Jungle
VidZone
Weekly Toro Station
Zuma
(There was also spotty support for certain apps like YouTube, via workarounds)

Games that promoted PSP Cross-Talk, that don't feature them in the finished releases:
F1 2006 (PSP-PS2)
F1: Championship Edition (PS3)
LittleBigPlanet (PSP) & LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Army of Two: The 40th Day (PSP-PS3)

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