I bought a PSP specifically to play Phantasy Star Portable

Okay that's almost clickbait, I will admit. I have since come up with other justifications to have the PSP. However, I did buy it for the pure fact that I found it in a used game store along with a copy of Phantasy Star Portable 2. I'm on something of a quest to own every Phantasy Star game I can in an official capacity if at all possible. So far I have:

• The Sega Ages (Switch) release of Phantasy Star 1
• PSII-IV through the Genesis classics collection on Steam and Switch
• PSO V2 for the Dreamcast
• PSU for the XB360
and now
• PSP2 for the PSP

From what I understand, the Portable games are just Universe with some extra doodads. Like from what I've played of PSP2, it has a dodge button, I don't think Universe has that (PSO2 barely has it...).

Now, it should be noted this was not an impulsive purchase. The used game store that I frequent had had that Copy of PSP2 in English (As well as several copies of it in Japanese, but I can't read) for months, at $70. And when they had PSPs in stock, they ranged from $120 to $200 depending on model. I saved some money to get both a PSP and PSP2 in one easy purchase, but when I had the money... There were no more PSPs, only Vitas.

So, when i visited the next week and there was a lovely blue PSP available, you'd best believe I snatched it up and the game. I played it on the way back home, got through character creation and half of the tutorial mission... then it died. It wasn't fully charged when I bought it. So I haven't gone back to it yet, because I kinda dread going back through tutorials again, but when I do, I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun.

The glorious PSP2 for PSP