The servers are screwy right now and they are working on them.i cant even connect too the ''online''part even doh im signed into the PSN
Available 11/6: Official LittleBigPlanet DLC on the PlayStation Store
+ Posted by Mark Valledor // Marketing Manager, SCEA
Now that the fans around the world will have copies of LittleBigPlanet next week, we wanted to celebrate the global launch and give you a heads up on the downloadable content you can expect to see in the near future…
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First, we know we’ve had a bumpy release, and for your patience, we’re releasing a handful of free downloadable content on the PlayStation Store (starting 11/6)
“Launch” Spacesuit ***
Halloween Mask***
*** Only available from 11/6 to 11/19
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In addition to the ‘fan appreciation gifts’ mentioned above, we wanted to share an overview of the types of DLC headed your way. Check back here every Wednesday to see what new DLC will be available on the PlayStation Store the next day…
One category of downloads will be, no surprise, SackBoy costumes. You’ve already seen a few of our pre-order announcements and partnerships with PlayStation Alumni, but this is only a snippet of available downloads to come. We’re hard at work to provide weekly downloads to keep the community fresh and active. Here are a few items we have in store for you down the line…
Seasonal & Limited Time Only Costumes - FREE
The “launch” SpaceSuit and Halloween mask is a perfect example of this. These types of items will be available for a short amount of time only so look for these around special events and holidays.
Community Costumes - FREE
Remember LittleBigChallenge 003? We’re finalizing the winners now, so stay tuned. These will be available for free and over time, you’ll see more and more of these types of free downloads for LBP community.
SackBoy Costumes - $0.99 each
Continue to customize your SackBoy/SackGirl with brand new outfits that will be available in a variety of themes and designs. Here’s a sneak peek of a few costumes in the works…
Premium SackBoy Costumes - $1.99 each
Its no secret, that we love the rest of the PlayStation family and we want the SackPeople to be able to dress up as their favorite characters. Stay tuned for more announcements with new costumes from our PlayStation family and even some outside the family… Here’s a few of the ones we’ve already announced…
RARE SackBoy Costumes - $?.??
In time, we’re hoping to introduce very rare items that are both only available for a certain amount of time and extremely collectible. We’ve previously announced the such an item, the “RARE Mm T-shirt”, but in North America, we’re waiting for the right time to introduce into the PS Store. Stay tuned…
Basic SackBoy Costume Bundle - $2.99
At times, we’ll offer four basic costumes at a great price…to make things easier for the ‘must collect everything I see’ personalities
Premium SackBoy Costume Bundle - $5.99
Similar to the Basic SackBoy Costume Bundle, this premium version consists of four premium costumes for the price of three. All characters in premium bundles will revolve around a certain theme…more info to come in the near future.
Stay tuned in a few weeks when we introduce a few more types of LBP DLC that will not only enhance your SackBoy, but expand your Pop-it tool with more objects, materials, stickers, sounds, music and even gameplay enhancements to keep the community refreshed with more creative options.
It would depend from person to person. I knwo of plenty of stories of girlfriends playing it as their first Playstation game ever without any problem, but at the same time my dad would say it has too many buttons. Of course, he thinks the Wii uses too many buttons for things like bowling.Thanks for the replies guys.
So you're saying the game is quite tricky to get the hang of if you're not an experienced sixaxis user? I had thought that the 2 dimensional quality of the game-play might make it a little easier to play, plus the really cute & colorful graphics would appeal to younger/female players...
This looks like a fun game, but is it a game for kids - compared to Ratchet & Clank for example?
Will my 11 year old (girl) enjoy it? Will my 6 year old (girl) be able to play it? Will my ?? year old spouse (girl) consider playing it?
What do you all think?
And I have news.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/30/available-116-official-lbp-dlc-on-the-playstation-store/
“Launch” Spacesuit ***
Halloween Mask***
*** Only available from 11/6 to 11/19
ive downlaoded the 3 skins that are on the JPN PSN and they dont work with the american copies of LBP , even if i sign into my JPN account , it still doesnt work
looks like we're gona have too wait a little till we get them
We have a 4yr old Daughter, 6yr old Son, and several nephews ranging from 7 to 16... all of which have played a lot of games on our PS3.
We got Ratchet & Clank: FToD for the kids, but only the older nephews really got into it.
As for LBP, I only picked it up yesterday, and the kids have been busy with school, soccer practice, piano lessons, and of course getting last minute adjustments to their costumes, so we likely wont get a chance to play around with it as a family until this weekend, but I'll let you know what they think.
I suspect, like many games, for young kids like ours, they get the most fun playing with their family and friends, so I suspect they will love LBL's multi-player coop mode... and is probably why they never really had much interest in Ractchet & Clank.
For instance, their favorite game series are the LEGO games (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and now Batman). They love playing with friends, solving puzzles, and for the older kids and ourselves, we enjoy them for their humor just as much as anything else.
The Simpsons Game is also a favorite for the kids.
Their other favorite game which the whole family enjoys is Hot Shots Golf: OOB. Now we all also enjoy playing golf, but I suspect even non-golfers would find this game very entertaining.
The whole family also play a lot of Buzz! and SingStar.
As for driving games, while the older nephews liked the more realistic style driving games like, GT5P, F1:CE, and DiRT. Our kids not so much. Although they really like playing MotorStrom, Burnout Paradise, and MX vs ATV: Untamed.
As for downloadable games, there are lots that the kids have really enjoyed. Here are some ranked by what they have played the most:
Operation Creature Feature
Calling All Cars!
Super Rub 'a' Dub
Pain
Elefunk
Lemmings
Trials of Topoq
flOw
Super Stardust HD
Wipeout HD
Blast Factor
Bottom line, I have been very pleasantly surprised by the wide variety and quality of a lot of the games that appeal to our whole extended family, instead of the usual "kids games" that only appeal to kids.
I will try them tonight to see if they work. I was just afraid it would merge with my other DLC data and if it didn't work then I would have to delete and redownload Nariko.I just caught that bit... however, the Hong Kong PSN store has them available right now, and it clearly says that all three skins work for the English, Chinese, and Korean versions of LBP. Now by English, that may mean the UK, but then again, they may also work just fine for us Yanks as well.
Did it create any issues, like installing into your other game data?ive downlaoded the 3 skins that are on the JPN PSN and they dont work with the american copies of LBP , even if i sign into my JPN account , it still doesnt work
looks like we're gona have too wait a little till we get them
You need a separate Hong Kong account. The Hong Kong store is mostly the same as the Japanese store with a few minor differences, but most of their stuff have English versions. And it is much easier to navigate the store as it is in English.kk , tought it was the same , so i gotta make a HK account>? or is there a way too access it from the JPN account
I have done that in the past. My Nariko outfit actually saved in a separate file from the main game data.Can I download this content now and save it for later (havent bought the game yet)...? Seeing as some of its for a limited time.
Robin
I have done that in the past. My Nariko outfit actually saved in a separate file from the main game data.
OK cool, il give it a try tomorrow.
Robin
We experienced the same with our kids... even SuperStardust HD can quickly get too intense for the young ones.I bought Ratchet & Clank TOD a while ago hoping that my 11 year old would enjoy it, & she did play for a while & my 6 year old liked to watch, but overall it was a bit "intense" for them.
I'm thinking LBP might be a little more gentle, quirky & fun. As you're suggesting, it could be that some of the simpler, downloadable PSN games would be the best bet for the kids, but after you try out LBP perhaps you could let me know what you think...
Unlike some, I don't mind SIXAXIS motion control in games depending on what it is used for, and how well it's implemented by the developers of the games, but as far as LBP goes it's sort of a mute point. LBP use of the SIXAXIS motion control is limited to just making entertaining body movements (toggles between your head and hip movements) and is completely unnecessary as far as actual gameplay is concerned, so don't let that scare you.So you're saying the game is quite tricky to get the hang of if you're not an experienced sixaxis user?
There are 3 levels of gameplay "depth" while traversing through levels, and while it took my wife and I some time to be able to control what level of depth we wanted our sackboys to move to and from, but oddly enough our 6yr son was like a fish in water, and was so good at controlling his sackboy that in coop mode he would get so far ahead of us that we kept getting regenerated to an entry door closest to him.I had thought that the 2 dimensional quality of the game-play might make it a little easier to play, plus the really cute & colorful graphics would appeal to younger/female players...
Good news and bad news.I will try them tonight to see if they work. I was just afraid it would merge with my other DLC data and if it didn't work then I would have to delete and redownload Nariko.
I quite agree. Unfortunately the same thing happened with the Halloween car skins for MotorStorm. They were released in the UK before Halloween, but for some strange reason they didn't make it to the US PSN store until well into November... and like these LBP costumes, the MotorStorm skins and add-ons were also region locked.I would like to get them now, however. A halloween costume on Novermber 6th seems a tad silly.
You can definitely download them. What I do not know is whether or not an add-on which is available only for a limited time, may not work if you do not actually activate the game before that time ends. I suspect in most cases it shouldn't be a problem.Can I download this content now and save it for later (havent bought the game yet)...? Seeing as some of its for a limited time.
I'll have to give that a try. I've been enjoying some of the Sasuke (Ninja Warrior) inspired community levels. It's a fun warm up for the upcoming broadcast of the 21st Event on G4 in a couple weeks! Some of them (in LBP) are really quite impressive. 👍The God of War Level is very nice with a little sick humor straight from God Of War. I love this game.
Does he look like Billy Cudrup?I just made a Dr. Manhattan Sackboy.
Most of the time I have no trouble, but occasionally I get a message someone is trying to join me, but after a while I'll get a message from them saying it isn't letting them join... then I remember I have to be in sight of an entry door for them to enter the game. Also, if you go past a "Do Not Enter Game" sign (looks like a stop light with a cross), then no one can enter into the level you are currently playing. At this point your options are to finish the level, restart the level, or go back to your pod and invite them to join you.Tried to join a couple friends games last night but never got connected. Any one else successfully play multi-player online?
Do I still hold the high score? I saw you trying to beat it yesterday.Anyway, I published a level. It's title is "Junk" Go look it up and play it. So you can see my.. err.. artistic abilities.. ;?
Just wait until it is 1:00 AM on a work night and you realize you have to get up in five hours.Well, I thought we wouldn't get a chance to play it until this weekend, but last night (Friday), the kids had finished their reading and were ready for bed early, so we decided to go ahead and open up LBP, and try it out for 30 min or so... well let me tell you... as nick09 so subtly put it... this game is in deed crack stuffed on a disc!
What an amazingly fun game!
All of us (wife, and kids included) were completely hooked within minutes. Everyone had a blast creating our own sack characters, and messing around with all the emotion controls and body and hand movement controls.
We completely lost touch with time and before you know it, it was already an hour past the kids bedtime, and no one wanted to stop!
Glad I didn't try yet.Bad News:
They don't work. I even tried playing using both my HK and JP PSN ID's, but like most other regional content, they require the game version to be from that specific region.
Of the stories I have heard of people doing this and getting a response, they were all Japanese players.Now it's still quite possible that those from the UK and Europe might be able to use them. I know when playing online I ran into several players who were using the SackSpaceman and SackMonkey. I sent them messages asking where they got the skins, but no one has replied yet... possibly due to a lack of understanding English?
That level is probably the best user-created level I have seen to date.The God of War Level is very nice with a little sick humor straight from God Of War. I love this game.
I ran into this last night. It took Omnis and I about five tries to get connected. Then, while we were playing you and LaBounti both asked to join and I said allow, but I never saw you guys. We could have used the help as we kept blowing ourselves up.Tried to join a couple friends games last night but never got connected. Any one else successfully play multi-player online?
WAIT!!!!! The stickers can get that detailed on Sackboy? Oh, that's it. Between this and the PS3 Eye I am going to have some awesome looking Sackboys. Or I may get too lazy. either way.It's astonishing to me the depth at which one can go in regards to customizing your SackPersons. I was playing online with someone who had a dead on look-a-like of Heath Ledger's "The Joker". It was so convincing that I immediately thought it must be among the many hidden costume prizes, but he said he made it himself following a video instruction on how to do it that was on GameTrailers.
Oh yeah. Omnis and I learned that last night. After a long time of hand gestures he put on his headset. If I had known he had a headset I would have had mine on as well. I quickly grabbed mine and instead of dying we managed to figure it all out.BTW: when playing online with others it definitely pays to use a headset/mic, as the Popit text menu takes too long except for those using keyboards and are fast typers.
I would like a way to automatically not allow invites to even be sent. I have yet to be in a situation where I wanted to refuse one, but I know that when I am going through looking to get my 100% items I won't be wanting to be interrupted.I have to say, of all the online games I've played, I really like the options and interface that LBP offers. Not only do you have full access to your entire PSN friend's list without having to go to the XMB, but it also tells you who is currently playing LBP, where they are inside LBP (what level they are playing, in their pod, or busy creating). However, that just scratches the surface.
Where did you get that awesome skin? I was sporting my pirate/ninja.Yeah, I just realized that you can put stickers on sackboy himself. When I was playing with FK I had a Manhattan/Rorschach thing going on, but now that I can use stickers I can make seperate costumes.