"Vib Ribbon is finally making its way to North America, and the major catalyst was all of you who wrote, posted, blogged, tweeted that you wished to see this game come back and wanted your voice to be heard by the suits," Layden said. For this, I apologize."įortunately, it was the response from members of the media and gamers to his mention of the game that prompted tomorrow's re-release. To mention it at E3 was to delight some and to squirt lemon in the eyes of others. I had forgotten that the American gamer was effectively denied the opportunity. My mistake was that I had assumed that everyone who had been around in the original PlayStation era would have had their chance to play the game. However, Layden did say Sony is "working on a way to make it available on PS4," which is encouraging news.ĭiscussing his mention of it during E3, he said, "It was not my intention to rub salt in the Vib Ribbon wound, but to express my admiration for it as the genre-busting title it is and was. Some may be disappointed over the lack of PS4 support, but that doesn't come as a surprise given that PS1 games are (inexplicably) not playable on the system presently.
A price was not mentioned, but Layden said it would be "attractive to both Vibri virgins and the rare few amongst you who found a way to experience the Singing Spline back in the day." The game will be available on PS3 and Vita beginning tomorrow. The news was announced on the PlayStation Blog today by SCEA president Shawn Layden, the man who mentioned Vib Ribbon back in June. Now, thanks to the outpouring of discussion generated by that reference, the game is being released in North America for the first time tomorrow through the PlayStation Network. Instead, it was the mention of a nearly 15-year-old game PlayStation game that had never even been released in North America: Vib Ribbon. The biggest topic of conversation for some following Sony's E3 press conference in June was not PS4, Bloodborne, GTA V, or anything else along those lines.
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