If the original Taito Legends was a "greatest hits" of the classic arcade game publisher's work--including Space Invaders, Elevator Action, and Bubble Bobble--then the sequel focuses more on forgotten gems and latter-day successes. Originally released in Europe a little over a year ago, the sequel collection of the company's arcade games is finally slated for an American release.

　　A Destineer representative today confirmed that the company would publish Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2 and Taito Legends Power-Up for the PlayStation Portable in the US. As for the Xbox and PC editions of the game released overseas, the representative said that Destineer is not announcing domestic releases for those right now.

　　Taito Legends 2 is headlined by a number of sequels to the company's classic games, including Puzzle Bobble 2 (Bust-A-Move Again in the US), Space Invaders '95, Space Invaders DX, Elevator Action Returns, and Nastar (Rastan 2). It also contains a wealth of shoot-'em-ups, including G Darius, Darius Gaiden, Insector X, Ray Storm, and more.

　　The lineup for Taito Legends Power-Up features some overlap with its console counterpart, as well as games like Rastan Saga, the original Space Invaders, and New Zealand Story. It also contains four recently remade versions of Taito games, including The Legend of Kage and Cameltry.

　　Taito Legends 2 and Taito Legends Power-Up are scheduled for a second-quarter release. The full lineup for each collection's European release follows:

　　Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2

　　Alpine Ski

　　Arabian Magic

　　Balloon Bomber

　　Bonze Adventure

　　Cameltry

　　Chack 'n Pop

　　Cleopatra Fortune

　　Crazy Balloon

　　Darius Gaiden

　　Don Doko Don

　　Dungeon Magic

　　Elevator Action Returns

　　The Fairyland Story

　　Football Champ

　　Front Line

　　G Darius

　　Gekirindan

　　Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer

　　Growl

　　Gun Frontier

　　Insector X

　　KiKi KaiKai

　　Kuri Kinton

　　Legend of Kage

　　Liquid Kids

　　Lunar Rescue

　　Metal Black

　　Nastar (Rastan 2)

　　Puchi Carat

　　Puzzle Bobble 2 (Bust-A-Move Again)

　　Qix

　　Raimais

　　Ray Storm

　　Space Invaders '95

　　Space Invaders DX

　　Sylvalion

　　Violence Fight

　　Wild Western

　　Taito Legends Power-Up

　　Alpine Ski

　　Balloon Bomber

　　Balloon Bomber (enhanced version)

　　Cameltry

　　Cameltry (enhanced version)

　　Chack 'n Pop

　　Crazy Balloon

　　Crazy Balloon (enhanced version)

　　Elevator Action

　　The Fairyland Story

　　KiKi KaiKai

　　Kuri Kinton

　　Legend of Kage

　　Legend of Kage (enhanced version)

　　Lunar Rescue

　　New Zealand Story

　　Phoenix

　　Qix

　　Raimais

　　Rastan Saga

　　Return of the Invaders

　　Space Chaser

　　Space Dungeon

　　Space Invaders

　　Space Invaders Part 2