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Atlus Asks Fans to Name Kenka Bancho 3 PSP

The high-school brawler series from Japanese developer Spike already has a name, but the problem is that it's not very well known outside of Japan. Atlus U.S.A. today revealed that it has secured the publishing rights to Kenka Bancho 3, the latest beat-em-up in the long running series for PSP system. Originally published on the PS2, the Kenka Bancho games feature the leader of a highschool gang who, among other talents, can shoot lasers out of his eyes. He and his fellow gang subordinates must spring into action when their highschool's honor is threatened by outside forces.

The latest game, which puts players in the role of a high school student on a class trip to a historic Japanese city, includes no shortage of fist-to-face and knee-to-gut action, and all in the name of pride and bragging rights.

Boutique publisher Atlus is always looking to involve its fans in the game publishing process, and this time is no different. They are looking for fan input to help choose a title for the game's North American release.

"Kenka Bancho 3 is a terrific brawler with all the action and humor PSP system owners crave," said Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales for Atlus. "That said, the game is also called Kenka Bancho 3, which, without translation, may not be the most intuitive title for non-Japanese speaking gamers. Therefore, we're going to open things up for our fans to help us pick the game's new North American title. We wouldn't be in this situation if my suggestion for the title, Buncha Banchos, had been accepted," Jabbari added quickly with a nervous chuckle, "but you know, whatever."

Kenka Bancho 3 is scheduled for release in early 2010.

Fans can contribute to the naming process via the survey link, but be warned that some of the choices are pretty lame, and there doesn't appear to be a type-in option. If so, we would have gone with our first pick, Fieldtrip Beatdown.