Echochrome: breaking down differences between each version

While playing Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.’s Echochrome (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable) can be considered a puzzling challenge in itself, perhaps the biggest mystery to the game is figuring out the various differences across the different platforms it will be released on. Fortunately, you can read the breakdown of the differences between each version by checking out our full article after the jump.

While Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.’s (SCEI) Echochrome is indeed a puzzle-based title, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it also has to confuse players regarding the differences between the game’s different release versions.

The game is slated for release in both Japan and North America, with versions for the PlayStation 3 (via PSN) and the PlayStation Portable. Each of the four different versions will feature a different number of solvable puzzles as well as other marked differences.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of the differences between each version of the game on their respective platforms:

Echochrome: Jokyoku / Echochrome: Primal (Asia)

• System: PlayStation 3
• Region: Japan / Asia
• 50 puzzles
• Solo play only
• Level sharing over the PlayStation Network
• Maximum level size is 38 x 38 blocks
• Price: 1,800 yen (US$ 18) on the PlayStation Store

Echochrome / Echochrome Plus (coined by SCEH)

• System: PSP
• Region: Japan / Asia
• 96 puzzles, 50 are from Jokyoku/Primal
• Three modes of play: solo, pair and others, difficulty extends to rank L
• Ad-hoc level sharing only
• Maximum level size is 18 x 18 blocks
• Price: 3,980 yen ($40) as a retail package

Echochrome

• System: PlayStation 3
• Region: USA
• 56 puzzles different from the US PSP release
• Modes other than solo are unconfirmed
• Level sharing over the PlayStation Network
• Maximum level size is 38 x 38 blocks
• Price: $9.99 on the PlayStation Store

Echochrome

• System: PSP
• Region: USA
• 56 puzzles different from the US PlayStation 3 release
• Modes other than solo are unconfirmed, difficulty limited to rank G
• Ad-hoc level sharing only
• Maximum level size is 18 x 18 blocks
• Price: $9.99 on the PlayStation Store

Hopefully, this list should help PlayStation owners choose their version wisely. Which version are you getting?