Buzz! will not introduce XMB trophy system

By Andrew Yoon

We've been playing a very complete preview build of the upcoming PSP Buzz! title for quite some time now. Many readers were curious about the potential for XMB Trophies, a la the PS3, due to a curious statement by one of the game's developers at E3. Well, we've unlocked a few "Trophies" and we can confirm they won't upload to the PSN.

It's true that the in-game trophies work in the same way as many other PS3 Trophies or Xbox Achievements. You'll have to accomplish certain tasks, such as answering a question correctly in a certain amount of time, in order to receive this unlockable. However, they're not classified as Bronze, Silver and Gold — and there's no in-game pop-up that indicates when you've unlocked them. Instead, the host, Buzz, verbally congratulates you on your accomplishment.

A Sony PR representative also confirmed that the Trophy, er, buzz, was due to a miscommunication. The gold medals you receive in the game are solely for record-keeping purposes, and won't improve your PlayStation Level. Stay tuned for more details about Buzz! in our hands-on preview, and click past the break to see Buzz's "Trophies."

Trophies

  • Virus Perfection Round – Answer all questions correctly and get a Gold medal in a Virus round.
  • Snapshot Perfection Round – Answer all questions correctly and get a Gold medal in a Snapshot round.
  • Top Rank Perfection Round – Answer all questions correctly and get a Gold medal in a Top Rank round.
  • Quickfire Perfection Round – Answer all questions correctly and get a Gold medal in a Quickfire round.
  • Picture This Perfection Round – Answer all questions correctly and get a Gold medal in a Picture This round.
  • Time Challenge Perfection Round – Answer all questions correctly and get a Gold medal in a Time Challenge round.
  • Big Score Award – Get 5000 points in a quiz.
  • Mega Score Award – Get 10000 points in a quiz.
  • Speedy Fingers Award – Answer a question correctly in less than a second.
  • Supersonic Fingers Award – Answer a question correctly in less than half a second.
  • Big Combo Award – Answer 10 questions correctly in a row.
  • Mega Combo Award – Answer 20 questions correctly in a row.
  • Bronze Challenger Award – Get at least Bronze on all challenges.
  • Silver Challenger Award – Get at least Silver on all challenges.
  • Gold Challenger Award – Get Gold on all challenges.

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