"The perfect mix of futuretro and uncool to the point of being cool again. Complete with writing on the back of the box so small that old people can't read it. Oh, about the game, fully destructible environments are my fave, and ad hoc mode is good too. I like it a lot. I'm collecting more than one of this for sure."

Amy Nguyen

Your PS Vita console is region free, so this game will play in any region you are in. The game cards are region-encoded but not region-restricted. The DLC & online passes are region-encoded and region-restricted. The restrictions are based on your account's region, the console itself is region-free
 

Game Overview

Terror in Tokyo! Evil in England! Aliens from another world have spread their tentacles worldwide, and only you, brave soldiers of the Earth Defense Force, can save the day.

Charge into battle as a proud member of the EDF's Infantry, expertly trained in weapons of all kinds. Take control of the battlefield as an Air Raider, with cunning traps, massive bombardments and superior driving skills. Or soar above the battlefield as a Pale Wing, wielding reverse-engineered alien weapons against their villainous makers!

Now and forever, we are the Earth Defense Force!

 

Key Features

• Survive over 70 missions

• Wield over 500 weapons

• Join forces with up to three squadmates online

• Kick the aliens' arses so hard that they'll never even think of coming back!

 

Yes we said arse. Apologies, not for that, but for the American spelling of "defence", but that's what the game is called, so it has been wrongly spelled (Earth Defense Force 2) in the interest of accuracy (although in correct English it would be called Earth Defence force 2, or possibly Earth De-Rabbit-Proof Fence force II in Arnhem Land*) We're expecting this Australian version to become quite rare. Highly recommended for collectors.

*Arnhem Land is a fascinating historical region of the Northern Territory (formerly North Australia until 1846, and New South Wales before that~) of Australia with a rich, vibrant and controversial history, steeped in untouched beauty, and replete with ancient rock art sites, natural rivers teeming with fish, traditional burial grounds, rugged coastlines, wild woodlands, Makassan contact, bauxite mining, and a space launch facility. In 1623, Dutch East India Company captain Willem Joosten van Colster sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape Arnhem is named after his ship, the Arnhem, which itself was named after the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands. Sounds like Harlem, which was derived from another Dutch city - notably the Dutch were early adopters of travelling to faraway lands to subsume them into their own empire, except the locals in Harlem or Haarlem probably won’t eat you. Crocodiles will. 

It is also home to what many believe is the oldest living culture on Earth (possibly 32,000+ years, the previously touted 80,000 years was calculated by people who weren’t friends with mathematics), home to approximately 12,118 neo-aboriginal people (an estimated 5% of the territory’s entire population as of 2025) the semi-traditional custodians of the land after violently taking over from the original pygmy-like inhabitants who were there first and probably just wanted to be left alone. It is unlikely it was a fair fight either, because pygmies are comparatively significantly smaller than most neo-aboriginals. But neo-aboriginals in this era are also notably smaller than the average height of Dutch people. So that probably wouldn’t have been a fair fight either, except the Dutch didn’t really fight, as they’d became disenchanted with what they called Neu Holland possibly because Australians hadn’t invented Wifi yet, and moved on. This remote 90,000 square kilometres is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory (not a state!) which is around 511 km from the territorial capital (Darwin) depending on how often you need to change roads due to flash-flooding. The closest town is Nhulunbuy where you can buy or steal petrol, cigarettes and food. With a rich history of teaching humans that nature is more powerful than we are, it is one of the least inhabited regions of the world. Want to see it? Bad luck. Although you could freely visit until 1931, since then, unless you are of the Yolngu tribe, or you get written permission more than 10 days in advance you’re not allowed to go there. You could chance it, after your fairly difficult 10+ hour drive over mostly dirt roads, but you’ll be hit with a $1000 fine. If you make it at all. Welcome to Country.

On Special - The Northern Territory - You’ll never know if you never go 

Nearly First Nations - Indigenous Peoples Map

~ and South Australia as well, before the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed in 1901, and Northern Territory was relegated to Federal control in 1911