The intriguing Echoes comes to PSP Minis

To be honest, we're still waiting for Sony's PSP Minis download service to really catch fire.

So far, we're 23 games in and a posterchild is yet to emerge.

Maybe it will be Australian developer Halfbrick's Echoes.

It's certainly an intriguing proposition. Taking a topdown view, you have to move a girl - actually a just circle from that perspective - around in order to collect crystals, while choosing paths that avoid the echoes of her previous movements.

Obviously, the more crystals you have to collect to complete each level, the more echoes you'll have to avoid.

To get an idea how it all works, check out the following video.

There are four modes. In Arcade, you have to collect the specified number of crystals without dying. In Jackpot, you have to obtain the highest score possible within 60 seconds. In Survival, you have to get the highest score within the time limit. Collecting crystals adds to the time and hitting echoes loses time. In Clockwork, you can control the flow of time, and therefore movement of echoes with left and right shoulder buttons. Echoes is due to be released on 19th November via the Minis download service on the PlayStation Network.