Weird Earthbound-inspired RPG Y2K is bringing the millennium bug to Vita

With the help of Ysbryd Games, Ackk Studios will be bringing its off-kilter, "3D turn-based Japanese-style RPG" Y2K to Vita.

It's inspired by odder RPGs, especially the Mother (Earthbound) series as it brings small town life toward weirder goings-on.

Y2K gets its name from the era in which fear of the millennium bug led people to grow uncertain of technology.

If you didn't know, back in 1999, we were questioning whether computers would frazzle due to a coding bug as soon as the year 2000 hit.

Looking back on it now it seems amusing and strange. But in the 1990s of Y2K the bug seems to have more of a presence.

For instance, the game begins with a woman is killed by an elevator that acted unexpectedly. Technology, it seems, might be hostile.

This is where you enter as Alex Eggleston as he hunts down the mysteries of a mysterious van that the internet calls the "Death Cab."

From there, you'll head off an adventure between reality and multidimensional peculiarities. You can expect to meet childhood friends and androids from another dimension.

Y2K also has turn-based battling and a design that encourages you to hunt down as many enemies as possible.

Basically, when you kill an enemy in the world, they're gone forever. So to become powerful enough to defeat bosses you'll want to find and defeat other smaller enemies.

There's also a Mind Dungeon that you can enter via a mobile phone that lets you grind, if need be.

There's much more about Y2K's design over on the PlayStation Blog if you're curious. There is no expected release date though, I'm afraid.