I play a lot of role-playing games. You know this already. You read Random Encounters every week. You understand my fascination with this strange and quirky genre.

Here's the launch trailer for Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, a new strategy-role-playing game that Atlus will bring to the U.S. next week for PSP.

Despite being considered by many to be the finest entry in the Growlanser series of Japanese tactical role-playing games, Growlanser IV: Over Reloaded for the PlayStation 2 never made it to this side of the globe. Atlus fixes that oversight this summer with the release of Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time for the PSP.

Atlus is bringing two "new" PSP games to Japan: Persona and Growlanser. One is a remake, and the other is a port.