We've only had one report on Sony's Japanese Karaoke simulator for your PSP, P-Kara, and that was way back in October. Well, the game was put into the market around December last year, and after a charmed existence, the game's download service that allows users to gain access to around 3,000 streaming songs for only US$ 6.98 a month will end come June 30, 2007.

So what's left for P-Kara purchasers? It is reported that folks who buy the game, still get to download 20 tunes even after the pay-per-month download service has ended.

Just 20 tunes? Well that's fun. Sigh. So sad this is.

A karaoke simulator seems like an absolutely crazy program to put into your PSP. Where there's something crazy in the minds of man, however, there's also somebody crazy enough to implement it as an actual game. Hence Sony's new creation: P-Kara.

Via the powers of the Google translation software, we manage to get a little bit of insight into what we get from playing this game. It's certain that there's a karaoke singing mode as a headset will be bundled into the game package, and you start off with 20 different songs. Once the online component becomes available though, you can actually make use of two different payment services to download new songs to karaoke all night long with.

Speaking of karaoke, we might as well mention that P-Kara will have multiple features. Using P-Kara's karaoke function along with online play, you can actively engage in KvK: karaoke versus karaoke battling. The game ranks your singing prowess, records it, and can upload it onto a site to rank all P-Kara players who want to take the plunge and sing on the virtual stage. In extra mode, players can also do another Japanese novelty fad, the "para-para" dance, by doing DDR dance combinations with their fingers in tune with the music. Shop mode is the function you use if you want to purchase music online, while party mode is... well, a party! Party mode will allow players to link together, choose their favorite songs and take turns singing (or you could all sing) as their PSPs randomly select a tune from those selected by the players.

Sounds like insane gaming, devoid of killing or rolling things up in a ball, but if the music's good, why not make it a fun little import for yourself? Keep your eye out for this fun little title, and pray it gets farther than Japanese shores.