The downside to this game is very heavily outweighed by the upside. The game is fresh, fun and very, very individualistic. If you can work past its frustrations and get to grips with the game, you'll enjoy yourself.
The combination of genres may not be for everybody, but Patapon has a lot to offer those who are willing to persevere with it and the game simply oozes character.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Despite its somewhat anaemic lineup of backwards-compatible titles (unusual in light of the genre’s strong pedigree on Sony consoles), Vita’s selection of rhythm games is highly impressive in the modern market with genre favourites like DJMax, Hatsune Miku and Taiko no Tatsujin all present and plenty of quirky oddities like Deemo, Love Live & Persona thrown in for good measure. You’re definitely going to need to try your hand at importing to get the most of the genre here, but that shouldn’t be an issue thanks to region-free hardware and easy-to-grasp gameplay."
It seems that Sony is slowly working on bringing select classic titles from its classic consoles back on PlayStation 4 as remasters.
Who’ll be next?
"Announced at PSX 2016, PaRappa the Rapper Remastered finally has a release date in Japan."
I would've preferred Legend of Dragoon instead. Or better yet just for Sony to make PS1 Classics playable on PS4 just like they did with PS2.
Just remastering this game by itself just seems rather weird.
Yeah it does, they get to make more money. Why release classics when they can slap remaster on it, do a little polish, and sell it for $20 instead of sub $10
It would have been slightly better with Um Jammer Lammy too (I know its not the 20th Anniversary of that but still). Parappa was unlockable and was playable in the entire game again but with lyrics now instead of jamming to the tunes with Lammy. Its essentially another Parappa game then. :)
However, one of the worst elements of the game is the limitations of the equipment system. You can only equip your Patapon warriors with the weapons and armour that they pick up from the bodies of the dead Zigatons. There is no way you can use the materials you collect in order to make new weapons. This is a pity because the way that equipment affects the battles is quite detailed. This becomes apparent before each excursion; you can re-equip your forces and see loads of stats for each individual from speed to resistance to critical hits."
You can, but you have to get the blacksmith.