"When we receive Sony titles at the NZGamer office we're initially overrun with a little bias. This isn't because we've allied ourselves with the Sony Defense Force but moreso due to the way Sony provide the press with their games. To put it simply, they deliver their titles in exquisite and luxurious packaging."
Soon after, however, we're usually wrought with bias in the opposite direction - perhaps Sony is trying to bribe as with all these fancy extras?. Patapon was no different; to get to the game we were required to open a Patapon Tube which contained a Patapon booklet which itself contained Patapon stickers, a Patapon press disc and of course the Patapon game itself. After playing Patapon for a while we quickly realised that the tube and its bits weren't there to bribe us into thinking the game was great; instead they were there because Patapon is a game which deserves the red carpet treatment. Patapon, without a doubt, is essential gaming for any PSP-phile, period."
People have referred to Patapon as being similar to Locoroco, and though the art style and developer (Interlink) may lend itself to this opinion, any other comparisons to that game are defunct. In fact, were you to liken Patapon to any other PSP title your best bet would be Puzzle Quest. Like Quest, Patapon represents an amalgam of multiple genres, taking from them their best ingredients to concoct its own wicked little recipe. Patapon is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game infused with rhythm-based controls and a dash of role-playing game elements. Are you salivating yet?"
- Mayur Gandhi
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. :)
