Gamertell's Jenni Lada writes, "Patapon is a strangely engaging PSP game. The rhythmic sounds and chants burrow into your brain, until you find yourself thinking in patas and chakas before bed. It enters your subconscious, compelling you to bring out the PSP and play.
And the portable nature of the PSP only makes this addiction worse. Its simple to take the game out at any time. "Just one more five minute level," you tell yourself, and then find a half hour later that you're still playing.
But as wonderful as Patapon is, there are times and places where it simply doesn't belong. Help save yourself from embarrassment and humiliation by reading and learning when it isn't appropriate to play."
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. :)
So freaking true. "Chaka Chaka Pata Pon"
I have yet to run into Patapon but if it's anything like LocoRoco's song it'll probably keep me insane for good while.
but am interested in this game. I don't really have the time or desire for a hand held though. Anyone know if this title is coming to the PSN?
I play a level of patapon everytime I need to go take a crap :D
of my time with tetris on the game boy, i would get addicting for a month at a time and play it so often i would see tetris everywhere: trying to sleep and tetris would unfold upon my eyelids, then the song begins, all i have to say is that i have had some interesting dreams due to that game. i guess once i have some extra cash and time i'll have to pick up this game.