Ausgamers: "Patapon veterans will feel instantly at home, for the code base, sprites, and most of the music and animation have been recycled from the last game. You can import your old save data, too. Rather than a radical re-invention of the franchise, this sequel simply offers more of the same: new kinds of units, including a customisable hero character and flying cavalry, plus some multi-player modes, and plenty of new levels to conquer. Some succinct tutorial levels open the game for the benefit of newcomers.
Ultimately, this is a deceptive product. It looks infantile, but it's epic in scope. It's no cakewalk, either - even on the easiest setting, you can still expect to get spanked if you make a wrong move. For while the Patapons obey you, you must obey the drums - Patapon 2 makes you a slave to the music."
Pros
+ Doesn't mess with the winning formula of the original
+ Enough new units and items to keep things interesting
+ Cheeky sense of humour
+ Amazing graphics and sound
Cons
- Still quite difficult, even on easy
- Not much else
In the past, these games wouldn't have received a second lease of life. While it's sometimes easy to roll an eye and dismiss remasters as double-dipping, in the cases of the games that time (almost) forget, there's an undeniable joy in seeing a new audience discover them for the first time.
It's been well documented how gaming has struggled to hold onto its past, in terms of older games becoming inaccessible due to hardware moving on, in ways that film and music have never quite had to. With remasters like these, the hope is that foundations are being laid for these sort of cult curios to exist for a long while yet.
"Through a series of opinion articles on biweekly basis, I (Joaquim), Gil and Carla will present and share our experience with several Nipponese game series that have been marked over the years, whether they are, all It depends exclusively on the experiences we had with them and their origin. Thus, both can present an article a lot less known as Patapon, as other more popular, as Sonic, Final Fantasy or The Legend of Zelda."
Hardcore Gamer: If you haven’t checked out the PSP yet, you’re missing out on some great portable gaming.
I would just pay the difference and get a Vita. That + 1 month of plus = a far better deal than a PSP in this day and age.
Well, you could always put CFW on it.. then download emulators and have a portable arcade machine.