It's hard to come across something as infectious as Patapon 2 -- unless of course it's the original Patapon. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the game, Patapon is the perfect mash-up of Rhythm and Adventure. You control an army of various Pons that resemble eyes, battling off foes and conquering levels by repeating songs using coordinating keys. For example, the movement march is Pata, Pata, Pata, Pon which translates to Square, Square, Square, Circle on the PSP. After you hit these buttons consecutively for the first time your army sings the march and begins moving. You must repeat the march directly after to keep them moving and to rack up combos. After a certain amount of combos a "Fever!" ensues which makes for a more exciting song courtesy of the Pons and boosts your damage, range, and/or defense depending on which Pons are in your army and what song you are drumming.
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.