Patapon was released for the Playstation Portable in 2008. It had a sequel soon after and is expecting another sequel this year. The game is about a tribe, the Patapon, that have been defeated by the Zigoton Empire. It is the goal of the game to take back the land that has been lost by using the power of the drums to control the Patpons and lead them to victory.
The player controls the Patapons by issuing commands via drum sequences. Each button is a different drum note and together they issue different commands. For example Square, Square, Square, Circle is Pata, Pata, Pata, Pon and commands them to march forward. Circle, Circle, Square, Circle is Pon, Pon, Pata, Pon and commands them to attack. Repeatedly entering commands in time with the rhythm will lead to “fever” which increases attack and defensive bonuses.
Using the various commands the player must defeat various enemy forces and lead the various Patapon troops to victory. This game gets the player into the rhythm and rocking along with the drums.
I remember this game! It was pretty fun, though I only really played the demo for it. It was interesting trying to get the beat down on the PSP by hitting buttons at a certain time. I was not the greatest at it, but it was still pretty damned fun.
ReplyDeleteHaha, this looks like a fun game. Its look reminds me of World of Goo and the music element reminds me of Ocarina of Time. I don't own a psp sadly but the element of music as the game's main command to the characters is very interesting and rare in a game.
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