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Wednesday, Dec 17
Patapon 2 To be Released In "Early 2009" [PSP]
Enjoying Patapon 2, Japan? Bet you are. Game's been out there since last month, but as of yet, us Westerners have been kept in the dark. Least, we were until today. We just got an email from Sony...
Thursday, Dec 11
Professor Layton Gets Japanese Sales Chart Tenure
Bethesda Softworks' post-apocalytpic role-playing game did land in the top ten, though, along with the highly rated-by-Famitsu 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de for the Wii. That's about as exciting as the week got, sadly. But, hey, Pokémon Platinum crossed the two million sold mark and Wii M...
Saturday, Dec 6
Pon-Pon-Pata-Pon: Hiroyuki Kotani on Patapon [Patapon]
There's a wonderful interview at Gamasutra with Hiroyuki Kotani, creator of Patapon — a game that I still adore, having snuck in quite a lot of time with it on my PSP. The interview touches on...
Thursday, Dec 4
Professor Layton Schools The Competition In Japan
Level 5's third puzzle-filled Professor Layton adventure for the Nintendo DS tops the Media Create charts this week, fending off a strong PlayStation 3 newcomer with almost 350,000 copies sold to Japanese gamers. For the best selling software in Japan, from Nov. 24 to 30, read on, you craz...
Wednesday, Nov 26
MORE Amazon Black Friday Deals, Now With DS [Black Friday 2008]
Buy a PlayStation 3 80GB console and get Resistance 2 Collector's Edition and a PlayStation 3 Component AV & USB cable free Buy a PlayStation 3 80GB console and get Wall-E Blu-ray (2-Disc set) and Disney Sing It! Bundle with Microphone for free
Wednesday, Nov 19
The Portable Holiday Gift Guide [2008 Kotaku Holiday Gift Guide]
Beats (PSP) Price: $5 Rating: E Patapon (PSP) Price: 19.99 Rating: E A rhythm-based RTS? Why, yes - and one with a fantastic visual style at that. Patapon is a tough little nut and an acquired taste for some but it more than lives up to its inspired art direction.
Thursday, Nov 13
Spike TV Announces Nominees for 6th VGAs
Best Music Game Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/ Harmonix) Guitar Hero World Tour (RedOctane/ Activision Publishing/ Neversoft Entertainment) Wii Music (Nintendo/ Nintendo) SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment/ SCE Studios London)
Thursday, Oct 23
PSP Sales Up, Will Beat Sony's Own Forecasts
I still have to go through PuzzleQuest, Patapon, echochrome, Syphon Filter:LS, Jean D'Arc and Valkyrie Profile and I want to try Crush, N+ and Star Trek. So as you can see I have absolutely nothing to play because PSP has NO games. ...
"Can You Pat A Patapon?" [Patapon]
Rhetorical question. We don't really care whether you can or can't. That's your business. We only care about Patapons and petting in the context of game art done in the style of Dr. Seuss. Like this piece, by Rebecca Clements. Which, after a hard day's internetting, was enough to put smiles on our...
Friday, Oct 17
TGS Interviews Round-Up Get! [Tokyo Game Show 2008]
Interviews Justify Your Game: Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World LocoRoco 2's Number One Fan Last Remnant Team So Cannot Wait For Unreal Engine 4 Justify Your Game Loco Roco 2 But I'm Talking Bout Halo Wars Justify Your Patapon 2
Wednesday, Oct 8
Let's Patapon 2 Multiplayer [Tokyo Game Show 2008]
One interesting thing Kotani divulged was that the multiplayer games aren't intended to be battles in the strictest sense. Yes, you fight, but with players having to work together to maintain the rhythm, it's as much about the music as ...
Patapon 2: Patapon 2 Helps You Keep Your Groove
In Patapon you controlled an assortment of highly stylized characters by tapping out music on the four face buttons of.
Friday, Oct 3
Super Big Let's TGS Round-Up [Tokyo Game Show 2008]
Patapon 2 Helps You Keep Your Groove Let's Patapon 2 Multiplayer No More Heroes 2 - Desperate Struggle Halo 3: Recon, The Trailer Noby Noby Boy "Gameplay" Shown At TGS New Resident Evil 5 TGS Trailer New Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires Trailer and Screens
Tuesday, Sep 30
Sony Booth Will Have 14 Unannounced Titles Playable At TGS [Tgs08]
There will be three unannounced titles from Sony Computer Entertainment. PS3 titles after the jump The are unannounced titles as well. One from Irem Software Engineering, one from Konami, and nine from Sony Computer Entertainment.
Wednesday, Sep 24
Third Party Devs Releasing Fewer PSP Titles
Those that were new and/or different, such as Patapon and Crush lacked the appeal to come back and play once the initial addictive quality slowed down. To make it worse, I would never take it with me to play games on. ...
Saturday, Aug 16
Kotaku Originals: About Last Night ... [Kotaku Originals]
Patapon and Oblivion Get Budget Priced In Japan Frankenreview: Madden NFL 09 (PS3) Brett Farve? No EA, It's Brett Favre Madden 09 Launch - GameStop Goes The Extra Yard First Details On The New Batman Game Midway Axes 80 to 90 in Austin? Limited-Edition Pokemon DS Pack Announced!
Thursday, Aug 14
Patapon and Oblivion Get Budget Priced In Japan [Sony]
Sony Computer Entertainment announced two new entries in its "the Best" series: Patapon for PSP the Best and Oblivion for PLAYSTATION 3 the Best. Patapon is out September 25th for ¥2,8000 (US$26)...
Friday, Aug 1
Upcoming PSP Releases Will Make You Say "Wow"
Well, some of the games we know [or hope] are coming for the PSP in the future:. Gran Turismo 4 Mobile Devil May Cry Final Fantasy Agito XIII Dissidia: Final Fantasy Resistance: Retribution Patapon 2 Locoroco 2 ...
Tuesday, Jul 22
Rounding Up Sony's E3 Presser Announcements
The PSP is also getting several new titles: Sony showed Resistance: Retribution, in development by Sony's Bend Studio, along with LocoRoco 2, Patapon 2, NBA 09: Inside, Super Stardust Portable, Buzz! Master Quiz, Valkyria Chronicles and Midnight Club: Los Angeles Remix.
Tuesday, Jul 15
Sony E3 08 Recap
Sony Computer Entertainment America Demonstrates Breadth of Software Content at E3 Media & Business Summit 2008 SCEA Unveils Extraordinary Showing of Genre Defying Titles Across PLAYSTATION(R)3, PlayStation(R)Portable, PLAYSTATION(R)Network and PlayStation(R)2 Platf...
Thursday, Jul 10
Will Sony Inflict Massive Damage At E3 08?
But Sony has far more than that to squeeze into its presentation, including what's coming for the PlayStation Network, PSP and PlayStation 2. While not guaranteed to make an appearance, there are a handful of "safe bets" that may come up during its E3 keynote.
Thursday, Mar 13
Sony Responds To February NPD Sales, Seems Pleased [Corporate Gloating]
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) continued its trend of strong sales with 243,115 PSP hardware units sold in February, representing a year-over-year increase of 38%. Power of the PlayStation Portfolio Jack Tretton, president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Wednesday, Feb 27
Frankenreview - Patapon (PSP) [Review]
LocoRoco had massive amounts of hype, but feel flat during a time when the PSP needed another Lumines. But the developers of LocoRoco are back with a new title called Patapon, a mix of rhythm game, RPG and RTS that's even more beautiful than its predecessor.
Sunday, Feb 24
Week in Games: Patapon Edition
Quite a few titles out this week but I only have eyes and ears for one game... Patapon. I'll also be checking out Lost Planet on my PS3 if I can manage to tear myself away from my little rhythmic friends. What's on your list this week? Patapon (PSP)
Thursday, Feb 14
Sony Responds To January NPD Sales, Seems Pleased [Corporate Gloating]
PlayStation Hardware Momentum PS3 Outsold Xbox 360: PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3 ) demonstrated continued momentum in January 2008 with 269K hardware units sold in January, 17% higher than Microsoft. Jack Tretton, CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Monday, Jan 21
Patapon Is Going To Party Exactly Like It's $19.99
We're not sure whether to be amused or saddened by Sony's announcement that the stylistically sexy rhythm game Patapon for PSP is getting the unusual budget price of twenty bucks. On the one hand, we very much like cheap combined with our rhythm games. On the other, it's quite clear that some...
Thursday, Jan 17
Sony Responds To December NPD Sales, Seems Pleased [Corporate Gloating]
PlayStation by the Numbers - December 2007 PlayStation platforms had three software titles in the top ten list across all consoles for the month of December: Guitar Hero III for PS2 sold 800K units, Madden NFL 08 for PS2 sold 655K units and Call of Duty 4 on PS3 sold 522K units.
