The PlayStation-exclusive rhythm and technique sequence Patapon is getting a non secular successor in Ratatan from one of the authentic’s builders.
As reported through VGC, Ratatan was once introduced at BitSummit and Patapon author Hiroyuki Kotani and authentic Patapon musician Kemmei Adachi are each onboard. The sport is being advanced through Ratata Arts, Tokyo Digital Principle, and pH Studio, and a Kickstarter marketing campaign for Ratatan is ready to head live to tell the tale July 31 at 9am PT/12pm ET.
We nonetheless do not know a lot about Ratatan, however the builders did tease it will come with roguelike components and multiplayer for as much as 4 gamers.
“The 3 primary sport ideas are over 100 lovely characters preventing it out on display, four-player simultaneous battles, and extra journey and roguelike components than Patapon had,” manufacturer Kazuto Sakajiri mentioned.
Whilst it is thrilling to be getting a sport that honors Patapon, Kotani is not in a position to near the door on a brand new Patapon arriving someday.
“There’s an opportunity of perhaps doing a Patapon sequel someday, however for this we truly sought after to make our personal sport, in our personal taste, with particular forms of gameplay that replicate what we would like. After that, if there’s an opportunity to talk to Sony about doing a Patapon sequel then we’ll move from there.”
Patapon was once first launched at the PSP in 2007 and was once co-developed through Pyramid and Japan Studio. Two sequels – Patapon 2 and Patapon 3 – adopted in 2008 and 2011. The primary two video games have been ported to PS4 in 2017 and 2020, however Patapon 3 stays unique to the PSP.
The sport starred the participant as a god of varieties to those Patapon who might be commanded to behave through the use of drum beats. In our Patapon review, we mentioned, “rhythm sport, technique sport, mini-game assortment, motion sport, mild RPG – Patapon is all of those and far, a lot more.”
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