The Patapon series on the original PSP helped define the quirky and easygoing nature of the much-loved handheld. As one of the first of what you can call a Rhythm-Strategy game, Patapon was all about ...

I was genuinely caught off guard by Patapon 1+2 Replay when I first saw it during the March 2025 Nintendo Direct. I know the rails have come almost all the way off in terms of first-party exclusivity, ...

The PSP was a real hotbed of innovation for PlayStation, home to some of the company’s most creative and ambitious games — from LocoRoco to God of War: Ghost of Sparta. But no other PSP game has ...

Nintendo today held its latest games-focused Direct, which focused on games coming to the original Switch (as opposed to the soon-to-be-discussed Switch 2). Two of the games it revealed were Patapon ...

Like Puzzle Quest before it, Patapon is a game that grabs key features from existing genres, squishes them together like different-colored balls of Play-Doh, and then turns them into something far ...

Cult-classic rhythm strategy bundle Patapon 1+2 Replay is bringing two beloved PSP games to PC, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5 (PS5) July 11. The two-pack remaster was revealed during today’s ...

Rhythm games tend to offer the same basic gameplay. Some do it better than others, some add fun peripherals, but by and large they all want you to press buttons in time to the music as colored ...

Patapon is a criminally overlooked franchise, one that I’m a little surprised hasn’t seen more of a resurgence in the wake of popular rhythm games like Hi-Fi Rush. Perhaps this is because of the ...

Recently at BitSummit, the annual indie game festival in Kyoto, Japan, Patapon creator Hiroyuki Kotani announced an upcoming Kickstarter campaign beginning on July 31 to fund a new music game that ...

UPDATE 3/8/23: Ratatan has smashed through even more of its Kickstarter goals. After getting funded in less than an hour, the team has now passed stretch goals for a console version of the rhythm ...

A pair of cult classics from Sony's PlayStation Portable library are heading to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and PC. As part of the Nintendo Direct showcase this March, Bandai Namco announced ...

UK REVIEW–When Patapon came out in early 2008, its deep gameplay, stylish visuals, and unique mix of strategy and rhythm action helped it capture the attention of players across the globe. Now, a ...