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Official Patapon (PSP) LOVE Thread

DrXym said:
That's a very good price indeed. I wonder why its so low though - maybe they're going to sell it on PSN as well.
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A PS3/PSP compatible version of Patapon at this price point on PSN?! Sounds like a midsummer night's dream to my ears. C'mon Sony, we know you can do this. :D
 
DarkUSS said:
A PS3/PSP compatible version of Patapon at this price point on PSN?! Sounds like a midsummer night's dream to my ears. C'mon Sony, we know you can do this. :D
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I meant the new PSP PSN store. But I suppose it could be produced for the PS3 as well.

I think in some respects it would make sense for Sony to produce a PSP compatibility kit for the PS3 where devs write their code to the PSP APIs but they're compiled and linked natively as PS3 titles. A bit like winelib on Linux. Then they could target both platforms with a simple recompile.
 
DrXym said:
I meant the new PSP PSN store. But I suppose it could be produced for the PS3 as well.

I think in some respects it would make sense for Sony to produce a PSP compatibility kit for the PS3 where devs write their code to the PSP APIs but they're compiled and linked natively as PS3 titles. A bit like winelib on Linux. Then they could target both platforms with a simple recompile.
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Yeah man, I see what you meant. I'm just saying it would be even cooler if it was compatible with PS3 as well (like the PS1 classics).
 
wow 20 bucks, that is amazing. I hope we get a nice price in the UK. Wipeout Pulse was available for less than £20 less than a month after it came out, which I think is fantastic value. Seems like first party PSP titles are getting aggressive on pricing which can only be a good thing for the platform. Crikey you can easily spend more than $20 on a mediocre lunch in London without blinking :(

This looks like a really charming and interesting title, the kind of game i would want to show other people saying "look this is madder than a box of frogs lol" etc. The comments in this thread on the strategic gameplay and the depth are really encouraging, so thanks for posting those. Add in the price and I reckon that in a few months time if you look up "nailed on, day 1 purchase" in the dictionary there will be nothing but a picture of Patapon in the definition :)
 
Riskbreaker23 said:
wow, at $20 no one has an excuse to pirate this game.

now I can get this and wipeout pulse on the same day
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...Nobody would have an excuse to pirate it anyway though.

Anybody know a good site for importing into the UK?
 
batbeg said:
Anybody know a good site for importing into the UK?
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amazon.us

@19.99 USD

WOW thats a great price. Its ~15 Euros ... thats awesome! You Pay like ~40 Euros for a psp game here.
 
Real wow at the pricing.

They better do the same for Europe, I'd gladly take even a 1$=1€ conversion. I'm putting myself a Patapon avatar if that happens...
 
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Real wow at the pricing.

They better do the same for Europe, I'd gladly take even a 1$=1€ conversion. I'm putting myself a Patapon avatar if that happens...
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Yeah, I'd even take £20... if they bring it out for £30 I'll be slightly pissed (though not enough to stop me from buying it :D)
 
NekoFever said:
Import it. The price works out as like £10 and the PSP is region free anyway.
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"Onward, for fame and glory!"
 
For Europeans trying to import stuff from America, you should use:
www.videogamesplus.ca

They have a very good customery service, and they ship things fast. It takes about a week from they ship untill it ends up in my post here in Norway. And the price are fantastic for us euros. Been bying a lot of PS3 games and the dual shock 3 (in the mail as now) from them. They are espesially good for norwegians, as they write less than 20$ on the package, so we don't have to pay extra taxes.
 
Ristlager said:
For Europeans trying to import stuff from America, you should use:
www.videogamesplus.ca

They have a very good customery service, and they ship things fast. It takes about a week from they ship untill it ends up in my post here in Norway. And the price are fantastic for us euros. Been bying a lot of PS3 games and the dual shock 3 (in the mail as now) from them. They are espesially good for norwegians, as they write less than 20$ on the package, so we don't have to pay extra taxes.
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Thanks for this.
 
I thought I'd update this thread with a post from the PlayStation Blog

Chris Hinojosa-Miranda said:
Each passing day gets us closer to P-day (aka Feb 26th) when millions (perhaps trillions) of you will rhythmically march (perhaps even chanting “pata-pata-pata-pon?”) to your local retailers for a minty new copy of Patapon … so, with much fanfare, whistles and drums, I’d like to officially start the Patapon launch countdown … just 4 little weeks to go!

What being closer to launch also means is we’re free to divulge some secrets we’ve been sitting on… so to answer a question posted on the first Pata-post (and insistently echoed by everybody!):

Where’s the demo? What about the demo? When are we going to get a demo? Why no demo? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

So to answer: no, we will not have a demo.

At least not your run-of-the-mill-this-is-meh demo … we couldn’t do that for Patapon. That would be - as Rolito would say - tre passé. So instead we’ve conjured up some mad PSP Juju and created the first ever demo-to-final save technology, also includes a demo-only exclusive: The Spear of Protection, an ultra-rare pon-weapon.



Here’s how it’ll work:

1. Get your hands on the demo (available at your local GameStop when you pre-order Patapon).
2. Play through the demo, save your progress.
3. Play, replay and replay everyday until Feb 26th (ok, you don’t really have to do this).
4. Come Feb. 26th, pick up a retail copy (you can pick one up for a friend too… its just 20 ka-ching).
5. Load save file, and start off where the demo ended.
6. Point and laugh at everybody else who didn’t play the demo and will have to start from the beginning AND they won’t have the super-cool-demo-only “SPEAR OF PROTECTION” that will transfer to the final game once you load the save data.
7. Progress onto Earthend.
8. Check “must play Patapon” off things-to-accomplish-this-year list.


There you have it folks – demo, new weapons, PSP Juju and some showboating. Now you’ll all be able to experience the goodness that is Patapon, learn a few commands, customize your troops, fight a few battles, collect some ka-ching and slay a dragon (or two… well, just one really).
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So it doesn't seem like they're going to do a PSN version which is a mistake I think. But in any case you can get the demo of the game by preordering at Gamestop. No word on when the demo will be available as of yet.
 
I can't believe what I'm hearing from some european retailer lists. They told me Patapon has a tentative February release at 40 EURO.

I could buy 3 US Patapon with 1 EU Patapon money.
 
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
I can't believe what I'm hearing from some european retailer lists. They told me Patapon has a tentative February release at 40 EURO.

I could buy 3 US Patapon with 1 EU Patapon money.
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Well, it's not even going to be released in Sweden.. so hey :(
I guess I'll just have to import it then.
 
The Sony Rep had this and let me play it for about 30 mins. The interface is so seamless and clean, I love it. Very catching though sometimes I felt like I timed everything right but it still counted it as a screw up.

Doesn't matter though because I was looking forward to this and now I can't wait!
 
Crisis said:
So it doesn't seem like they're going to do a PSN version which is a mistake I think. But in any case you can get the demo of the game by preordering at Gamestop. No word on when the demo will be available as of yet.
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I've already preordered the game, so I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this demo! It's great to have a demo where your progress counts toward the final game.

They really should've done a downloadable demo, in addition to this one.
 
Help me! I am trying to learn
Don-DonDon-DonDon
and it isn't working for some reason. Anyone have any tips on the beat I should keep?
 
Captain N said:
Help me! I am trying to learn
Don-DonDon-DonDon
and it isn't working for some reason. Anyone have any tips on the beat I should keep?
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One of the beats in the tree minigame is exactly the same. Just master that (it's pretty easy to copy him) and you'll be fine.
 
Oooh. Another Rhythm game? When I heard originally it was by the LocoRoco people, I had initially written it off, but the impressions here are compelling me to purchase it.
 
The demo has an exclusive item? And the demo is retail only via GS/EB?

Fuck that. I'll buy the game, but I'll get my demo elsewhere. This whole 'retail only' demo thing for systems like the 360, PS3, and PSP is so amazingly ill-conceived. These are systems were downloadable demos are (or should be) a day to day thing. So brainless.
 
Mejilan said:
The demo has an exclusive item? And the demo is retail only via GS/EB?

Fuck that. I'll buy the game, but I'll get my demo elsewhere. This whole 'retail only' demo thing for systems like the 360, PS3, and PSP is so amazingly ill-conceived. These are systems were downloadable demos are (or should be) a day to day thing. So brainless.
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Has anyone actually seen this demo anywhere. I stopped by a GS on Tuesday and they had no clue what I was talking about. Looks pretty cool from what I've seen, and it would be nice to have a change of pace from the punishment that is Tactics.
 
I don't know if this has been mentioned but it will be released in Europe before North America and the European demo (exactly the same as the GS one) will be on the PSP store.

I assume we'll be screwed on pricing though.
 
SupahBlah said:
I don't know if this has been mentioned but it will be released in Europe before North America and the European demo (exactly the same as the GS one) will be on the PSP store.

I assume we'll be screwed on pricing though.
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:O :O :O :O :O

PATAPON GET! When?!

Edit: Play.com has it on the 22nd... but at £30. :x

Edit 2: Amazon has it at £20. I might bite at that price, just to have it a bit sooner and convenience.
 
I'm so much in love with the art style of patapon, i think i'm going to pick up a psp just for that game alone :)
 
Word on the street is that Gamestop is starting to receive the demos today. There was a couple of them that sold on eBay. If anyone gets on e of these in CA, let me know (so I can avoid calling Gamestop any more than is neccessary!).
 
「Newゲーム」で『PATAPON(パタポン) 体験版』の配信を開始しました
2008.02.01

Patapon demo is on the Playstation store for Japan.
 
Oh baby.

...If I knew how the hell to download you, you'd be mine. Hopefully it'll be up on Euro store tomorrow/later.
 
Twilight Princess said:
can i still download the demo if i have custom firmware installed? D: stupid ebgames won't give out pre-order demos to canadians.
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I don't see why not. But this would be in Japanese.
 
Finally got to try out the Gamestop demo. This game is... bizarre as hell (read: awesome). I can't even fathom how the concept for this game was born. There have been a few occasions where I've been playing and just have a random huge grin on my face. I can't wait to play the full version. I wish the demo would let me save though!

The $20 price point is a curious one. I would not be surprised if this ended up on the PC/PSN store.
 
PhlivoSong said:
Finally got to try out the Gamestop demo. This game is... bizarre as hell (read: awesome). I can't even fathom how the concept for this game was born. There have been a few occasions where I've been playing and just have a random huge grin on my face. I can't wait to play the full version. I wish the demo would let me save though!

The $20 price point is a curious one. I would not be surprised if this ended up on the PC/PSN store.
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Can you rip the ISO of the demo so that more people can enjoy it? :o
 
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