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[killatopak]

As reported by VGC, Ratatan was announced at BitSummit and Patapon creator Hiroyuki Kotani and original Patapon musician Kemmei Adachi are both onboard. The game is being developed by Ratata Arts, Tokyo Virtual Theory, and pH Studio, and a Kickstarter campaign for Ratatan is set to go live on July 31 at 9am PT/12pm ET.

We still don't know much about Ratatan, but the developers did tease it would include roguelike elements and multiplayer for up to four players.

“The three main game concepts are over 100 cute characters fighting it out on screen, four-player simultaneous battles, and more adventure and roguelike elements than Patapon had,” producer Kazuto Sakajiri said.

“There’s a possibility of maybe doing a Patapon sequel in the future, but for this we really wanted to make our own game, in our own style, with specific types of gameplay that reflect what we want. After that, if there’s a chance to speak to Sony about doing a Patapon sequel then we’ll go from there.”

https://sea.ign.com/patapon/202146/news/patapon-devs-announce-a-spiritual-successor-called-ratatan

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

HYPE

I tried Patapon before on my friend's PSP...it had such a disntict style. What platform/s is this gonna be for?

 

[Hudo]

 

[killatopak]

HYPE

I tried Patapon before on my friend's PSP...it had such a disntict style. What platform/s is this gonna be for?

No platforms announced yet,

 

[struggler_guts]

Loved the patapon games, so glad they live on!!

 

[Robb]

That’s pretty cool, looking forward to seeing more!

 

[elbourreau]

Ho man, that's some great news ! So happy to see the Patapon team again!

 

[Unknown?]

HYPE

I tried Patapon before on my friend's PSP...it had such a disntict style. What platform/s is this gonna be for?

Project Q!

 

[Holammer]

Ratatan Kickstarter is launched.
For PC with "console version" as a stretchgoal that should be reached soon at this pace.

 

[Kadve]

The fact that they have to do a kickstarter rather than have Sony fund it tells you how little they care about their old PSP franchises.

 

[Deerock71]

The fact that they have to do a kickstarter rather than have Sony fund it tells you how little they care about their old PSP franchises.

Which is weird when you consider how well the PSP sold.

 

[Hudo]

The fact that they have to do a kickstarter rather than have Sony fund it tells you how little they care about their old PSP franchises.

They barely care about any of their franchises that aren't cinematic action adventure games, sadly. I would seriously consider buying a PS5 for a new Motorstorm.

 

[Holammer]

The fact that they have to do a kickstarter rather than have Sony fund it tells you how little they care about their old PSP franchises.

If Sony funds it, they own it and they take the lion's share of the profit.
Lots of creators get screwed over when their work becomes toys, cartoons while the investors and publisher makes a shitload of money.

 

[struggler_guts]

Ratatan Kickstarter is launched.
For PC with "console version" as a stretchgoal that should be reached soon at this pace.

Dang, wish the mini game was higher on that list. Fingers crossed it reaches that goal

 

[DonF]

Awesome! Patapon 2 is peak psp for me!! I'll keep an eye for this.