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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