Patapon is certainly easy on the eyes, instantly hooking even the most jaded graphics snobs with its vibrant, abstract style courtesy of French artist Rolito. The two dimensional presentation serves as an example of how lush artistic design can sometimes trump pixel pushing prowess, and the PSP's screen comes alive as colorful animations throb in time with Patapon's equally outstanding audio components. Boss encounters feature a terrific sense of scale reminiscent of Shadow of the Colossus, and Patapon's music - which sounds like a chorus of playfully antagonistic Japanese children - is every bit as abstract as its imagery.
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VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Despite its somewhat anaemic lineup of backwards-compatible titles (unusual in light of the genre’s strong pedigree on Sony consoles), Vita’s selection of rhythm games is highly impressive in the modern market with genre favourites like DJMax, Hatsune Miku and Taiko no Tatsujin all present and plenty of quirky oddities like Deemo, Love Live & Persona thrown in for good measure. You’re definitely going to need to try your hand at importing to get the most of the genre here, but that shouldn’t be an issue thanks to region-free hardware and easy-to-grasp gameplay."
It seems that Sony is slowly working on bringing select classic titles from its classic consoles back on PlayStation 4 as remasters.
Who’ll be next?
