{"id":466,"date":"2008-02-20T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/2008-02-20\/patapon-for-psp-review\/"},"modified":"2008-02-20T17:11:02","modified_gmt":"2008-02-20T23:11:02","slug":"patapon-for-psp-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/20\/patapon-for-psp-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Patapon for PSP Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/91.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"91.jpg\" \/>Square-Square-Square-CIRCLE! Pata-Pata-Pata-PON!\u00a0 What a bizarre game this is! I&#8217;m talking about Patapon, a stylish new rhthym game from the makers of Loco Roco. It&#8217;s a PSP game from Sony.\u00a0 The idea is simple. By tapping out the basic rhythmic patterns (button combinations) you&#8217;re ordering these little silhouette creatures (with single eye balls, Viking helmets and spears) to march, attack, etc., on a 2D plain that somehow conveys more of a sense of &#8220;wartorn horror and full-scale destruction&#8221; than most games that are 3D and realistic!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The result is a funky and stylishly cool strategy game that uses percussion to tell the strange story of these weird little creatures and the Patapon, which they worship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/111.jpg\" alt=\"111.jpg\" \/>Can you, starring as Patapon guide these creatures to the fabled Earthend? Will they be killed while on the hunt? While chasing dragons? What about the evil Zigaton army? It&#8217;s all surprisingly fun, very compelling, laugh-out-loud funny, artistic and offbeat (pun intended).<\/p>\n<p>Game: Patapon<\/p>\n<p>Platform: PSP<\/p>\n<p>ESRB Rating: E-Everyone<\/p>\n<p>Age Seal:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/6.jpg\" alt=\"6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square-Square-Square-CIRCLE! Pata-Pata-Pata-PON!\u00a0 What a bizarre game this is! I&#8217;m talking about Patapon, a stylish new rhthym game from the makers of Loco Roco. It&#8217;s a PSP game from Sony.\u00a0 The idea is simple. By tapping out the basic rhythmic patterns (button combinations) you&#8217;re ordering these little silhouette creatures (with single eye balls, Viking helmets and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}