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Totally stupid, addictive fun for any age.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

WOW is this a great game. Getting the hang of it is fairly easy; mastering it is hard, and both the music and the insane little eyeball graphics are crazy fun.

Pata-pata-pata-PON! This is the game that will make you sneak your PSP to work so that you can play it in the john during your coffee break.

Pata~Pata~Pata~Pon!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Patapon is a quirky little game for the PSP, created by the same guys behind LocoRoco.

The basic premise is this: you have stumbled upon the Patapon, a tribe of small one-eyed creatures and now as the new Mighty Patapon (leader), you must lead your people to glory using the sacred war drums. Basically, you're their god (the base character name is "Kami," Japanese for god) and you must control your miniature army to reclaim the Patapons' former glory, like in the days under the previous Mighty Patapon. The enemy tribe is called the Zigaton, and is basically the Patapons except red.

The simplistic story sets up nicely for the whole experience, and the atmosphere of leading a primitive tribe of miniature people on an adventure using a set of drums is somehow childishly magical. The musical theme of the game cements that experience, and it is most definitely a rhythm game. You control your army of Patapon by using the four buttons: X, square, triangle, and circle. Each button corresponds to a different drum beat and you use a combo of 4 beats to give orders to your Patapon army.

For example, square-square-square-circle is the Move order, and translates to Pata~Pata~Pata~Pon on your war drums. As the game progresses, you obtain more command beats such as Defend and Charge. The Patapon army and you alternate beats, as in you give the order "Pata~Pata~Pata~Pon" or Move, and they go Pata~Pata~Pata~Pon. You must continue this call-back style of rhythm to command your miniature army. Keeping the beat is important as that's how you control your army.

If you're good, as in you maintain the beat 10 times in a row, you will enter Fever mode where there will be certain bonuses, like boosted attack and etc. The more you keep up the beat, the more interesting the music gets. What was initially just Pata~Pata~Pata~Pon gains rhythms and tracks by the time you're in Fever mode in a fun little song instead of just Pata~Pata~Pata~Pon.

The whole game's filled with musical treats ranging anywhere from the opening to the save stage. There's even a mini-game where you have a jam session with a dancing tree. It's all very cute and engaging. They've even got little tribal celebrations every time you complete a mission, and a high priestess to help worship you. ;)

The clean and egalitarian graphics aid in this setting. Your Patapon will be just black characters as most of your enemies will be. Aside from some green grasses and the blue sky and other general one-toned background, there isn't anything complex or amazing like Crisis Core. But like I said, the very simplicity helps preserve the charming atmosphere of the game. It's like a storybook set to motion on a musical theme.

Patapon is just very fun and addicting. At $20, you're not losing anything. In fact, you just might be losing out on a stylish little gem of a game.

perfect DS game on the PSP !

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A perfect DS style game for the PSP! Certainly something that's always been lacking from the PSP library are the unique, quick play games. Similar to it's brethren Loco Roco, this game offers a truly unique visual style along with addictive (rhythm based) gameplay.

Get out of my head, Charles!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

So - I forgot to order a memory stick duo to store save games for my PSP. This means that the only way to "save" until it gets here is to use the PSP's sleep function (effectively keeping me stuck on one game).

Lucky for me, Patapon is so catchy I probably wouldn't have started playing Crisis Core by now anyway!

This game is not for everyone - people with extremely poor rhythm, or people who are turned off by simplistic, cutesy graphics (I get made fun of by some of my buddies in Iraq for playing what amounts to a Java game on a 200-dollar handheld system, heh) probably won't like Patapon.

Other people that get a kick out of the idea of leading your own tribe against an evil empire using talking drums (people who like "kooky" games) will absolutely adore Patapon.

I, for one, can't get the "Bon BonBon" song out of my head.

5 out of 5 stars. Most American developers probably wouldn't take a risk on a game concept like this - that's why I really like Japanese game developers. They'll take an idea and just run with it.

Very Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 25
Date: March 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I grabbed this title after reading all the rave reviews and find it a GREAT disappointment. The rhythm part of the game is fun, but the RPG part is tedious with impossible controls. I have a very simple gauge to judge how much fun a game is: if I pick it up, start playing, and look up at the clock a half hour later, the game rocks. Here I stopped playing Patapon after about ten minutes and went back to Pursuit Force 2. At any rate, I believe there is a reason this game sells for just $20, and it involves the inferior controls and inadequate instructions. I would recommend this game to RPG fans only. Rhythm fans will have much more fun with Gitaroo Man, and puzzle gamers will prefer Downstream Panic...

Perfect Game for a Perfect Price

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My very first impression when I got the game was that it might be another one of those that I pick up, play, and get bored after three minutes.
But it is exactly the opposite the game is highly addictive and FUN- all around. I couldn't stop playing it and the songs that the Patapons sing get stuck in your head. My cousin heard it only once and then the next thing you know he's saying PON PON PATA PON. It's also a game that isn't as easy as it looks. The simple graphics and concepts can be deceiving but it actually takes a lot fo smarts to beat it!
You won't be disappointed if you get the game and I recommend it. The game controls are simple, the concept is easy to get, and the graphics and wonderful to look at. It is the Perfect Game for a Perfect Price!

Pon, Pon, Pata, Pon!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this is one of the most original games created, i play the demo about 2 weeks before launch, and can't wait for the complete adventure, once it release I cant give a rest to my PSP it's very addictive. this game is unique, try it you wont regret.

Great little game, not for everyone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Patapon is a great game overall-- I love the concept of controlling your army through drumming, an new idea different from just following beats on DDR/Guitar Hero. I was a little apprehensive at first, thinking that it might be boring. Plus, I'm not even that great with rhythm games in general. But for 20 bucks, Patapon came to be a gem and won't break your bank.

A few points...
- Clean, crisp, beautiful graphics (even while 2-D)
- Great beats... had me humming to myself
- Appeals to a variety of genres (RPG, strategy, rhythm, etc.)
- New, fresh idea of a game
- You'll need some patience! The drumming are pretty much going to be the same beats with different buttons and that can get repetitive fast, so you'll need to be able to stand that. Definitely a game that requires some concentration!
- Nice minigames to mix it up a bit

Definitely a game to add to your collection!

Pretty fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After reading reviews and seeing videos i was kind of worried that i would hate the game but since it got such great reviews I decided to try it. It is pretty fun and you can take little missions in short amounts of time. I just wish the lil patapons would run faster.

There is strategy to this game because what troops you bring effect if you are going to beat the mission or not.

over all i am satisfied and feel its worth the money you should take a look at some youtube video to see if this game is for you. Its like DDR for your fingers because you keep a rhythm to make them attack or defend or walk..... its not really button mashing and not very fast paced.... patients is required

Patapon rocks!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Over the years, I have played both strategy games and rhythm games. In Patapon, I get to play both genres in one and strangely enough it works!

You are the mighty god of rhythm to a struggling band of Patapon warriors who were displaced from their homeland by the evil Zigoton. You lead the Patapons in the battle to reclaim their territory by pressing the PSP buttons in a rhythmical pattern that simulates drum beats. Different drum cadences inspire the Patapon to advance, fight, defend or retreat.

Each time your Patapons accomplish a mission they earn rewards such as weapons, armor and various raw materials that can be used to create upgraded Patapons with stronger attributes. You can even learn powerful Juju rhythms that will perform miracles such as calling up rain or windstorms that aid you in battle.

My only quibble with the game is that the tutorials are very skimpy. You can get some advice from the tribal priestess, Meden, but like most oracles her hints are somewhat cryptic, leaving you on your own to puzzle out what to do, especially for things like how to dismiss your old Patapons in order to swap in their upgraded counterparts. I suppose you could always read the game manual but honestly, who ever takes the time to do that, really?

Patapon is very enjoyable and worth playing. I definitely recommend it but be forewarned the drumbeat rhythms are somewhat addictive. After a long session, it will take a while to clear the Pata Pata Pata PON and Don Dodon Dodon out of your head.

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