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LocoRoco 2 previewed!

By Chris Morell
October 21, 2008 10:34 AM PST
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LocoRoco 2 for the PSP keeps the fun and adds a ton of original features.

TOKYO, JAPAN: At the start of the Tokyo Game Show, Sony showed off LocoRoco 2 to a selected team of press, and it was then that the cuteness of LocoRoco 2 hypnotized the crowd like a litter of sleeping Labrador puppies.

The cutest game ever returns for round 2!

Okay, Loco 2 is more than just cute, and while the original won numerous awards for Best Children's Game, adults will also enjoy Loco 2 for it's quirky and downright fun style of play. The original LocoRoco had players collecting berries to enlarge and multiply LocoRoco--possibly the cutest creatures ever devised (take that, Sackboy!)--by rotating the background with the PSP's shoulder buttons. This tilts the colorful game world left and right to slide, swing and bounce the LocoRoco to through each level, making MuiMui friends along the way, and escaping the many enemies, to boot.

The goal is essentially the same in Loco 2, but this time there are new levels, tricks and characters to play with, along with over 45 new movies to enhance the story. Also, we'll see new LocoRoco that sing plenty of new songs that will beat you over the head with cuteness, plus more reason to keep playing Loco 2, such as levels becoming more challenging when you replay them, as well as the new MuiMui house that you can customize and play mini-games within. Some examples of mini-games are a Whack-a-Mole-style toy hammer game, a side-scrolling retro shooter and much, much more.