Patapon 2 Preview
- February 23, 2009 16:20 PM PST
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Fresh off the boat prepare yourself for a battle of the Pon's in the upcoming Patapon 2.
It's hard to come across something as infectious as Patapon 2 -- unless of course it's the original Patapon. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the game, Patapon is the perfect mash-up of Rhythm and Adventure. You control an army of various Pons that resemble eyes, battling off foes and conquering levels by repeating songs using coordinating keys. For example, the movement march is Pata, Pata, Pata, Pon which translates to Square, Square, Square, Circle on the PSP. After you hit these buttons consecutively for the first time your army sings the march and begins moving. You must repeat the march directly after to keep them moving and to rack up combos. After a certain amount of combos a "Fever!" ensues which makes for a more exciting song courtesy of the Pons and boosts your damage, range, and/or defense depending on which Pons are in your army and what song you are drumming.
Chaka, Chaka, Pata, Pon
Each button on the PSP corresponds to a unique drum sound. In the beginning you only have two sounds, Pata and Pon. As you progress new buttons unlock along with new songs that enable additional actions such as attacking and defending. Surprisingly enough the songs never get old and if anything, continue to grow on you. After playing the game I found myself humming them as I went about my daily routine. With an amazing score and addictive gameplay also comes a fun, quirky story.
Could it be our mighty leader?
Leaving off from the last Patapon, the Pons wreck their ship after a heated battle with a sea creature onto a strange new land full of hope and wonder. This land is inhabited by masked people known as Karmen who don't take kindly to Pons. Your objective as the Pon leader is to figure out what their deal is and where you are. Patapon 2 offers 80 missions as well as an array of mini-games that become available along the way. In one mini game you must follow a tree's rhythm as Pan the horn blowing Pakapon. Winning mini games reward you with supplies and upgrades that are greatly needed as you progress through the game. All levels are re-playable and increase in difficulty the more you play them. Replaying levels comes in handy for leveling your units to face more challenging bosses and missions.
Overall, Patapon 2 is something to look forward to. Everything about the game is addictive and entertaining from the music to the gameplay.
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