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Game Information
- Platform: Sony PSP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 7 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- New Hero' Patapon – develop and customise this special warrior in both single-player and multi-player mode to create your own personalised Patapon fighter
- Filled with new elements – with more than 60 stages, more than 20 bosses, and nearly 400 different in-game items to collect, there's double the content of the first game
- A brand new story to amuse Patapon fans, filled with fun moments, intriguing mysteries and new characters
- Tutorial missions to help Patapon newcomers get drumming to the beat in no time at all, ensuring a gentle learning curve for beginners
- Missions can be replayed repeatedly to uncover extra hidden items that will enhance your Patapon army, offering great replay value
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Manufacturer's Description
The tale of the Patapon tribe continues, as they hunt for the legendary World's End'. Shipwrecked on a new continent, they depend upon you, their god, to lead them through this strange new land. As you guide them with your divine drum, they will face a strange new tribe, meet the mysterious and powerful Hero Patapon, and uncover the ruins of the fabled Patapolis.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Yep!! The French-Japanese alliance have done it again. This is a sequel to the hit game Patapon (Well with a name like Patapon 2, it wasn't likely to be anything to do with Final Fantasy was it :-)) To those of you who hated the graphics, bad luck, the Graphics are as weird as ever, courtesy of Rolito. The Gameplay has been improved slightly, although I must say that apart from a couple of minor changes, the Gameplay in Patapon 2 is much the same as Patapon, but then the Japanese were rather clever in that they remembered the old adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Again the game could last you for weeks. And of course it is endlessly replayable. Of course the bad thing about this game is the same as the original Patapon in that you'll have the tunes going around your head for weeks. In fact it's affected me to such an affect that whenever I'm walking I get the movement song "PATA PATA PATA PON" going through my head.
All in all though - Five Stars.
All in all though - Five Stars.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Patapon 2 is the best reason to have a PSP. It's a 2D strategy-action game in which you command a small, customisable army of creatures called Patapons, who come in a myriad shapes and sizes, and who must fight off dragons, giant spiders, and woolly mammoths in order to reach Earths End. It is genuinely eccentric and completely brilliant.
First, negatives: you have to be willing to replay missions over and over in order to progress. The game is designed this way - a level 1 dragon is just the beginning, you have to get to level 5 or 6 for the collectables you really need to build your army, and level 20 and beyond until he drops the crazy sword of death that you've been hunting. However, this is mitigated by the fact that you are effectively testing out your new, stronger army with each new battle, and experimenting with different units in order to find out the best strategy to win quick and clean. Some players found it a grind - I didn't.
Personally, I didn't have any other problems with it.
Positives: It has a highly individual and charming graphic style which is always fun to watch, hysterical sound design, and simple, addictive, rewarding gameplay. The learning curve is steeper than average, but once you get it, there's no going back. I put about 40 hours into it to finish the game and level up a (fairly) serious Patapon army, and I'm still going back to it. In short, it's keeping me away from some serious AAA PS3 and X360 titles that are all gathering dust. Ah well.
First, negatives: you have to be willing to replay missions over and over in order to progress. The game is designed this way - a level 1 dragon is just the beginning, you have to get to level 5 or 6 for the collectables you really need to build your army, and level 20 and beyond until he drops the crazy sword of death that you've been hunting. However, this is mitigated by the fact that you are effectively testing out your new, stronger army with each new battle, and experimenting with different units in order to find out the best strategy to win quick and clean. Some players found it a grind - I didn't.
Personally, I didn't have any other problems with it.
Positives: It has a highly individual and charming graphic style which is always fun to watch, hysterical sound design, and simple, addictive, rewarding gameplay. The learning curve is steeper than average, but once you get it, there's no going back. I put about 40 hours into it to finish the game and level up a (fairly) serious Patapon army, and I'm still going back to it. In short, it's keeping me away from some serious AAA PS3 and X360 titles that are all gathering dust. Ah well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Patapon 2 follows directly from the previous game in both story and gameplay, which is fine because the gameplay in the first title was revolutionary at the time. As you might expect, Patapon 2 doesn't bring the same kind of innovation to the table, but does mix up the formula a little bit.
Firstly, the introduction of a hero unit - which always goes with you on missions and has its own special slot - can change the face of battle fairly dramatically. Depending on the class chosen for the hero at the start of battle, it can often mean the difference between success and failure. This aspect existed to some extent in the first Patapon, where choosing the right units for the mission could have an impact, but not to such a great extent I feel. Ultimately, only a few of the hero classes felt useful and I ended up just sticking with those.
The changes to Patapon evolution and levelling will certainly give the game much more longevity than before, and allows for individual Patapons to grow in strength, rather than having to kill them off in favour of other Rarepons.
There's enough new here to interest fans of the game, but as a singleplayer package, I think I would still recommend the first game be played first. The atmosphere of tribal warfare with cute little characters seemed to be better realised in the first Patapon. That's not to say it doesn't exist here, it just exists in a much more watered-down form. Between this and the better translation job in the first game, it's clear why this was download only in other regions.
Firstly, the introduction of a hero unit - which always goes with you on missions and has its own special slot - can change the face of battle fairly dramatically. Depending on the class chosen for the hero at the start of battle, it can often mean the difference between success and failure. This aspect existed to some extent in the first Patapon, where choosing the right units for the mission could have an impact, but not to such a great extent I feel. Ultimately, only a few of the hero classes felt useful and I ended up just sticking with those.
The changes to Patapon evolution and levelling will certainly give the game much more longevity than before, and allows for individual Patapons to grow in strength, rather than having to kill them off in favour of other Rarepons.
There's enough new here to interest fans of the game, but as a singleplayer package, I think I would still recommend the first game be played first. The atmosphere of tribal warfare with cute little characters seemed to be better realised in the first Patapon. That's not to say it doesn't exist here, it just exists in a much more watered-down form. Between this and the better translation job in the first game, it's clear why this was download only in other regions.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
better than the first game
Visually, it's slightly different to the first game, but the adventures and the idea of how to survive are even funnier than in the second game,it catches your attention from the... Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2009 by David Muñoz
Patapon 2 (PSP)
This game was extreamly good fun buy it now, it is full of enjoyable hours of fun and brand new levels.
Published on 31 Aug 2009
Repetitive yet addictive
You probably fall into 1 of 3 groups here:
1) "I've never played Patapon" - Go and play the original Patapon, it will be a cheaper way to see if this is your kind of... Read more
1) "I've never played Patapon" - Go and play the original Patapon, it will be a cheaper way to see if this is your kind of... Read more
Published on 7 May 2009 by Mr. B. N. Vowles
better than patapon 1
patapon 1 was great this is twice as good.must have game for your psp collection.
Published on 2 May 2009 by Mr. I. Elliott
Patapon 2 (PSP)
just lots of fun. simple gameplay, good graphics. I bought this to chill out with, and it works!
Published on 19 April 2009 by D. Rundle
patapon 2
great game kept me going for days cant get the tune out of my head
Published on 29 Mar 2009
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