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Sony's PSP title LocoRoco is back with a cleverly named sequel: LocoRoco 2. And it's brought annoyingly catchy music with it! If you watch this trailer at least twice, you'll have that tune stuck in your head all day. Once, even.
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LocoRoco Coming To (Japanese) Mobile Phones
Proof you can't keep a hopping, adorable mass of singing blobs down, Sony have today announced that LocoRoco will be making the jump from Sony console to mobile phone. And not as an "interactive screensaver", either, but as a proper LocoRoco game. It'll be priced at ¥420 (USD$3.80), and goes on sale...oh, today!
SCEJ、EZweb「LocoRoco MOBILE」配信開始 PSP「LocoRoco」を携帯電話で可能な限り再現 [Game Watch]
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Sony's Bend studio is currently working on Resistance: Retribution, coming to PSP in Spring 2009. After showing that title, a third-person shooter faithful to the first game, Sony's Jack Tretton casually dropped a few more:
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LocoRoco 2, Resistance: Retribution Among New PSP Titles
Sony's Bend studio is currently working on Resistance: Retribution, coming to PSP in Spring 2009. After showing that title, a third-person shooter faithful to the first game, Sony's Jack Tretton casually dropped a few more:
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LocoRoco 2 Screens
Sony's released a handful of LocoRoco 2 screens which look all cutsy and whatnot. The PSP title hasn't been dated yet, it will apparently feature new bosses and more catchy music. Click through the gallery below to have a look!
SCEJ、PSP「LocoRoco2」開発決定スクリーンショット初公開 [Game Watch Impress]
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LocoRoco 2 Revealed In New Famitsu
That Sony Computer Entertainment is going back to the LocoRoco well for another chance at acclaim and fortune should come as no surprise. The game's director, Tsutomu Kouno, has been chatting it up for ages and even SCEE reps confirmed it for a PSP release this year. Good then, that Sony got around to confirming its existence in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu.
According to details translated by 1UP, LocoRoco 2 looks to stick to the formula of the first pretty closely, with new music, new bosses and the ability to bite more things — that's a bullet point, for sure — topping the list of new features. Following sequel evolution tradition, your Locos can now swim. Amazing how that always seems to take an iteration or two.
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LocoRoco 2 Plops Onto PSP This Year
The creator of the original LocoRoco for PSP, Tsutomu Kouno, may think the PSP needs fewer sequels, but that's not going to stop him from giving us more yellow blob rolling fun. He's hard at work on LocoRoco 2, a game Kouno says will have "new gameplay based on physical calculation and crowd AI."
The good news is that it's due this year, at least according to Claire Backhouse, a product manager for Sony Computer Entertainment UK. It was casually mentioned as one of the games that will inspire PSP owners to think "Oh yeah, I own a PSP" in a recent chat with MCV.
With the PlayStation 3 entry in the series, LocoRoco Cocoreccho, little more than a glorified screen saver, we hope that Kouno and team have something interesting planned for the PSP sequel. Perhaps something that takes advantage of all those new PSP accessories?
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Wanna work on LocoRoco Games?
Sony's LocoRoco staff has put out a Help Wanted ad on the Sony Computer Entertainment site. The team is gearing up for another PSP game and is looking for a "game planner," which would be something like an associate producer in English. The game planner will be responsible for the nuts and bolts of the operation: Things like, well, game planning, making the scenario, creating artwork and level design. (Sounds like they are looking for a LocoRoco bitch!) You can even apply online! I so bet the final interview has applicants sing that LocoRoco song.Help Wanted [SECI via Team ICO Gamers via PSP Fanboys]
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The PlayStation store updated today with a ton of new demos, trailers, and a whole new game that Kotaku's Michael McWhertor called "unbearably unenjoyable". That unfettered praise was of course for LocoRoco Cocoreccho!, the butterfly-powered LocoRoco game that is now available on the PSN for $6.99, a low price indeed for possible...suckage. *sighs* On top of the new game, there are demos galore, with Skate, NBA Live 08, Stuntman: Ignition and Sega Rally Revo all ready to be slowly downloaded for your demoing enjoyment. Top it off with a heaping helping of trailers from games like Devil May Cry, Ratchet and Clank, and GT5 Prologue and you've got a lot less hard disk space than you did before. Enjoy!
PlayStation Store Update - Cocoreccho!
The PlayStation store updated today with a ton of new demos, trailers, and a whole new game that Kotaku's Michael McWhertor called "unbearably unenjoyable". That unfettered praise was of course for LocoRoco Cocoreccho!, the butterfly-powered LocoRoco game that is now available on the PSN for $6.99, a low price indeed for possible...suckage. *sighs* On top of the new game, there are demos galore, with Skate, NBA Live 08, Stuntman: Ignition and Sega Rally Revo all ready to be slowly downloaded for your demoing enjoyment. Top it off with a heaping helping of trailers from games like Devil May Cry, Ratchet and Clank, and GT5 Prologue and you've got a lot less hard disk space than you did before. Enjoy!
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What is LocoRoco Cocoreccho? To be perfectly clear, the PlayStation Network release is not a screen saver. It's a fully featured sequel to the PSP blob guiding adventure game. But how does LocoRoco Cocoreccho differ from its predecessor? For one thing, you're no longer controlling the tilt of the world and the adorable gelatinous creatures that inhabit it. Instead, you're controlling a butterfly, one that emits a guiding pulse that attracts the blobs, helping you maneuver them through dangerous platforms. The only complaint I have about the game is this—it's unbearably unenjoyable.
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LocoRoco Cocoreccho! Hands-On Impressions (Beta)
What is LocoRoco Cocoreccho? To be perfectly clear, the PlayStation Network release is not a screen saver. It's a fully featured sequel to the PSP blob guiding adventure game. But how does LocoRoco Cocoreccho differ from its predecessor? For one thing, you're no longer controlling the tilt of the world and the adorable gelatinous creatures that inhabit it. Instead, you're controlling a butterfly, one that emits a guiding pulse that attracts the blobs, helping you maneuver them through dangerous platforms. The only complaint I have about the game is this—it's unbearably unenjoyable.
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At Least Threadless Love E For All
Community t-shirt vendor Threadless is no stranger to video game collaborations/sponsorships. They've held design contests centered around themes like PaRappa the Rapper, LocoRoco and Bioshock—and they ain't stoppin' now. Partnering with E For All for their latest competition, budding Illustrator users can win fabulous prizes, including a Wii, cold hard cashola, and tickets to the E For All expo.
So make with the puns and emo imagery, kids, and let's do this.
E For All Loves Threadless [Threadless]
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LocoRoco PS3 More Screensaver Than Game?
IGN is reporting that the Playstation 3 version of LocoRoco won't be a game as much as a screensaver. I'm not sure why they're saying that, because their description of the game sounds just like the PSP version of the game.
LocoRoco Cocoreccho! will include more than 200 of the singing critters on screen at once. To play the interactive screensaver gamers will use the tilt function of their SIXAXIS controller to gather up all of the blobs and shoot them through the level, just like in the PSP game, but with motion control.
The game will also include three mini-games, online ranking boards and a time attack ranking. The game is set for a Sept. 21 release in Japan.
Interactive screensaver with more than 200 Loco Rocos to play with [IGN]
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LocoRoco Creator Fighting the Good Fight
Tsutomu Kouno is a creative guy. Hey, he created LocoRoco. Thing is, he works for a big multi-national corporation. Guys in suits aren't known for their creativity — even at Sony. So imagine the bewilderment Kouno got trying to explain LocoRoco to them. He recalls:
To start off with, the upper management didn't understand the idea. It was hard to communicate, so I tried to show them what it would be like moving — I created the demo and then they went for it... They liked the concept of rotating the world to move the LocoRocos to the goal, but they didn't understand what I meant when I said I wanted to apply AI to the LocoRoco and put other AI creatures in it — they couldn't see how that would be interesting or fun.
And dear reader, please don't be so naive to think that this is unique to Sony, but rather, sadly prevalent in the gaming industry. Bright side: Dude got to make his game. It all worked out!
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LocoRoco Coming to PS3 for Absolute Sure
Sony has finally confirmed the rumors and rumors that LocoRoco is coming to the PS3's PSN. Its official moniker is Buu Buu Cocoreccho! by LocoRoco which we, given that Ash is fast asleep, can only assume translates to: Yeah, we know that a LocoRoco game isn't the sort of franchise that will rocket boost the PS3 to worldwide domination, but we sorta committed to it with the PSP, and everyone is staring at us! by LocoRoco. More »
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All You Wanted To Know About Tsutomu Kouno (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)
There are things we want to know about game creators. In a recent interview, LocoRoco Tsutomu Kouno tells us those things we want to know. Things like how he broke into the industry or the kinds of games he wants to make. What's more, he talks about how attitudes among Japanese and Western gamers are changing. We wants a global group of gamers! He also tells us other stuff. Lots and lots of it. More »
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LocoRoco Creator On SIXAXIS: "Tiring"
So Tsutomu Kouno is working on a LocoRoco sequel. The game isn't too difficult from the original, save for new AI and physic calculations. But will it be for the PSP or the PS3? Kouno says: More »
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LocoRoco Creator Says PSP Needs Fewer Sequels
LocoRoco creator Tsutomo Kouno is only one man. Ask him, he'll tell you. So, even if he wanted to make all the ideas he has for new games, Kouno couldn't. He tells Games Industry: More »
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Risking Scolding, LocoRoco Creator Talks Sequel
LocoRoco creator Tsutomu Kouno dropped a few sequel hints at the Nordic Game Conference. While saying he was going to get "scolded" if he offered too much info, Kouno promised LocoRoco 2 would have: More »
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