LocoRoco spotted in PS Home trophy case

34 Comments by James Ransom-Wiley Mar 9th 2007 2:14PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Adventure, GDC, Casual

Though Sony continues to toy with us about LocoRoco sequels, the recent trophy sighting in the PlayStation Home video seems to confirm what Sony's led us to expect. LocoRoco is (likely) headed to PlayStation 3.

When questioned during his GDC presentation about which platform -- PSP or PS3 -- the next LocoRoco would land on, the game's director Tsutomo Kouno said he couldn't yet answer that question directly, but slyly added, "I'm not going to betray your expectations. You can count on this." And he teased, "I'd like to use a new way of playing the game for the next version of LocoRoco." Just say it: "SixAxis."

Tags: gdc07, LocoRoco, Platformer, PlayStationHome, PSN

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JodyAnthony: Mar 9th 2007; 2:24PM

wow, GDC has totally made me want PS3.

Home was pretty cool
LBP was pretty awesome
but LocoRoco, amazing! It's the reason I bought a PSP.

Tadioku: Mar 9th 2007; 2:25PM

I heard many rumors of this and I don't see why if would not happen its just a matter of when.

Marty: Mar 9th 2007; 2:35PM

LocoRoco spotted in PS Home trophy case
Completely pointless article spotted on Joystiq

Brandon: Mar 9th 2007; 2:36PM

It seems to be a natural progression. Every single person I showed Loco Roco, they kept trying to tilt the psp to make the blobs roll. And I kept saying, "it doesnt work that way...but it should". Sixaxis seems to be the way this game was always meant to be played.

Also motion sensing tech, like accellerometers, are pretty inexpensive, and take up little space. It would be pretty simple to bundle the next psp loco roco with a title sensor addon, that snaps onto the top of the psp in the usb port.

bm: Mar 9th 2007; 2:43PM

I hadn't realised it before but this whole thing reminds me very much of SSBM's trophy gallery.

Then again, we get similar feelings with everything else Sony have done, don't we.

Zamfir: Mar 9th 2007; 2:44PM

Ahhh, Marty needs some hugs! Hugs! Feels good doesn't it!

Yeah, LocoRoco on PS3 == awesomeness and obvious.

summercamp: Mar 9th 2007; 2:46PM

Locoroco is great, unlike the mind rotting garbage on Xbox 360.

I would never pollute my HDTVs in my PSHome with Xbox filth.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/Emotep032/IMGP0157.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/Emotep032/IMGP0158.jpg

sheppy: Mar 9th 2007; 2:48PM

Except, of course, SSBM trophy system was simply a table full of shit. Whereas the Hall Of Fame is pretty much a huge gallery full of shit.

Yaktastic: Mar 9th 2007; 2:48PM

Brandon - actually, though the sixaxis will make locoroco much improved, i think the having a motion controller (a la warioware:twisted) would be better. i like the sand in the hourglass thing that would happen from tilting the psp and the world move between your hands, rather than on a screen yards away. but that's just me i guess

Yaktastic: Mar 9th 2007; 2:49PM

edit - motion controller connected to the psp... you knew what i meant

sheppy: Mar 9th 2007; 2:50PM

"I would never pollute my HDTVs in my PSHome with Xbox filth."

Those links... classic comedy. Not because what you typed in those captions mind you, but because you went through the effort of doing it.

Vidikron: Mar 9th 2007; 2:59PM

@7

You stuck WiiPlay stickers on your HDTV? You should be forced to turn over that TV now before it has to suffer anymore abuse at your hands.

summercamp: Mar 9th 2007; 3:03PM

@12

Nah, Wiiplay is great. The HDTV is honoured to have Wiiplay stickers.

sheppy: Mar 9th 2007; 3:07PM

You are personifying your appliances.... BWA HAHAHAHA!

steve17: Mar 9th 2007; 3:12PM

@7

so.....basically you have got one system that is powered by last gen dubs and has games made for 8 year olds. and you have another system that is overpriced and has the SAME games the 360 has with a couple extra crap titles thrown in.

hmmm. the fact that you have to sit in a livingroom with minimal entertainment in it is punishment enough for you.

did somebody get a bad windows 95 a decade ago and develope a strong hatred of MS. i think so

Louis S.: Mar 9th 2007; 3:24PM

@7

You're acting like a preschooler. If you don't like Xbox, that's cool, you're opinion, man. But to go through the trouble of being an insane douche to tell everybody that it's shit. Yeah... you mildly, if not fully, retarded. You probably never played the 360, so you're opinion isn't going be taken with much thought, and two, you have the vocabulary of a sixth grader. Well, I guess your vocabulary is a step up from your behavior, but it's still not that much.

Moral: Get a life. Play your PS3 and Wii and just shut the fuck up and enjoy it.

ssuk: Mar 9th 2007; 3:24PM

Wow, so there's finally a decent game coming to the PS3? About time, don't you think?

Phranctoast: Mar 9th 2007; 3:30PM

@15 and 16.

what he said was really immature, but do you jump down peoples throats if they were to post something similar about the wii or the ps3????

Neal: Mar 9th 2007; 3:32PM

What the hell is LocoRoco?

Im not being sarcastic, I've never heard of it, and from the wikipedia article, it looks lame...

sheppy: Mar 9th 2007; 3:48PM

@Neal, if you go to Locoroco.com, check the australian link. Their loco roco website has an interactive flash preview of the title.

JodyAnthony: Mar 9th 2007; 3:57PM

LocoRoco is a game that I wish would of come out for DS so I wouldn't of had to pay $200 for a PSP because it was fun enough to warrant a psp purchase. (well that and homebrew)

Tyler: Mar 9th 2007; 4:12PM

Been wanting Locoroco for the PS3 for a long time! Seeing how the game is, and Sony's current trend it'll probably be offered as a downloadable title

I'm gonna have to get a bigger HD if this keeps up @@;

Aex: Mar 9th 2007; 4:22PM

@JodyAnthony

Really? I'd say Lumines warranted my purchase of a PSP. Everything since then, MGSPO, Lumines2, LocoRoco, Monster Hunter Freedom, Field Commander, etc..., has just been gravy.

Anyways, see the new penny arcade?

required: Mar 9th 2007; 4:27PM

JodyAnthony, the DS doesn't have the horsepower for a title like LocoRoco. It is vector based, for it to exist on DS it would have to be bitmaps.

sheppy: Mar 9th 2007; 4:32PM

"Anyways, see the new penny arcade?"

I saw it at lunch. Laughed my ass off but the news post wasn't up yet...

Aex: Mar 9th 2007; 4:49PM

Yea, every now and then, Penny Arcade just has one of those epic ones.

mrfong: Mar 9th 2007; 4:51PM

#4: "Also motion sensing tech, like accellerometers, are pretty inexpensive, and take up little space. It would be pretty simple to bundle the next psp loco roco with a title sensor addon, that snaps onto the top of the psp in the usb port."

I believe that was done on April 9th, 2001 with Kirby's Tilt 'n' Tumble. There's no reason why Sony couldn't have done this when the game was released.

Mr Khan: Mar 9th 2007; 5:04PM

@ Steve17

You do know that T-rated titles have been the top selling rated titles on the Wii thus far

Right?

sheppy: Mar 9th 2007; 5:08PM

"I believe that was done on April 9th, 2001 with Kirby's Tilt 'n' Tumble. There's no reason why Sony couldn't have done this when the game was released."

Well, the Sony patent DOES predate Tilt 'n' Tumble and if you recall, a USB based tilt sensing dongle WAS shown but was later canned due to lack of developer and consumer interest.

alienclay: Mar 9th 2007; 5:49PM

maybe preinstalled in 3-4 years on psp2...

thebiggameover: Mar 9th 2007; 5:56PM

maybe you get trophys from your psp games to show up on the ps3 home?????

apoc06: Mar 9th 2007; 5:58PM

i kinda prefer the 2d gameplay of loco roco, i hope they dont try to switch to 3d. if anything, maybe 3d visuals but they need to keep the 2d gameplay.

Extinction: Mar 9th 2007; 7:54PM

"and you have another system that is overpriced and has the SAME games the 360 "

Resistance, MGS4, FF13, Killzone, etc, are not on 360. You fanboy jackass

Rubang B: Mar 9th 2007; 9:13PM

The Wii only has games for 8 year olds? I thought 3 out of 4 Wii-owners bought Twilight Princess, which is 13 and up. And then you got No More Heroes and Manhunt 2 both fighting to be the most violent games ever.

Also, this wall of fame might include PSP games, so I wouldn't consider this an official PS3 sequel announcement yet.

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